pigboat_2

Alright, alright. I guess it's finally time. I have too much to log and too many questions to ask to keep stealing threads. Gotta get my own.

First off, I bought my Foz in October 09. Got an absolute steal on it since the engine compartment was full of grasshoppers (?) so I talked them down for improper care, even though a mechanic had told me it was fine.

Dec 23, 09--Driving home from Vail, CO.

I was coming down I-70 in some seriously bad conditions. The roads were already bad enough from previous snowpack, but it was continuously snowing which made for a lot of piled up snow on the roads. Traffic was slowing, but the driver in front of me didn't notice until it was too late. When he did hit his brakes, he lost control and slid 90 degrees sideways, bumping the car in the lane next to him. During his slide, he lost all his speed (since your sidewalls dig in very hard), and stopped ridiculously fast. Too fast for me and the all seasons and BAM, there goes my left front corner.

Damage--

Hood, fender, control arm, wheel, bumper, all lights in left corner broken/unusable

I have so many plans for this car in the future. I love Subarus, and I love forced power. Also, my car is kind of rare, because it's the premium trim and in a manual transmission. So to me, it's worth keeping to make my own.

Plans in the making, more to come soon...

Mod List

Really should have reserved some early post for this but hell. Little too late now. I'll put them up as I think of them.

Engine Performance

AEM cold air intake
Lightweight crank pulley
Area 1320 throttle body spacer

Exhaust

eBay Borla replica header
High flow cat pipe
STi catback

Suspension

Rallitek 22mm front sway bar & bushings
Rallitek 22-24mm rear sway bar, bushings, HD brackets, Rallitek endlinks
04 STi stock struts, grease fittings on rear struts
05 STi top hats
Paranoid Fabrications 3/8" saggy butt sapcers
Prodrive Red STi springs
STi Pink rear trailing arms w/ pillow ball bushings
Whiteline rear subframe bolts
Whiteline reversed front strut tower brace
Whiteline front endlinks
Whiteline RCA kit
04 STi steering rack
Whiteline steering rack bushings
Custom L&E Fabrications GD/SF u-joint

Wheels/Tires

5x114.3 ASA JH3 silver 17x7.5 winter wheels
215/45-17 Yokohama Guardex K2 F721 snow tires
eBay 25mm 5x100 to 5x114.3 spacer adapters
Front rolled fenders
Rear rolled/pulled fenders

Extra:

4x 2005 STi BBS gold 17x8 summer wheels
4x STi center caps
4x 225/45-17 BFG g-Force T/A KDW 2 summer tires
2x 215/55-16 Barius (?) something rather Continental

Brakes

07 STi Brembo front brakes
-eBay rotors
-OEM pads
05 LGT rear brakes
-Centric rotors
-Stoptech pads
Goodridge G-stop stainless lines
ATE Superblue dot 4 fluid
STi brake booster/master cylinder
Grimmspeed master cylinder brace
Speed Bleeders

Exterior Dress Up

JDM SF grille
Carbon fiber hood/scoop
Subtle hood struts
"f" grille emblem
Hella Supertone horns
Ikea cutting board mudflaps

Interior Dress Up

08 Wrx shift knob
02 Wrx front seats
02 Wrx Momo steering wheel/airbag
STi red pedal covers
SPT 5 speed short throw shifter
Kartboy front and rear shifter stay bushings

Sound System

Sony Xplod Mex-Bt3800U head unit
Alpine Type-X Pro separates and tweeters
2 Digital Designs 500b 12" subwoofers
3 cu ft Bassworx box
Audison SR1D 640 watt sub amp
Alpine MRP-F300 300 watt speaker amp
Complete interior layered with butyl MegaMat

To Come

Installation of EManage Blue piggyback ECU
Installation of Eaton M62 Supercharger

Issues/To Fix

Steering rack is leaking
Clutch replacement
Sunroof needs to be fixed
Serious PDR
Another buff via Kerwin

2.5x_sleeper

Alright! Glad to see you decided to claim your piece of the forum!

As to posting pictures. The first thing you need to do, unless you have one already, is to find hosting service for your pictures. I used to use the one here on the forum, but I soon found it can be used up... as in running out of allowed image storage. I now use Photobucket, which is a free hosting service. Once you get an account, you upload the pictures you want to link to. There are size options for the image uploads. I use medium (240x320) for the side by side pictures & 15" screen (800x600) for my large pictures. This is my preference, so pick what you like. I could go way larger, but I personally don't like having to scroll right/left to see the entire image. To link to your hosted (uploaded image), copy the "IMG code" & past that into your post. Very simple! It won't take you long to get the hang of it.

