About Me:
I've been browsing this forum for a bit and finally have a reason to create a journal. My name is Jess and I purchased the RS I wanted in July 2013. I had a couple opportunities to purchase a sedan RS, but I wanted to hold out for a coupe. Being that I lived in Oregon, the prices for RS' were laughable. While waiting for the right car I went through 4 other cars. I started with a 2003 Suzuki Aerio, to a 2003 VW GTI 20th Anniversary, to a 2005 Legacy GT Limited wagon (loved that beast, but it had a busted short block) and then to a 2000 Audi A4 Quattro. This was in a span of a year and half. :lol:
About the Car:
I purchased the RS from a Subaru 'specialist' dealer in Oregon in July 2013. They had completely overhauled the engine (new parts mentioned in post #2) when I picked it up at 124,500 miles with a 5-speed manual transmission and new tires. It had some blemishes (the rust spot I somehow missed until I got home) and a broken driver's side mirror. It came with the OBX axleback and OEM subwoofer, but any other addition has been added by me. All in all, I am completely happy with my purchase.
The main plan is to keep the car N/A and focus on cosmetic and chassis/suspension/brake upgrades. There will be no 'lowlife' or flares or widebody. It'll be something of a Prodrive P1 replica. I definitely want to update and refresh all the bushings and old OE parts; it really needs it... A possible far future plan would be to purchase a wrecked 05-07 STi and do a full USDM swap, but I'm in no considerable rush to do that.
Interior
Audio & Lighting
= Morimoto Mini H1 7.0 projectors
= Morimoto XB35 ballasts
= MotoControl Bixenon harness
= 4500k bulbs
Exterior
Engine & Exhaust
Chassis & Suspension
Notes
Parts Wanted
I've been browsing this forum for a bit and finally have a reason to create a journal. My name is Jess and I purchased the RS I wanted in July 2013. I had a couple opportunities to purchase a sedan RS, but I wanted to hold out for a coupe. Being that I lived in Oregon, the prices for RS' were laughable. While waiting for the right car I went through 4 other cars. I started with a 2003 Suzuki Aerio, to a 2003 VW GTI 20th Anniversary, to a 2005 Legacy GT Limited wagon (loved that beast, but it had a busted short block) and then to a 2000 Audi A4 Quattro. This was in a span of a year and half. :lol:
About the Car:
I purchased the RS from a Subaru 'specialist' dealer in Oregon in July 2013. They had completely overhauled the engine (new parts mentioned in post #2) when I picked it up at 124,500 miles with a 5-speed manual transmission and new tires. It had some blemishes (the rust spot I somehow missed until I got home) and a broken driver's side mirror. It came with the OBX axleback and OEM subwoofer, but any other addition has been added by me. All in all, I am completely happy with my purchase.
The main plan is to keep the car N/A and focus on cosmetic and chassis/suspension/brake upgrades. There will be no 'lowlife' or flares or widebody. It'll be something of a Prodrive P1 replica. I definitely want to update and refresh all the bushings and old OE parts; it really needs it... A possible far future plan would be to purchase a wrecked 05-07 STi and do a full USDM swap, but I'm in no considerable rush to do that.
Interior
- JDM STi MT blue pedal set
- JDM STi V5/6 front door cards
- JDM WRX gray HVAC trim
- JDM WRX gray shift trim
- JDM Subaru red hazard button
- OEM black coupe carpet
- OEM Subaru barometer pack
- LHD dash cubby
- Prodrive P1 cluster
- Prodrive P1 front seats
- Prodrive P1 rear seat
- Prodrive black 5MT shift knob
- Prodrive floor mats
- STi V9 steering wheel
- GD all-weather mats
- WRX wagon intermittent wiper stalk
- Slate alcantara rear door trim inserts from Zealous Interiors
- Shiba dog hairs
Audio & Lighting
- Kenwood 6x9 rear speakers
- OEM subwoofer
- OEM trunk light
- Prodrive P1 Hella spotlights
- White LED map/dome lighting
- White LED HVAC lighting
- Natural White LED corner lights
- Retrofit headlights (smushed)
= Morimoto Mini H1 7.0 projectors
= Morimoto XB35 ballasts
= MotoControl Bixenon harness
= 4500k bulbs
Exterior
- JDM Subaru taillights
- JDM Subaru clear corners
- JDM Subaru front aeroguards
- JDM Subaru rear aeroguards
- JDM 22B OE hood vents
- JDM STi V5/6 grille
- JDM STi V5/6 rear bumper
- JDM rear spats
- JDM flat fuel door
- EDM frosted bumper lights
- Prodrive P1 OEM trunk badge
- Prodrive P1 OEM fender badges
- Prodrive P1 OEM spotlight covers
- Prodrive P1 OEM spoiler
- Prodrive P1 replica front splitter
- Prova blue mirrors
- Depo clear side markers
- Depo glass headlights
- Paint-matched side skirts
- JDM rear wiper conversion - needs install
Engine & Exhaust
- 04/05 EJ205
- GD STi top mount
- VF43
- Killer B pickup
- Paranoid Fabrications grounding kit
- Grimmspeed catted downpipe
- Grimmspeed EBCS
- Grimmspeed TMIC Y-pipe kit
- Grimmspeed black engine bay caps
- TurboXS midpipe
- Prodrive oval tip axleback
- Kartboy exhaust hangers
- DeatschWerks DW300 fuel pump
Chassis & Suspension
- KYB AGX struts
- Eibach 'Prodrive' P11L springs
- Group N rear tophats
- GT Spec fender braces
- CUSCO lower rear subframe brace
- CUSCO front strut bar
- CUSCO front power brace
- CUSCO pitch stop
- CUSCO h-brace - need to install
- Whiteline steering rack bushings
- PERRIN front endlinks
- Kartboy rear subframe locking bolts
- COBB front shifter bushing
- COBB rear shifter bushing
- STi rear sway bar
- STi trailing arms and lateral links
- 2015 STi 13:1 steering rack
- GD column and linkage
- Winter: 205/55/16 Bridgestone Blizzak tires with OEM gold RS 5 spokes 16x7 +55
- Summer: 225/45/17 Falken Azenis RT615K with Prodrive GC010e 17x7.5 +47
- Muteki black lugnuts
- USDM WRX 4-pots painted Titanium Blue
- USDM WRX 2-pots painted Titanium Blue
- Centric premium rotors
- Stoptech street performance brake pads
- Stoptech SS brake lines
- Kartboy rear 2-pot adapters
Notes
- Cluster swap #1: Mileage of stock RS cluster: 139,758mi / Mileage of V6 cluster: 167,948km
- Cluster swap #2: Mileage of V6 cluster: 199,259km / Mileage of P1 cluster: 191,398km / Chassis mileage: 159,214mi
- Actual mileage: 194,425 as of January 3rd, 2019
- Rebuilt NA motor swapped in at 203,500mi December 2019. Rebuilt motor has anywhere from 30-50k miles.
- EJ205 motor installed at approximately 219,800mi March 2022 with 30k-ish miles.
Parts Wanted
- V5/6/Prodrive P1 rear doorcards
- STi 6 speed