A faster grocery getter - 04 WRX Wagon

[dubs&boost]

chop top this bitch

[Camip]

I vote for a carbon roof skin

[smiles]

Chop topped wagon would be pretty rad. It's amazing how people can cut corners and endanger the people in the car.

[Recoil889]

I took it upon myself to pull the sunroof out of the car yesterday. When I originally pulled the headliner, I had some concerns with the sunroof itself. It tuned out that this was NOT an OEM sunroof. As such, I decided I was going to lose it and have the hole welded and install a spec c roof vent in its place.

I successfully dropped the sunroof acouple nights ago. After it came out, I noticed acouple things:

1) The install job was piss poor. The installer didn't do a good job sealing it against the roof skin and there was a significant amount of rust/rot.
2) Instead of buying an OEM roof skin that is already cut for a sun roof (they're $325.00) the installer hacked up a non sunroof roof skin. This included cutting all but one of the roof supports. When the sunroof came down, the roof skin buckled because of this.

At this point I said fuck it and just pulled the whole roof skin off.

Plans at this point are to order a new roof skin and have it installed with the roof vent.

I'm also seriously debating chopping the roof line down 2" and replacing all the glass with cut to size lexan.

[Recoil889]

About 90% gutted as of today. I need to finish popping off all of the plastic push tabs and pick up 15lbs of dry ice so I can get rid of all the sound deadening.

[Recoil889]

Updated mod list I'm working on. This should better reflect the direction of the car right now:


Power:
Blitz Nur Spec cat-back (v band)
Speedfactory twin scroll/equal length header
Speedfactory twinscroll downpipe (v band)
Speedfactory twinscroll uppipe (t4)
Dual Tial MVS 38mm EWG
Speedfactory 38mm EWG dumptubes, merged, fender exit (v band)
Speedfactory tucked/shrouded radiator
Speedfactory shrouded FMIC (Garrett core)
Speedfactory FMIC piping
Tial Q bpv/bov
Pass through headlight ram air intake
Grimmspeed 3 port EBCS
Cosworth reverse intake manifold
Boomba racing 75mm throttle body
IAG billet TGV deletes
Injector Dynamics 2,150 cc injectors
Aeromotive top feed fuel rails
Aeromotive FPR
Aeromotive Fuel distribution block
Radium auto surge tank
Fuel pump - undecided
Killer B high capacity oil pan
Killer B windage tray
Killer B oil pick up
Garrett 3582r twinscroll (106ar) (t4/v band)
Grimmspeed 3 port EBCS
OEM STI timing belt
Grimmspeed gaskets (misc)
Cobb Accessport V3
Benson sleeved and O-ringed EJ257 short block
OEM STI nitrated crank
Pistons - undecided
OEM EJ257 heads
GSC S3 cams

Suspension and Drive train:
Cobb double adjustable short throw shifter
Flossy heavy weight griptape knob
Fortune Auto Coilovers
Muller air cups
Fortune Auto roller bearings
Fortune Auto Camber plates
Swift springs
2 gal. Viair tank
Viair compressor
Custom integrated front strut tower bar
Whiteline rear strut tower bar (quick release)
Whiteline 22mm front sway bar
Whiteline 24mm rear sway bar
Kartboy front/rear endlink combo
Kartboy 'whiteline' front sway bar spacers
OEM 2015 STI 13:1 steering rack
JDM ver 7 STI 6 speed
Legacy Spec B 5th/6th gear
Carbon synchros

Brakes:
Wilwood 6/4 pot BBK
Wilwood slotted two piece rotors
Wilwood brake pads
Stoptech stainless brakelines
Chasebays brake booster eliminator
Wilwood 7/8ths master cylinder
Chasebays brake line relocation kit


Exterior:
JDM rain guards
JDM multi-colored foglights
JDM foglight bezels
OEM 04/05 STI front bumper
OEM roof rail deletes
Chargespeed front lip
Chargespeed vented 25mm front fenders
Kaminari reverse cowl hood
Morimoto mini retrofitted OEM headlights
Sideskirts - undecided
Voltex diffuser
Voltex type HB GT wing
L'aunsport 25mm rear widebody
Custom rear quarter louvers
Spec C roof vent
Custom paint
15% tint all side/rear glass
5% tint windshield strip

I'm still adding to this as I make purchases and decisions.

[Recoil889]

i remember seeing you back at wcss, your car is ridiculously badass compared to then. if only i had the time and money I've been a long time lurker on stance works but finally decided to make an acc. keep up the good work, can't wait to see it painted.

this thing is awesome. keep moving forward man

Thanks guys. Slowly but surely it's going forward.

[ChanceTheNapper]

this thing is awesome. keep moving forward man

[JackShift]

Quick and half assed update:
of the glass is out:

Slowly but surely pulling the wiring harness and getting the car ready for sandblasting.

I recently picked up a set of EJ257 heads and GSC S3 cams. Hopefully more substantial updates on the horizon.

i remember seeing you back at wcss, your car is ridiculously badass compared to then. if only i had the time and money I've been a long time lurker on stance works but finally decided to make an acc. keep up the good work, can't wait to see it painted.

[Recoil889]

Quick and half assed update:
of the glass is out:

Slowly but surely pulling the wiring harness and getting the car ready for sandblasting.

I recently picked up a set of EJ257 heads and GSC S3 cams. Hopefully more substantial updates on the horizon.

[SnazzyQ]

Dont be giving up on me now man. Or ill come down to lacey and build your car for you.

But best of luck getting all organized with tools and parts.

Still cant wait to see this thing done

[Recoil889]

Just a quick update -
I'm still alive, and slowly putting thought and time into this project.
On the parts front, I sold the coilovers the car was on. That money will go towards the new air cupped set.
I also finally found a reasonable deal on an ECU/immobilizer with keys/full wiring harness out of an 06 STI. That stuff will sit in the box it came in for quite a while.

Otherwise, almost a year in, I'm feeling myself starting to sputter a little bit. When I read back through the posts, I can see I've accomplished a lot on the car so far. It doesn't always feel that way, though.

I've been spending the past few days focusing on doing some serious organization of all of the parts I have all over the place.
I got a new (big) box for all of my tools, so getting that set up should be helpful. Hopefully I'll be organized and refreshed to hit this project hard in the new year. Hopefully some photos this week for you guys.

[Recoil889]

I borrowed a friend's wheels yesterday to do a mock up. They're 19x10. I think after seeing this, I'll go with 19x11s and make up any difference with a spacer if necessary.

[Recoil889]

Got the car parked and settled at the new house. I picked up some wheel dollies so I could move it around without pushing it up and down the damn driveway.

[saturnstance]

I'd say go with Chargespeed side skirts.