Body work has started. All of the dings and dents are done now on to the new panels etc.

 

delete

 

Trunk is finally finished. My DIY hole filling method and spray paint job after taking off wrx wing and installing sti limited spoiler.
Ahhhh looks decent. And feel alot better i didnt pay 600 bones to get the holes filled and painted.

Total cost....
$15 bondo
$60 paint
$25 clear coat
$25 sand paper

 

Wooo aos came in today!

 

In a photo or in person, that's the biggest intercooler I've seen to date in my life

 

Got my car back from the shop today. Only took 4 months. Long, needless story.

We are now...:

+A running car back in my possession
+Whiteline 24mm front sway
+Whiteline reinforced front endlinks
+STi oil pan
+STi control arms
-Whiteline ALKs (didn't fit with the STi arms, huh)
+New fender, liner
+New hood
+New(ish) front bumper
+New strut, associated suspension parts
+New Continental tires
+Whiteline poly steering rack bushings
+AEM CAI

EDIT:

But wait, there's more!

+TiC Fender Braces
+Whiteline Com-C Top Hats

 

Yay!

 

All of this seems incredibly expensive, but then I guess my car has a lot of dings and dents.

Nice! A friend just got the same and installed it. What sort of results should one see after a few thousand miles? Should this help with oil consumption?

Weird, what year? I am running a Whiteline ALK with a set of STi aluminum front control arms. I will have to look up which version these are, but they are the set that flatironstuning.com sells (for an amazing price).

 

just installed front and rear sway bars as well as rear diff inserts.... aaaaaand time to go back to stock..

 

Stock?? Whacha doing Matt?

 

Doing a full 12 piece widebody and repaint. Not terrible but not cheap either I suppose.

 

Neat! I will be shocked if the total cost is less than what I paid for my WRX. Sounds like it's going to be pretty wicked.

 

Yes and no! More on that in a moment...

You know, I just checked, and it’s the same part for all flavors of Imprezas, WRX’s, STi’s, sedans and wagons, from 2001 to 2007...

This appears to be part of a greater theme of not knowing how to Subaru...

I had some lumpy idle and could sell the rich in the cabin. Turned out the MAF was barely hanging on by a single, overly long bolt.

Got an oversized rubber band holding it down until I pick up the right hardware after work.

The headlights weren’t wired up on the inside, and the alignment specs were pretty whacked out in the front. One wheel was -0.6, the other -2.6. Wat.

I don’t think the alignment shop they went to knew what to do with the adjustable top hats, and they were apparently confused by the extra camber bolts I have in all my struts too.

I’m a big fan of mitigating circumstances, but after whatever reason(s) that it took 4 months, this is just nonsense.

Pina’s Auto Kolor, avoid.

 

nearing the end of my hawkeye front end conversion about to body parts for paint and finish up some welds

 

Last Drive Train / Bushing Mod..

Prothane Subaru Rear/Front Differential Insert Bushing Kit

Prothane Rear Differential Insert Bushing Kit (#16-1610BL)



Functionally equivalent to the Whiteline (#WHI KDT903). Not sure why Whiteline is charging twice the price though.