RSutton's 2011 SSM WRX Hatch Progress

Looks like its starting to come together. Hope you enjoy the sways.

 

planning on picking up some endlinks?

car is moving along quick!

 

Haven't decided yet. Probably the Whitelines if I end up doing it.

I know! My wife keeps reminding me of that... :rofl:

 

ha! I almost forgot! I added another mod yesterday...



And yes...I know I rolled the stop sign.

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rolled?

 

Pioneer AVIC-F90BT installed.

Hacked 3.0 firmware
XM Radio
iPhone/iPod integration
Hacked destination and video viewing while driving

 

what suction mount is that?

 

How do you guys manage AP being plugged in at all times. I tried and it would always flicker off and on since I would hit the cable with my legs etc..... :hsugh:

 

sometimes you have to think outside the box, cookie

 

I really don't want to tape anything up and reroute anything if that's what you mean.

 

tape? naw man we've moved up to zip ties and mighty putty

 

Watch those AP cables.....ask techlord why.

 

you mean the driver of the HHR

 

Que? He slammed on brakes and the AP cables were in his way and not enough brakes.....

 

The AP cable that comes with it has the elbow in it for that reason, then you can just run the cable under the lower dash panel and get some Velcro or a little wire holder clip.

 

What HID kit are you using?

 

It's a full retrofit from theretrofitsource.com.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=254

 

Did you buy the entire set??
Wouldn't the projectors be useless?

 

Your stock halogen projectors are useless for HIDs. HID projectors may look similar on the outside but their optics are different.

 

ahh icic. i bought a 75$ set from SharpHID, and im not really happy with it :/
im going to look into this

 

Alex hooked it up!!! The JPM Coachworks shift boot rocks. Now I have to resist the temptation of coating the whole interior. Awesome quality and perfect fit.

 

Very nice. Can't wait till Alex is done with mine!!!

 

The Hertz HSK 165XL 6.5" components went in this week. Ryan at SladeAudio.com did the install and fiberglass work on the pillars to get the front sound stage forward some. The pillars came out even better than I had imagined.

A DLS RA30 is under the drivers seat to throw power to the components. It will be replaced with a twice as powerful Hertz HDP4 once it comes in.

Still waiting on my Dayton 10" and the Audio Integrations hatch box to round out the system...should all be here by next Monday.

Everything from a birds eye view.



Hertz Tweeter



The Pillar setup

 

Looks good!
im sure it sounds even better! :rofl:

 

And now the e-brake boot matches the shift boot! Thanks Alex.

 

Sub box came in today. The Audio Integrations box is housing a Dayton Audio HF 10 powered by the DLS RA30. Still need to get a grill as the Audio Integrations grill is really just 3 bars that do nothing.

 

Picked up a new toy today...





Thanks Cicio at TopSpeed for hooking it up!

 

gotta get catless! its the new cologne.

 

I went catted. Didn't want to deal with any potential boost creep issues, smell or future emissions problems.

 

boost creep could be easily fixed with a pro tune and i dont really notice the smell ever, as for emissions i know a place that got me by on visual checks

 

Did the down pipe make much of a difference

 

It did even with the OTS Cobb stage 2 map. I have been hearing that people are not feeling as big of a jump from stage 1 to stage 2 as they did from stock to stage 1 on the 2011's.

Personally, I felt a bigger jump from stage 1 to stage 2. Stage 1 really smoothed out the power band and got rid of the shaky feeling during acceleration, but stage 2 brought the torque I was really looking for.

I'm looking forward to a custom tune to really extract the rest out of the car.

 

Congrats!

Great Looking Ride! I just got my WRX Wagon from Kennesaw Subaru a Couple weeks ago! Loving every min of it!:wavey:

 

Got mine from there too. Great people to deal with. Congrats on the new WRX!

 

I was sick of Jeff getting all of the pictures at meets...so I maned up and got a lip.

I still have to take the STI logo off the front of it.

 

Looks awesome!
i need one now! but its kinda pricey :/

 

yea, have you ever heard jeff NOT talk about his car? conceited...

 

lol im just jealous of how clear your headlights are

 

True...

As it turns out...the STI badge is held in not only with adhesive...but also pins. So instead of leaving holes there visible, I am just painting it flat black.

 

just keep it on

 

I am just picky as hell. I don't want any emblems on the front.

 

painters tape around it, spray it black.

 

And about all of the things he didn't do to his car, yet is actually done to it? Goodness.









:rofl:

 

if it can't be removed without fucking the lip up, just leave it.

 

Wow. A lip does wonders. Looks great!