Recent pics taken by Scott Fong!!!

 

Such a clean FXT. I like your style sir !

 

Thx appreciate the kind words

 

Few things ive done recently

TIC Front and Rear trailing arm bushings and the new rear bumper.

 

Also just had a track day ButtonWillow Raceway. Had a great time.

 

Updated my mods list. Not all of the items are on the car yet but a few more weeks. Waiting on a few more parts.

 

So after all this time, I’ve decided to put together a small build of my six speed swap. All in all this took me about a week to do and about 2 to 3 months of nabbing parts and planning the swap.
Before I get to the process here are some pictures of the parts that I had gathered.

WC LatheWerks Titanium Shifter and Lockout Ring


06 STI Rear subframe and Rear Differential Carrier


06 STI Spec C - 6 Speed


06 STI Axles, Drive Shaft and Rear Subframe


OEM Shifter, with Front Super Pro Bushing


Another shot of the WC LatheWerks Shifter Components


MapDCCD Pro Controller Module


Resurfaced OEM Rotors and Flywheel


Whiteline Adjustable Lateral Links

 

Basically to start off during disassembly, I started by removing all the hubs and axles. I then removed all of the rear suspension driveline pieces and replaced those with the 06 STI ones. Once that was done I moved on to the front subframe. I left the transmission cradle in place and supported the motor up front on the header so I could remove the front forester subframe and spacers. I then proceeded to replace the front subframe with the 06 STI front subframe and WRX bolts to hold the subframe in place. Once that was all done I added in the 05 STI steering rack. After the replacement of all the subframes, I then removed the transmission cradle and removed the OEM 5 speed. Replaced the clutch and threw in the 6 speed with some finagling and some love it went in. It’s a pretty tight fit but worked out well. The pictures are out of order but I will have descriptions at all of the pictures to state what is going on.

Brembos, 5x114 hubs and extended studs on the car


Another shot of the front hub on w/ extended studs


Hub and STI Control arms in place


The Six speed all tucked in.


Six speed in, just a view from the top


This was when I pulled the 5 speed out


A close up of the front hub and axle in place


An after picture of the STI rear subframe in, R180 rear diff in and the Whiteline adjustable lateral links just hanging out.


Rear Subframe and R180 in


No subframe, the rear drivetrain has all been stripped out


R160 and Forester Subframe


Another shot of the r160 and Forester subframe


Forester r160 side shot


Forester parts in process of tear down


5x100 hubs and ebrake disassembly


Shot of the engine after the front subframe spacers were removed. You can see how much the motor has moved up.


The front drivetrain during disassembly


TIC Transmission cradle bushings


Thanks for looking! If you have any questions please feel free to post or leave comments.