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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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Yea I put on some Ngk spark plug wires today. Cant really tell much of a difference cause my car ran fine anyways its just something i like to do. It idles a little bit better. It seemed a little bit lower to me.

Next thing is just waiting on that sway bar and whatever else I can get my hands on.

Still looking for aftermarket single port headers. If you got some let me know!
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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I found a tranny with a new third and fourth gear I am trying to get. So that swap is going to be done this summer! I know there are different wires that go to the ecu when doing the swap does anyone know what wires those are? If so I would appreciate your input and help.

As for everything else I am also looking at gettin drilled and slotted rotors and wanted some feedback on them and what everyone thinks. Worth it or not?

My dad is also teaching me how to weld so once he gets some more argon I will be doing a lot of practicing and rather than him making me stuff I think I am gonna try to make a strut bar myself. I will post more about that when it comes.

Thanks for looking! Comments are always appreciated!
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Latka
Awww... the green rocks. At least you didn't paint it WRB!
heyy, whats wrong with wrb? XD , I like how your impreza looks after the springs were installed, that's a nice drop. I don't mind the stock rims. Looks good on ya.
Old Apr 29, 2008 | 03:38 AM
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Yea I like the stock rims too. Unless I get a larger brake set up I dont think I am gonna get new ones. Hopefully I will just get some drilled and slotted rotors soon and keep these rims. Oem all the way haha.
Old May 5, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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So today I picked up some bosch foglights that came off a bmw. They are the square kind. I will post pics tomorrow probably then install them sometime soon.

When I got home it seemed to be my lucky day as my dad had a new welder waiting for me which I am super hyped on. I cant wait to start practicing some more and fabricating some things.
Old May 6, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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Here is a quick pick of the fogs. Once I clean them up and put them in they should look pretty nice.
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Old May 7, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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I tested the fog lights today. They are really bright. I also wired them up so all I have to do it put them in tomorrow. I am gonna make some good brackets for them so they stay in place. I will post up pics of what they look like tomorrow when I am done.
Old May 11, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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Here is a picture of what they look like installed. I put them in just to make sure they fit/work and they do but i was using too small of wire cause it was all i had and it melted it. The lights should be fine but my dad is bring home some good stuff tomorrow and i bought a fusable link to install also.

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^ picture isnt the best cause I took it with my phone.
Old May 15, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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I got them hooked up today really nice. Ran them through the switch and a fuse. At first it kept blowing fuses and i wondered why but the positive had a little bit of bare wire and it was hitting the body so pop there went the fuse so i had to take the light apart and run a little bit of new wire out of it. They work really well and are super bright. I like the look also.

I am trying to get this 93 4 door l and use it for a project/parts car. Hopefully it falls through. I would be swapping the tranny into mine and replacing a few things since I have been planning on doing the swap this summer anyways. I will keep you guys posted on that.
Old May 17, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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I am thinking about smoking my tail lights just for the hell of it. What do you guys think? Does anyone have pictures of some i could see before I do it?
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Old Jun 7, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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It has been a while since I have posted but today there was a lot of progress. My dad and I repainted my bumper from where someone bumped me so we did the whole thing. Also painted the jambs around the trunk and took the trunk off and did the inside.
I am going to do the hood in a day or so and the the door jambs I dont know when.
I also painted my grill black again and put it back in so it looks super clean.
I will post up pics tomorrow or so.
Old Jun 9, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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I finally uploaded a few pictures. The process went pretty good and the paint looks decent for something we did in my garage.
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the inside of my trunk that we also painted this is when it was green...
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we ran into a little bit of rust that caused a leak in my trunk so my dad and I decided to fix that also...
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then we started taping everything off..
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I also painted my grill =]...
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This is the finished product...
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And this is just a little something I purchased today to put on the car eventually =]...
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I also have front and rear strut bars on the way.
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Old Jun 11, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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I got my money back for the front and rear strut bars becuase this guy came thru and I purchased another suby. It is a 93 1.8l 4 door. It starts but does not roll. I will be taking care of that problem shortly. Going to clean it tomorrow and try to figure out the problem. It has a carbon hood that I am also thinking of re clear coating and putting on my 2 door. I will post pics of it tomorrow.
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sick car, it looks so much better white. is it aspen white or some other white?

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