What did you do to your subaru today?

Put on a rear strut bar. I live on a road that twist and turns a lot and i could tell the difference right away.

 

I decided to try Plasti Dipping my Forge BPV tonight. It turned out pretty good. It looks nice now, but I really don't think the Plasti Dip will hold up to much mounting/remounting or opening of the valve. If you just paint it, mount it once, and never touch it, I think it will look OK, but if you have to take it on and off, or open it often, I don't think it will last. Anyways, here are the photos...

Before:







During:



After:

 

Nope lol

 

Looks good. Can't wait to check it out Saturday. Are you doing your letters now that you have been exposed to Plasti Dip?

 

Maybe...

I really didn't follow your instructions at all on this one. I'm amazed it didn't turn out like total crap.

 

Plasti Dip is a user friendly product. Besides the whole causes cancer and birth defects warning on the bottle. Best thing is if you screw up just peel and respray.

 

So, you're saying I shouldn't have done this in the living room.....?

 

Reset all of my radio settings/clock! Got out to my car yesterday after work (of course when I was the last one in the lot) and when I tried to start the car- NOTHING. No lights, nothing left on, all has been fine otherwise... went to try and find some jumper cables from the custodians, and then about 10 minutes later I went back out, and there was nothing wrong. Started right up... I am thinking that its time for a little baking soda clean up on the terminals and see if getting rid of some corrosion helps...

 

Nah. Its good for you.

 

Put the summer rubbers on. BBS w/G-force

 

Also doubles as a tie down for the sub

 

Slapped on some new rotors today. Time to paint up the calipers.

 

Gave it a break and drove the Jeep!

 

I need to swap my battery for a new one today, and due to the configuration of my one-off FMIC plumbing I'll need to remove some of it in order to pull the battery.

 

Installed this Lippy, just got done!

 

Headers and uppipe.

 

Which headers?

I put my BOV back on my car today. Pssshhh!

 

Gave it a hug for being so awesome

 

The fun continues with the saabaru...

First, I owe a HUGE thanks to my buddy Rob that was the master behind fabricating the harness bar. We used the Sparco/ebay bar as a basic design, but made a few changes to suite my (tall) needs.

We/he custom fabbed the whole thing from scratch...a few differences between this and the off the shelf bar:
-tubing for the actual bar and the supports is larger
-I can keep the post for my stock belts in the high position (sparco requires the post to be lowered all the way)
-I can actually move my seat all the way back (wouldn't have been able to with the sparco)

Turned out pretty good, still need to paint it. Also, if anyone else is interested in having a bar built for their car and also needs harnesses...PM me.





Pic of the master at work:


I also learned how to weld

 

Great Lake Dragway, Wisconsin. Temp was in the 40s.

Stage 2 2005 STi
Invidia V2
HKS Ti-Carbon
Walboro 255
Grimmspeed Boost control solenoid

Conservative 270hp/305ft-lb tune on my winter tires @33psi. I was right lane versus an S2000

 

Tracks are already open?!?!

 

Yup it was their first day

 

Installed new, well new to me Cat back last night. Apexi GT spec W/stock DP. Sound's awesome. I'll try and get some sound clips up when I get a chance.(cell phone videos just don't do justice) Thanks again M155L3R!

 

plasti dipped the grill, didn't do the best job but I have also never used the stuff . For a first time I am happy with the end product! also ordered front end links. woot!

 

I as well plasti dipped my grille. No pics atm as its still drying

 

took out my wagon for the first time after new fenders, rims, coilovers, brakes, and paint! drove about 100 miles

 

realized my radiator is malfunctioning...again.

 

Washed, waxed, and cleaned the interior!

 

Picked these gems up yesterday. 2007 BBS Wheels, No Curb Rash and only 1 rock chip!

 

Finally got around to reinstalling my hella horns, but not before ordering a second set..

 

^^ reminds me that I need to repaint my faded hellas.

 

Vacuumed out the inside of the car and decided to make some carpet inserts for the storage compartments in the doors. Made the template out of a bunch of aluminum foil. Tried a piece of paper and a brown paper bag first. But the bag was too thick and the paper kept ripping apart. Only took a few sheets of aluminum foil to get the template right. Then took the template to a cheap black rug I got from Menards, the kind you would put by a door. Traced the template with a marker and cut it out with a pair of scissors. The fit ended up being just about perfect. I actually got the idea from seeing the carpet inserts in a buddies GTI.

 

Got the new rubber mounted last night (Dunlap Star Specs 225/45-17 on Rota Boosts 17x8 et 48) and seeing the alignment guy this afternoon!

 

Re- plasti dipped the grille and painted the emblem black.

 

Oil changed.
New Oil Drain Plug Gasket.
Cleaned MAF
Cleaned IACV
Rear Bumper Removed


In the works.
Change Spark Plugs
Wire AEM Wideband Log Port
Finish Cleaning up rust
Primer and paint rust spots with Grimspeed WRB paint
Reinstall Rear Bumper

Thats my plans for easter weekend lol

 

well, this was yesterday,
new steering rack, white-line rack bushings, new tie rod ends, and I rebuilt my power steering pump.
I thought that I had some ATF in the garage, but didn't, (couldn't drive it firestone)
so I'll fill it up today and take it for a spin.

 

Headlight relay mod, and new sparkplugs...was gonna do a compression test, but the kit/tool I got was obviously meant for cars with more accessible spark plug holes.
Headlight mod was money and time well spent...

 

Installed an AccessPort mount: