What did you do to your subaru today?

Heck yeah.

One cool thing I've noticed about these is that only the white part is reflective (or at least I think so) so when driving behind someone at night the letters/numbers just pop like crazy because of the vehicle's license plate lights, while the black kinda just blends into the car. Even better with a frame around it.

 

Now that it's officially mine (transferred the title today), here's lucky #13.

Did some body work on Wednesday to at least get the destroyed fans off of the front of the motor.



Got a couple small projects in line before this thing can really go under the knife, but looking forward to hopefully resurrecting it soon. Ordered a new radiator yesterday and still gotta locate a few crucial parts (mainly a hood, if anybody knows of anything!).

 

Just get a normal Foz hood and a set of metal shears!

 

If it was an 80's Camaro, hell yeah brother!

 

So I've got a silver 04 Forester here that's na and needs new head gaskets. Again... It's been parked for well over a year already and the wife and I decided to sacrifice its front clip to save this FXT. My plan if I can't find an FXT hood is to have some fun with the na hood. I've already been looking at muscle car style scoops but man are they spendy. Haha.

 

I put an SG in between my GG's in OG.

 

Got a new high output alt put in to prep for the audio system. Puts out 167 amps at idle and 273 max. It's from apex and already see a different in voltage compared to stock and only audio upgrade I have right now is my receiver.

 

I thought I noticed a glow in the southern sky tonight.

 

Such speed.

 

Subaru is using one serpentine belt now with what I'm assuming is an automatic tensioner?! Fkn sellouts... Haha.

 

Yeah sadly they are now, found out I need to replace that also since it's making some nice grinding sounds lol

 

Recently pulled the rear bumper cover off my BRZ to take care of a little rust spot that was forming on the bottom edge of the quarter panel. While I had it off I thought I'd take out the reverse light to tint the lens and add some LED bulbs, but some seized hardware resulted in a broken housing... Ended up just replacing the damn thing with a smoked Valenti one to match the tail lights, which I definitely wasn't planning to do but still prefer the look of.

 

Did not think to take before and after pics but got one during. Wasn't much, just a little on the edge where the bumper cover meets the quarter. It had some repair done in that little spot and I'm guessing they either scratched it putting the cover back on or didn't prep that edge very well. Rest of the work looks pretty decent though. The "repair" I did was just sanding off the surface stuff, brushing on a little rust reformer, primer, and then touch up paint/clear.

 

Oh and I got one of the damage I did to the light

 

Decided that I wanted my wife to ride with me in the car more so I uninstalled my Cold air intake. Good bye whoosh!

Not really a sexy project but it was fun to work on it a bit.

 

I hate to admit it but I’m ok that it’s gone. I think that means I’m getting old.

 

The wife doesn't like the whoosh...?

 

Sadly, no. She prefers a more traditional intake …

 

Replaced a missing piece of trim in front my driver's side rear wheel. woot

 

I see what you did there

 

This might be getting into boomer Corvette/collector car owner territory, but while browsing Etsy I came across a guy who makes little trim bezels to fit in the seat heater switch panels and I had him make one for my BRZ. Not to everyone's taste I'm sure, but I thought it was an interesting detail to add.

 

Did he also send a gold chain and some stick-on chest hair?

 

Lol no, I'm already set for that on my own. Thanks to the LaX cruises I've also got a couple Subaru shirts and a hat, so now I just need some jeans shorts and New Balances.

 

There's a "registry" someone posted on FT86club.com that I came across. It lists them all out (at least the last few digits of the VINs anyway), says where they were initially sold, and which members there own which ones. Looks like there's one for yours too:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115812

 

How did you figure out yours is 109 when 109 on that list says it's white? I'm assuming there's 500 of each white and hyper blue, so it's probably mixed up. Just curious as to how they divide them up per color. Kinda weird they didn't segregate those two colors like they did WRB and the pearl white.

 

The hyperblue registry was a separate thread and arranged a bit differently, that link I posted is just for the 2015 series.blue models. If you scroll down a little further they have separate listings/numbers for the white and blue models. I have no idea if any of that corresponds to any actual serial numbers or production sequences with Subaru, but it's the only semi-official sort of thing I've seen like that.

Link to the hyperblue registry in case anyone is curious:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95759

 

Well today me and my buddy Rob got my new to me radium duel catch cans put in and took out the iag aos. Also did plugs, new belt tensioner and idler pulley

 

Put on my new to me invidia n1 catback today, sounds amazing

 

True that, and honestly it's much quieter than I expected especially with my grimmspeed j pipe

 

Put on my steering wheel cover from east detailing today, not perfect but looks better than the peeling leather that you could see before. Was a pita to stich up though lol

 

Had the wife help me with pulling dead cars out of the trees and around the yard today. Getting prepared for part outs and eventually sending them to U-Pull. If anyone is interested in or needs anything feel free to give me a shout. Haven't listed them anywhere yet.

 

I've had a couple old Mitsubishis that steering wheel leather wore out. My 09 Forester has 198k on it and no real signs of wear. My WRX had almost 60k on it before I swapped in a red stitch STi wheel. And that one now has 70k on it. Both are still perfect. I wonder what makes some wheels wear out faster than others.