[USNSTI]

USNSTI's 2007 "Classic" STI

Dyno page:
2007 STI - 266whp/290wtq

Interior:

• All season floor mats
• Black Alcantara covered extended armrest (thanks Alex)
• JDM rear view mirror
• Hardwired Escort X50
• OEM Sirius Satelite Radio

Exterior:

• Tint
• Partial debadge
• Cobb plate frames (thanks Cobb)
• Bosch Icons
• Rally Armor Basics

Performance:

• Cobb street downpipe
• Cobb catback
• Cobb turbo heatshield
• Cobb Accessport V2
• APS 70MM CAI ()
• Walbro fuel pump
• Samco IC hoses (thanks cheap subie hoses that broke)
• Protune by HarmanMotive (Thanks Dan)

Suspension (Thanks Rush Motorsport):

• Cobb sway bars (front and rear)
• KartBoy endlinks (front and rear)
• Prodrive springs and bumpstops
• Group N tophats (front and rear)

Wheels and Tires:

• Stock Gold BBS (thanks Nick)
• Bridgestone RE01R's

Planned Mods:

• Upgrade stock stereo
• Gauges (INSTALL IN PROGRESS 8/23)
• Wheels

[USNSTI]

So the first mod I did after buying my car 12 December 2006 was to put on a set of Kumho ASX all season tires. Then I drove it up to Everett Washington from San Diego, California for a break in.

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Here are some pics of the car right after I got it.

Edit: Resized and cleaned up the pics....

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Those are some of my favorite pics of my car. When it was still brand new, no door dings, no scratches. It had silver wheels when I bought. That was my next mod......

[slyguySTI]

looks good i got the same car but 06, what branch of service you in, i noticed the car registration sticker on your window cause i got one too. FT. Knox though...

[USNSTI]

Originally Posted by slyguySTI

looks good i got the same car but 06, what branch of service you in, i noticed the car registration sticker on your window cause i got one too. FT. Knox though...

What's up. I'm in the Navy. How's life in Fort Knox? The name sounds cool, I have never been.

[USNSTI]

OK so now I am thinking of taking a different approach to this. I am going to write out what my mods were in order as best I can. Then I will fill in with pics until I am all caught up....

So list in order of when I did them:

1: Swap out RE070's and put on Kumho Ecsta ASX 225/45R17
(driving in mountains with RE070's FTL)
2: Hardwired my escort x50 (keep it clean)
3: Had factory Sirius tuner installed (love me some Sirius)
4: Tinted the 3 back windows at a local shop (best mod ever)
5: Swapped my stock silver BBS wheels for gold BBS wheels (thanks Nick)
6: Installed RS-R catback (loved it)
7: Cobb AP Stage 1 tune (really loved it)


At this point I was pretty happy with the car and stopped modding for a while. I did one track day at Horse Thief Mile and maybe a hundred odd 1/8th mile runs down at Qualcomm stadium. I know the STi is not a drag car but I will always be a drag racer at heart. I was running 8.6's stock and 8.4's with stage 1 tune in place. This was plenty fast for me since I was beating 3/4ths of the cars at the track.

I will try to catch more up later but this gets us pretty close to current...

[nice-rice]

Nice mods so far, I think gold rims look a lot better on black, good choice.

[USNSTI]

Here are a couple of pics I snapped after all of the above mods were done:

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And that is how I ran it for the better part of the year. But it wouldn't be long before the mod bug would strike me again......

[Loubaru]

Looking good, almost exactly like mine. black/gold ftw!

You should do something with those tails, either a tint overlay or a 04-05 swap.

[sonicteam120]

sick car and nice pic cant wait to get mines soon...