So this is my journal of my car. In the SPring of 2006 my Camaro was not running so well. After buying a carburetor and 2 of the wrong intake manifold and having to source "special" Edelbrock gaskets, I said **** IT!!" and went to the dealership. I came home with a new 2006 WRX and a great interest rate
Well I soon found out how addictive modding can be!! Some wheels, stage 2 with an AP, then a VF-39 and a tune, tint, body parts....well if you are viewing this then I am sure you know what it is like!!
So 3 years later I am preparing to put in a lightly built block and a custon v-band GT30r kit
This thread has not been kept up to date, but I will attempt to track my progress. My plan for the future is to take a lot more pics...it is free afterall...and get a better feel for modification results. As much as it pains me to admit it, I made many of there modifications before I knew the car well enough to notice minute changes.
As for post #2, luckily the only maniac who has damaged the car (so far!) has been myself haha. A little mistake involving ice and summer tires at about 10 mph took out the front bumper, although zip ties and black duct tape have helped put that off long enough to decide which bumper I want to replace it with. Pics will be included!!
Other than that she suffered a little incident in the first month involving a tight corner, RE92s, a light mist, too much speed and a little overconfidence. No damage, other than a scraped up bumper. Imagine my surprise to learn that the bumper snaps back on!!!
Now that I have learned about good tires, front/AWD , and vacuum braking(!!) it is smooth sailing.
Suspension/Drivetrain:
- 06 STI 6 Speed FULL swap with R180, STi hubs, Axles
- Spiider Deluxe DCCD Controller; Uses OEM switches/buttons, and works with STI Cluster
- Kartboy Short Shifter with Prodrive Shift Knob
- Driveshaft Shop Aluminum 1 piece driveshaft
- Cusco tranny mount
- Kartboy Front and Rear Shifter Stay Bushings
- Turn In Concepts Shift Lever Pivot Bushings, and Shift Link Bushings
- Whiteline 22/24mm adjustable Front Swaybar
- Whiteline 22/24/26mm Adjustable Rear Swaybar
- Whiteline Heavy-Duty Rear Sway Mounts
- Whiteline Adjustable Toe and Camber Lateral Links
- Whiteline Race ALK
- Kartboy Front and Rear Endlinks
- Kartboy Tranny Crossmember Bushings
- Kartboy Rear Subframe Outrigger Bushings (I am using the GC model bushings. GD bushings lower the front of the rear subframe, which does not leave enough clearance for the DSS driveshaft)
- Turn In Concepts Rear Diff Mount Bushings
- Group-N Training Link Bushings
- Koni Yellow Adjustable Struts, fronts are in STi inverted housings
- Turn in Concepts Koni Strut Extenders, reused with STi housings
- RCE Yellow Springs
- Group-N Hardened Front and Rear Strut Topmounts
- Whiteline Roll Center Adjusters and Tie Rod Ends
- Whiteline Steering Rack Bushings
- Kartboy Hardened Exhaust Hangers
- Group-N Hardened Engine and Pitch Stop Mounts
- TiC Giuyngmyo Fender Cowl Braces
- Goodridge Braided Stainless Clutch Line
Brakes
- Stoptech Front Calipers, PFC 1038 street/track pads, speedbleeders
- Stoptech 328mm slotted 2 Piece Rotors with aluminum hats
- Brembo STi Rear Calipers, Porterfield R4S Rear Pads, speedbleeders
- Stoptech Coated Stainless Brake Lines
- Cusco Master Cylinder Stopper
Engine/Exhaust:
- Cobb AP 2.0; mounted in drivers side vent, with on/off switch
- On/Off toggle switch added for diagnostic mode....tired of that stupid green connector
- Protuned by Mike Warfield at GST. Safe 91 octane tune. 335 WHP 310 WTQ, on the Heartbreaker Mustang dyno
- Apexi AVC-R Electronic Boost Controller
- Covert Performance Custon 4" Intake
- Garrett GT30r Turbo, Tial v-band .82 hotside
- Covert Performance v-band uppipe and downpipe
- Perrin headers with v-band uppipe connection
- Perrin FMIC
- Gutted TGVs
- Deatschwerks 750cc Injectors (too small!!)
- Perrin Fuel Rails
- Uppipe, Headers, and Turbine housing are coated by Swaintech
- Ixiz Air Oil Seperator
- Koyo Aluminum Radiator
- Forge Radiator Hoses, Red
- Beatrush Aluminum Pulley Cover
- Perrin Radiator Shroud, painted Black
Rimz and Tires:
- Rota DPT 17x9 +42 offset, 18.9 Pounds; Hankook RS-2 Summer Tires 245x40x17
- STi BBS 17x8" +53 offset, ?? pounds; Bridgestone LM-22 snow tires 245x40x17
- Rolled and PULLED Fenders
Interior:
- 2007 STI Gauge Cluster
- Maddad 52mm Ultra, Amber; Boost, EGT and Oil Pressure gauges
- WRXTRA clock position Gauge Mount; with modified Factory Cover
- Passport Escort 8500 x50 Radar Detector (hardwired)
- Pioneer DEH-7800MP Headunit 25w x4
- Polk DB-6500 6.5" Component Speakers, with 3/4" MDF bezels painted black
- Alpine Type-E 12" Sub; in a Scorpion sealed box, filled with Poly-Fill from an old pillow.
- Rockford Fosgate Punch P4002 100W x 2 @ 4 ohms (400 x 1 @ 4 ohms) Amp; w/ kill switch on remote wire
- All plastic Dash and Interior Trim, A B and C Pillars, and Door trim painted black with Plasti-Dip
- Red Hazard Button
- Recaro SSL (Leather) seats, out of an Evo VIII, with Speedware Seat Brackets
- WRX/STI Limited Rear Seats
- 100 sq. ft. RaamMat with 6 yards of Ensolite. In other words, a lot (50 pounds) of sound deadening!!
Exterior:
- Rally Armor Limited Edition Mudflaps
- Grillcraft Front Grill, Lower Front Grill and Hoodscoop Grill; Black
- Tein Hood Dampers, painted red
- Primitive Enterprises Skidplates; front and rear diff 3/16" Steel
- STI HIDs; working HID levelers, Lightwerkz wiring harness
- High-Beam: Toshiba 9011 HIR
- V-120C Electronic Deer Alert
- Hella Twin Supertone Horns
- 5% Rear Tint, 30-35% Front
- Tint Strip across top of Windshield
- Clear Headlight Protection Film
- STI Rear Diffuser
- STI Side Underbody Panels
- WRX Sideskirts
- JDM Rain Visors
...and a kickass alarm
AB's 06 WRX
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