Honest Bob's Gay 05 WRX Wagon

[Honest_Bob]

This is my daily driver, so I like to keep her reliable (that went out the window...) and fun to drive. I have a blog and a photogallery setup on my site just for her.
Blog (http://www.honest-bob.com)
Photo Gallery (http://gallery.honest-bob.com/v/honestbob/2005SubaruWRXSportwagon/)

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Mod List
Engine Misc.:
Perrin Radiator Shroud - Camo’d
Camo'd Coolant Tank
Camo'd Alternator Cover
(Thanks Ryan...)

Turbocharger & Induction:
Helix RR500 20G TD06 8CM
CSS Performance FMIC
Tial 50mm BOV

Fuel & Tuning
Open ECU Road Tune by Ray @ Turbotek Tuning
Stock modded Injectors
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump

Intake & Exhaust:
Perrin Big Maf
Gimmick Motorsports Turbo Inlet
Grimmspeed EWG Up-Pipe
Tial 38MM External Waste Gate
Ported & Polished Stock Manifolds
Ebay HKS Knock off Catless Downpipe
Greddy SP2 Catback Exhaust
Kartboy Exhaust Hangers

Drivetrain:
Kartboy SS + Front & Rear Shifter Bushings
Kartboy Tranny Crossmember Bushings
TiC Klunk Killer
TiC Giuyngmyo Fender Cowl Braces
TiC Shifter Pivot Bushings

Suspension, wheels & tires:
BC Racing BR Coilovers
Whiteline Rear Strut Bar
20MM Sedan Rear Sway Bar
Whiteline Rear Subframe Locks
16X7 Rota Slipstreams
Stockers With Hankook W404 Snows

Brakes:
Hawk HPS FR + R Pads
Technafit SS Brake Lines

Interior:
Black Aluminum Kartboy Shift Knob
Huskymat Floor Liners
Defi BF Series Boost, Oil Pressure, and EGT Guages
ATI Clock Pod
Innovative LC-1 Wideband with Red Digital DB gauge
Autometer Single A Pillar Pod
Stock Performance package gauges under the radio. Boost, Volts, Oil Temp.
Kenwood MP3 Deck

Exterior:
4300K H.I.D
Tint
Rally Armor Mud Flaps

[Honest_Bob]

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[Honest_Bob]

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[Honest_Bob]

Invidia Exhaust and Fastline Rally Mud Flaps were installed previous to this.

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[Honest_Bob]

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[Honest_Bob]

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[Honest_Bob]

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[Honest_Bob]

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[Honest_Bob]

I stripped the hell out of the hex thinger out of sheer stupidity! :roll:

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[Honest_Bob]

Rollin on the Gunmetal Subzeros and dropped on Swift Springs.

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The manditory Wagon Mafia sticker shot
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Trunk Monkey
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[Evo8kid]

haha i love wagons!

[Ender81]

That's right Honest Bob proudly representing the Wagons since 2005 lol.

[Honest_Bob]

been strapping the fat chicks to the roof rails since 2005. :thumbup:

[Honest_Bob]

11-6-06
My long awaited sticker arrived. :prayer:

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*edit* Already had one person flashing their lights at me about it!

[Uberu]

I saw you at the A + T subaru meet. Ha, the guy who ran it called every car an STi, there were maybe four STi's there

[Honest_Bob]

Yep, I was there. I didnt notice the guy calling everything an STi though. I was kinda hoping for a larger turnout. :cool:

[jspek]

awesome wagon. and your car has a blog. thats soo cool.

[poolmike]

Nice wagon.

[Honest_Bob]

Got tuned at Xotic Motorsports by Andy today! Sweet numbers, the man deffinitly knows what he's doing.

Huge Dyno Sheet (http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/553-1/dynosheet.jpg)

[AREA1320]

oh man.. I got a video coming soon :P you'll like it Ben

[Honest_Bob]

post it up son!

[JET02WRX]

Awesome numbers man!! I am so amped to get tuned now! Congrats!

[Uberu]

There's a ton of nice cars on TST, but for some reason this wagon is my favorite car on her. Absolutely no offense to any other cars...i don't know...i guess i love wagons.

[Honest_Bob]

There's a ton of nice cars on TST, but for some reason this wagon is my favorite car on her. Absolutely no offense to any other cars...i don't know...i guess i love wagons.

Thanks man! I really appreciate the comment. :thumbup:

[subwrxkid]

holla, my man is up yo! it's 5:18am, go to bed!

[moosethebelgian]

Oh man.... Wagon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :inlove:

[dt98gsr]

Thats a nice looking wagon you got there. And I love the color.

Keep up the good work!

[Honest_Bob]

holla, my man is up yo! it's 5:18am, go to bed!
I'm up for work. :(

Oh man.... Wagon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :inlove:
WFTW!
I am... the wagon man...

Thats a nice looking wagon you got there. And I love the color.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks! :mrgreen:

[Honest_Bob]

Woo woo! Red Defi BF gauges have been ordered since the Maddad gauges didnt work out for me. Sad part is I think they melted my credit card. :cry:

[PitBullRS]

it's only a van....who really cares?

