The Wizard Of Fozz - sf5 Project

[hinrichs]

This makes me miss my fozz, will be watching.

[SeattleStance]

Wow! love a low forester. This is going to be soooo dope.

[srtkr]

Glad to see another forester owner.

[WizardOfFozz]

Thanks guys, over the winter I plan on doing a full interior overhaul, with Hawaiian print and woodgrain, possibly a wooden trunk floor as well. Still want to keep it static for now so looking into a couple different coils. Looking around 18x9.5 + 10ish wheels, eyeing up some Rotiform TMB's the mono block style. Fab up a custom exhaust with UEL headers, some exterior touching up, kinda wanna keep the two tone for now, maybe look into the sf5 aero (if I go this route I'll get a custom paint job). Eventually looking into a boosted setup but that will be later down the road once I get the car sitting how I like it. Definitely lots of work to come in the next couple months. At this point just kinda seeing where things lead me and what I like.

[CDeez5]

I can tell that this is gonna be great!

[PassionGarage]

can you give us some idea on what we are going to see in the build, looking forward to seeing a nice foz
keep it up

[WizardOfFozz]

Modifications

Saved for modifications list

Interior:

- Trim Painted Black
- Black Impreza Carpet Kit
- Custom Re-Upholstered and Bolstered Stock seats with Hawaiian Fabric
- Custom Headliner with Hawaiian Fabric
- Brazilian Cherry Wooden Trunk
- OEM Upgraded Wood grain Console Trim
- Grip Royal Walnut Jack steering wheel with nrg hub

Exterior:

- JDM F Badge Grill

Suspension/Wheels:

- BC BR Extreme Low Coilovers w/ Camber Plates and custom 14k Springs
- Rotiform TMB in DDT Finish 18x9.5 +25

Engine/Performance:

[WizardOfFozz]

Hey all!
My names Kevin and Im from Central PA. I sold my 13' WRX back in august for an 09' Fozzy daily that would fit my needs as a photographer and cinematographer and already knew i was going to want something new to start working on.



I just recently started on a new project that I picked up back in September. Its a 98 Forester with 160k miles on it with all the major engine maintenance just completed.

For the winter here I will be gutting the interior, reupholstering the seats, door panels, and headliner. Painting all the trim pieces, new carpet, new dash, steering wheel, sound system, etc. Once the interior is complete I will start on the suspension work. Planning on keeping this static for now, and looking at a couple different sets of Rotiforms to mount up. Other than that just cleaning up the exterior paint and trim, and doing some minor modifications to make it fit my liking a bit more. Eventually I have plans to swap the motor and trans as well but that will be further down the road.

Hope you all enjoy this, I will try to keep it updated regularly with progress over the winter.






As of now the interior has been mostly pulled, still need to get the remaining front half of the car. Seats have been sent off to be re-upholstered and have the bolstering fixed. Hopefully get everything pulled out this weekend, then its time to start working in there.