[JPWEraser]

2005 Aspen White STi

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Engine
- APS 65mm Cold Air Intake
- Perrin V2 Turbo Inlet*
- Perrin Afta MAF*
- Cusco Turbo Heat Shield
- EcuTek Stage 2 Tune and Liscense
- Fumoto Oil Drain Valve
- Greddy SP2 3" Catback
- Grimmspeed PnP Header w/ Ceramic Coating*
- TiC Crosspipe w/ Ceramic Coating*
- TiTek Up Pipe*
- Remflex Graphite Header/Exhaust Gaskets
- Statix-X VF39 Heat Wrap
- TurboXS Catless 4" Down Pipe with Catback Adapter*
- Full Synthetic German Castrol 0w30

Drivetrain
- Kartboy 6MT Shift Knob
- Kartboy 6MT Short Shifter Lever
- SPT Short Shifter Linkage
- TiC 6MT Pivot Bushings
- TiC Shifter Bushing Kit

Suspension/Misc Mounts
- Kartboy Rear Solid Endlinks
- Performace All-Wheel Alignment
- Worx Tuning Competition Progressive Front & Rear Springs
- Worx Tuning Competition Front & Rear Sway Bar Set
- Beatrush Forged Aluminum Pitch Mount

Interior
- DEFI BF Amber 60mm Gauges: Boost & Oil Pressure
- AEM UEGO Wideband A/F Gauge
- Lotek A Pilar 3 Gauge Pod
- DIY JDM Flat Black Dash
- DIY HVAC Red Light Mod
- JDM Red Hazard Button

Exterior
- Do Luck Dry Carbon Hood w/ Scoop
- Do Luck Dry Carbon Trunk Lid
- Bluebat 6/10 Reverse Section & 3rd Brake Light Overlays
- RallyArmor Mud Flaps
- Varis CF Exhaust Heat Shield
- OEM WRX/STi Fog Lamps
- 20% Window Tint

Audio
- Alpine CDA-9835 Head Unit
- Boston Acoustics Pro60 Front 6.5" Component Speakers
- Boston Acoustics Rear 5.25" Coaxial Speakers
- JL Audio 500/5 Main Amplifier
- JL Audio 12w7 Subwoofer
- JL Audio 500/1 Subwoofer Amplifier
- DIY Custom Fiberglass Trunk Subwoofer Enclosure

Wheels, Tires, Brakes
- Hankook Ventus R-S2 235/40/18
- Prodrive GC05 18x8 et46 British Black
- Rays Black Extended Duranuts
- Project Mu Front and Rear Pads

Numbers/Times(before power mods with *)
- 290.06whp / 336.19wtq



- 13.076 @ 103.41mph, Bristol Dragway in Bristol, TN


Shots

[FluxXxSTi]

nice STi mang! The white looks really hot good job on the decision. I don't mind, but you may want to resize your pics, some people are anal about that

[AusSTi]

Welcome, Nice looking car also.

[JPWEraser]

Didnt think about resizing on the first few since I run 1600x1200 normally, and as soon as I post up some nice high res ones in low res, you know someones gonna ask for them back in high res! Anyhow, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for lookin guys!

[BHazel]

If you are worried about someone wanting a high res pic...post links to them from wherever you are hosting your pics from.

[JPWEraser]

I finally got my APS Cold Air Intake from Staticxmotorsports.com(thanks Robert for all your help!). The install took about 45 minutes. The hardest part was getting the silencer out of the bumper without taking too much off to get out of your way. Anyhow, without further ado -

It was a big mutha - much bigger than I had anticipated!


Installed.


I reset my ECU afterwards and let it idle up to operating temp. I then took it for a leisurely stroll around the countryside to see what it was going to sound like. It wasn't untill last night that I really let it rip and man... does it sound nice. I went to one of my friend's lakehouse in Dandridge, TN, to hang out for a while. Another guy that was there was riding his '97 Honda CBR600 with a Vance & Hines slip on. We had some beer leftover and he wanted to take it home. I offered to take it with me in my car since it would be heavy for him on that bike and we live so close anyways. It's about a 40 mile drive from where I live to Dandridge on the interstate so he and I did some fooling around. At one point we were just getting past some trucks and I gunned it starting in 4th. His bike didn't even catch up untill I hit ~140mph. Wreckless I know, but I really wanted to know what the top end was like with the intake versus stock. I can totally say that it definately has better pull past 5500rpm and doesnt slack off near as much. All in all, even after a full month's wait, it was definately worth it!

