[V8Huntr]

Decided to start a journal just to show my car a little more. Picked it up in September 2006, used with 33K on the odometer.

Here are some shots from when I first got it. Back when it used to be stock....

[V8Huntr]

I'm currently running
-Cobb AP v1 (stage 2 OTS map)
-Helix Catted DP
-HKS Hi Power catback
-AEM Cold Air Intake
-ebay TMIC
-NGK 1 Step Colder Plugs
-Dual Perrin Catch cans w/ hardpipes
-Group N Trans Mount
-KartBoy & TIC shifter bushings
-Bridgestone Potenza RE960 tires
-Prosport Amber/White 52mm Boost gauge
-Passport 8500 X50

I'll be taking some pics this weekend of how it currently looks.

[Novtec1]

nice, very clean

[V8Huntr]

I finished my latest project last week and here are the results:

I got sick of looking at the ugly front license plate mount so I picked up an Autospeed trim piece.

This is how it comes. Plain brushed aluminum.


Well I wanted it to match the car and stand out from what everyone else has. So I ordered WRB spray paint from www.paintscratch.com. (Thanks to Klaymon for the website!!). The paint is an exact match. So I got to painting and here is the first step:



I liked how it looked at that point but I went a little further. I found model paint used for model cars and such, and it was as close to the STi pink as I could find. This is the result:



So after a little bit of wet sanding and clear coat this is how it turned out:


And I painted the torx screws to match as well:

[V8Huntr]

And here is the result:





These crappy pictures don't do it justice. The paint is 99% as close to the color, and out of a spray paint can. It looks a lot better in person.

[V8Huntr]

Ok so I picked up a set of Seibon Carbon Fiber eyelids from EastSTi. They were in ok shape and faded, and that was perfect for me! So I got to work.

Here is what they looked like:


This is what they looked like installed on EastSTi's car:



And after prep, paint, and finishing here is how it turned out:

[V8Huntr]

And I finally got my Hella Supertones installed yesterday too!

[crookid7]

Very nice and original. One thing that gets to me though. You have no front plate then you do then you don't and then you have a pillar but then pillarless but then pillared again. lol, is there a final pic of the car?

[V8Huntr]

The top 2 pics are East STi's car not mine. Notice the Jersey plate and pillarless grill. Mine are the lower two

[wrxroy]

Nice car man. I bought my 04 in Sept of 06 as well with about the same amount of miles. Same color and everything!