08' drivers roll call!
01-31-2008, 10:35 PM
#1
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Location: Bay Area
Posts: 952
Car Info: 2008 WRX
08' drivers roll call!
Hey Guys and Ladies, lets start an 08 roll call. Ive had mine for about 3 months and still havnt seen any on the road.
State/city : San Jose, California
Make: DGM WRX sedan
Mods: De-badged
Mods that you want to do: Kart bot SS, Cobb v2 with tuning, Tint and other work from Omega, sway bars
Put any other info you want up. Hope to see some of out and about!
State/city : San Jose, California
Make: DGM WRX sedan
Mods: De-badged
Mods that you want to do: Kart bot SS, Cobb v2 with tuning, Tint and other work from Omega, sway bars
Put any other info you want up. Hope to see some of out and about!
Last edited by MrPrimus; 01-31-2008 at 10:38 PM.
01-31-2008, 11:20 PM
#2
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Jose, ca
Posts: 118
Car Info: 2008 Subaru WRX 5-door
I'll bite... both me and my girlfriend alissa drive the car.
State/city : South San Jose, California
Make: DGM WRX hatchback
Mods: none yet, hopefully soon.
Mods that you want to do: Tint windows and taillights, sport mesh grille, de-badge, aftermarket dvd/navigation w/ speakers, amps, and a sub, intake and exhaust, possibly headers and tune. [most likely in that order, but the grille and debadging may come first]
State/city : South San Jose, California
Make: DGM WRX hatchback
Mods: none yet, hopefully soon.
Mods that you want to do: Tint windows and taillights, sport mesh grille, de-badge, aftermarket dvd/navigation w/ speakers, amps, and a sub, intake and exhaust, possibly headers and tune. [most likely in that order, but the grille and debadging may come first]
02-01-2008, 11:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Townsend
Posts: 22
Car Info: 2008 Impreza WRX Hatch
What a car!!
08 WRX HATCH Ob. Black
MOds: HID Kit, 18" motegi wheels, short throw
mods wanted:
looking forward to what Perrin has been doing on the car
up/downpipe, headers, turbo back exhaust, Sti sway bar /endlinks
I work for a Subaru dealer and just got our first STi WOW i should have waited but still love my WRX
08 WRX HATCH Ob. Black
MOds: HID Kit, 18" motegi wheels, short throw
mods wanted:
looking forward to what Perrin has been doing on the car
up/downpipe, headers, turbo back exhaust, Sti sway bar /endlinks
I work for a Subaru dealer and just got our first STi WOW i should have waited but still love my WRX
02-01-2008, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Manteca , Ca
Posts: 252
Car Info: N/A Forester 2013
08 WRX Hatch WRB
Mods: HID kit, Front and Rear Sways (Need to install) Short Throw (Need to install) Tint all the way around.
Mods wanted: Full exhaust and either springs or coilovers, of course goldies!
Mods: HID kit, Front and Rear Sways (Need to install) Short Throw (Need to install) Tint all the way around.
Mods wanted: Full exhaust and either springs or coilovers, of course goldies!
02-01-2008, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: DFW, Texas
Posts: 3
Car Info: 08 WRX Hatch, Lightning Red
08 WRX Hatch, Lightning Red - Affectionately referred to as Lil' Red Hole in Hood
State/city : Arlington, Texas
Mods: Momo Shift **** (as soon as I got the car home), Tint
Planned Mods: none yet watching for reviews
State/city : Arlington, Texas
Mods: Momo Shift **** (as soon as I got the car home), Tint
Planned Mods: none yet watching for reviews
02-02-2008, 04:10 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: mid-atlantic/va
Posts: 3,823
Car Info: 09 xt
2008 3.0r
Had since August07
Mods:
18" Enkei's made for STI
LGT spec-B pinks on bilstein struts
McCulloch 4300k HID's
sti pedal kit/ side sills
AVO intake panel filter
and coming in next week:
cusco rear swaybar and endlinks
zerosports cooling plate
blitz NUR-touring axleback
Mods:
18" Enkei's made for STI
LGT spec-B pinks on bilstein struts
McCulloch 4300k HID's
sti pedal kit/ side sills
AVO intake panel filter
and coming in next week:
cusco rear swaybar and endlinks
zerosports cooling plate
blitz NUR-touring axleback
02-04-2008, 09:44 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: SoCal
Posts: 1
Car Info: 2006 black STi
STi picked up 01/26/08
base package
DGM (charcoal)
coolant mod
920 mi, just 80 more under 4K to go.
