BITCH ASS: A Build of Average Proportions and Modest Income

[rice4life]

I always miss your updates
I know they've probably already been mounted, but where will you mount those new horns? Behind the grille like the Impereza guys?

Glad the wheel didn't fall off or it would have been like what happened to Del Slo.

[cobrawannabe]

An update from last week...




Well, I had a touch of bad luck on Friday evening and broke two front right wheel studs off on the highway. Since this coincided with the severe vibration that I was only having while the car was coasting, my guess is that the vibration was not the CV axle as I had suspected, and was actually the two adjacent lug nuts slowly working themselves loose. Both odd circumstance and stupidity on my part for not checking them. I just figured the clicking that the axle was making when it was cold had gotten worse until the vibration developed.

Bad luck? Sure. Also my bad? Definitely.

Long story short, I pulled over before the wheel fell off, no damage beyond the studs. We had the car towed to Bruce's house, replaced all four studs and lug nuts on the right front hub, regreased and rebooted the outer CV, and the car is driving like brand new with not a peep from the axle for the time being.

Here's a shot of the car sitting on the shoulder waiting for the flat bed...


And one of the tailpipe. I wish I had gotten shots of the whole system while we had the car in the air. Not to toot our own horn, but the exhaust looks like it was built yesterday, and it's tucked up so far there's not a scratch on it. I'm very proud of it.


And now the fun part! I got four big fog lights, a pair of Hella Supertones, and new rear sway bar bushings for Christmas!

Here's the car with the rack reinstalled waiting for us to test fit the lights.


And now the goodies, which I hope to install by the time New Year rolls around!

Tinting the lenses on the lights yellow...


The lights:


The sway bar bushings:


The horns! 118 deciBels of awesome:



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[cobrawannabe]

If you're on Facebook/InstaGram, you've probably had about enough of these shots, and I'm sorry, but I'm thrilled with how they came out.

[cobrawannabe]

Beautiful focus man!

Thank you! It's the very definition of work in progress, but I've loved every minute of the process!

Every time you touch this thing it gets better.

[HooWybrow]

Every time you touch this thing it gets better.

[Belvader]

Beautiful focus man!

[cobrawannabe]

They actually go well with the white meshies. Lookin' good my dude

Thanks, Chuck!

hey guy, this car is such a piece of sit.

remember when my piece of shit was next to your piece of shit. yea, good times... cant wait to see this car again in spring matt.

Edit: Happy birthday you sexy hunk of man, you. hahahaha

<3 you, buddy. Can't wait to see your car all finished.

[NordicMistBB6]

hey guy, this car is such a piece of sit.



remember when my piece of shit was next to your piece of shit. yea, good times... cant wait to see this car again in spring matt.

Edit: Happy birthday you sexy hunk of man, you. hahahaha

[Chuckdee]

They actually go well with the white meshies. Lookin' good my dude

[cobrawannabe]

Winter is coming.









Yup, white letters on my winter tires as well. I don't care if everyone is doing it, it's fun to do and it looks awesome.

[cobrawannabe]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I tried to get some contrast in the car with the headlights, since the grille was just kind of a silver blob in the middle of the car. It definitely works better with the FocusSport lip.

[Zic]

Car looks great man, has come a looooooooooong way since you first joined up. Only thing I'm kinda iffy about, is the head lights / grille. Its almost as they take up to much attention. Painting the grille or inner headlights matte black or something would help it in my opinion.

[cobrawannabe]

Well, I finally got a chance to clean the car for the first time in months with the help of a tremendously generous young lady. I also went to Staggered Fall Edition yesterday and trolled on all of the Subarus. Overall, I had a good day, including some Subaru kid hitting on aforementioned young lady in my passenger's seat/ insulting my car/ getting shut right the Hell down while we were pulling into the show. I'm losing a lot of interest in the car scene, I'm more than happy with enjoying the car on my own and having a good time with the friends I have.

Here are a few shots I took in Middletown, and one I took in the Copernicus Garage on campus.

[cobrawannabe]

I pulled the lock collars out a few weeks ago. Back down to the same height I was last year, but on 17s.

[cobrawannabe]

Cant see photos at work!!!

Fuck your host site!!

Yeah, fuck Facebook! #toolazytouploadtoflickr