Converted my 2004 STI into a bugeye
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From: Pflugerville,TX(N.E.Austin)
Car Info: 2004 Impreza Bugeye STI
Originally Posted by RedStage
Not sure if it would have been cheaper to build a bug eye to a full USDM STi.......
You would have had to have gotten a very good deal on an 02-03 WRX.
You would have had to have gotten a very good deal on an 02-03 WRX.
It performs as an STI, but looks like the better(IMHO) bugeye model.
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Originally Posted by scarface
nice! Looks clean. Ultimate sleeper!
for it to be a "sleeper" the hood needs to replaced by a 2.5rs.
Originally Posted by prototypeWRX
Everyone seems to forget about the rest of what's in the STI, there's more than just the motor... And I got the STI used for a really good price. And it was a lot easier to sell off all of the stock STI parts than it would have been to sell of WRX stock parts that less people want. And converting to the bugeye didn't cost me as much as everyone is assuming.
It performs as an STI, but looks like the best impreza... the bugeye model.
It performs as an STI, but looks like the best impreza... the bugeye model.
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Originally Posted by prototypeWRX
Everyone seems to forget about the rest of what's in the STI, there's more than just the motor... And I got the STI used for a really good price. And it was a lot easier to sell off all of the stock STI parts than it would have been to sell of WRX stock parts that less people want. And converting to the bugeye didn't cost me as much as everyone is assuming.
It performs as an STI, but looks like the best impreza... the bugeye model..
It performs as an STI, but looks like the best impreza... the bugeye model..
Last edited by RedStage; Jul 7, 2006 at 02:32 PM.
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oh geez .. i think so too .. but the peanut eyes have definitely grown on me ... if i were to ever do something to my car .. i'd get morretts .. they are just sick
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Originally Posted by LVSTi154
y would u do that.
Originally Posted by newyorkreload
+1
PD for the win
PD for the win
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