What did you do to your subaru today?

long turkey day weekend.. Wednesday to Sunday. unfortunately it wont be ready for nemadji on the 8th.... trans isnt together yet.....

 

Drove it too work... Wait.. I don't even own a Subaru. Well this is awkward.

 

Decided to debadge the trunk. Then had to do some polishing after all the emblems were off. Ended up waxing the whole car. Haha

 

got a new pioneer headunit! x3500bhs now to figure out where to run sub wire...

 

looks sweet but that red will get old quick

 

today i switched out the trans pitch mount on my 2010 STI. Went with a Torque Solutions unit. i think it usually helps to firm certain things up a little. it's a billet aluminum piece with poly bushings. heard some say you get a bit more engine noise in the cabin with these, but it didn't notice any difference there. i did notice a slight improvement in throttle response though. i consider it a good move.

 

Did you get the cool start up noise in the cabin?

 

haven't noticed any more noise at start up or any other time. was kind of surprised according to the research i did on these. maybe i'll do the Perrin trans mount next.

 

Picked up the spt pitch mount, trand mount, engine mounts, and spec b aluminum control arms. Car is currently torn apart for an ACT hdss clutch and single mass flywheel. If I keep this rate up, old derpy should be pretty gnarly by the time spring rolls around.
Also the other day did a bunch of work to the beater probe, rear end links, pads, rotors, and both sets of tie rod ends up front.

 

istalled hella's and level hids

 

Installed the stock airbox, with a new air filter, no need for the Cobb SF if all its good for is making noise, and sucking hot air in. Cleaned the MAF sensor. Changed the oil. Changed the tranny lube. Next is a coolant flush, and then the red rocket will have all new fluids.

 

I believe this is the same as stock.

 

bought 3m brushed titanium vinyl wrap to do my jdm dash kit

 

This intake is awesome, but you need to get the airbox setup with it, or make your own. That makes it a lot more functional. Without the airbox setup you are just sucking in engine temp air.

 

It does sound cool. But until I decide to get the air box for it, I see no need to suck hot air in. Over $100 for the box vs $30 I paid for a stock one. Stock will be fine for a while.

 

I was speaking more towards your comment about the product. what you do with your car doesn't really matter.

 

Very true. I guess i should have said summer. I just really like their airbox setup. It seems so functional.

 

New exhaust.

 

I threw on the rack and picked up a Christmas tree!

 

Finally got MN plates on my car. (Guy I bought it from just moved here from Utah) and scheduled a tune with Nuke

 

Installed mudflaps. Looking into Maddad gauges for the spring time. $700 for gauges is insane.

 

It was listed as a Fraser Fir, but I think that's pretty much the same thing. It was from a lot down on East River Road. We've gotten trees there before.

 

Had Nuke do a stage 1 tune. Much smoother now and pulls a little harder now too! Also put on about 250 miles, and picked up an aluminum skid plate! Busy day for the red rocket

 

Installed a nice light metal battery box from Lou Fegers in the rally car trunk, and optima red top.. damn they are expensive.. also picked up the RA 5spd dog box with DCCD and GEMS dccd controler. need to run the power wires to it b4 it gets installed

 

Red rocket is what we call my dog's...well, you know.

 

What did you guys get?

 

Haha. I know. That's what I call a dogs "you know" as well. That's why I think it's a funny name for my car. Lmao!

 

ahh the ones that are getting nice mpgs? not a bad choice at all sir

 

Skid plate installed. Much cleaner looking then the stock plastic pos.

 

what brand is that? most have a lip that comes up infront of the sub frame.

 

I bought it off a member on here, who I believe bought it off another member that custom made it.

 

installed dspecs balanced my wheels. weeeew ridding smooth!! and replaced the control arm that was bent after letting my freind drive my car in the snow..

 

I believe it is one that "vector" made. However I bought it off of "MrMcMonkey" used.

 

Shredded a parking lot and a few blocks in Edina today...LOVE the snow!!

 

Dynoed and tuned my car on e85(e70)today and all pull's were around 320-335whp in 4th gear, tune isn't complete yet, maybe on monday

It's running lean at 5k-6k but it pull's all the way to redline(vf52) and the rear end slide's when launched/floored in 1st gear, amazing

Sleeper?

 

Brought it to the dealer in St. Cloud to have the control arm recall taken care of, Got new one's

 

Traveled to Grand Rapids for an event at Mt Itasca. From the looks of the forecast I'll be in the bullseye of the storm, but no snow yet. I may need to head over to downtown Coleraine to see if I can get spotted. The drive home Sunday will be interesting.

 

put the snow tires on today, then turned a 40 mile drive home into a 100 mile one going way outta the way to avoid the slow drivers that clog the main roads.. and to find some long sweeping corners to go sideways on... LOVE LOVE LOVE the snow...

 

Saturday we won our class ("Limited") at Yucatan Winter Safari Rally, in dry dusty, summer-like conditions, then drove home from Winona via Rochester in all the snow on Sunday. I was a little unhappy Saturday about my decision to put the snows on for the rally, but was oh-so-happy about it on Sunday!!

Picked up the STi seats from blackozone (Lee) on the way home.

Didn't shred any parking lots.

 

Turned a 100k today.

 

broke lower JDM aluminum CA's, in the shop waiting for stock 02 WRX CA's and whiteline anti lift kit, will see how the handling handle after this?