2008 Subaru Impreza - my log

[duvanator]

Well I Have this posted up on the Toronto Subaru Club boards, and I figured I may as well share it here to for those who want to see. Ignore the old references of things to be installed, or if there are dates or anything as I am just copying over the relevant posts.


I finally decided to write down/ log my different/unique/diy modifications. I’ve finally gotten to a point where I am satisfied with the appearance/ handling and don’t have any more big plans for a while (not that anything I’ve done thus far is “big” compared to most other cars on this forum lol) Feel free to comment, give criticism, or compliments! I have sporadically posted some of these mods/ pictures on NASIOC and have had great feedback and even inspired a few people, helping them out with the DIY/how to’s through pm’s. With that being said if anybody had any questions or needs help just ask, I’ve done all this myself and am always willing to help out a fellow member.


(From my introduction post)
The Subaru bug bit me early. At 17 I got my grandparents 1990 Subaru legacy 2.2 n/a. She treated me well up until her "retirement" lol 3 years ago. I was hooked I "needed" another Subaru. I ended up buying a 2008 pearl white Impreza hatch. Here is a pic of the car a few days after I got it; was well taken care of by previous owner.






What started as just a coincidence, has now become the colour scheme of the car, black on white with red accenting I like it, and that’s all that counts at the end of the day.

summary of what has been done:

Interior:

Audio/video:
- Sony XNV 660bt
- axxess steering wheel control interface
- Back-up camera
- Kole audio mfw-10 (fiber glassed/Kevlar into the spare tire)
- Power Acoustik BAMF-1250/2
Painted radio bezel and door handles pearl
- 50 square feet worth of sound dampening in doors/floor/wheel wells

Appearance:
- black
3m 1080 carbon vinyl on silver trim pieces across the dash w/red pinstripe + center console
- Blue led lighting under dash/ foot wells/ seats tied in with dash dimmer and headlight switch


Exterior:

lighting:
- Hyper yellow fog light bulbs (9005 mod)
- Independent fog light mod
- FULL HID retrofit from the retrofit source (bi-xenon) 5000k
- Painted cut-off shield red for demon eye in the right light
- ccfl angel eyes (as drl)
- drl delete

Films:
- Hexis vinyl gloss black roof
- 3m Scotchgard hood, fenders, a-pillars, mirrors
- Tint – 35% fronts, 15% rear, 5% sun strip

Appearance:
- Bayson R Carbon fiber STI spoiler
- DIY mesh grille
- Red supertones
- Debadged rear
- DIY custom Subaru badges (removed and re-coloured to be red on black)
- Red painted calipers
- Zip-tie stitching on front bumper
- TSC STICKERS!

Wheels:
- 17” generic black w/aluminum lip rims, painted with metalcast red (summer)
- 16” black steelies (winter)
- 225/45/17 Genral Tire UHP Exclaim (summer)
- 205/55/16 Firestone Winterforce (winter)



Performance/Handling:

Perrin short throw shift adapter
Perrin rear shifter bushings
Big 3 electrical (power/grounding) mod
Whiteline 22mm rear anti-sway bar
Whiteline rear Endlinks
Whiteline tower brace (front)
Eibach 25mm hollow front anti-sway bar
Rallitek hd front endlinks
OBX 2.5” catback exhaust (waiting to be installed)

Fumoto drain plug/valve (what everyone should have!)


*I always have people asking me about tint and films, and where I get it. I use, and have had great results from
tint- http://www.windowfilm.com/auto_1.html (great product and pricing for bulk rolls)
3m Scotchgard- http://www.nextlevelride.com/store/3...m-by-the-foot/
Hexis/3m 1080 cf – hard to beat ebay pricing

On with the pictures, Excuse the iPhone camera, but I’ll try to include pics that show most mods, Enjoy

Here’s a link to one of my photobucket albums that contains most pic’s of my hid retrofit

http://s209.photobucket.com/albums/b...or/Headlights/


How she currently sits ☺











and all the little details












Subwoofer box








Lights

Bad lighting but you can see the effect of the painted cut-off shield






Better Night time pics to come



And just so you know why I CAN’T close that wheel gap just yet:





My little suby is already a snowplow at stock height in Thunder Bay winters lol. Only time I got stuck was when I was hung up on the frame



And the obx catback waiting to be installed




what better to do on your birthday then have the day off work, have a lift available, and just so happen to have an exhaust to install? YAY!!!!


