A faster grocery getter - 04 WRX Wagon

[MassimoCiocca]

wow

[Recoil889]

edit: also congrats on your own house and shop!

Thanks, man. Definitely felt good.

[DER E30]

Just looked back at that header... That thing is beautiful!!!!

edit: also congrats on your own house and shop!

[Recoil889]

are those brake ducts 3d printed?

I'm not sure how they're made. They're a very thin ABS plastic made by a company called "rooducts." I'm probably going to wrap them in DEI heat reflective tape.

[dubs&boost]

are those brake ducts 3d printed?

[Recoil889]

Spent a little more time on this turd over the weekend.

I had been wrestling with how I'd handle keeping the front brakes cool, and after some digging around and talking with a few friends, I ordered a set of these ABS plastic brake ducts. They'll hook up to the bumper with flexible ducting and they'll be directed onto the rotors similarly.


In an effort to start clearing out some of the parts I've collected, I finally pulled out all of my interior pieces and fully assembled the interior with what I plan to use in final trim. Minus a little bit of cutting, what you see is what you get here for creature comforts. It felt good to assemble it fully, tear it down, mark the relevant parts for final assembly and get ready to get rid of the rest.

[Recoil889]

Since the last update, I was able to finish removing all of the sound deadening from both front fender wells. I found a little bit of rust, but nothing that really penetrated the metal. I sanded all the rust out, removed the remaining adhesive, degreased and sealed them in primer. This was an absolute nightmare of a job. No fun at all.


Next step is to order a two-part epoxy liner and coat the wheel wells with it. The final body color will be applied over it, but it'll seal the metal off from road debris. Here's a good idea of how the front fender wells look now.


I came across a great deal on a Cusco 1.5 way LSD for the R180 and picked that up. That should make driving a little more interesting. Otherwise, I got the subframes back from powdercoat and got ahold of one of my holy grail parts for these cars. SAA turn signal mirrors.



I'm working on finishing up cleaning the interior and prepping it for paint. I haven't decided whether or not I'll be installing carpet of some sort, so I'm prepping it as if I won't.


Major stuff coming up:

Removing the spare tire well and mounting the fuel cell.
Finishing the rear inside wheel arches to take advantage of the rear tubs.
Cutting out portions of the rear end that'll have body panels affixed.
Rear bash bar.

[btns44]

Keep putting in work. Looks good.

[SnazzyQ]

Duuuuuuudddeeeee thats gonna be so lit.

Also for body and paint Id recommend Phantasy Kolors. They do amazing work

[Recoil889]

Here's a preview of what I'm working towards.





The person I had lined up to do the body work had to bail out last minute. Back to square one on that.

I picked up a full set of TSS subframes and dropped that off for powdercoat this week.

Work is kicking my ass right now, so progress is slow.

[Recoil889]

Hot damn nice work man! That twin scroll setup has me super jealous!! Can't wait to see/hear this thing roar to life!!

Just stumbled upon this, great wagon build man. Can't wait to see this thing running!

Thanks guys. I should probably get around to writing an update post. I'm still quite a ways from first start up. Hang tight, this is a very slow project.

Until then *vroom vroom.*

[WizardOfFozz]

Just stumbled upon this, great wagon build man. Can't wait to see this thing running!

[John@BagRiders]

Hot damn nice work man! That twin scroll setup has me super jealous!! Can't wait to see/hear this thing roar to life!!

[Recoil889]

I just picked up one of these. Will be using this build as a guide

Best of luck, man. Have fun with it!

[Z33_Taxi]

I just picked up one of these. Will be using this build as a guide