crazyazn's 2006 STI 'abbey'

Well I've been on here for a bit, and while I'm waiting for some work to finish I figure I'll give this journal thing a try.

Well I bought my '06 March 13, 2010 (hmm almost 3 years old yay) with 19,500 miles, and my little sister immediately named it 'Abbey' in her tradition of naming all my cars. I'm still back and forth on naming cars despite being 3 cars in, but its easier than saying 'impreza wrx sti' :rofl:

Anyways, I got it with rota dpt's and a set of oem bbs' (beat up winter wheels).

Since I'm a visual guy I'll just start throwing in pictures now..

After the first car wash and detail..

JML_8364 by thelucid1, on Flickr


Some more of the early days...


Subie_garage_shoot-1 by thelucid1, on Flickr

STI struttin' like a boss by thelucid1, on Flickr

Basking in the sunset by thelucid1, on Flickr

Hanging out at a Tuesday Dinner meet..

WRXatlanta_group_62811-2 by thelucid1, on Flickr

And one of my most favorite shots of my car...

Wish upon a star by thelucid1, on Flickr

Then sometime last year, with the idea of avoiding rock damage from driving behind Robb on a Tail of the Dragon run, I bought 3 gallons of plasti-dip and ended up with this..

'Abbey' Compilation by thelucid1, on Flickr

Fall sight seeing by thelucid1, on Flickr

Amonst the leaves by thelucid1, on Flickr


Ok the mod list (because i see people do this on such journals):

Engine
Invidia v3 divorced and catless downpipe
SPT catback exhaust
cobb heat shield :rofl:
Open source stage 2 tuned by Doug at Topspeed

Drivetrain
Group N Transmission mount
Whiteline Positive Shift Kit
TIC 'Unabomber's Sexy Rear End' bushings


Suspension/Brakes
RCE Tarmac 2 coilovers 500lb front 400lb rear springs
Eibach sways (too freaking small diameter)
Perrin solid (pillow ball) endlinks
Whiteline ALK
Whiteline Rollcenter Kit
DBA 4000 Slotted Rotors
Hawk HP+ Pads
ATE Super Blue Brake Fluid

 

Then unfortunately the unthinkable happened...
While driving on a country road, and thankfully at speed limit, I fell into a ditch (short story of it).
Ended up crumpling the passenger front quarter panel, bent the front passenger control arm, broke the faux v-limited lip and cracked the bumper. Along with bending one Tarmac 2 coilover and cracking a rota DPT.
The worse part was denting the sheet metal on the driver's side rocker panel.


Broke some things, had my life actually flash before my eyes, and learned that Plasti-Dip is surprisingly durable..

Parked at Allpro for Brandon and Wes to look over and do their magic...


Why I'm certain I am done with rota wheels..



Then it took a bit to strip the dip off and get back to normal and send it out for body work.


I took the car to Classic Livery of Atlanta to have Bryson and his team fix the damage, and also do some transformations to the car.

 

Now a tease of where the transformation is going to..


Yokohama ADVAN Neova AD08R and Volk RE30 by thelucid1, on Flickr

 

295/30/18 that's a hell of a roll/flare, and it sounds sexy!

 

Yes, its definitely been in the works for a while, but I think I can safely say that I'll be able to show the end result very soon :sx:

As for power, its definitely in the long picture, I am still thinking low 400hp at the most, and as much low end torque as I can get. Since I am hoping to get serious into AutoX I want the responsiveness of the stock turbo, so I think the dom 1.5 is still a route, with a 8cm hotside.
However, since I'm dramatically changing the handling of the car, I think it's best to run the car as is for a long while to get that sorted, I am suspecting I will have to up my sway bar and spring weights to balance the increase in grip.

 

lol, yeah I never really thought to do one because I honestly thought I was done with my car to keep it DD friendly, now I figure because of AutoX and the karlton flares, I can hopefully be a reference point for others wanting to do this route. Also, I'm thinking I'll need insight on things in the future.

Yes, can't wait to get some instruction and seat time with you and others, I think the current eta for the bodywork is next week, then I have a lot of suspension and bushings to get on the car, and well praying the wheels fit on the front and can turn left and right without too much rubbing.

Yeah, Enzo I guess outside of going to dinner meets and mountain runs, I almost never drove the STI around, especially when I was daily commuting downtown.

 

Yeah, I guess it never was much of a daily, but now it may be a warm weather car because its kinda pricey to do a second set of wheels and all seasons for winter.

As for the wide body, yeah I guess it just was a miscommunication, just doing karlton flares, as that was in the budget. Though I do love the WRC front end just not so much on how the rear quarters are done on those replica kits.

 

Well hopefully not much longer for the both of us!

 

Yeah I'm not really worried about the weather here in GA during the winter, it's more for the random winter cabin trip I sometimes do with a few friends. I'll see how bad my gas mileage is rolling the new tires at the least they actually weigh in a hair less than the PSS on my oem bbs which I was not expecting.

 

Niice, yeah I'm thinking in the future of getting rpf1's for a second set and 10.5 instead of 11 so i can do autox with a 275 35 18 and be a bit lighter on the unsprung mass.

 

well typing to type as I wait for some renders to finish. The current status is that my car will be ready sometime next week. Super excited, saw a nifty sneak peak from Robb, now I really can't wait to see it in person.

 

Yeah the suspense has been serious lol. Well plan is for me to be ready to chill with some of you all at IA coming up. Not usually my thing but I'm down for hanging out.

Dana how goes with your car? Thinking about IA? Maybe rollout with patrick, toua and I?

 

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Yes, I cant wait to shoot some pics! That black one is such a nice build, tons of nifty things on that car.

 

Ah, well I'll give you a ring and catch up with you two, been a long while

 

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Yes very public. Come out and play with us. I just hope I dont get beat up making fun of questionable tire setups

 

Hey man thanks!

As for IA, if my car is ready in time, I'll be meeting up with a few friends and members here at the varsity downtown at 7am (we are running early in hopes we can park in a decent spot).

 

If IA doesn't pan out, there's always an auto-x you can set up shop at!

 

actually, yes. I'm planning on just doing IA for saturday, sunday i was going to go to the autoX. Won't run the car tho, I think the paint will be too soft.

 

Well i picked up my car from bryson's. It's still in a transitional phase but good enough to go play this weekend. But first off to Allpro tomorrow for a bunch of suspension bits to be installed.

Sadly, I didn't get the car until very late so I didn't get my coilover's installed (sorry Brandon), so hopefully they can fit in that install in their day. The saga continues, getting closer, see the general look of my paint, needs some more work, but getting there.

oh and how troll like, i have no pictures to add bc it was late when i got her.

 

lol. i was tired, been working on a large project and literally at 10hrs of sleep this week.

I'll get pics soon, once I figure out how to get the wheels fitted.

 

I have beer I can drink while you two work on the car.