This was purchased from a fellow RS25.com member, BensonWRX. Here are the specs/mods: FHI V5/6 Front Bumper, Front Lip and Rear Spats Painted side skirts FHI Fog Lamp Covers FHI Pink Star Emblem STi Pedals set Prodrive OZ P1 Gold Wheels 17X7 Toyo T-1 Proxes 215/45-17 (Removed) Goodyear Eagle GT 215/45r17s Brembo F/R Slotted/X-Drilled Rotors Mintex F/R Pads (currently OFF vehicle, plan to install) Painted Calipers Cusco 19-21mm Adjustable Rear Sway Bar Cusco Rear Strut Tower Brace UR Underdrive Crank Pulley FHI Leather Shift Boot Prodrive WR Bilstien/Eibach Suspension Set FHI Group-N Strut Top Mounts Prodrive RB5 Spoiler FHI Red/Clear Tail Lamps Sony Roll-down style CD-Player (Planning to remove) FHI Compass Gauge (Changed position Nov 17th) FHI F/R Leather seats Custom Mash Grills for hood scoop, vents and F.Bumper (Removed 11/24/09) Stainless Steel Brake Lines and premium DOT4 Fluid Kartboy Short Shifter and Bushings Kartboy Drop links Kartboy Hangers Apexi Turbo Timer (Removed November 30th)(Sold December 1st) Brullen Catback 3" Dual-tips Exhaust, Medium noise level STi Motor Mounts STi Tranny Mount ACT Stage II Street Clutch Whiteline Reverse Front Strut Tower Brace Differential Protector FHI STi Clear Side Markers (Planning to remove) FHI Clear Corners (Planning to remove) Trunk Light Add-On OEM Shift Knob (Installed Nov 19th) OEM Shifter Surround (Installed Nov 19th) OEM Pocket Compartment (currently OFF vehicle, Installed November 30th) OEM, Off-Vehicle and Misc. Parts (Once I have organized and cleaned up these items, I will most likely be selling them) OEM Gold 98 RS Wheels (Mounted with 2 new tires, 2 mildly used tires, and one extra tire not mounted) OEM Suspension set and Strut Top Mounts OEM Rear Sway Bar OEM Pulley OEM Cassette and CD-Player OEM Clear/Amber Corners OEM Sidemarkers OEM Red/Amber Tail Lamps LudeSpeed stage II Turbo Kit with High Flow CAT (Sold December 1st) Spearco Top Mount Intercooler (Sold December 1st) All sensors/probes/fittings for turbo kit (Sold December 1st) Anodized Stainless Steel Oil Return Line (Sold December 1st) HKS EIDS Pro 1+ liter of Super Blue Racing DOT-4 Brake Fluid Extra O2 Sensor Extra H4 Light Bulbs Walbro Fuel Pump (Sold December 1st) Dual Feed Fuel Mod (Sold December 1st) Greddy EGT/Boost/Oil Pressure Gauges in OEM modded housing (Removed Nov 19th)(Sold December 1st) Apexi S-AFC (Removed Nov 19th)(Sold December 1st) J&S Safeguard + Knock Sensor (Removed Nov 19th)(Sold December 1st) Carbo Fiber imitated Center Console and Shifter Trim (Removed Nov 19th)(Sold in November) STi Titanium Shift Knob (Removed Nov 19th) I flew up to Detroit to pick this car up on November 17th. It was a pretty decent ride down, I drove partially on that day, and some on the 18th. This car is pretty mint. I bought it with 41,000 miles on it. A few pictures from the ride down: I went to get the car registered today, but alas, this is where the real adventure begins! I decided since the previous owner had it turbo'd and had taken out the check engine light, I'd stop by Autozone to check if it was displaying any codes. Yes P130 - o2 sensor p136 - o2 sensor p400 - blocked EGR hole. So I drove home, and cleared the codes, checked all the hookups for those items, which were fine, cleaned the EGR valve which seemed to be in good working order. I also started removing some of the extra electronics, Apexi, prewiring for a HKS idle stabilizer, all of the Greddy gauges and JR knock sensor thing. I also found out that there is the stock Subaru keyless entry, but no fobs, and an aftermarket alarm (with fobs), and when I hooked the battery back up, the stock alarm started the parking lights to blink, so I just disconnected that box, and that seemed to fix that. The aftermarket alarm is still functioning though. I also put back in the check engine light, it didn't stay on, so I figured maybe I was okay. So then I went to autozone again to check if there were any codes, but we discussed and said that the OBDii system would have to ready itself, and I'd have to drive for a bit. I drove for about 50 miles, and then went to the emissions, and there were the following codes pending, but not showing on the check engine light yet: Misfire cyl 2 Misfire cyl 3 Misfire cyl 4 The emissions guy recommended to check the plugs. I bought new ones. God, it was a pain in the ass to install those, but it seemed to clear the idle up a bit. I ran out of time to go back to get the codes cleared. That's tomorrows mission. I did have time to remove the fake carbon overlay on the dash, move the compass up to the top spot above the air vents, and changed the shift knob to stock. So this starts my member's journal. I'll try to update when I can.
The rear O2 CEL, for all intents and purposes, is a nuisance code. Since it's only good for measuring CAT efficiency, doesn't affect engine performance, and is required to be functional to pass emissions, go ahead and throw one of these in between the rear sensor and the pipe and never worry about a rear O2 sensor CEL again.
it may pop up again from time to time, but for the most part he's correct. I had it pop up once after doing the spacer mod, hasn't come back in the past 4 months since.
Oh wow. That is one beautiful 2.5RS. I love the body style of that generation of Imprezas, right next to the '05 gen. And 41k miles?! That's awesome! Putting aside all of the errors you've had, you have a car that's nowhere near dying.
Thanks for the information! This is what's going on currently: Update - Codes have been cleared for the misfire, and haven't come back. But the p400 has resurfaced. Researching now....
75 for a new one at the dealer. Though I posted up a wtb thread, so maybe someone will have one for cheaper
Update: - Made a temp fix for the EGR Solenoid valve. - Got a new catalytic converter installed - cleared all codes - PASSED EMISSIONS & REGISTERED CAR!! - Removed "custom" mesh grill inserts - Sprayed radiator flat black Before: After:
Ya, I got your PM. sorry about the slow response, I have been keeping myself busy. Just let me know when you wanna meet up, I'll PM you my details.
Updates: - Purchased a UEL header from ebay: - Removed all of the aftermarket electronics on the car. - Sold all of the aftermarket electronics and a few other things as well.