Ahhh. Lots of cool new creature comforts and roominess but it still seems to perform as well or better. The new vehicle dynamics feature is pretty amazing. At the local Subaru meet we took a test drive. They were discussing replacement tires when I said the oem tires seemed pretty good. The driver said "let's see" and jammed up a 270 onramp (still keeping it under 4k btw). After a moment we all cracked up. "I couldn't make the tires sqeal!" he said.
Take that anecdote for what it's worth. It's fun already but pretty soon I can go for a real run and carve it up some.
As near as I could tell the new Intelligent (I) mode does nothing but weaken performance. It may rely on the shift point alert which generally lights up between 1900 and 2400 rpm. The manual is unclear on the benefits. According to the almost useless avg mileage readout (it calculates for the whole tank as it's consumed), mileage was about the same as in Sport (S) mode. I did my unscientific testing on a 600 mi round trip to Las Vegas. I found the I mode hazardous to use. Stepping on the gas when you really want it and getting no response is always a surprise that totally sucks in an STi. I got 21.3 mpg one way and 19.8 mpg the other but with mixed modes. I will probably forgo saving at most a few measly miles per tank and stay in Sport mode as the default. The 2006 regularly got 23 mpg on that trip and as you know that car is permanently in Sport Sharp (S#). I'll need to calc average mpg the old fashioned way to really know if I can even trust that readout. Btw, when you start the car it will only be in I or S mode, never S#.
The new short shifter is very nice. I don't believe I will go for the Kart Boy shorter throw shifter I had previously.
Oh yeah, my car got the crucial blessing: My wife actually said, "I love this car!" (She pretty much hated the ride in my 2006. Something about her fillings.)
DGM (charcoal)
coolant mod
920 mi, just 80 more under 4K to go.
Ahhh. Lots of cool new creature comforts and roominess but it still seems to perform as well or better. The new vehicle dynamics feature is pretty amazing. At the local Subaru meet we took a test drive. They were discussing replacement tires when I said the oem tires seemed pretty good. The driver said "let's see" and jammed up a 270 onramp (still keeping it under 4k btw). After a moment we all cracked up. "I couldn't make the tires sqeal!" he said.
Take that anecdote for what it's worth. It's fun already but pretty soon I can go for a real run and carve it up some.
As near as I could tell the new Intelligent (I) mode does nothing but weaken performance. It may rely on the shift point alert which generally lights up between 1900 and 2400 rpm. The manual is unclear on the benefits. According to the almost useless avg mileage readout (it calculates for the whole tank as it's consumed), mileage was about the same as in Sport (S) mode. I did my unscientific testing on a 600 mi round trip to Las Vegas. I found the I mode hazardous to use. Stepping on the gas when you really want it and getting no response is always a surprise that totally sucks in an STi. I got 21.3 mpg one way and 19.8 mpg the other but with mixed modes. I will probably forgo saving at most a few measly miles per tank and stay in Sport mode as the default. The 2006 regularly got 23 mpg on that trip and as you know that car is permanently in Sport Sharp (S#). I'll need to calc average mpg the old fashioned way to really know if I can even trust that readout. Btw, when you start the car it will only be in I or S mode, never S#.
The new short shifter is very nice. I don't believe I will go for the Kart Boy shorter throw shifter I had previously.
Oh yeah, my car got the crucial blessing: My wife actually said, "I love this car!" (She pretty much hated the ride in my 2006. Something about her fillings.)
02-08-2008, 12:18 PM
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Location: Queens NY
Posts: 40
Car Info: Impreza WRX 2008
I called my Subaru dealer for a price quote on STi turbo (IHI VF 48) and Perrin TMIC, I wanna get those out the way before I get up-pipe, downpipe, exhuast, and drop in filter. Yeah I know dealer will RAPE me on the prices but if I purchase it thru them they do the install and the work is warrantied which is a nice piece of mind on a car like this.
Last edited by SPT WRX 2k8; 02-08-2008 at 12:21 PM.