[moosethebelgian]

Hahaha!!!... and then these will mysteriously stop working.... the wagon is cursed... dun dun dun!

[Honest_Bob]

Hahaha!!!... and then these will mysteriously stop working.... the wagon is cursed... dun dun dun!

If anything its your car thats cursed. At least mine dosent break down every week. :-p

The gauges are in. EGT and Boost are hooked up. So far so good. Pics comming hopefully today.

[moosethebelgian]

She's gone more than a week... and the last thing wasn't mechanical either HMPH!!!

...so did the gauges stop working yet???

[Honest_Bob]

Ryan over at Area1320 debadged my front grill last night, and did an awesome job with it. Only have one picture that didnt come out like ****. I'll get some more today hopefully.

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and a video of the Defi in action.

Teh Defi Bling (http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/1917-1/DSCF0418.AVI?g2_GALLERYSID=51e51f4e0430f733f9e07fd da1409dfa)

[moosethebelgian]

I must admit the new debadged front grill makes the Wagon look purdy mean. :cool:

[Honest_Bob]

From today.

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[Cutlass372]

Mmm.. Not such a big fan of wagons compared to the sedan... just me though..

[Honest_Bob]

Trust me, I love the way the sedan looks better than the wagon, bu I had to get the wagon because it holds more soccer moms. :wink:

[Cutlass372]

Haha, this is true

[240sxDann]

lovin the wagon man! Looks good! Nice and clean.

[CHAOS]

that looks like my drive to work... what exhaust r u running now bob?

[Honest_Bob]

Its a Greddy SP2. Much quieter, yet still sounds like a scooby should. :mrgreen:

[Specnomore]

From today.

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I have been meaning to tell you that your exhaust hangs really low.

[dt98gsr]

:thumbup: for the badgeless grille and actually driving your AWD Subie in bad weather unlike so many other guys.

[Honest_Bob]

Video Courtesy of CiZiN.
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I have been meaning to tell you that your exhaust hangs really low.

Really!? I'll have to check it out.

[STI_wagon]

How do you like the Fastline mudflaps??

[Honest_Bob]

How do you like the Fastline mudflaps??

Great! They get the crap kicked out of them on a daily basis, they scrape comming out the driveway, they scrape on the one hill on the way to work and especially when I got someone in the back. I swear they should have been ripped off about 20 times by now. They also function dually as curb feelers, I have yet to scrape any rims on curbs since I put them on. The mud flaps will rub first. Keeps all that tar off my paint too. I'll be picking up another set of mounting hardware this spring so I can take them off and clean behind them. Its almost impossible to take them off without ruining the plastic fasteners used to mount them.

wow, I just wrote a paragraph on how much I like mudflaps... :screwy:

[STI_wagon]

Do they scrape? You never mentioned it.:mrgreen: Yeah I heard they were great and they are guaranteed for life. I plan on checking out the place when I head back home to see my parents(live 15mins from the shop).

[Honest_Bob]

hahaha yeah if your lowerd your gonna get a whole bunch of :eek: :eek: looks from all your passengers.

[moosethebelgian]

Hah the wagon.. in the snow.... :)

I must admit... Wagon > Laser in the snow and mostly any other time too lol.. go wagon go!!!

[Honest_Bob]

Dont be a wuss.. its only a station wagon... :devil:

[moosethebelgian]

*only* a station wagon ... You should probably steal it from your mom, it might be too much power from her haha

[STI_wagon]

hahaha yeah if your lowerd your gonna get a whole bunch of :eek: :eek: looks from all your passengers.

Yeah, I've got prodrive springs..

[GeoffBern]

what a wagon

[Honest_Bob]

wagon wagon

I spoke to soon about the mudflaps. The front passenger got ripped off yesterday after the snorkus delete, and the other front is hanging on by a thread. :cry:

[FASTERTHANU]

sick hood scoop!

[Honest_Bob]

sick hood scoop!

It sucks in babies, racoons, and little girls like nobodies business. :eek: :mrgreen:

[FASTERTHANU]

It sucks in babies, racoons, and little girls like nobodies business. :eek: :mrgreen:

LOL, I bet

[PaleDSM]

I too am not much for wagons but you have done a good job with yours.

[Kerplunk105]

:inlove:

Lookin good!!

[Honest_Bob]

The wagon may be receiving a turbo upgrade along with some other goodies this summer. I'll call it... Project Radio Flyer!

Details at a later date. :wink:

[Honest_Bob]

Looks like I'm gonna be picking up these items.

* VF39 Ported and Polished
* Walboro 225
* Ported, polished, ceramic coated STi Manifolds
* Grimmspeed Oversized Crossover Pipe
* Modded WRX Injectors
* Tial 38mm (maybe 44mm just for the vband clamp) External Waste Gate dumped to the atmosphere
* APS Turbo Inlet
* Electronic Boost Controller (Planning on running 19PSI or so not sure if I need one.)
* Custom Area1320 Airbox
*Tial BOV
* Blown Tranny
*Retune on my accesswhore with street tuner by ???? (I want Andy back damnit!)

[Specnomore]

Sounds good and slow.:lol:



Damnit, your gonna make me spend money.

