This Is My Subie <3 *Frankensubie*
02-22-2010, 10:19 AM
#1
This Is My Subie <3 *Frankensubie*
Ok im not in the bay area but i figured you guys would appreciate this more than anything and i want some people to know where their parts went to and how much of a great help their parts where!!!
I would like to thank:
GST Motorsports - clutch and all the great advice(i filled their inbox probably
)
SubyTech - for all the help transplanting and support with my project
A.V.E. - Fenders
stirs - bumper
SU_BURU - Trunk
and most of all i would like to thank BruceLee!!! you just dont know it!!!
but there are so many more i would love to thank for all the advice!
ok so this is the story!
I owned a 2003 WRX WRB and loved the thing!!!
this is it prior to December 20th, 2008
one day i was being really stupid with a group of friends(also subaru owners) and we were driving on a dirt road and got a little wild. needless to say i rolled it down a 50ft embankment and rolled it 2 1/2 times. came to rest on my driver side, shoulder broke the driver window and it was a mess...
well my love for my subaru kicked into overdrive! instead of totalling it i made it my project!
This caused a lot of drama and turmoil within my family. But none the less my love for my car and the subaru community was too great.
-This is how it began, i bought a body completely stripped from the subaru recycling center in Rancho Cordova. It was in a front end accident! some guy in his black 06 TR ran it into a tree or something and decimated the front end. *It had the infamous Gunattics sticker on the rear window.
-I tore the front end off and cut the front end off my 03 wrx and welded it onto the new body. straightened it all and got it near perfect
-then came the fun part i stripped my 03 down to absolutely nothing.
-Swapped the wiring harness
-swapped the motor including new clutch
-swapped all drivetrain
all with the help of SubyTech... Thanks Jerry!!!
-from a local member picked up a front bumper and a radiator support for an 05 STI. Got all that in place and bought all components for an 05 sti front end like fenders.
at this point in time a co-worker of my fathers had a son that wrecked his 05 sti and wanted to get rid of it(moreso it was a reminder of pain for his family) so i went and picked up the wrecked car and parked it outback. tore that thing to pieces!!! got the brembos, intercooler, doors, interior, and a lot of other miscellaneous parts off of it and threw them on my car!
-after this point all i needed was the pieces and bolts to hold the entire thing together (subarugenuineparts.com and sonora subaru)
well finally on december 20th, 2009 exactly a year later i registered the car for road use and got insurance on it once more!
December 20th, 2009:
There are many more things that i have lying around just waiting for paint so that they can go on!
if you guys want a list of the upcoming things im doing to the car i will make this thread an ongoing update into what i call Frankensubie!!!
Since the build it has come out to look like this!!!
If you wanna know more just ask!!! im happy to tell you all about it!!!
Short Mod and revisions List:
2003 WRB WRX
Exterior
-2006 WRX Tr body
-2003 WRX Bumper Beam Supports
-2004 STI Radiator Support
-2004 STI front bumper + splitters+Fog Light Covers
-2005 STI rear bumper + fender flares
-2004 WRX side skirts
-Bayson R Aero Guards
-2004 STI fenders
-2004 STI Trunk+wing
-2006 STI Roof Vane
-05 STI Java Black Pearl Paint
-2004-2005 STI Seibon CF hood
-2004-2005 WRX grille with custom painted Subaru Emblem
-Hella Supertones Custom Painted
-Cleared headlights(amber removed)
-6K HID
-2004 Tailights
-Custom made 3/8's expanded metal lower grille
-2004 STI side mirrors
-O.Z. Prodrive 1 18x7.5 +53 (Rear 20mm spacer, Front 5mm spacer)
-Rolled and Pulled fenders
Interior
-2005 STI Guage Cluster
-2005 STI seats
-2006 WRX Tr Black Carpet
-2005 STI ebrake
-2006 WRX Tr Center Console
-Custom black headliner, Sun Visors and A,B, and C pillars
-300mm Broadway rear view mirror
-Custom Painted 2003 Center Console.
-Clarion Double Din Touch screen Head unit
-Orion 350 watt monoblock amp
-Kicker L7 12" Solobaric
-Custom made Closed Sub Box
Suspension
-Whiteline 24mm F+R sway bars
-Kartboy Rear Endlinks
-Whiteline Front Endlinks
-BC BR Coilovers
-Whiteline F+R Strut Tower Bars
Drivetrain
-2003 WRX Motor and Transmission
-SPT Intake
-[strike]Greddy Ti-C Catback[/strike]
-[strike]Invidia V3 Catted Downpipe[/strike]
-Hitech Mufflers Turboback Exhaust
-Cobb AP V2
-Cobb OTS Stage 2 Map
-Cobb Double Adjustable Short Shifter
-Cobb Front Shifter Bushings
thanks guys for reading,
Trevor
I would like to thank:
GST Motorsports - clutch and all the great advice(i filled their inbox probably
)SubyTech - for all the help transplanting and support with my project
A.V.E. - Fenders
stirs - bumper
SU_BURU - Trunk
and most of all i would like to thank BruceLee!!! you just dont know it!!!
but there are so many more i would love to thank for all the advice!
ok so this is the story!
