Hey guys here is my car as it sits now.





Mods:

Exterior:
Painted stockers
Painted calipers with Impreza stickers on them to give it a better oem look instead of just metal
Koji mod (blacking out the headlights)
Repainted the front grill (color was fading)
Repainted side view mirror trim (was also fading)

Performance
SPT intake
STi front strut tower
catback
Whiteline Front and Rear sway bars
Whiteline endlinks (rear)
Whiteline Steering Rack Bushing (Updated 8/2/08)

Tune from Ed at EQ tuning. Made 204 whp and 213 torque. Great numbers for a stock car. (Updated 4/17/09)

Here is the graph.


Misc.
Extra set of stock wrx rims wrapped with 225/50/16 Falken azenis rt 615s (Updated 8/2/08)

Hey guys! I post every once in awhile on this site and haven't really gotten a chance to post up some pics of my 2002 wrx until now! Like others who post their ongoing projects, everyone starts off when they bought their car.

I got my car back in 2005 and started having fun with it. After awhile I got tired of the stock exhaust and decided to put on a catback for starters.



My straight pipe from the catback gave the car a very throaty rumble at idle and a muscle toned note at WOT.

 

After awhile a buddy of mine gave me his Turbo xs rfl bov. After some early frustrating clamp problems, I finally got the bov on.

 

Then I added an STi front strut bar and moved on to getting an SPT intake.





My intake.





After awhile I got tired of the loud bov and put the stock one back on.

 

Next step in my ongoing project was to give my car a more stealth look so I decided to black out my headlights or do what is called on other forums the koji mod. At the time I didn't get a chance to take pics of the various steps but instead I only have a shot of the final product.

scoobymods has a great tutorial on how to do this mod and I think it turned out great.

The scariest part of this whole mod was baking the headlights and making sure that I had enough silicone to reseal each headlight lens to the headlight assembly. All in all I think it is a great mod and looks great either blacking them out or coordinating the color with your car.

 

The most recent addition to my car has been repainting the stock rims to go along with my stealth theme I couldn't resist and I also painted the calipers red to make them stand out ( I know not very stealthy but I thinks it looks good).

First step was to get the car on jack stands and remove all of the wheels. After that was taping off the front and rear fenders and taping off my brake pads and rotors and all of the other parts that could be hit with the paint.

 

Next step was to start hitting the calipers with red paint while I and some buddies of mine started getting the rims prepped. In order to get the new paint to stick and for it to stay on for a long time, we had to clean the wheels thoroughly and then use 32 grit sand paper to scratch off the OEM paint. After getting the rims sanded down, next step was to hit them with primer.
After hitting them with primer (2-3 coats on both front and back of the rims) it was time to flip them over on their front side and note card the tires off and starting hitting them with some semi-gloss black paint.

 

After hitting the back side of the rims with 3-4 coats of black paint, it was time to hit the front sides.

 

While the rims were drying, I had some time to then paint the calipers red. Like the rims, first thing to do was to clean off the brake dust and other debris and grime that had not been cleaned off of the brake calipers in a long time. Next was to hit them with red paint.

 

Nice. Just need some tire foam for your tires and you'll be looking sick.

 

After the calipers dried. I was still waiting on the rims so I decided to put on these brake caliper decals I bought from this guy who sells some of his stuff on ebay. This caliper decals look great and go on very easily. He had them sent to me within one business day and they arrived to my doorstep within an hour before I needed them. Check him out on ebay if you guys are interested or like how I did mine!

Just type in ohvdecals or "subaru brake caliper decals" and his products should show up!

Anyways, back to the pics!

 

good job, has a very oem look to it.

 

While the calipers dried, it was time to check on the rims and center caps one more time before I mounted them.

 

Last step was to mount them, so I got out the ole' jack one more time and one by one put my baby back together. With the rims back on she is a totally different beast. See for yourself!

 

Next step is to paint those god awful side skirts black to match the rims and grill and headlights...more to come soon!

 

Looking very good! Are you lowering it as well?