[subwrxkid]

You want an sti 6mt? I'll sell you mine.

[Honest_Bob]

You want an sti 6mt? I'll sell you mine.

Not sure wether or not I want a sti 6mt or a full set of PPG gears in a 5mt.
I'm guessing I should throw in some sort of clutch upgrade with the new turbo. :(

[Specnomore]

Not sure wether or not I want a sti 6mt or a full set of PPG gears in a 5mt.
I'm guessing I should throw in some sort of clutch upgrade with the new turbo. :(

Upgrading your car is like an avalanche of money rolling all at once. Then after its all done its so much more fun and calm. :lol:

[Honest_Bob]

The SSAC intercooler arrived yesterday and it good condition (thank god, I've heard such horror stories but for $183 it was worth the chance)

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[STI_wagon]

looks nice.

[Ender81]

You'll have to let me see this thing in person so I can decide if I want it or just the STi.

[CiZiN]

That's kinda small for a radiator isn't it?

[AREA1320]

lemme guess.. Im putting this on tonight?

[Honest_Bob]

You'll have to let me see this thing in person so I can decide if I want it or just the STi.

If this thing fits ok I dont see any reason to pick the sti over it. I'll deffinitly bring it out so you can see it. Sorry I didnt make it to the meet last night, my stomach is killing me. This better be over by tommorow. :mad:

[Honest_Bob]

lemme guess.. Im putting this on tonight?
I'd probably need a retune for it right? If so I'm gonna wait till the turbo goes on.

[AREA1320]

shouldn't. I can do a log and see if anything goes weird.

[Honest_Bob]

Latest pictures with the Slipstreams on. The Subzero's are sold to fund upcomming projects.
Sorry for the blurryness, either my camera is dying or I shouldnt have stopped meth cold turkey.

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[Specnomore]

That POS cant beat a sentra! There were witnesses, remember that.

[Honest_Bob]

Witnesses... where... *searches for gun*

[Specnomore]

Thats ok, when your done with your upgrade you'll be alot faster than me, and Im ok with that.

[moosethebelgian]

Thats ok, when your done with your upgrade you'll be alot faster than me, and Im ok with that.

No you're not, you're going to be secretly plotting the wagon's demise, just so we can all see the Wagon man cry again! :-p

[Honest_Bob]

Perfect examples of basic wagon jealousy. Just because you two cant pickup hot soccer moms. :roll: :-p

[cburwell]

That POS cant beat a sentra! There were witnesses, remember that.

If you had a Spec V, you could just spit butterfly screws and pieces of your cat out of your tailpipe to hold him off!

[moosethebelgian]

Perfect examples of basic wagon jealousy. Just because you two cant pickup hot soccer moms. :roll: :-p

I'm not a lesbian thanks Ben :-p

Maybe you can catch up with the Sentra after Project Evil Sloth is finished :mrgreen:

[Ender81]

Just buy more parts and convince yourself you can beat the sentra with just one more purchase muahahahaha

[Honest_Bob]

I'm not a lesbian thanks Ben :-p

Maybe you can catch up with the Sentra after Project Evil Sloth is finished :mrgreen:

Soccer Dads for you of course.


Project Evil Sloth will desimate all. :wink:

[Specnomore]

If you had a Spec V, you could just spit butterfly screws and pieces of your cat out of your tailpipe to hold him off!

Had one and wrecked it. Now im just happy with the b13 and beating wagons. :lol:

[wrxcelration]

looks good ben, did you end up getting the kartboy links

[Honest_Bob]

looks good ben, did you end up getting the kartboy links

Not yet, its gonna be a while. Awaiting funds. :)

[Honest_Bob]

I picked up an APS 02-03 splitter for a steal from rallisport and decided to try and put the SSAC TMIC back in.

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Stock WRX splitter VS APS 02-03 STI Splitter. The APS unit is supposedly THE biggest one on the market. I wasent sure if it was going to fit properly on my 05 WRX since it was designed for the 02-03, but it pretty much bolted right up. The two bottom screws didnt go in straight but they went in. I'm very happy with the splitter, its the perfect fit.

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Bending AC Lines out of the way. They are suprisingly maleable (sp?). Nothing a rubber mallet couldnt handle.

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Driver side bracket bolts up. Probably should get a washer on there.
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Passenger side bracket dosent line up but Ryan @ Area1320 is gonna make a bracket up for me one of these days. Maybe even make the bracket lower so the hood dosent rest on the tmic.
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AC Line Clearance, still gonna get some radiator hose to slip on there just in case.
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[CHAOS]

looks good bob.... hows she feel now?

[Honest_Bob]

She feels smooth, real smooth. It seems as if the waste gate would struggle more with the stock intercooler. Constantly stuttering not keeping steady control of the boost. I love it and for $183 shipped for the intercooler it cant be beat VS $700 for a brand name TMIC. :mrgreen:

[Specnomore]

She feels smooth, real smooth. It seems as if the waste gate would struggle more with the stock intercooler. Constantly stuttering not keeping steady control of the boost. I love it and for $183 shipped for the intercooler it cant be beat VS $700 for a brand name TMIC. :mrgreen:



Looks good.

