[snorky]

It was great meeting you man. Enjoy the lip. My garage is open if you ever want to use it or need help. It's kind of far but not as far as your parent's house.

[nandanrp]

Originally Posted by snorky

It was great meeting you man. Enjoy the lip. My garage is open if you ever want to use it or need help. It's kind of far but not as far as your parent's house.

Thanks man! It was great meeting you too.

I think I need to install this locally, driving 5 hours with that box in the passenger seat will not work too well

[Muffnbluff]

Damnit...now I need to go buy a lip.

[nandanrp]

Well, it's been a busy weekend for the STi, and it's only Saturday evening!

WARNING: My car is FILTHY...look at the pictures at your own risk.

Last night I decided to do a little baking. I started after work at 5:30, thinking I should be able to remove the headlights, clear them, and reinstall by 8 pm (before it got dark).

WRONG. Of course I should know by now that nothing ever goes according to my ideal schedule. It took me 3.5 hours to remove and clear the lights...so it was too dark to reinstall last night. She slept under her cover with no lights or grill

Removing the lights took me way longer than expected (like 30 minutes for the first light) simply because 1) I couldn't get the damn clip to let go of the white tab on the headlight easily, and 2) I couldn't get the damn wire harnesses to un-clip easily either. Finally gave the lights a good pull and the white tab let go...I was worried I'd break it, so I was not pulling very hard at all initially. The 2nd light came out easily having done the first one.







Ditto for baking the lights. The first light I did took me f'in forever... I baked for 15 minutes, tried prying it apart, got it a little bit and then put it in the oven again for 5 minutes, tried again, got a little more...finally put a little more muscle into it and finally got the f'er apart. Took the amber pieces out, pushed the housing back together again, and stuck it in the oven for 15 minutes again (I also took the turn signal light out, to let the housing vent; in the event any moisture was in there, I figured 15 minutes at 200 degrees would get it to evaporate out of that hole). Pushed it completely together again, screwed it back up, and it was done. Repeat for the other side...and the 2nd light went a lot faster than the first one, again.

All in all, I'd say clearing the headlights was a much bigger pain in the ass than I had expected.













I woke up early today and had to button up the car before driving out to Indiana. More on that later

Testing the lights to make sure I didn't bork anything:



All buttoned up... the turn signals are amber bulbs (JDM yo ) that I got through Caesar (Lightwerkz) almost a year ago Thanks again man!













BRAKEDUSTRLY?



So after finishing up the car, I grabbed some lunch, and then headed out to Indiana to meet another member (Snorky) to purchase his V-limited lip.

I wish I had a folding rear seat!











While I was taking pictures today, I also realized I don't have any shots of the interior during the daytime (since I invariably would finish work on the car after dark ). So I snapped some:

[nandanrp]

Originally Posted by Muffnbluff

Damnit...now I need to go buy a lip.

I think the twin status on our cars will soon be defunct with your new purchases coming up

[Muffnbluff]

Originally Posted by nandanrp

I think the twin status on our cars will soon be defunct with your new purchases coming up

haha, yeah i guess. Plus I have the WRX trunk now. Next time I come up to Chicago you're gonna help me clear my headlights, mmmkay?

[Rac10000]

I remember when my lip looked like that. Now, it's looks like a damn mess.

The car looks awesome nan!

[nandanrp]

Originally Posted by Muffnbluff

Next time I come up to Chicago you're gonna help me clear my headlights, mmmkay?

It was a pain in the ass...damn you!

[nandanrp]

Originally Posted by Rac10000

I remember when my lip looked like that. Now, it's looks like a damn mess.

The car looks awesome nan!

Thanks man! It's filthy, I want to wash/clay/polish/wax so bad but midwest weather has all of us bent over right now.

I'm still on my winter setup! We had snow last week

I'm a little surprised by how flimsy the V-lip feels... Hopefully that flex will save it from cracking though

[Muffnbluff]

Originally Posted by nandanrp

It was a pain in the ass...damn you!

I'll let you drive my 20g monster.

[nandanrp]

Originally Posted by Muffnbluff

I'll let you drive my 20g monster.

mayyyyyybe then

[520]

lookin good nan. i need to clear mine, but i think i should focus on getting my drivers side light to work first

[TheLimitedProject]

The lights look great man. You're lucky... you didn't have to paint

Be careful with that goddam V-Lim lip. Those silly things are flimsy... 3-pieces flimsy



Your interior looks really clean too - it's so weird seeing the blue in there now. And I used to own an '04. Weird

[nandanrp]

Originally Posted by 520hpSTi

lookin good nan. i need to clear mine, but i think i should focus on getting my drivers side light to work first

Damn Amit, you're driving a cyclops around at night?

Originally Posted by WhyteSTI

The lights look great man. You're lucky... you didn't have to paint

05 FTW

Thanks man. Now I just need Lightwerkz Projectors

Originally Posted by WhyteSTI

Be careful with that goddam V-Lim lip. Those silly things are flimsy... 3-pieces flimsy



Your interior looks really clean too - it's so weird seeing the blue in there now. And I used to own an '04. Weird

Yeah I was surprised how flimsy it was when I held it...I didn't think it would flop around like that! I don't know if hardening spray foam would help or hurt it though. Hard foam might make it more "brittle" by taking the flex out of the material

Thanks for the kind words

[kts262]

Nice work on the headlights and glad you got the V-Limited. I <3 mine and I'm sure you'll love it. Buy a set of Takata mini ramps, you'll probably need them if you want to still be able to reach the front crossmember jackpoint after the lip is on.