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181stLeader's World Rally Blue Widebody Coupe!

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#1 · (Edited)
The next phase for my car is a Aegean Blue 96 Impreza L Coupe. I have swapped shells over from my 95L getting ready for the carbon Aerosim kit(I couldn't bring myself to install the carbon kit on a salvaged title car).

Picture of the 1996 L coupe the day I bought it.


Current picture:



Current mods are:
Exterior:
Aerosim Research Full Carbon Fiber WRC Body Kit
-Molded Quarters and Side Skirts
-Rally Pin Jack Stand Bosses in The Rocker Panels
Newton Equipment Locking Aero Fuel Filler Cap
JDM Version 5/6 STi Aluminum Hood
Replica S5 WRC Hood Vents
Version 4 EDM Fluted Headlights with Beam Leveling Motors
JDM Light Weight Rear Bumper Beam
JDM Clear Corners with Amber LEDs
JDM STi Tail Lights
JDM STi Type RA Roof Vent
WRC Replica Roof Scoop - Primitive racing(trimmed shorter and contoured to the roof)
Hella Super Tone Horns
Bakemono Adjustable 22B Replica Spoiler
Bakemono S201 Carbon Fiber Aero Pocket Mirrors
Sparco Hood Pins
Sabelt Front Tow Strap (Red)
WRC Front Grille Subaru Stars Badge Holder
World Rally Blue Paint (Paint code 02C)
-PPG Primer
-Sherwin Williams Basecoat
-DuPont Imron Clearcoat

Interior:
99 RS Dash, Door Cards and all Black Trim Plastics
JDM Version 8 STi Gauge Cluster
EDM LHD Passenger Airbag Delete Pocket
USDM 05 STi Rear Seats
Genuine Recaro/Blimp SRD seats
06 WRX Black Carpet
22B Nardi Steering Wheel(with working auto canceling signals and working horn)
22B Stainless Door Sills
06 STi Pedal Box
08+ Legacy STi Pedal Set
STi Titanium Sphere Shift knob (6MT)
OEM Trunk Light (converted to LED)
Version 6 STi Trunk Springs
04 STi Red Stitched Leather E-brake handle
STi Limited WRC Edition Blue Center Console (#425 of 2000)
02 WRX 6 Disc Changer Radio
-Converted to Red Back Light
-Jazzy Engineering AUX in module
Passenger Vinyl Sun Visor without Airbag Warning from 93 (Impreza L base)
2002 WRX Intermittent Wiper Stalk
Autopower Roll Bar
Sabelt 6 Point Harness

Engine:
2005 JDM STi Spec C EJ207(version 8) with working AVCS
Version 7 Spec C VF-34 Turbo (Larger P20 Exhaust housing swap from a VF-22)
05 USDM STi UEL Headers
APS Up-Pipe
ID1050x Top Feed injectors
Cobb 4 Bar Map Sensor
iWire Harness Merge #109
Tomioka Racing Timing Belt Guide
Gates Blue Timing Belt Kit.
Killer B Oil Pickup
MFactory Oil Cooler
MoCal Oil Cooler Thermostat
Mishimoto 1st Gen Legacy Turbo Aluminum Radiator
GReddy GC8 Radiator Shroud
Zero/Sports 1.3 BAR Radiator Cap
Custom Carbon Fiber Radiator Brackets
98 RS Style Custom Carbon Fiber Fan Shrouds(allows stock fans clear the thicker Rad, aftermarket slim fans suck!)
JDM In Fender Coolant Expansion Tank
07 WRX Fuel Tank
AEM 320LPH Fuel Pump (E85 Safe)
K&N Typhoon Short Ram Intake
-Carbon Fiber Heatshield
AP Racing Hard Turbo Inlet (too hard to find an APS :cry:)
TurboXS V2 3" Downpipe & Catless Test Pipe
TurboXS 3" Stealthback Midpipe
Prodrive Round Tip Axleback Exhaust (2.5")
Prodrive 3-Port Boost Solenoid
Prodrive Oil Cap
Prodrive Battery Tie Down
Cusco Catch Can
Innovate Motorsports ECF-1 Ethanol Content Analyzer (Flexfuel)
Carberry ROM (Tuned By Paul at YimiSport Tuning)

Suspension:
Fuji Heavy Industries Aerospace Carbon Front Strut Tower Bar
02 WRX Rear Subframe
07 STi Front Subframe
07 STi Steering Rack
Unabomber's Sexy Rear End:
-Kartboy Rear Subframe Lock Bolts
-Kartboy Diff Outrigger bushings(race)
-Whiteline Rear Diff Bushings
05 STi Aluminum Lateral Links
05 STi Aluminum Front Control Arms
98 Forester ALK Housings
Ohlins Rear Camber Plates
Ohlins Front Camber Plates
5x114.3 STi Ohlins DFV Coilovers
Eibach/Ohlins Spec 7kgf/mm Front Springs
Eibach/Ohlins Spec 5kgf/mm Rear Springs
Whiteline 27mm Adj. Front Sway Bar (Adjusted to 29mm)
Whiteline 24mm Adj. Rear Sway Bar (Adjusted to 22mm)
Whiteline Caster Adding ALK Bushings
Whiteline Roll Center Adjustment Kit (RCA)
Turn in Concepts Rear Trailing Arm Bushings
Powerflex Front Trailing arm Bushings
Powerflex Lateral Link Bushings
Perrin Spherical Bearing Front Endlinks F&R
Superpro Front Control Arm Front Bushings