[JET02WRX]

Dammit Bob you are always beating me to the punch. I just ordered the same splitter last week! Good to know you like it. I got my roof rails "deleted". I hope to have pics up soon. Was fairly straight forward, although I had to invent a different way to plug the holes up.

[uurxin]

love the wagon man

[Honest_Bob]

Dammit Bob you are always beating me to the punch. I just ordered the same splitter last week! Good to know you like it. I got my roof rails "deleted". I hope to have pics up soon. Was fairly straight forward, although I had to invent a different way to plug the holes up.

You got it from rallysport for $65 shipped right? What TMIC do you have that your going to use it with? ****ing awesome deal. I HAD to jump on it. I dont beleive I will be doing the roof rail delets, I kinda like them.

thanks for the compliments guys. I'm all happy that I found a VF39 map for the accessport. :mrgreen:

[Ender81]

Does the splitter actually make a difference? I mean with the tmic that big and basically resting up against your hood scoop like that.

[Honest_Bob]

I say its the diffrence between having air graze over the top of the intercooler and actually running all the way through it. This splitter also has a fin in the middle directing the air towards the front of the intercooler. If it makes a diffrence I'll probably never know but $65 for a nice stock looking piece that creates a semi air tight seal around my intercooler and keeps my engine bay from getting obscenly dirty it seems worth it. :)

[JET02WRX]

Yep I got the 65 dollar special!
And you are right on with the answer to Enders question. The whole point is to have a good seal around the intercooler and not waste one bit of air coming in the scoop. The opening is also a little wider to accomidate the larger surface area of the intercooler. The extra splitter fin helps spread the air out over the entire intercooler lowering temps a little. Every bit helps.

[wrxcelration]

Looks great Ben. Def smooth and no flutter at all, unlike my car hahaha. Thanks for the ride and the help, I appreciate it. Ill be taking my car in on monday or tuesday and if the problem isnt resolved, I think Ill get the unibomber set from TIC and go from there. I think Im still going to pick up the sways because I think theyll swap to an sti, so its worth it. Ill keep you updated

[Honest_Bob]

Looks great Ben. Def smooth and no flutter at all, unlike my car hahaha. Thanks for the ride and the help, I appreciate it. Ill be taking my car in on monday or tuesday and if the problem isnt resolved, I think Ill get the unibomber set from TIC and go from there. I think Im still going to pick up the sways because I think theyll swap to an sti, so its worth it. Ill keep you updated

No problem! Watch out for the sway bars, for some reason I dont think they are interchangeable. The part numbers are diffrent on cobbs site.

[Hail2mee2]

Car definitely looks awesome. Nice work with the TMIC :thumbup:

[Honest_Bob]

I've officially decided that the Greddy SP2 is way to quiet. Ryan over at Area1320 was saying something about finding a catless downpipe on ebay for $65 shipped. Going catless would deffinitly give me more volume so I decided to see what $65 gets me. If it works out, great! If not maybe I can have Ryan work some magic and turn it into a straight pipe. :)

[wgknestrick]

I've officially decided that the Greddy SP2 is way to quiet. Ryan over at Area1320 was saying something about finding a catless downpipe on ebay for $65 shipped. Going catless would deffinitly give me more volume so I decided to see what $65 gets me. If it works out, great! If not maybe I can have Ryan work some magic and turn it into a straight pipe. :)

Would you be interested in trading for my Borla XR1 catback?

[CiZiN]

borla ftmfw!

[Honest_Bob]

Downpipe has arrived! Let me know what you guys think of it. I'm no weld/metal expert.

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Dunno what the hell this is supposed to fit...
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[wrxcelration]

Damn dude you didnt get a bellmouth? You coulda got an ERZ bellmouth for like 100 i think. I coulda sold you mine since Im gettin a new one cuz the accident, but i didnt know you were looking for one.

I got the klunk killer too so well have to do that sometime, if i even have my car for more than a week

[Honest_Bob]

I'm hoping to go external waste gate in the future. I had this next to an HKS downpipe. Looks like it came off the same jig. Even the hangar is the same.

Its my birthday and the wagon gets all the presents. What an attention whore. :(

[AREA1320]

looks like ****... give to me.

[Honest_Bob]

Hells no! Its going on tommorow morning.

The car now has a smoking issue when idling for a minute or two. It starts blowing large clouds of greyish smoke. I suspect the...

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:bs:

[AREA1320]

I dont get it... turbo Jon>????











;)

[Honest_Bob]

I dont get it... turbo Jon>????











;)


:rotfl: :rotfl:

[wrxcelration]

Happy Bday bro. Thats awsome your going external and got a great price on the pipe. If you wunna have an install weekend let me know. I have a bunch pf stuff too put on

[subwrxkid]

haha, the turbo seal. lol hahahahahah!

[PaleDSM]

I'd guess valve stem seal before turbo seal from that brief description.

[Honest_Bob]

I'd guess valve stem seal before turbo seal from that brief description.

I'm not gonna worry about it. When the turbo goes I'll just get an 18g or something.

Downpipe is on! It fit pretty well except the hangar. I found out the maddad downpipe I had on it has a 1" crack in the pipe right by the hangar. That and the pieces of cat that were rattling around inside. I'm really not impressed with Maddad Products at all. I expected more from a nearly $600 catted downpipe.