I owned a 2003 WRX WRB and loved the thing!!!
this is it prior to December 20th, 2008
one day i was being really stupid with a group of friends(also subaru owners) and we were driving on a dirt road and got a little wild. needless to say i rolled it down a 50ft embankment and rolled it 2 1/2 times. came to rest on my driver side, shoulder broke the driver window and it was a mess...
well my love for my subaru kicked into overdrive! instead of totalling it i made it my project!
This caused a lot of drama and turmoil within my family. But none the less my love for my car and the subaru community was too great.
-This is how it began, i bought a body completely stripped from the subaru recycling center in Rancho Cordova. It was in a front end accident! some guy in his black 06 TR ran it into a tree or something and decimated the front end. *It had the infamous Gunattics sticker on the rear window.
-I tore the front end off and cut the front end off my 03 wrx and welded it onto the new body. straightened it all and got it near perfect
-then came the fun part i stripped my 03 down to absolutely nothing.
-Swapped the wiring harness
-swapped the motor including new clutch
-swapped all drivetrain
all with the help of SubyTech... Thanks Jerry!!!
-from a local member picked up a front bumper and a radiator support for an 05 STI. Got all that in place and bought all components for an 05 sti front end like fenders.
at this point in time a co-worker of my fathers had a son that wrecked his 05 sti and wanted to get rid of it(moreso it was a reminder of pain for his family) so i went and picked up the wrecked car and parked it outback. tore that thing to pieces!!! got the brembos, intercooler, doors, interior, and a lot of other miscellaneous parts off of it and threw them on my car!
-after this point all i needed was the pieces and bolts to hold the entire thing together (subarugenuineparts.com and sonora subaru)
well finally on december 20th, 2009 exactly a year later i registered the car for road use and got insurance on it once more!
December 20th, 2009:
There are many more things that i have lying around just waiting for paint so that they can go on!
if you guys want a list of the upcoming things im doing to the car i will make this thread an ongoing update into what i call Frankensubie!!!
Since the build it has come out to look like this!!!
If you wanna know more just ask!!! im happy to tell you all about it!!!
Short Mod and revisions List:
2003 WRB WRX
Exterior
-2006 WRX Tr body
-2003 WRX Bumper Beam Supports
-2004 STI Radiator Support
-2004 STI front bumper + splitters+Fog Light Covers
-2005 STI rear bumper + fender flares
-2004 WRX side skirts
-Bayson R Aero Guards
-2004 STI fenders
-2004 STI Trunk+wing
-2006 STI Roof Vane
-05 STI Java Black Pearl Paint
-2004-2005 STI Seibon CF hood
-2004-2005 WRX grille with custom painted Subaru Emblem
-Hella Supertones Custom Painted
-Cleared headlights(amber removed)
-6K HID
-2004 Tailights
-Custom made 3/8's expanded metal lower grille
-2004 STI side mirrors
-O.Z. Prodrive 1 18x7.5 +53 (Rear 20mm spacer, Front 5mm spacer)
-Rolled and Pulled fenders
Interior
-2005 STI Guage Cluster
-2005 STI seats
-2006 WRX Tr Black Carpet
-2005 STI ebrake
-2006 WRX Tr Center Console
-Custom black headliner, Sun Visors and A,B, and C pillars
-300mm Broadway rear view mirror
-Custom Painted 2003 Center Console.
-Clarion Double Din Touch screen Head unit
-Orion 350 watt monoblock amp
-Kicker L7 12" Solobaric
-Custom made Closed Sub Box
Suspension
-Whiteline 24mm F+R sway bars
-Kartboy Rear Endlinks
-Whiteline Front Endlinks
-BC BR Coilovers
-Whiteline F+R Strut Tower Bars
Drivetrain
-2003 WRX Motor and Transmission
-SPT Intake
-[strike]Greddy Ti-C Catback[/strike]
-[strike]Invidia V3 Catted Downpipe[/strike]
-Hitech Mufflers Turboback Exhaust
-Cobb AP V2
-Cobb OTS Stage 2 Map
-Cobb Double Adjustable Short Shifter
-Cobb Front Shifter Bushings
thanks guys for reading,
Trevor
Last edited by Subadubaru; 08-30-2011 at 07:00 PM.
02-22-2010, 10:31 AM
#3
^thanks there is a lot more in depth process's but this is the general gist of it...
well over 1200 hours into this car!
im proud of it! and its been a great learning experience for me! im only 19 soon to be 20 and to be able to do something like this is a huge accomplishment for me!
well over 1200 hours into this car!
im proud of it! and its been a great learning experience for me! im only 19 soon to be 20 and to be able to do something like this is a huge accomplishment for me!
02-22-2010, 11:07 AM
#9
and yes!!! your body... sry but i had to take that huge sticker off the rear window!
i wanted to show up to BAM and look for the tall one and say hi i own your car!!!
i was hoping for a
or 
expression when you heard! hahait's alive FRANKENSUBIE!
02-22-2010, 11:19 AM
#10
Anybody else think of Johnny Cash "One Piece at a time" when reading this?
"Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
{Chorus}
I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.
Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone."
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."
So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds."
"Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on cadillacs
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black.
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand.
{Chorus}
I'd get it one piece at a time
And it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round.
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
Now, I never considered myself a thief
GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years.
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home.
Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong.
The transmission was a '53
And the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone."
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an A-daptor kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on.
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got thru
Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said "Honey, take me for a spin."
So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds."
02-22-2010, 12:13 PM
#14
thanks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VWGolfHarlequin.JPG
you now have a special subaru harlequin editon
