2007 STI 6 speed cleaning and painted

Bushings and stuff

JDM TS Manifold how i got it and all cleaned up and fresh

 

Some block pics, block was already at the machine shop, was bored and honed with the torque plate, here is a few pics of me getting ready to gap the rings, will post more pics when i start assembling the block/motor

 

10-6-12 i decided to fully disassemble my brembos to get them ready to goto powder coat, pulled out all the pistons and seals and whatever

 

10-10-12 My buddy Ken and I drilled out 2 broken bolts on my brembos and put Helicoils all the mounting holes so i will not have to worry about the bolts getting stuck again (since it seems to happen a lot)

Brembo Mounting holes
Front M12x1.5
Rear M10x1.5

 

10-24-12
i decided to do my Viper alarm/remote start,

Points if you are going to do this on your own car
1 - Get a proper wiring diagram.
2 - Get some tools - cutters, el. tape , etc.
3 - READ INSTRUCTIONS !!!!!!!
4 - Multimeter (if you really understand what you are looking at, you can use a test light)

Viper 5901 Wiring into my 2008 Forester XT (5 speed) (DO NOT USE THIS WIRING FOR ANOTHER CAR)

H3 harness (10 pin connector)
Pink – Ignition – to Black (key side) or Green (car side) wire on ignition switch
Red/White – 12+ constant – to Black/White stripe (key side) or white (car side) at ignition switch
Orange – Accessory 1 – to Black/Blue (key side) or Yellow (car side) at ignition switch
Red – 12+ constant – to Black/White stripe (key side) or white (car side) at ignition switch
Pink/White – Ignition 2 – to Pin 85 of Relay
Red/Black - 12v constant – to Black/White stripe (key side) or white (car side) at ignition switch
Starter wire you need to Cut
Violet – Starter 1 – to KEY Side of Black/Yellow (key side) or White/blue (car side)
Green - Starter 1 - to STARTER Side of Black/Yellow (key side) or White/blue (car side)

Relay to bypass clutch during remote start only
Wire Pin 85 of Relay to Pink/White – Ignition 2 (see above in H3 harness)
Wire Pin 86 of Relay to Ground
Wire Pin 30 of Relay to Clutch wire A (Clutch wires are above the clutch pedal) White plug
Wire Pin 87 of Relay to Clutch wire B (Clutch wires are above the clutch pedal) White plug

H1 harness (12 pin connector)
Red – To 12+ constant
Brown - To + on Siren
Black – To chassis ground
Green - Door Trigger input - (diode isolate if you have multiple door triggers) (Drivers door trigger blue/orange at BIU, all other doors yellow at BIU in gray 20 pin plug)
White – Parking light output – (Orange/black wire at parking light switch)

H2 harness (18 pin connector)
Violet/white - Tachometer input (Green wire in 24 pin plug above fuse box)
Dark Blue - (Blue wire from 556u bypass)
Grey - Hood pin ( Mount hood pin and connect)
Brown - Brake shutdown (White/black at brake switch)
Black/White - Neutral Safety Wire ( Green/black at ECU in 35 pin plug) (this is so your car will NOT start if left in gear)

Door lock harness (3 pin)
Blue - Unlock output (Yellow/Red at BIU in gray 20 pin plug)
Green - Lock output (Red/White at BIU in gray 20 pin plug)

 

Rear Gate trim smoothing

10-27-12

I like the look of the 03-05 Foresters gate trim because it doesn't have the badge, I did test fit a trim from a 04 forester and even tho it fit on the car, it was a little shorter in height

You can see in the first pic that it has the badge, it is also 2 pieces for whatever reason

Now you can see it apart and that the piece is NOT flat, it is shaped like the badge

First i filled the back side with resin, so when grinding it flat i would have a backing

Next i had to grind the front to be more even, you can see how much would have been a whole in the plastic

Next filled the front side indent with resin (and sanded)

Next i used the resin between the 2 pieces and then on the line between the 2

Lots of sanding

First light coat of body filler to smooth it out a little, and then sanding (did 2 coats of body filler)

Primer, first coat, (did 2 so far) will still need to sand the primer and will most likely paint it body color when i paint some stuff for a buddy in like 2 week

Overall very happy with it so far

 

Do you mind giving me a quick break down of how this panel is removed?

 

Awesome, I'm going to be putting my Viper into my 08 as well soon, I'll use this as part of my prep research.

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Got bored today and threw a quick coat of paint and clear on the gate trim, Will still need to wet sand and buff it out

 

It looks great. I didnt like the rear trim piece either but decided to plastidip the silver part and live with it. I'd really like to see how this turns out!

 

I will try to get a pic of it mounted on the car for you by next week, leaving for Vegas tonight for SEMA,

 

I thought this car was up for sale a few months ago? Along with the TS setup? This things gonna be a beast when you're done.

 

it was up for sale, no one wanted to buy it so i got a bunch more part to build it, less then 2 weeks or so untill i take the car apart, then i will have alot more updates along

 

Awesome build!

 

subscribed! Looking forward to your updates ^.^

 

Subscribed what injectors are you going to run?

 

Back from sema, Thanks for the kind words, As far as injectors, i am not 100% sure yet to be honest

 

May i recommend id1000cc injectors they are awsome i run them and they are very easy to tune with.

 

Hey, glad to see this thread here! I was the one that commented on your thread on nasioc. Can't wait to see this car in person. Do you still go to the superstore meet?

 

Yea i do, not every week anymore, might go out this week coming up tho

 

Quick pic of the trim mounted, just did a test fit to see how it looks, Color seems like it is a little off (tiny bit on the light side), so i need to decide if i want to repaint it or i might have it wrapped in real carbon fiber

 

This looks amazing! Nice work!

 

Here is a quick update, i got a bunch of parts back from powdercoat, i wasn't happy with the way the brembos came out so he is redoing them next week

 

Here is a quick update, i got a bunch of parts back from powdercoat, i wasn't happy with the way the brembos came out so he is redoing them next week

What color Is this? Anodized red?

 

:icon_eek:

 

That looks awesome. Damn.

 

also just ordered a full 2007 sti 6 speed swap, so my 05 swap with be up for sale in about 2 weeks once everything gets here, happened to find a good deal on a 07 setup so i decided to get it so i have the longer gears

 

Man this thread is just off the hook, keep us updated on the swap!

 

Whats the color of the red of those pieces you powdered

 

Wow! Really cool build! keep it up

 

Getting better every day! Nice choice on the 07 Tranny.

 

Sorry for the lack of updates, But my computer broke and i am still waiting the 07 6 speed swap to get here, but i should have some stuff to post next week (little things)