[AREA1320]

nice dude.. I hate that hanger...its stupid anyway :) how she sound??

[CiZiN]

It sounds like a honda with a leaky header...

Haha nahh it sounds pretty good. He still needs to put the straight pipe on and stop being a pussy and taking it off.

[AREA1320]

lol. well hopefully that straight pipe will be in use by myself next week :)

[Honest_Bob]

nice dude.. I hate that hanger...its stupid anyway :) how she sound??

hehehe, start your car up and see. :-p
the turbo whistle is insanly loud.

[AREA1320]

nice. now you can stop being a bitch about not having your "loud" exhaust :P

[sisforsurfing]

Sorry if I missed something, but you're running around open downpipe??
When I installed my new catback I started it up open downpipe and wanted to drive it around, it sounded SO GOOD. I was scared to get pulled over for it, though. So much drone, too.

[Honest_Bob]

I had a downpipe with a highflow cat. Now I'm totaly catless with a Greddy SP2 catback. With a bonus feature of a fresh oil change! Long live teh wagon! :)

[Honest_Bob]

Tires came in! Hankook RS-2's 225-45-16. Had them mounted today too. :mrgreen:

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GRRRR BABY GRRR!!

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Fillin out the mud flaps!

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[Honest_Bob]

The wagons got a few more things in the past few weeks. Camera is borked though. :(

Headlights cleared
K&N Typhoon Intake
Ebay H Brace

Waiting to go on...
Grimspeed V2 Crosspipe (heat coated)
Set of stock manifolds (Will be ported and polished before they go on.)
Technafit SS Brake Lines
ATE Superblue
Hawk HPS pads all around
New blank rotors all around

What happened to the turbo upgrade? Lack of funds that I'm willing to spend. Its time to grow up and move out of the rents place. I'm hoping a catch can will help with the smoking issue, if not I got a line on a p&p TD04. :o

[CHAOS]

nice ben... sounds like its coming along nicely

[STI_wagon]

Looks sweet. Just needs a waist spoiler.

[xEJ20x]

Looks sweet. Just needs a waist spoiler.

No it doesn't.

[wgknestrick]

I've heard this isn't even faster than an $3000 SE-R. Are you doing anything about that?:roll:

[Specnomore]

He better not. lol that may force me to purchase some new stuff.

[Honest_Bob]

I've heard this isn't even faster than an $3000 SE-R. Are you doing anything about that?:roll:

Nope, I'm just gonna have to settle for racing in the rain/snow. :wink:

Putting the brakes on now. The rear rotors are being major bitches.

[STI_wagon]

No it doesn't.


:roll::roll: I plan on doing it and I'm going to spam jo0

[xEJ20x]

:roll::roll: I plan on doing it and I'm going to spam jo0

Keh...:roll:

[Honest_Bob]

Wait spoilers are for the weak, and people with to much money.

Brakes are on minus the lines and fluid. Also forgot to mention the rear subframe lock bolts, I put on earlier in the week. Deffinitly worth the money. :)

[STI_wagon]

Wait spoilers are for the weak, and people with to much money.


Waist spoliers=weak???:bigeek:

[Honest_Bob]

Waist spoliers=weak???:bigeek:

Yessir. I dont like cleaning the one spoiler thats on there now. No way am I gonna add another wing on there. They are such a pain to wash and wax.

[redwrxwagon02]

Yessir. I dont like cleaning the one spoiler thats on there now. No way am I gonna add another wing on there. They are such a pain to wash and wax.

true that after i wash my car i always forget about it then the water drips off the wing and falls on everything somehow waist spoilers = too JDM for me

[Buster]

I forgot what they were and saw it on an old outback yesterday. I love those things!!! I want your wheels bob :(

[STI_wagon]

Yessir. I dont like cleaning the one spoiler thats on there now. No way am I gonna add another wing on there. They are such a pain to wash and wax.

you=lazy :lol: Oh, and I finally got my wagon mafia decal:mrgreen:

true that after i wash my car i always forget about it then the water drips off the wing and falls on everything somehow waist spoilers = too JDM for me

You can never have enough JDMness!!!!:supz::lol:

[Honest_Bob]

you=lazy :lol: Oh, and I finally got my wagon mafia decal:mrgreen:

You can never have enough JDMness!!!!:supz::lol:

I took my wagon mafia sticker off. :bigeek:
Just to many stickers on my car.

[CiZiN]

JDM flames FTMFW!

[Ender81]

Running rich and riding hard lmao

[redwrxwagon02]

Running rich and riding hard lmao

you forgot parking hard
JDM

[Honest_Bob]

Running rich and riding hard lmao

jealousy! :-p

[Honest_Bob]

Its time to move on. Part out is comming.

[Ender81]

Its time to move on. Part out is comming.


damn EMO posting lol


oh and how much for the TMIC lmao

[CHAOS]

wtf ben.

[Honest_Bob]

damn EMO posting lol


oh and how much for the TMIC lmao

$100 and its yours!

