The question you have to first ask yourself is, what do you plan to do with the car, after that, then we can help you determine what kind of parts to get

 

Welcome. When an install day is posted, you should make an effort to drop by, that's the best way to learn. See you around!

I'd have to disagree. First, go get yourself some metric tools, they usually have some craftsman sales at sears every couple of months.

Holy crap warren, that's like $10k atleast in mods right there. Since he's new, I don't think he knows all those abbreviations that you posted up. The paint job will run you $4-5k alone. I'd say learn to drive stock, then when you are comfortable, mod according to your needs.
Really it makes little sense to throw money at the car only to change it out later on. Are you into the show thing, or plan to drive the car for enjoyment? If you wanna test your mettle, go ask around some SCCA guys, then you can race legally on a closed course, and practice driving skills.

In any event, just browse around, come introduce yourself, and see if someone will let you ride in their car or share some of their mod lists. There are plenty of great info here, you will learn a lot.

 

Get some tools and do your own oil and other misc. maintenance. Drive the **** out of the car at the SCCA Solo and mod from there.

Have fun...safely.

 

[QUOTE=SubaruMcHugh;2182369]Hi, my name is Chris and I'm new to the club. I just picked up this 03 wrx a couple days ago. It's pretty clean and runs smooth. I really want to learn more about Subaru's because this is my first turbo charged car, and my first thoughts are that if I'm going to drive it, I should at least know what I'm dealing with.
Anyone willing to give some tips let me know. Thanks![QUOTE=SubaruMcHugh;2182369]

i'm right there with you being new to subaru
except i have a N/A forester so it will probably take me longer to learn
are you going to make it to tomorrows meet ?

the guys i've met told me to go to the friday meets to learn more
but i'm kinda overwhelmed with all the hood scoops that show up

 

teh sight of all the hood scoops is secks to me!!!

 

Hood scoops ftfw, and dont worry, we dont bite

 

made my first mod (sort of)
suspension swap
thanks to " aeros "
my friends helped me with the swap only took an hour to do
maybe now i'll not feel so stock/outcast

 

What mod did you get?

 

Dont feel bad if youre stock, we were all at that point sometime down the road

 

sorry chris i feel bad kinda bumping in on your post
gonna make my own
reply to my post please

 

hahaha......yeah for like the first 100 miles for me.


also welcome to HIIC, please conduct searches b4 posting almost everything and anything can be found here.

 

Welcome to the club.

 

After five years of owning my car, engine-wise it is still stock. For two years, the only mod was a drop in HKS filter. The only power mod since has been a Zerosports intake pipe (bling) and an RSR cat-back. I still don't run a downpipe. So don't worry too much about the mods, they will come, just enjoy your car. The majority of my mods were done to my suspension, for now the power is adequate and reliable...but then it IS an STi

 

Really, 300hp is more than enough for a place like Hawaii, especially now that we dont have a track

 

Next autoX is in july. The stock WRX understeers like a ****. Learn what its like when your over the limit so you know what to expect. Don't want you thinking WRX handles great and try testing it without knowing the limits.