Pics of my WRX done by Ben @ Battle Born - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

GusGus91 · 2013-10-09, 09:59 AM

So my WRX is finally running and "sort of" put together so Ben did a photoshoot of it. Yes it's missing a the front bumper.. Just deciding if I want to pay for paint on front bumper, rear bumper, and fenders and have it blended into the doors, OR just buy the vinyl wrap I want and have my buddy do the wrap and help him. Anyways, I'll post a mod list later once I put it together which will take some thinking and walking around the car. We went to tune it last night on E85 and ended up maxing out my 416lph fuel pump at 16psi and 413whp. I'm going to have to do a dual 400lph pump setup so that we can take the boost up to 25-27psi and HOPEFULLY get 500whp out of it. Car is running good, fast and fun for now though, so here's the pics!

k-dogg39 · 2013-10-09, 02:12 PM

Nice pics.

What color wrap would you do if you went that direction?

GusGus91 · 2013-10-10, 09:09 AM

I was thinking of a Satin wine red. Or something like that. Then color of cage would be changing too.

100_Percent_Juice · 2013-10-12, 06:19 PM

Pictures turned out nice. Why didn't you do those Karlton fender flares?

GusGus91 · 2013-10-14, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice

Pictures turned out nice. Why didn't you do those Karlton fender flares?

I got rid of them because my 18x.10.5 RPF1's didnt clear the ENDLESS brakes and all the body shops that I talked to in town wanted $2k+ to install and paint the flares. I kind of like the brakes more since I got them for such a good deal so I sold the flares, wheels and tires and bought the gramlights.

sperry · 2013-10-14, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GusGus91

I got rid of them because my 18x.10.5 RPF1's didnt clear the ENDLESS brakes and all the body shops that I talked to in town wanted $2k+ to install and paint the flares. I kind of like the brakes more since I got them for such a good deal so I sold the flares, wheels and tires and bought the gramlights.

I dig the Gram Lights. I also like the lack of flares. RPF1's and flares are great if your goal is lap times at the track... but for a nice looking street car, I think flares are just too much... unless you're extending the factory flares. Round flares tacked on top of the square factory blisters are just overkill IMO.

Plus, the color of those Gram Lights is just right on a WRB WRX. Blue > Red!

On a side note, what's up with the switch to the pusher fans on the radiator? Was that for any particular reason? How are you routing airflow through your FMIC/radiator stack?

cody · 2013-10-14, 01:19 PM

Hey cool, we run the same width tires.

Looks mean. Can't wait to see the finished product.

GusGus91 · 2013-10-14, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sperry

I dig the Gram Lights. I also like the lack of flares. RPF1's and flares are great if your goal is lap times at the track... but for a nice looking street car, I think flares are just too much... unless you're extending the factory flares. Round flares tacked on top of the square factory blisters are just overkill IMO.

Plus, the color of those Gram Lights is just right on a WRB WRX. Blue > Red!

On a side note, what's up with the switch to the pusher fans on the radiator? Was that for any particular reason? How are you routing airflow through your FMIC/radiator stack?

Switched to the push fans because the OEM pull fans kept getting in the way of my MAF tube because how my IC piping was built, it kept rubbing the fan shrouds and was pushing on the MAF sensor itself and was pinching the wire to the sensor. So I sold the oem ones and went and got 2 Permacool 10" 2,300cfm fans and then wired them each to their own switch inside the car.

2013-10-09, 09:59 AM	#1
GusGus91 EJ205 Real Name: Austin Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Reno, NV Posts: 1,406 Car: 2006 WRB WRX TR, 2008 LR STI Class: Too classy Dont sweat the petty... Pet the sweaty.	Pics of my WRX done by Ben @ Battle Born So my WRX is finally running and "sort of" put together so Ben did a photoshoot of it. Yes it's missing a the front bumper.. Just deciding if I want to pay for paint on front bumper, rear bumper, and fenders and have it blended into the doors, OR just buy the vinyl wrap I want and have my buddy do the wrap and help him. Anyways, I'll post a mod list later once I put it together which will take some thinking and walking around the car. We went to tune it last night on E85 and ended up maxing out my 416lph fuel pump at 16psi and 413whp. I'm going to have to do a dual 400lph pump setup so that we can take the boost up to 25-27psi and HOPEFULLY get 500whp out of it. Car is running good, fast and fun for now though, so here's the pics! __________________ "Like" me on facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/AP-Cre...2196449?v=wall _______________ 06 WRX w/ 6MT UNDER CONSTRUCTION 09 chicane yellow 370z Last edited by GusGus91; 2013-10-09 at 10:37 AM.

2013-10-10, 09:09 AM	#3
GusGus91 EJ205 Real Name: Austin Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Reno, NV Posts: 1,406 Car: 2006 WRB WRX TR, 2008 LR STI Class: Too classy Dont sweat the petty... Pet the sweaty.	I was thinking of a Satin wine red. Or something like that. Then color of cage would be changing too. __________________ "Like" me on facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/AP-Cre...2196449?v=wall _______________ 06 WRX w/ 6MT UNDER CONSTRUCTION 09 chicane yellow 370z

2013-10-12, 06:19 PM	#4
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	Pictures turned out nice. Why didn't you do those Karlton fender flares? __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2013-10-14, 01:19 PM	#7
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Hey cool, we run the same width tires. Looks mean. Can't wait to see the finished product. __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

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2013-10-09, 02:12 PM	#2
k-dogg39 Little Slugger Real Name: Kevin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Lake Tahoe, NV Posts: 777 Car: 05 WRB STI Wagon/00 BRP GC Sedan Class: 39 TSM I'm not crazy, I'm just passionate!	Nice pics. What color wrap would you do if you went that direction?