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Welcome to my 05 WRX project....


Background:
I've owned a couple cars before this one; a 1990 Merc Benz 300E and a 1999 Honda Accord 2dr. Mainly nothing was done to either car except for thousands in audio. I did most of the work myself, well what I knew or thought I could do. After getting bored with Honda I decided I wanted something with a little more power and grip in the snow. June of 2007 I bought the Wrx with 33,xxxx miles and with the only mod being a greddy type-rs bov. I went with the 05 because I wanted the peanut or blob head lights. The reason I didn't go with a STI is because of mainly money and also I hate the blue interior of the STI. I like the carbon look of the wrxs interior better. I kinda wish I bought the 06 WRX with 12,xxx miles for $18,000....was a much better deal than my car but then again the only thing I wanted in that car was the 2.5 liter engine.

..............Table of Contents...............

First to do....Hid Fogs,Tail Light Tints, APS BPV.........Page 1
New Parts.....Exhaust, Intake, Guages, Sti Scoop......Page 1
DIYs.............................................. ...................Page 1
Custom AirDuct........................................... ........Page 1
Shift Knob.............................................. ............Page 1
Relocation of clcok............................................. ..Page 2
Pictures of license plate lights.................................Page 2
JDM style tail lights and RED radio............................Page 2
Plasti Dip black dash.............................................. Page 3






............Mod List..............
Interior:

• Limited Sti Shiftknob
• DIY Red HVAC
• DIY Red Window Switches
• DIY Red Keyring and Lighter
• DIY Red Radio
• Defi BF Amber Gauges /w Painted gauge pod
• Relocation of stock clock
• White dome and map lights
• Black dash

Exterior:

• Tail Light Tints
• Custom Sti Fog Cover
• Sti Hood Scoop
• JDM style license plate hanger
• White license plate lights
• JDM style tail lights

Engine:

• APS 50/50 BPV

Feul & Tuning:
Exhaust/Intake:

• Invidia g200 catback w/ stiffer hangers
• Perrin short ram intake (black) with custom fender intake duct

Drivetrain:
Suspension:
Brakes:
Wheels/Tires:

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First To Do......Summer of 07 and Winter of 07

Hid Fogs

• 6,000k hids for the fog lights with the DRL disabled and also the relay to run the lights independently

• took around 2 hours and was a pain to figure out....didn't totally do the correct relay and blew about 20 fuses before figuring out I had to cut one wire

Tail light tints

• I bought them off a member on Nasioc but don't remember who it was. It was pretty straight forward. Just peel and attach. They only cover the clear section and it perfectly fits. I didn't go with the full tail light tint because I wanted something a little different than what most people do. People even say that they can't tell where the tint begins.

• hints: take your time. clean the area before putting on. use a credit card to minimize bubbles.

APS BPV 50/50

• Finally got rid of the crappy greddy type-rs bov. Went up to FIZZ autosports located in Queens NYC.
• Picked up a 50/50 which works well. Some people dont' think their good but so far so good. I got it screwed all the way in so most or all of the air is recirculated back into the turbo inlet

[Chris05STi]

Looking nice, and congrats! One word of advise, get rid of the APS 50/50 BPV and put a stock one on there. The car will thank you for it. Read the sticky sections or do a search and you will find out about a BOV for stock engines. Where is NJ are located, we should meet up.

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the APS actually is running pretty good right now....i got it tight enough to run most back into the recirc tube....i'm just guna keep this for now....mainly because once the summer comes and depending on cash flow...i'm hopefully guna do an engine build and take my car off the road for a little

well we've actually meet before...i went down to valhalla detailing shop....

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New parts.....December 2007

Invidia g200 catback with stiffer hangers

• Took about an hour to install because I didn't have jacks all I have are ramps

Perrin Short Ram Intake (black)

• Installed in 5 minutes but was sooo excited I put the MAF sensor on the wrong way

Defi Guages and Controller

• Took about an hour to install...i did it right before a meet actually
• Recently redid the wiring due to a bad connection. At first thought I killed my guages b/c the controller turned on but the guages didn't. Ended up calling Fizz auto sports (located in Queens NYC). They told me my guages were prob shot...cried a little then figured out it was only a fuse....the fuse was located in the engine bay and was the ILLUM fuse
• Painted the guage pod myself...want to repaint it soon due to OCDs

Sti Hood Scoop

• Great story behind the painting of the scoop. Will write at a later date due to my comp ending my internet last time i wrote it

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DIYs.....Dec 2007-Jan2008

Red Led HVAC

• Decided one day that I wanted a RED HVAC.
• Took about a couple days of research and a couple of days to find the LEDs
• The full install took about a half hour.
• I didn't do a write up about it but heres a link that i found after i finished doing it myself.
• http://www.iwsti.com/forums/interior-dressup/57809-detailed-hvac-red-light-mod-step-step-pics-05-06-a.html

Red Window Switches

• Took the idea for the HVAC and wired up custom red window switches using leds.

Red Key Ring and Red Lighter

• Used bulb covers from Search Results Page

[Chris05STi]

Ahh we did, my bad, I meet tons of people with Subies, just can't pinpoint who they are without a face lol. If you ever need any help let me know!

[vcustoms]

Originally Posted by Chris05STi

Ahh we did, my bad, I meet tons of people with Subies, just can't pinpoint who they are without a face lol. If you ever need any help let me know!

Thanks man....i'll deff need some help on the engine.

[Chris05STi]

Let me know!

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Custom Airduct......March 2008

Custom Airduct

• First thing I did was sell my hids and fogs...and picked up some STI covers
• Then I cut one apart and added a metal screen to it
• Next was paint....did a ok job with spray paint (going to be redoing it soon)
• Then sprayed the duct black which is ducting for a dryer
• Then placed the duct into where the foglight would be...then pulled it up to the engine bay and zip tied it down

This is not my car nor the custom fog cover but this is exactly what I did....I will have pictures of it soon

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Shift Knob.......March 2008

Shift Knob

• I recently just picked up a JDM STI Limited Shift Knob. I don't know if I like it or not. But for now its better than stock.
• The only thing I don't like about it is that it sits higher than the stock shiftknob

[crookid7]

That fog light cover is definitly unique. Post pics when you have a chance. I really like it

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i'll try to get pictures of it this weekend....at school I can't just walk to my car...its about a five minute drive away from me so I gotta wait till the weekend....

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got some new pictures......enjoy!


Bristol...Colt State Park......me and my friends RS






Interior....the new shift knob....leave comments on to keep or not....still haven't put the STI sticker in it....kinda don't want something saying STI



The back end....i love my ass....i need to lower it a bit tho! and slim it down on the top (get rid of the wing)



Heres a pic of the CUSTOM AIR DUCT!!!!!!.....I like it!!!!



The engine bay....check out the AIR DUCT!!! I still want to spray it black....dont' like how it shines....



Looks like a little toy car!!!