[Turboxer]

You gotta love those Aspen white STi's! It looks like you have tints in that first picture if so what % are they? Best of luck with the car!

[91TB78]

Best color choice! Congrats!

[gixxer6]

did you buy from prestige? that's where i got my aspen white sti and i also got mine in feb. there were 2 white sti's there the morning i went to pick mine up i'm assuming the other one is yours now i also wanted gold wheels and the salesman (Ed) told me i could come back when they got another sti with gold wheels and they would switch them out. he told me that some guy from TN (assuming you) wanted to do the same thing.

well anyway i bought my sti that morning and he said i would be ahead of you on the gold wheels. well it seems that you must have gotten your wheels before i did sicne you said you got them 3 weeks later, and i just got mine like 2 weeks ago which was over a month from when i bought mine. i'm not mad but i think it's kinda funny i found out like this. anyway nice looking car man, looks just like mine

[JPWEraser]

Yeah, I got mine from Ed at Prestige and he told me that you were interested in the STI he had on "hold" for me when we were in the middle of negociations. Ed seems to be a pretty stand up guy for the most part and he told me that he tried to contact you about the wheels but never had any luck, so he went ahead and gave them to me. The 3 weeks is a rough estimate, but I know I got mine before you. I had problems, however, with the lady that is in charge of the titling/registration. She forgot... yes forgot, to submit my paperwork for an entire month. So I was running around in a 33,000 dollar sports car with paper tags for about 10 weeks. Also, I had some floor mats there waiting on me to get them when I got my wheels and some idiot sold them to someone else. I had already paid for them so this infuriated me. Those hickups really did put a ding in my experience with Prestige, but 1 thing in their favor is that they are a semi mod friendly dealership. I have talked to Ken in the service dpt a few times to make sure they would support me while doing the mods I have planned. He offered to install them for me - I figure thats a safe bet! Anyhow, sorry for the mixup, but maybe an explanation is above!

[JPWEraser]

Originally Posted by Turboxer

You gotta love those Aspen white STi's! It looks like you have tints in that first picture if so what % are they? Best of luck with the car!

They are tinted 20% all the way around. I had 35% (legal limit in TN) on my Civic and it was like I didnt have anything on the car at all, so I knew I had to go darker this time around.

[mike_]

Makes me think I should have gotten white.

I really wanted WRB, but it was just too flashy, so I went for silver to keep it understated. Aspen White is tempting.

[gixxer6]

yeah Ed did say he had tried to contact me once when i had called back over there, he had the wrong number. Ed was a real good salesman to deal with though i just thought it was pretty cool of them to switch the wheels out. Prestige does seem pretty mod frindly, the morning i went over to buy my car they were doing some work on someone's sti it was a cgm with gunmetal wheels and had a frount mount intercooler on it, one of the guys there said it had like 400whp

[JPWEraser]

Yeah, I decided to drive 75 miles out of my way to get the car from Ed because he was so forthcoming and awesome to deal with. I got a great price, the exact options I wanted, and some free **** to boot. I did 80% of my negociating on the internet untill I finally called Ed on the phone to see if he sounded like a slacker or not. Of course... he didnt! Like I said, Ed is a pretty standup guy and he has done his best to get things taken care of for me but as for the rest of his coworkers... theres not much I can say. The guy I actually wrote the check to was bragging about driving an STI off the lot to get something from another place(cant remember exactly) and told me he got the thing up to 100+ in no time, trying to brag. I looked at him with this empty WTF look on my face and told him that I hope it wasnt my car... kinda made me mad!

[Datadatum]

Originally Posted by Turboxer

You gotta love those Aspen white STi's!

+1

(aside: stupid Illinois tint law. )