medicSTi

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your car is absolutely sick... except the side graphic!!!

Do the WRX sedans not have black headliner???

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Hatches = Black headliner!?!? :scared: I've been had!!!


I'll be honest. I've never been a fan of graphics or vinyls, but getting into the business of selling performance parts, you gotta rep yourself! So we figured out a design that we felt wasn't too 'loud', followed a body line, and didn't seem too out of place. Based on the feedback we've received, it's gone over pretty well, and it's starting to grow on me.

But yeah, nothing beats the stealthiness of no vinyl.

Thanks for the props, everyone!

medicSTi

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lol WELL it is different if you are selling/owner of the company's vinyls on your car

medicSTi

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Here's the only picture I have that kind of shows the headliner:



All of the plastic inside (A & B pillars, seatbelt guides, roof, visors, trim, etc) is all black on the STi, I'm not sure about the WRX hatch though.

medicSTi

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Have you looked into the perrin shorty antenna?

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Wow, Medic. That headliner looks sharp! I've driven an '08 STI on a couple occasions and never paid attention to the headliner. Thanks for posting up the picture.

As far as the stubby antenna is concerned, it's briefly gone through my mind, but I haven't spent much time considering it. When I first got the car, I ordered a VG Sharkfin like I had on my previous car. But before they mailed it out, I found out it wouldn't fit the base of my antenna. Since then, I haven't really thought about addressing the antenna, but I guess a shorter one would look a bit better.

I'm off to install my K&N SRI right now, I'll be back with pics and videos later today.

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Updated list of items that should be coming in by the end of next week (Yeah, I added a few more):

IHI VF52 TURBOCHARGER


PERRIN TOP MOUNT INTERCOOLER - SILVER


PERRIN RECIRCULATING BOV - BLACK


PERRIN 2-IN SHORTY ANTENNA I hate you, Medic


SPT HEAT SHIELD


COBB ****


SUBARU BODY COLORED SPLASH GUARDS


STI FRONT LIP SPOILER


SUBARU BLUE FOOT WELL ILLUMINATION KIT (ALSO AVAILABLE IN RED)

medicSTi

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I love it!! It's going to be sick man.

The blue foot well is going to look sick, I love my red. You're going is going to be hella fast and hella clean.

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Notice the shorty on there for ya? haha. I can't wait to add the splash guards and front lip. Right now, the side skirts look so 'base model'. I hope it'll give it all have more of a finished-off look to it.

Yeah, I was in IMMENSE debate between blue or red, but went with blue because that little lower cubby light is blue, and all my upper dash is red. So I figured to keep it in theme. Upper dash -> red and lower dash -> blue

Got any pics of your foot well lighting? I'd be really curious to see the red, and I think it would go with the interior theme of the STI better anyway. How difficult was install?

medicSTi

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lol yeah I noticed the shorty!!!

This is the only picture I have in my Photobucket that shows the red lights, it's the night I bought the car so it still had the paper matts

They're factory on the STi, STi FTW!!!

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Oh man, the red looks awesome! It also helps that you don't have the blue glow in the center cubby. So with that cubby being blue, hopefully I've made the right choice.

Damn, that red looks good. Haha.

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So I installed the K&N Typhoon, and it was a very straight forward install with minor surprises. I will post up detailed pictures of the install sometime soon when I have more time. But all in all, it turned out great. The fitment and construction of the unit are excellent! It's a very nice piece and was a great choice for what I was looking to accomplish. I have recently ditched the idea of the turbo inlet hose due to some of the installation directions. They appear to require cutting the factory unit and then rerouting things. I'm not too fond of that considering the potentially small gains to be had.

After installing the K&N, I reverted back from my 233/334 custom map to the stock mapping in order to prevent any problems. Are there gains? Absolutely. But those gains are felt in the mid-range to upper mid-range... On the stock mapping the turbos exhaustion at high revs is more apparent than on my customer tune. But also note that, as expected, power did drop off quite significantly in the lower end of the spectrum. Lugging the car around at low revs then wanting to spring into action doesn't feel as immediate as before. It feels heavier at lower revs. Not by a huge amount, but it is noticeable. I have no major problem with this as the new tune will certainly take advantage of every last drop this intake has to offer, so I'm at peace with a slight loss of grunt down low.

The sound is pretty intoxicating. It sounds like you're in your own personal air craft . If you have no music on, spool up begins as an wide-spread "shhhhhh" sound, but climbing in revs with load will narrow the sound to a focused and sharp "hissssss" as the turbo spools up quicker. Once off the throttle, the bypass valve is very noticeable with an easy-to-mimic "tishewwwww". It's kind of funny if you break it down... People will commonly call it a 'sneeze', but at least it's polite enough to ask for a "tisshhheewww". Get it? Tissue.

Some things to note about it's performance. The car has an easy time figuring out the AFRs and running properly when you're heavy on the throttle. It clings to 11.1 and won't let go. But there must be some reason the stock unit had an air straightener in the pipe. While the K&N has a built-in velocity stack, it will cause the car to stumble and figure it's timing out if you get on it after an initial light throttle. In other words, if you're cruising along say at 2500 rpm, and give the throttle a squeeze, it will need to sort itself out with a little lumpiness in power delivery. Now please note, I'm being really picky, it's not like something that's a disturbance or a massively upsetting feeling. It just doesn't feel as smooth as the custom map. And I can't quite speak for the car in stock form, as I don't remember it's build up of power too well. It could have had the same lumpiness in stock trim (I don't remember). But in the ECUs defense, I am running an Intake and Turboback on Stock parameters. That's never a good combination to run for a long period of time.

In short, the gains were a bit more than I expected from the intake. It certainly feels more robust and willing in the mid-range (compared to stock mapping) but that feeling could be amplified by the loss in power down low. But all in all, I am very satisfied with the intake and can't wait to see if the sound changes at all once the new turbo, tmic and bpv are installed next weekend. We are scheduled to drop the new parts in on Sunday the 11th, then get a new custom tune done on the 13th! Wish me luck in hitting 290+ whp

SOME PICTURES:

ENGINE BAY BEFORE K&N INSTALL


OEM RAM AIR INLET OUTLET WIDTH


OEM RAM AIR INLET OUTLET HEIGHT


OEM POST-MAF EXIT TUBE DIAMETER


OEM POST-MAF TUBE INTERNAL CORRUGATION DETAIL

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K&N POST-MAF TUBE INTERNAL DETAIL AND DIAMETER


K&N FILTER ADAPTER (VELOCITY STACK) DETAIL


K&N FILTER CAP DETAIL (CARBON FIBER PRINT)


K&N TYPHOON ASSEMBLY


K&N TYPHOON vs OEM INTAKE SYSTEM


K&N INSTALLED IN ENGINE BAY 1


K&N INSTALLED IN ENGINE BAY 2

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VIDEOS:

K&N TYPHOON - REVVING FROM OUTSIDE, (LOVELY RATTLING SOUND COURTESY OF COBB HEAT SHIELD)


K&N TYPHOON - INTERIOR SOUND TEST - WINDOWS UP, WINDOWS DOWN, WINDOWS UP + MUSIC


K&N TYPHOON - INTERIOR SOUND - HIGHWAY CRUISE


SHORT LAUNCH FOR WEBSITE PHOTO SHOOT


RETURNING LINE - GENTLE SPOOL AND PLUMB BACK

SamuiArashi

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where do you get the feet lighting??? thats hella tight!

clean car man. yay for Silver on black!!!