Alignment Specs By: West End Alignment
-3.2 Degrees Front Camber
+6.5 Degrees Caster
-2.4 Degrees Rear Camber
0 Toe all around

Wheels & Tires:
Magnesium Aston Martin Racing Superturismo (by OZ racing/Prodrive) 18x10+45
-22 LBS
Falken Azeni RT615k+ in 275/35/18
ARP Extended Studs
Muteki Open Ended Lugs - Matte Black
1/2" spacers to clear the struts

Brakes
05 STi 1 1/16th inch Master Cylinder
05 STi Brake Booster
Grimmspeed Master Cylinder Brace
01 RS ABS System
"Prodrive" BBK
  • Porsche Cayenne S 6 Pot Brembo Calipers (Machined & custom adapter bracket to fit Subaru Knuckle)
  • Mercedes Benz GL450 Powerslot Rotors (350mm x 32mm)
06 STi Rear Brembos
Speed Bleeder Screws x8
Goodridge SS Brake Lines F&R
Hawk DTC-60 Pads

Drive Train:
JDM Version 8 STi DCCD 6MT
Exedy OEM Replacement Clutch Kit
Carbonetic Lightweight Flywheel
JDM Version 8 STi R-180 Rear Diff
06 STi Drive Shaft
06 STi 5x114.3 hubs
05 STi Axles
DCCDPro Deluxe DCCD Controller(manual/Auto mode with STi switches and STi Cluster interface)
Kartboy Rear Shifter Bushing

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#193 · (Edited)
My Awesome girlfriend got me a set of Whiteline front and rear sway bars for Valentines day! :banana:

27mm Adj. front vs stock STi bar:



In its new home:


24mm Adj. rear vs stock STi bar:


The install for teh rear was so much faster.


Gotta have the stickers once they are on there...


Will be going to a test and tune autox tomorrow, cant wait to push the car and test em out on the different settings. The car has way less roll than before(my spring rates are only 5k front 4k rear on the Whitline G4 Coilovers)


Next on the list is kartboy endlinks F&R, 05-06 sti aluminium front control arms, maybe a Roll center Adj kit and ALK.
 
#195 ·
I have done two autox with the new bars, I love em! I had to play with the adjustments a bit to get it to handle exactly how I wanted. Both bars are on the stiffest setting with the coils adjusted full stiff upfront and full soft in the rear. Its really nice, the front tucks in nice and the tail very slowly and predictably steps out after turn in off power and then I can get it back in line with the throttle. Makes rotating the car very easy. Its a very good match for the softer springs that I have on the coil overs (5k front 4k Rear).

The Plug is for the rear diff temp sensor on the R-180 rear diff. Comes stock on the STi. I didn't hook it up because I didn't see a point.
 
#199 ·
20 PSI peak boost, on the street it hits it at about 3800-4000 rpm thats when the car really takes off, pulls real nice all the way to redline. I just bought a Blouch Dom 1.5 XT-R I cant wait to see how it does with the version 8 heads. Should have some nice top end, hopefully it doesn't have too much lag.
 
#200 ·
Great build first off. Love it and been following it for awhile!
Car looks amazing!

Curious on that pod set up cause I would truly like to do the same. How hard was it to install onto that door?
Also when your driving are your going over bumps does it bounce? Not sure if you left the latch in or not.
Thanks for the help!
 
#204 ·
Decided to put the 2000 Rallye Monte Carlo Subaru WRC livery on the car. Some people think its rice But I don't care I like it! I still need to wrap over the door handles in the yellow, put the Large box with the number on the roof, and add my name on the rear side windows.



I need to wash the car and I'll take some better pics.


And since I have the RA Roof vent I picked up this little guy to match the WRC livery:


I think I am going to drill holes in the roof and bolt the scoop on. I already have the vent so there is no going back anyway.
 
#206 ·
Yup! I wanted to do something different. If I get sick of it its only stickers, I can always remove em. Besides it was kinda fun because found all the vector images for each decal online, scaled them up from a 1/24th scale model decal sheet I have for a 99' WRC Impreza , bought the vinyl and had em cut then I applied them myself.
 
#211 ·
Yeah, my girlfriend said the same thing! I would love to get the whole WRC widebody someday.

Looks great!!!
Thanks! I know its not everyones thing, but I like it and I built the car for me so I dont care. The car isn't my DD so I really don't mind getting looks hahaha
 
#215 ·
Thanks!

Good to meet you in person at S3 man. Your car looks great with the wrap.
Yeah it was awesome to meet you!

Can you provide any info on these?

These adapt the rear pring perch of GD whiteline coils so I can use a camber plate. Whitelines use the stock top hat normally and use a flat spring perch to go with the stock top hat. You need the cones like they have int he front to use a rear camber plate with these coils. And just an FYI Whiteline Group 4's are just custom valved and spring AST 4100 coil overs with whitelines name on em.
 
#217 ·
Thanks! Did you go to s3? I didnt see you.

Naw I am over at S&S autoparts now, I got tired of the hour drive to work and an hour back home each day.

oh and hey do you still see Joey around I still need to give him back his TD04.
 
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