Sometimes I REALLY resent how much I love the Impreza

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Old 05-23-2005, 05:41 PM
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Sometimes I REALLY resent how much I love the Impreza





OMG! I just think this is the most beautifulest car in the world. I mean, not necessarily this particular car, but a WB RS that's done well.




For good measure, here are some helpful Subaru links.
http://www.yokowenis.com/subarulinks.htm

Everything here is stolen from www.rs25.com (I stole then hosted the pics myself.)

Lastly, you've all probably been to all of these vendors' sites.
http://www.rs25.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21621
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this got me drooling. i love this body style too. i hate mine.
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Originally Posted by axngurl808
this got me drooling. i love this body style too. i hate mine.
No no no....don't hate the impreza. You just love your body style a little less.

Seriously, there are many cars that I think I'd enjoy much more, but I just can't explain my addiction to this little 4 banger. I mean, the only way to get any serious HP out of it, you pretty much have to add a bunch of AM parts which you could argue tend to make it less and less an Impreza and more of a 'kit car'.

It's all Cliff's fault...and Dom's.
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i have a rs. i cant do anything with it. but its okay. maybe ill save and mod it out or trade it in. not sure yet. itd be fun to drive a turboed rs. since its such a pain in the *** to do.
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DAMN PEOPLE AND THEIR DOOR DINGS!!!

That dent almost matches mine

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its still nice though. i like the kit on it.
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Originally Posted by axngurl808
i have a rs. i cant do anything with it. but its okay. maybe ill save and mod it out or trade it in. not sure yet. itd be fun to drive a turboed rs. since its such a pain in the *** to do.
AXNGRL, I don't think it would be too much.

If you were to guesstimate, how much would you say you'd be able to invest over the course of a year?

I haven't been on the island for some time now, but I know that the craze of swapping the STi block into WRX's and RS's is increasing greatly. It shouldn't be too hard to find an EJ20 engine. Then, all you'd need is an exhaust manifold, uppipe, downpipe, td04 turbo (none of that stuff is expensive at all). The most difficult thing would be swapping out the wiring harness or buying a standalone and having Bolohead tune it for you.
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i wasnt going for an sti kinda swap. just more of a wrx swap. but one thing that is my main concern is that i do have a warranty should anything happen to the car. i just dont want to void it.
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Originally Posted by sykosis
DAMN PEOPLE AND THEIR DOOR DINGS!!!

That dent almost matches mine
It's funny how the non-car-enthusiasts of the world just have zero understanding of how grave it is to ding the door of a car like that.

The RS I bought had quite a few of those small and medium dings, and while they don't bother me too much (I've never been huge on looks as much as I have on go-fast), they still dig at me everytime I see them.

I'm actually thinking of buying a whole rear door to replace mine.

BTW, I just did 20% on my windows. It's funny to me how much better it looks.
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your right... this is a ****en HAWT car!
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Originally Posted by axngurl808
i wasnt going for an sti kinda swap. just more of a wrx swap. but one thing that is my main concern is that i do have a warranty should anything happen to the car. i just dont want to void it.
You gotta give up to get.
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oh i know that! and i do know that if i ever do run into trouble theres always gonna be someone nice enough to help me on here.
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oh i know that! and i do know that if i ever do run into trouble theres always gonna be someone nice enough to help me on here.
You live in close vicinity to the best I-club in the nation as far as that goes.
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thank you <gives manly hug>
these pics were something i haven't seen before- and they look very good!



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For good measure, here are some helpful Subaru links.

^^Tell me this wide-body kit isn't hot!
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