Spotted: Ricers!
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 192
From: Redwood City
Car Info: 2003 Subaru WRX
I never refer to my car as an STi, I always tell people I have a WRX. I de-badged it besides the two front panel STi emblems which the old owner put on to replace the stock reflectors. And it's not equal to STi power. 280whp > stock STi. It's got more powa
Ah Gotcha. My STi is just a stage 2 OTS map and i make a little more than 280 at the wheels.
I'm pushing 330 HP and 370something torque @21 psi with all my upgrades.
Last edited by Rescuer; Jun 6, 2014 at 05:30 PM.
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 192
From: Redwood City
Car Info: 2003 Subaru WRX
Registered User
iTrader: (18)
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 3,228
From: Santa Cruz, California
Car Info: 2006 obp wrx limited sedan
Not anymore but I did when I first bought it cause I i didn't know a thing Bout it.
Smh..........
Still got the door badges but they are almost invisible. I like the red badges and figured I could put them on to rep subaru in general but never call it an sti.
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 192
From: Redwood City
Car Info: 2003 Subaru WRX
similar to me. I tell people that the STi Forester didn't come to the US, but the XT Touring comes with the STi gauge cluster, STi foot pedals, STi rear wing, and the car is a combination of WRX and STi stuff (motor parts, suspension, etc) I'm pushing 330 HP and 370something torque @21 psi with all my upgrades.
Registered User
iTrader: (18)
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 3,228
From: Santa Cruz, California
Car Info: 2006 obp wrx limited sedan
This is just my .02 cents. Not trying to be a dick or hate when i say this but putting sti badges on a WRX is NOT like putting STi parts on a WRX. the parts either improve performance, or handling or both. But putting actual STi badges on a WRX doesnt do a damn thing but make you look like you wish you had an STI. It is like putting GNX (grand national for those who dont know what GNX means) badges on a regal. IMO it is worse than a Toyota owner slapping TRD stickers all over their car cause at least TRD isnt a specific model. If a person wanted their WRX to be an STi maybe should have bought. Again Just my .02 cents.
I still keep the door badges on just because they make the car look not so plain and they say subaru technica international. Not even the same one on the stis.
If you tell people its a wrx and not an sti then whats with all the hate? I dont have a trunk or grill emblum. But what if someone bought a grill and trunk lid from an sti and didnt want to shave the beautiful badges off......
Does that make them a poser even when they acknowledge its a wrx?
Im one step closer to sti than the 2.0 guys anyways. 2.5l with 565cc injectors stock Aluminum control arms and the 4/2 pots stock. Some people have to turbo swap their bugeyes to equate to the displacement advantage.
And jeff. U know u want a jdm 03 sti with a twinscroll
But i dont claim to have one. I love my 4eat wrx and wouldnt trade for an sti.
Registered User
iTrader: (18)
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 3,228
From: Santa Cruz, California
Car Info: 2006 obp wrx limited sedan
Not really rice but i saw an old 3 series beamer with ebay purple 12k hids.
You could tell because they were so purple it made the light pattern purple on top of there being no shimmer/color flicker.
Horrible horrible.
Then i saw another purple light on a R1 25 mins later but it turned blue like a G when he hit a bump lol.
Real deal vs real lame
You could tell because they were so purple it made the light pattern purple on top of there being no shimmer/color flicker.
Horrible horrible.
Then i saw another purple light on a R1 25 mins later but it turned blue like a G when he hit a bump lol.
Real deal vs real lame
Registered User
iTrader: (10)
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 951
From: 51-uhohh area code
Car Info: 0[[XXXXoXXXX]]0
, then another quarter...lather, rinse, repeat. 
Registered User
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 7
From: san francisco
Car Info: 2015 WRX ISM
Maybe a SLEEPER
largely interchangeable...
There are more than a few wrecked 2015 WRX w/perfectly good engines
but have a mess up frame ... so It could happen ...
but chances are with those tires/offset ... probably not.