[AREA1320]

Its time to move on. Part out is comming.

booooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[redwrxwagon02]

booooooooooooooooooooooooooo

yeah what he said ^^

[sisforsurfing]

Hmmm
Without asking you to delve into it if you don't want to... let me know when the part-out starts, I want that rear strut bar.

[AREA1320]

if he is serious... he better expect a serious ball tap tomorrow night at the meet.

[Honest_Bob]

I'm seriously looking at almost returning the car to stock (minus springs and the upipe) and getting something more economical. Probably some flavor of SR20 powered Sentra or Infinity. The payment/insurance is putting a serious dampening on my other goals.

[JET02WRX]

Its time to move on. Part out is comming.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

But, you must do what you must.... I'd like the rear sway bar! I'm still ridin on the stocker!

[Honest_Bob]

Well I was talking to some people last night and it seems that if I dont keep the car I'd be taking it up the butt (financially) anyway. Looks like I'll be keeping it. :o

[GottalovetheWagon]

dude i think sometimes of gettin rid of my wagon because of the money issues too but you gotta think your still gonna be payin it off and not even own the car

[Ender81]

Well I was talking to some people last night and it seems that if I dont keep the car I'd be taking it up the butt (financially) anyway. Looks like I'll be keeping it. :o

I don't care I still want the tmic, or at least the splitter hahaha

[ray@turbotek]

cmon ben you need to keep this, i have something for you when i come up anyway that will help you decide on keeping it.

[Jeffros Spec V]

Well I was talking to some people last night and it seems that if I dont keep the car I'd be taking it up the butt (financially) anyway. Looks like I'll be keeping it. :o

dude i think sometimes of gettin rid of my wagon because of the money issues too but you gotta think your still gonna be payin it off and not even own the car



How much are you guys paying?

[Honest_Bob]

$430 a month. I'm a retard and didnt put much down. :mad:
Plus $2400 a year for insurance.

I'll be keeping it Ray. Bring on whatever you got.

[Honest_Bob]

I don't care I still want the tmic, or at least the splitter hahaha

$183 gets you an intercooler on ebay you cheap bastid!

[Honest_Bob]

New goodies were put on a while ago.

Ebay H Brace
Whiteline Rear Subframe Locks

Also took the wagon out a couple sundays ago for my first auto cross. I've never beat the **** out of my car like that before, but I loved every second of it. The turbo's smoking like a bitch again. Time to start saving for something larger. Alot larger. :wink:

[Ender81]

Time to start saving for something larger. Alot larger. :wink:

You'll save for it but you won't buy it lol. But yeah you need to do something, pretty soon Gary is going to need a mask to follow you on the practice runs lol.

[CiZiN]

at least it stopped throwing flames... I'm ok with smoke.

[Honest_Bob]

MUAHAHAHAHA! I fixed my digital camera. Amazing what reseating the card and battery's will do... :roll:

New pictures due shortly. Now everyone can see my nasty engine bay.

[Honest_Bob]

New pics of my engine bay. DO NOT put degreaser on a hot running engine bay. I'm gonna have to buy new timing belt covers and either paint the radiator or replacing it with a koyo. :mad:

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The sub box setup since I dont think I have any pics of it.
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Me trying to be a photographer.
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[JET02WRX]

ROFL... youre parked on the curb... it looks like the front end is floating in that one picture.....

Sucks about your engine cleaning mishap... Did you try to wash it again after it cooled down?

[AREA1320]

Ben.. I keep telling you to paint the damn things!

[CiZiN]

yea paint them pink... that would be so JDM.

[AREA1320]

pink like his gina

[Honest_Bob]

ROFL... youre parked on the curb... it looks like the front end is floating in that one picture.....

Sucks about your engine cleaning mishap... Did you try to wash it again after it cooled down?

I parked on the curb on purpose, just for something different. I tried cleaning, I tried scotchbright pad. No luck, it appears to be etched. :mad:

Me and spray paint dont get along. You should see that radiator shroud up close. :rotfl:

JDM STi pink is out of the question. I wouldnt want to be reminded of Ryan's mom's `gina everytime I opened up the hood. I see it once a day as it is.

[Specnomore]

Damn, it looks like your timing belt covers got some bukake action there. You need to stop whoring out your car.

[Honest_Bob]

Damn, it looks like your timing belt covers got some bukake action there. You need to stop whoring out your car.

It happens every time I open the engine bay when a sentra driver is around. :eek:

I guess its sexier than an SR20... Johnny Tran is probably crying in a corner because the EJ20 is what REALLY pulls a premium the week before race wars. :-p

[Specnomore]

It happens every time I open the engine bay when a sentra driver is around. :eek:

I guess its sexier than an SR20... Johnny Tran is probably crying in a corner because the EJ20 is what REALLY pulls a premium the week before race wars. :-p

He's only crying in a corner because he was too late to bukake your whore of an engine.

[Honest_Bob]

I noticed lately that the car seemed to be slightly stuttering past 5k rpms and the EGT would soar after hitting 5k rpms. The data logging I did yesterday proved that something was wrong. It was dropping from 22 degrees of timing down to 12 after getting above 5k rpms. I have no idea what that means but I'm guessing that combined with the EGT's soaring once hitting 5k rpms that I was running lean. I'm back on the cobb stage 2 map. The EGT's are in a normal range and it pulls like crazy up top again.

