Smurf's Obsessive Bugeye Build of Doom
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Car Info: 2002, Stg 2, V7 STi TMIC, Prodrive <3
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.
Picture from Day 1
Here is a list of mods so far:
Exterior
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
Performance/Engine
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
Engine Management
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
Suspension/Brakes/Wheels
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
But I'm a purist with dreams of grandeur - so in the last year and a half I have redone EVERYTHING.
Picture from Day 1
Here is a list of mods so far:
Exterior
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
Performance/Engine
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
Engine Management
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
Suspension/Brakes/Wheels
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
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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!
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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.
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.
Last edited by Smurftastic; 05-17-2012 at 07:36 PM.
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Car Info: 2002, Stg 2, V7 STi TMIC, Prodrive <3
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
Forgot to include this... right before I added the JDM grill
Last edited by Smurftastic; 05-17-2012 at 07:48 PM.
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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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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...
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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