First things first, tighten up the front endlinks (just installed last week, and tightening incase anything loosened)




Stock Exhaust out (and a nice view of the whiteline sway bar )




Side by side







I still dont know who could have ever conceived the idea to make a muffler THAT big! its ridiculous

Installed





And just random pics I hadn't posted yet:







More pics of exhaust to come. I will try to get around to taking night pics of the headlights, and possibly a sound clip or two of the exhaust


Headliner dropped





Just look at all the nice shiny undampened sheet metal... Lets fix that:





now my car has wont sound like a tin can in the rain! btw I've already done my doors and hatch area, so the roof was the last on the list.

side note: LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE SIDE AIRBAG!!! :cool:




More pics and even a Vid!!!









Video clip

http://youtu.be/zTSDY8vJ_Oo


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Lights (Finally!)

Garage pics first



Just Fogs



lows + fogs




Highs (bixenon + halogen) + lows + fogs



And here are some other pics













Interior



Niagara meet up






After a photo outing with a better skilled photographer, who has a better camera than just my iPhone

[Nabs]

Looks good! Looks even better in person

[Yota]

Saw this car on Sunday and its super clean and very tastefully modified. Nice ride man, 2 thumb up!

[Kattty]

I only saw this car briefly..but it looks awsome!

So glad there's another subbie in the group

[Curtis_conway]

Is it fast?

[duvanator]

I only saw this car briefly..but it looks awsome!

So glad there's another subbie in the group

Saw your car parked at LU today, noticed you don't haver the gutter rails in lol Removed the other vinyl I'm guessing. A subaru thing is something those without subarus won't know haha

Is it fast?

It's the slowest model for this car, but its quite quick. 2.5L boxer with 170hp/170tq
and with my swaybars and end links it now handles like a go-kart in the turns! and with the symmetrical AWD it will do what it does in any weather on any surface!

Katty's sti is the top model with the turbo'd engine, 6spd trans, and stiffer suspension, wide body . otherwise same unibody/frame, interior, etc.

[Curtis_conway]

So winning autoslalom isn't out of the question then????

[duvanator]

If I could afford it, then I think I would put up a good run that would be very competitive run an event in a flooded, or snowfilled lot and there wont be any other competition other then Kattty haha

But with all the school/living expenses right now I can't justify the $70 it would cost me (50 membership+20 to race if I remember correctly)

[Curtis_conway]

I would of also accepted "doing laundry"

[Mud-Nut]

Sweet thread!! Lots of pics, I like pics!

If I could afford it, then I think I would put up a good run that would be very competitive run an event in a flooded, or snowfilled lot and there wont be any other competition other then Kattty haha

But with all the school/living expenses right now I can't justify the $70 it would cost me (50 membership+20 to race if I remember correctly)

$70 is CHEAP FUN in motorsports!!!! How can you pass that up?? A night out will cost you more than going to autoslalom, and as a student, you can't tell me you won't go out. Seriously, order your textbooks online (instead of the ridiculous book store) and use the money you save to go play.

[Kattty]

haha..those gutter rails are out awaiting you to put my new vinyl on

I've actually had barely any time to look at my car, but..since YOU mentioned it, i'll go put them back on right meeoww

and Might I add sir...you better come to autoslam...we gotta rep the subaru brand!!! It's honestly one of the best 70 bucks you'll spend..like previously mentioned..great group of people, great cars..and tones of fun!

[Yota]

Sweet thread!! Lots of pics, I like pics!


$70 is CHEAP FUN in motorsports!!!! How can you pass that up?? A night out will cost you more than going to autoslalom, and as a student, you can't tell me you won't go out. Seriously, order your textbooks online (instead of the ridiculous book store) and use the money you save to go play.

See anything is possible if you really want to race. Serge has this shit down to a science! lol

[duvanator]

haha I already find torrents for pdf's of all my books so I don't pay anything for books and I don't have a helmet, which I imagine is not cheap either

[Curtis_conway]

I have a spare

[MiniD1CK5]

I have 2