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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:04 AM
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2000 bucks hawkeye

Hey, some of you might remember my previous car, 2005 WRX, white on white, I've owned it for 6.5 years. Sold it 2 months ago.
Back in December 2014 I purchased 2006 WRX with 108K miles, clean title, for only $2000 from 420 enthusiast. Car had damage to the front suspension and hood.

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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:07 AM
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Had to get new control arms, axles, brake caliper, rotors to put it back on the road.
Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:09 AM
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Once I started driving I fell in love with it. 2.5 feels way better than 2.0.
At first I was gonna fix it up and sell but I decided to keep it as my "next Subie".
Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:11 AM
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I was lucky to find genuine Karlton fender flares. Props to Sum. Picked them up for $600.

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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:16 AM
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They were made for 04/05 STI, I had to make them fit 06 WRX.
Front flares fit OK but rear ones required some fabrication.

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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:21 AM
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had to shave excess of fiberglass.

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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:23 AM
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Came out pretty good. Spray painted for now til I get full paint job.

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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:24 AM
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Then I ran into fitting issues. Had to do some cutting.

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I built another diffuser:

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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:27 AM
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I'm running spacers/adapters 5x100 to 5x114.3

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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 02:31 AM
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This just the beginning. I'm gonna repaint the whole car.
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 08:22 PM
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Decided to vinyl wrap it, either Satin Grey or Matte Red.
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I want to wrap mine. You done it before?
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Side note... great job on a budget ride dude. I woulda paid $2k just to use the guts.
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I want to wrap mine. You done it before?
I've never done that before but I wanna try, that's why I decided to wrap my car instead of painting it.
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Side note... great job on a budget ride dude. I woulda paid $2k just to use the guts.
Thanks, I got lucky with this one.



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