AlkiSubaru

Alki (Al-Ka-ee) Subaru
Name: Maximilian
Age as of Today: 17
(Warning: This whole Journal May seem awkward or strange due to the large age gap I share with the majority of other members here)
Update: Guess I'm not alone. The Forester Community is amazingly diverse.


Subaru Forester
Car Year: 2004
Car Model: XS
Transmission: Automatic

~How did I get into Forester?

On my 17th Birthday in April, my mother passed down her own car to me since she was planning on getting a new legacy. She herself was given this car for 40th Birthday. The car was a 2004 Subaru Forester XS. Due to the fact that she does not work, the Car really didn't get driven that much, so the Forester I received was pretty much brand new. When I got it in April of 2012, It only had 30,000 miles and had never been ticketed or had any accidents what so ever.

~How did I get into Moding

It all started with the F-Badge. Originally the sole reason I became a member was to find out how I could mount a Forester F Badge to my car. I have a huge desire for mounting one of these onto my car because my Grandfather, who is one of the largest role models in my life, has one on his sup'ed up SF. Sadly I found out that with the stock 04 grill, the F Badge would not fit. This idea of mine kinda died down for a while, that Is until I got a job lifeguarding. One of the disadvantages of being a high school student, is that you get high school student job pay. I had already been working as a file clerk at Lowe Graham Jones in Downtown Seattle as a part time Job for 3 years. Luckily for me, the City of Seattle accepted me this summer as position of beach lifeguard. Working two jobs over the summer gave me the "fundage" to go a little above and beyond in my ideas for the car. I finally decided that If the stock grill couldn't handle the F Badge, then I would just go mesh. I was looking around for some mesh grills, but I didn't really see anything I liked. Thankfully, Chris (Sea_Scooby) agreed to make my grill for me. And thus I was bitten by the moding bug. Sure I had absolutely nothing added to the car at this time, but just the thought of this got me begging for more. I soon found my self wanting everything for my Forester. Sadly, High School Student Money wont buy everything, So I had to plan...

~So what do I tend to accomplish with my current budget?

Well I had to plan how to spend my limited budget. At the moment, the way I drive the car as well as the experience and knowledge of cars I posses, I decided I really didn't need a turbo or any engine modifications till way later. The next thing I thought of was handling. Handling Is always important no matter how you drive your car, however, the Forester already has pretty good handling compared to other stock cars. I then started thinking about cosmetic modifications. I already had started with the grill and F-Badge, So why not complete it?
My Plan is to change the Forester to look special and to my liking. Once I complete that I will move onto handling, and much later, I might upgrade to Turbo!

My Project Name: Project Swagaru

Here is how the car looks as of Today, all Stock:
(Well I guess It has Yamaha rails instead of stock rails, but thats more of an accessory than a modification. Also I guess the spare tire is actually a full size tire for some reason in stead of the smaller spare tire. )

AlkiSubaru

Thread Starter

There should be a table of context here...

AlkiSubaru

Thread Starter

Did my first Mod Today!

Sure Hella Supertones are easy to install, but I decided I should start small and work my way up, although I did Challenge myself by doing the relay version of the Install. Im not going to go into detail about it since I just used tutorials from the Forums to figure it out.

Instead heres Before, Compared, and After!




I got these Horns, harness, and bracket from subimods. I actually didn't pay for these, I bought them for my neighbor for his Lotus Evora. Sadly his car got T-Boned and it doesn't run anymore. So I got the Horns!

The Bracket really was not meant for a Subaru Forester, so I had to mount it on a lower hole. The wiring harness was the same, and I had to extend it alot. The wiring looks pretty trashy right now, but I will fix it when the Super Tones I bought for myself come. That Right! Four horns, a wiring harness and a bracket for the Price of Two Horns!

FOZd3mo55

look forward to seeing your progress. age gap aint to bad im only 20. Congrats on the start of your thread.

2.5x_sleeper

Max,

Looking good! Great start on your Member Journal!

Bobby...

['07 FSXT MODding Journal] ['03 X MODding Journal]

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forester06x

I'm 16, so I'm in the same boat when it comes to budgeting mods. Nice start to your member journal!

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AlkiSubaru

Thread Starter

Wow! Im Glad to see that Im not alone as I previously thought. When I talked with Tony (Importology) in person this weekend he was surprised about my age, so I figured I was a rare case. Thank God though!

FOZd3mo55

ill hit ya with a subscribe man cant wait till ya get all that stuff done!

AlkiSubaru

Thread Starter

Thanks! Hopefully I can install some of my many things soon! Sadly my mom never got the Legacy, So she moderates my Mods, and by Moderates I mean kills.

Example of this: I have 2005 Sti Seats in my room. So sad

But She should get her legacy soon, so she is becoming lenient.

AlkiSubaru

Thread Starter

Can anyone guess whats in the Myster box???

FOZd3mo55

open it!!!!!! I HAVE NO IDEA!

miner3do

I'm also 20 with an 04 xt what's in the box

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Wessneroo

19. You're not alone. Nice ride and welcome!

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'06 FXT Limited 4EAT CGM - "Roo II"

AlkiSubaru

Thread Starter

So heres what was in the Mystery Box:

Loscaldazar

How much you pay for those? Always liked the black 08 Sports taillights!

18 and a Forester Modder here (the young ones do exist here!).

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