Lesson learned. Dont switch to a catless downpipe after getting tuned for a downpipe with a high flow cat. :o

So bring it on you sentra bisches!

[Ender81]

Gotta go for the retune lol. Thanks again for helping me throw in my sensor and horns.

[JET02WRX]

Interesting... i thought the 02-03 ecu's were considered adaptable enough to compensate for minor changes like that? I'd pose that question to Andy, he did your tune right?
What uppipe did ya go with?

[Honest_Bob]

Interesting... i thought the 02-03 ecu's were considered adaptable enough to compensate for minor changes like that? I'd pose that question to Andy, he did your tune right?
What uppipe did ya go with?

Mines an 05, I plan on heading down to Andy again after a turbo and a EWG. Its not his fault at all, I changed something that would majorly effect the tune. I've got a scoobysport upipe.

[JET02WRX]

Duh...no sleep FTL.....i knew it was an 05.. no coffee when I typed that....

I definately NOT saying it was Andy's fault.. just that he could confirm your suspicions... Just proves that the uppipe cat IS just that bad of a restriction... I didn't think it'd be that noticable as far as affecting a tune.

[Jeffros Spec V]

Mines an 05, I plan on heading down to Andy again after a turbo and a EWG. Its not his fault at all, I changed something that would majorly effect the tune. I've got a scoobysport upipe.


EWG FTW. Mine is loud as hell (as is everybody elses)

[redwrxwagon02]

i think i wanna do an ewg setup on mine in the next few months everyone should get externally gated!

[Honest_Bob]

wagon + EWG = pure sex. :thumbup:

[Honest_Bob]

Duh...no sleep FTL.....i knew it was an 05.. no coffee when I typed that....

I definately NOT saying it was Andy's fault.. just that he could confirm your suspicions... Just proves that the uppipe cat IS just that bad of a restriction... I didn't think it'd be that noticable as far as affecting a tune.

Actually its the cat in the downpipe that I changed out. I've had a catless uppipe since the begining of time.

[JET02WRX]

JESUS..what is WRONG with me today...LOL

I'm giving MYSELF infraction points...hahaha

[Ender81]

Actually its the cat in the downpipe that I changed out. I've had a catless uppipe since the begining of time.

Had the uppipe since before you had the car, hell you had it before there was a WRX. There are pictures of you being born holding on to the uppipe :mrgreen:

[Honest_Bob]

Had the uppipe since before you had the car, hell you had it before there was a WRX. There are pictures of you being born holding on to the uppipe :mrgreen:

Well I dont NORMALLY call it my upipe but its about that size... :eek::-p

[Ender81]

No wonder your car can't beat a Sentra, only a really tiny turbocharger could bolt up to THAT uppipe. lmao

[Specnomore]

Nice, new turbo i hear. Hmmm I better step up.

[Honest_Bob]

Nice, new turbo i hear. Hmmm I better step up.

Thats many month in the future. You may have to retaliate with a disco tater. :wink:

[Specnomore]

I want a gt3076r.

[Ender81]

I don't know sounds like a showdown to me lol.

[Honest_Bob]

Yep, I played with spray paint. :help:

Usually me and the little aerosol can are good at ruining just about everything, but a little patience goes a long way. :wink:

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It turned out ok. No drips or anything but its to shiney, should have gone with something a little flatter with a bit less metal flake. I'll deal with it for the moment and see if it grows on me. :o

[Honest_Bob]

oh and to those idiots with the "JDM" hazard switches. Guess what.. mines red too. UNDERNEATH!

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[wishiwasturbod]

Yep, I played with spray paint. :help:

Usually me and the little aerosol can are good at ruining just about everything, but a little patience goes a long way. :wink:

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It turned out ok. No drips or anything but its to shiney, should have gone with something a little flatter with a bit less metal flake. I'll deal with it for the moment and see if it grows on me. :o

that looks good :thumbup:

[Buster]

What did you end up doing to make your TMIC fit properly. and did it come with the STi y pipe?

[Honest_Bob]

What did you end up doing to make your TMIC fit properly. and did it come with the STi y pipe?

oops, didnt see your post. I know you went FMIC but this might help someone out.

http://www.honest-bob.com/?p=24

[Honest_Bob]

Hit 60k a week ago. :eek:

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I ordered up the Redline Power pack for the WRX.
http://www.redlineoil.com/products_powerpacks.asp?subCategoryID=19

and some one step colder NGK Iridiums.

[Buster]

Wow Ben thats cheap. I wish I would have known that. I think I may do that soon also. im at 39k but hell why not.

[Honest_Bob]

Wow Ben thats cheap. I wish I would have known that. I think I may do that soon also. im at 39k but hell why not.

Hell yeah it is. $99 at JSCspeed. I got the kit for the sti which is the WRX kit + 1 quart of tranny fluid. Both kits are the same price, so your getting a free quart of tranny fluid. :thumbup:

[WRXD]

Bob, I just processed your order this morning;)

I had no idea that was actually your real name..

