AtlxPat's never ending paycheck killer

bought the wrx on March 24, 2007









Power mods:
Cobb AP v2
Perrin FMIC w/wrapped piping
SRS type RE exhaust
No Name downpipe
HKS intake
Deadbolt td06 20g
Walbo 255 fuel pump
Ultimate Racing 850cc
Samco inlet
TGV deletes (Allpro Subaru)
Grimmspeed uppipe
Grimmspeed EBCS
TurboXS RFL BOV
ACT HD SS Clutch
ACT Streetlite Flywheel

Exterior/Interior:
2.5rs cgm hood
04/05 tails
prosport 52mm electric boost gauge
S2K retrofit
TRFS tsx-r clear lenses
JPM coachworks shift boot
JPM coachworks E-brake boot
DIY mesh grille
painted wrx side skirts with front spats
VIS cf trunk
Authentic STI limited lip
Rally armor mudflaps
pioneer AVIC-x930bt

Brake Mods:
ATE super blue fluid
Centric posiquiet pads
Centric blank rotors
Goodridge SS brake lines

Suspension:
04 STI inverted struts
RCE yellow springs
Litespeed X brace
kartboy sub frame lockout bolts
my4isflat fender braces

Wheels:
17x9 hyper silver rota DPT +43
245/40/17 Continental DWS

 

oh, anyone know a place that will port/polish locally?

 

port what? the turbo?

 

PnP for the turbo

 

here are a few pictures of my front bumper with license plate delete

 

The front bumper looks nice with the license plate delete. It has a really clean look.

 

got it done by bryson at wagenwerksatlanta, i will definately be going there for future painting/body work

 

Niiice. It's looking really good. Are you not gonna get a new CF hood?

 

nah i dont think so, i will be looking to get a painted scoopless hood if i get a FMIC

 

Are the inserts next to the lights normally black or painted. Your grill looks different from the front, I really like what you have done so far.

 

Ahh. I see. You don't like having a top mount with the hood scoop?

 

yea i got them painted, i have 2 sets of grilles, 1 painted flat black and the other CGM, i'm gonna cut up the flat black ones and insert mesh grilles

nah i just dont like the attention sometimes of the hood scoop. If i get a front mount, i have no use for the scoop

 

borrowed a friends dremel and i'm going to cut up my grilles and have mesh inserts.

i'll have pictures up when im done

here is a DIY
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1794249

 

I always thought the hood scoop on WRXs gave it character.
Normally, I would hate the look of any car with a hood scoop, but the Impreza/WRX is a completely different story.

 

I like the way you did your front grill. And the trunk lid is pretty nice too!

 

finally came around and finished the front grille
waiting to put on gms v2 inlet/walbro fuel pump/vf30/fmic/tial bov when the weather gets warmer
rally armor flaps on the way :ddirty:

 

yea but i dont know how i feel about drilling holes into the body

 

Looks great! +1 for wagenwerks-coming from the VW Scene, those guys do great work. Seen a few friends with their paint/body work. Incredible.

 

last piece of the vf30 puzzle

fmic just came in, cant wait to tune hnoes:
i've decided to go with topspeed - i might cut up the bumper today and run around with an interfooler :unamused:

 

so i had some time to kill after work and decided to get the core and bracket in tonight

and after having the medical scissors break on me while cutting up the bumper here is where i am

still need to trim the bottom some more, what do ppl recommend to cut up a bumper?

 

About time!

 

got my wc lathewerks and replaced the decal with one from a local community around here

had another sticker lying around so i put it to good use also

 

yea i ended up using a dremel but i used a sanding bit ...lol

 

Its probally gonna be best to run the stock bov and such for now so make sure that you get all the extra goodies for the install that dont come with the ssac kit. They fooled me! lol I think i have a few thing still lying around if you need

 

i got it from ajw, its a bit different but in all its the same kit. i using a tial bov with this setup
i got this one cause it includes 2 year warranty and a overflow tank and black couplers instead of blue

 

my tune is this monday, i cant wait! installing everything this weekend hope it all goes smoothly

 

got my cobb ap back, with the proper software installed, hopefully i'll tune this monday.

was pretty bored the other day and gave this DIY a shot, took less than 40 minutes to complete

i might tint it or cover it up with vinyl....not sure how i feel about ppl bein able to see in :coolugh:.
heres the DIY if anyones interested
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1698481

 

Care looks great Alex. You just need one of these now.

 

alex?

 

thanks guys!

 

Sorry, my dyslexia always made me read your name as Alex. I will not make the mistake again, Alex.

 

I understand your concern about letting bystanders see up your skirt through your hoodscoop hole, but damn, that window is teh sex.

 

Car looks great man.

 

haha its no problem

thanks for the comments guys!
more pics

almost invisible at this angle

hella flush

 

:banana:
got it tuned today! very happy with my results
next up: coilovers

 

haha thanks, alex!

 

Car looks great Pat. Make that front mount black and you'll have a nice sleeper.
I really like the scoop delete - let us know how it holds up.