One last thing. The free hosting accounts will give you plenty of storage but there's tons of ads, which are suppose to get you to upgrade to a paid account. It's annoying, but that's the cost for "free".

Bobby...

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

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'95 Neon Sport

Rob

Pics!

Rippin508

+1

smitch

Its worth keeping and making it your own. Its worth taking some photos to show us what your working with.

Theres lots of very helpful/knowledgeable people on this forum that can help you along the way.

pigboat_2

Thread Starter

Just made an account on PB...now it's all about stealing somebody's camera and getting to it.

The salvaged fender that I purchased didn't come with the inner fender piece, or the rubber shroud type housing that protects the wheel well. So...if it's possible, I'll try to return the fender and/or find an inner fender piece.

pigboat_2

Thread Starter

update--

A lot of things have happened over the last week with my car. I finally convinced my dad to let me use his garage, so it was then up to me to get every other part found and put this car back together!

Tuesday--

Got the inner fender and the 'hardware' for it from the local dealer.

Wednesday--

Started with installation of the bumper. I had to figure out by eye how it is installed because again, I didn't disassemble the car and I don't have a manual (yet). After finding out that I was missing all of the clips needed to attach the bumper cover to to the reinforcement, I moved on to the engine. I have done what MudRunner has done with the PVC 'cold air' intake except I took it a step further and put a k&n filter element in. I've decided to call it a cold air. It draws from the fender and filters through a high performance grid, so it shouldn't matter whether the filter is at the fender or the intake manifold.

Thursday--

In the morning I went out and grabbed the rest of the clips I figured I would be needing. In the afternoon I went to my dad's house and started working. I put the bumper cover on and attached it with the clips I had bought. Attached the inner fender and clipped it in along with the mudflap. Took some wood and a sledge to the hood latch to line it up (worked remarkably well). Installed and hooked up all the new lighting, and more or less, the car was done. I went inside, got on the computer, bought insurance, and took her for a drive.

Thoughts--

Drove pretty well; mechanically sound. It sounds A LOT louder due to the aftermarket hood not having any noise insulation and also from the intake system. You can definitely feel a very nice new pull in the low end and in the lower gears just from the intake. The car pulled to the right pretty heavily; good thing I had an alignment scheduled for the next morning. With the exception of the lack of a head unit, it ran great (more to come on the speaker mod).

Friday--

Got the alignment taken care of on the Air Force Academy, $55. Expensive?? It still pulls just a little to the right so I'll have to take it back there. I'll post a picture of the results for camber/toe.

As of now--

The car is more or less finished. I can drive it and everything, it just has the white hood and fender. As I go, I'll pick up red body panels when I can find them.

PICS TO COME WITH A CAMERA (potentially, of course).

2.5x_sleeper

Your Journal is coming along nicely.

As to a camera & pictures. Remember the saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words!" Adding the appropriate picture can save a ton of writing! No need to invest in an expensive camera, even a cell phone camera with 4 to 8 megapixel, will do the job!

Bobby...

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

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'07 FSXT - COBB Surgeline dyno Protune - Stage 1+
'03 X +AVO turbo kit = XT (son's)
'95 Neon Sport

pigboat_2

Thread Starter

Alright, I finally combined a beautiful day and a detail job with a camera, so let's see how this comes out...

I have pictures of my car with the damage (I think) but they will have to be sourced and uploaded.

Update--

I drove up to Greeley today and grabbed a red fender off a salvaged 98 and popped it on, so pics of that to come. Just need to source a hood...

Exterior--

pigboat_2

Thread Starter

Interior--





MudRunner's Home Depot CAI--write up to come

2.5x_sleeper

Nice pictures! It looks like your Forester is coming together nicely.

Bobby...

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

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'07 FSXT - COBB Surgeline dyno Protune - Stage 1+
'03 X +AVO turbo kit = XT (son's)
'95 Neon Sport

thebeephaha

Logitech sub? How are you powering it? 12v to 110v ?

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MudRunner

Heeeeeeeyyyy! That looks familiar!


Looking good!

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pigboat_2

Thread Starter

Thanks, it is! Just need that hood...


Let's see...



Haha thanks for the idea! Do you have a k&n filter too cause I think that made all the difference.

2.5x_sleeper

Some thoughts...

If you're still thinking about a turbo upgrade, you might consider installing a hood scoop before you have the hood repainted.

Try some Mother's Back-to-Black on your rear bumper mat. I bet it'll make it look like new!

Bobby...

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

__________________
'07 FSXT - COBB Surgeline dyno Protune - Stage 1+
'03 X +AVO turbo kit = XT (son's)
'95 Neon Sport