East Bay STI's progress in the making
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Car Info: 2000 Tacoma Pre-Runner 4 Cyl.
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-Gio
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I finally washed my car, also in case you missed it. I put my STi Trunk and Wing back on
Just some random, not so great pics. The sun was too strong for my p&s camera
So here we are, enjoy 















-Gio
Just some random, not so great pics. The sun was too strong for my p&s camera
So here we are, enjoy 















-Gio
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Shiet is so loud that no matter how nub you are, you can tell something was modded with it. I actually did get a few peeps to believe my car was a WRX instead of a STi. Ran a 03 Cobra, blew it's doors off, had the typical mods on it I/E/P/Chipped, at the end of our meeting he was like nice WRX
As far as attention from Cops I think it may of gone down a little but in another way a STi cost more so I think they just think we are more mature I guess. This is my 5th exhaust and by far the loudest setup, and with or without the big wing I do not really get followed around at least in Hayward and Castro Valley.
Last Friday I was in San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and Mountain View seen plenty of Cops on the road and no foul play. Maybe I am just lucky, I am glad I decided to put my trunk and wing back on. It gives my car more character I believe

Take care bro, ttyl.
-Gio
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Here are some quick shots from my install that started yesterday before I went to my Grandpa's house to watch him and what not 


Basically these 2 pics show the steering column pieces off, had to take off Lamco boost gauge

Clock removed from center, used the Defi Install guide in order to power up the Defi Controller



Decided to run the cable on one side and the boost line from the Reader on either side of the window wash reservoir. It just sits there, hopefully it will not mess up, or I can just zip tie it like JDM Style



Finished product, I took about 2 hours total to do the job
Bought the wrong butt connectors so I had to manually trim the wire shields back in order to get it to work
At least I finished the job, I am going to post new pics of the re-do after they load.
Thanks for looking
-Gio



Basically these 2 pics show the steering column pieces off, had to take off Lamco boost gauge

Clock removed from center, used the Defi Install guide in order to power up the Defi Controller



Decided to run the cable on one side and the boost line from the Reader on either side of the window wash reservoir. It just sits there, hopefully it will not mess up, or I can just zip tie it like JDM Style




Finished product, I took about 2 hours total to do the job
Bought the wrong butt connectors so I had to manually trim the wire shields back in order to get it to work
At least I finished the job, I am going to post new pics of the re-do after they load.Thanks for looking

-Gio
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HVAC taken apart



Wires ran through a hole I cut in the DIN Pocket




Making sure it worked before I started to put everything back together










As you can see everything is back to normal and looks great if I may add that
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Just got them today from another member that parted out their 04
Well here thy are, need to get better pics later of the car and the mirrors. I am happy so far with the way my car has turned out so far 




Thanks for looking, don't be afraid leave your feedback. Thanks,
-Gio
Well here thy are, need to get better pics later of the car and the mirrors. I am happy so far with the way my car has turned out so far 




Thanks for looking, don't be afraid leave your feedback. Thanks,
-Gio


