Smurf's Obsessive Bugeye Build of Doom
 

Welcome to my Bugeye build. Sold by an enthusiast to a friend who let it fall into severe disrepair. The car was stripped of.. everything. I received it full of evil gremlins and electrical tape, missing body parts and bad paint. It was a fixer upper, and I bought it for cheap.

But I'm a purist with dreams of grandeur - so in the last year and a half I have redone EVERYTHING.

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[B][U]Here is a list of mods so far:[/U][/B]

[B]Exterior[/B]

Replica Prodrive Lip
JNA Motorsport V-limited lip
JDM STi upper grill replica
OEM STi sideskirts (2004/2005)
carbon fiber corner markers
Subaru Spec C roof scoop
Gunmetal-painted OEM Subaru headlights
Gunmetal-painted 2007 tails with a half tint job
OEM 2002/2003 JDM STi foglight covers
Hella Supertones

[B]Performance/Engine[/B]

JDM V7 STi TMIC
Blitz Nur exhaust
TurboXS heatwrapped uppipe and downpipe
Custom turbo heat shield
STi BPV
TurboXS short ram intake
MAF pass-thru
Cusco upper front strut bar
Cusco oil catch can
*On-going project - partial wire tuck and repainted engine bay

[B]Engine Management[/B]

COBB Accessport Stage 2 Tune: ~307 HP, 270+ ft/lb torque at the crank
DEFI clock pod
Blitz BLM boost and EGT gauges
Pivot Air/Fuel Monitor

[B]Suspension/Brakes/Wheels[/B]

KYB adjustable shocks
Tein springs, dropped 1.75 inches
Replica Volk Ray TE37s
- 17 X 7.5 (225/45/R17)
- Painted flat black
Slotted/drilled rotors
Ceramic pads
Metallica gold painted calipers
Rallyarmor mudflaps

moar pics

That is one of the best looking Bug-Eyes I've seen. Not too over-done, too flashy, or too stickered out. Very simple and looks like it packs a punch. Great looking car you have sir!

Okay, a few more pics.. better ones coming in the future as I've installed some new parts not shown below:

Finally saved up and obtained the JDM grill and hood scoop. Spent the winter doing some PnP in the engine bay and replaced gauges. Slowly... getting... to where I want it to be.

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Def clean! Leave it as is, lol.


I need someone to donate me a Spec-c vent :(

There's a rumor going around NASIOC that they may be discontinued soon. No idea if that's true or not but if so... hurry up! :)

Forgot to include this... right before I added the JDM grill :tape:

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Went wingless, grabbed some 18X7.5 Tarmac 2s :)

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Nice looking car!

Gaah I want a JDM hood scoop.

very clean the way it is for sure!!

So...... I haven't been on these forums in a long time, but I just found out that there's a Droid app... so I will probably be spending way more time here lol... lots of changes since I was here last... a tuck and shave job with new sheet metal I did in my garage over the winter, a DIY bixenon HID retrofit, and picked up an authentic V1 lip and some rear spats to replace the EGR rear lip :)

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SO pretty!!!

Clean what kind if lip is that?

That is the original OEM V1 STi lip for the Bugeye. The only change recently... I thought the non-painted bowls weren't aggressive enough, so I opened back up the headlights and fixed that :)

Finally getting to the stage where the things I don't like I can count on one hand... now if only I had more funds lol...

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