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Dan's Red Sedan (Isabella Chunkytube)
Well I figured it was about time to stop lurking, I didn't get much love from another forum I posted on and thought I might have some better luck with the folks on SW. My name is Dan and I currently own a 2000 Subaru Impreza L Sedan in Sedona Red Pearl.
Exterior
- Thule 400XT Roof Rack with Peloton bike racks
- VW Mk3 front Lip
- OBS Fog Light kit
- Debadged "L" badge/ Plastidiped "SUBARU" badge
- Bubbled paint and aerodynamic rust patches
Interior
- 2005 WRX F&R seats
- 2001 Outback LL Bean wheel
- 2003 WRX air bag
- 2002 WRX 6-Disc
- 2000 Forester HVAC/Stereo bezel
- Cloth wrapped center console and arm rest
Engine
- Mobile 1 10w-30
- OEM Subaru oil filter
- NGK Iridium spark plugs
- NGK spark plug wires
Wheel/Tire/Suspension
- 2006 Impreza RS wheels 16x6.5 e55 (powdercoated white)
- Falken Ziex 512 205/45/r16
- Black tuner lugs
- Raceland GC series coilovers
Future Plans
- 2004 WRX Brakes F&R including rear disc conversion (In Progress)
- SS Brake Lines
- Hardwood Floor Trunk (In Progress)
- Rust repair and painting (In Progress)
- Replace leaking valve cover and spark plug gaskets
- Replace all 4 front cv boots
- New interior black carpet
- AEM Short ram or Injen CAI
- Borla Rep UEL headers and OBX cat back exhaust
- More agressive wheel setup
- Transmission swap... One day...
I spend most of my time up at school in Rochester NY driving and sliding in the snow, but I live in the Philly PA area too. The Impreza is my second car, my first being a 1988 Plymouth reliant with only 24k original miles. Some may remember a post of mine I made quite a while ago with this car inside.
Although she was factory fresh, the Impreza is definitely an upgrade... Nothing was really done to the Plymouth minus some Polk Audio speakers, but it started my interest cars, and led me to my new car. My car was "affectionately" named Isabella Washington Chunkytube by my friends and unfortunately the name stuck, so anyway here she is...
This was the night I picked her up in all her swirl marked, scratched, 54k mile glory. The firs things first, a quick detail and a WRX 6-disk to get some slightly better sound.
Next up was some OBS fog lights I picked up off eBay for a great deal.
Right about now I was really getting tired of the steelies/hubcap look and happened to find some 06 RS wheels pop up on Craigslist for a good deal. I picked those up and some falken 512s to wrap them with.
Then the low bug bit me... Unfortunately, with a college budget Raceland's were my choice for a shock spring setup. I don't really plan on tracking my car anytime soon, so inexpensive coils would do the trick. I have a few friends that currently and have run Raceland's for a while and think they are adequate for the price. They do ride harsher than stock, but are not uncomfortable and will do until I can afford a better set.
The coils were put on hold for winter as I did not want to coat them in Rochester salt right away. So some Legacy wagon wheels and Firestone Winterforce tires were rocked along with a new Thule rack that I picked up for an extremely good deal.
(Next to Lake Ontario)
And I had a sweet score on some 04 WRX brakes with low milage and some very nice junkyard swag.
LL Bean wheel
Cruise Control Module and Actuator (That I ended up not having plugs for...)
Finally some good weather started to come around so lots of things ended up happening, along with some 05 WRX seats that I picked up from an RS25 member somewhere down the line.
And the finished product, prior to adjustment.
A little bit lower...
And finally where I wanted it, also with an $8 junkyard Mk3 lip lol. Well that's about where I am up to now. The build should be updated frequently as I have a lot of projects in the works right now (brakes, trunk, carpet, etc.). Comments and criticism welcome! Thanks for letting me be a part of this awesome community, enjoy!
. I'm also very jealous of your trim free doors, so clean. The MK3 lips look pretty good in my opinion! Especially for no moneys lol
. I don't know if I will be able to run them because of their width and the need for adapters etc etc, but if there is a possible way too, I'm going to do it... These are the only pictures I can get for now, but I will post some up later when I get them cleaned up, and it's not 1AM... Lol Any advice is welcome!
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