[AREA1320]

Bob, I just processed your order this morning;)

I had no idea that was actually your real name..

hope your not talking about Honest-Bob... his name is actually Ben ;)

but we call him ben-gay lol

[Ender81]

Yeah Honest Bob isn't so Honest is he? Lol

On a side note Ben you suck mine is about to hit 90K. Just think in May 06 it only had 48K on it

[Honest_Bob]

Bob, I just processed your order this morning;)

I had no idea that was actually your real name..

Yeah, I get that ALL the time. Hell they used to call me Bob for the first couple applebees meets.

So could I have gotten a discount by going through you? :)


1 Day shipping to me from JSCSPEED FTMFW! Stuff should arrive today. :mrgreen:

[AREA1320]

Yeah Honest Bob isn't so Honest is he? Lol

On a side note Ben you suck mine is about to hit 90K. Just think in May 06 it only had 48K on it

Timing belt time buddy

[Honest_Bob]

I put the fuel system cleaner **** in last night. Didnt seem to do anything.

Changed the rear diff fluid, tranny fluid, and motor oil today. Again, didnt notice anything besides the normal oil change diffrence. Didnt find any large metal chunks on the tranny or rear diff drain plugs. So all is well. :)

[WRXD]

hope your not talking about Honest-Bob... his name is actually Ben ;)

but we call him ben-gay lol

It is?? On the order the name on the address line came over as Honest Bob, no joke. Thats why I noticed you right away--


So could I have gotten a discount by going through you? :)


I coulda hooked you up a little yeah-- I can give better discounts on bigger stuff though. Next time you want anything call us up and just ask for Aaron-- I will definitely give you some special TST treatment (this goes for anyone of course)

I hooked Troll up with some gauges not too long ago.

/commercial

[AREA1320]

speaking of that... remind me to set up an account with you :)

[Honest_Bob]

Recently installed some piss yellow head light bulbs and a catch can. Hopefully the catch can takes care of my "slight :rotfl:" smoking issue.

Pictures of the custom catch can bracket made by Adam @ Area1320 comming.

[Honest_Bob]

Looks like its gonna be a really good night.

First stop Harbor Freight! Pickup a die grinder to port and polish the manifolds I have laying around. Then possibly the throttle body and stock turbo. Depends on how the manifolds turn out. If not off they go to Ryan @ Area1320.

Second stop Mr. Ray from TurboTek is going to get me on one of his stage 2 maps so I can sell the accesswhore and pickup an electric cutout. :mrgreen:

Thirst - err third stop is the tue night applebees meet. Because what beats hanging out with all the old farts (Hi Gary and Ryan! :-p) watching all the jail bait at applebees? :mrgreen:

[Honest_Bob]

So I'm running lean. :mad: Gonna pickup a new 02 sensor (or order one) today.

Thanks Ray, Ryan, and Terry for the late late night last night. :)

[ray@turbotek]

let me explain bens situation, i was called to come up there and retune the wagon because he had notice its been knocking with his prior tune. so i came up and ran some logs and verified that in fact the car was knocking and it was running extremely lean. the 1st steps were to pull his plugs and the findings were radther horrid all 4 plugs were super white. in hopes to figure out the issue at 1:30 am we decided to replace the plugs, we threw in the stage 2 map and tried tuning once again and within seconds we had knock again and afrs were 14.5 through out the entire powerband still. my guess is that the 02 sensor is on its way down south. needless to say i put the stock map back in and had the same issue. im just glad i went up there because if ben was not made aware of his issue and how severe it was, the car would have been a time bomb.


got home at 4am, terry dosent love me anymore i promised we would be home by midnight

[Ender81]

Ben on the bright side we have excperience doing that sensor lol

[TROLL]

if the 02 sensor was that far off wouldnt you get a CEL from it?

[ray@turbotek]

if the 02 sensor was that far off wouldnt you get a CEL from it?

thats the strange thing

[Turbo_CitrusEs]

Thats really odd!!! Are there not certain obd code readers, like the more expensive ones, show if these things are working properly??

[JET02WRX]

Sorry if i missed it, but did you guys check injectors? Did you log them at all? What code are you throwing?

[Honest_Bob]

I took a day off of work just for my car. I think that officially qualifies me as a looser. :mrgreen:

I have a new sensor in my hand. :)

[Buster]

I took a day off of work just for my car. I think that officially qualifies me as a looser. :mrgreen:

I have a new sensor in my hand. :)

not a loser, its like caring for a sick loved one

[Honest_Bob]

Sorry if i missed it, but did you guys check injectors? Did you log them at all? What code are you throwing?

The weird part is that its not throwing ANY codes. Had I not had Ray come up last night who knows what would have happened in the future. I've estimated that its been running like this for at least 13,000 miles.

[ray@turbotek]

Sorry if i missed it, but did you guys check injectors? Did you log them at all? What code are you throwing?

jet the injectors were fine checked them :wink: plus car has no codes

[JET02WRX]

I took a day off of work just for my car. I think that officially qualifies me as a looser. :mrgreen:

I have a new sensor in my hand. :)

Hell no Ben! That qualifies you as a TRUE car lover...haha... ALL the work i've done has been on days taken from work... I'd much rather work on my car than go to work!
Hopefully it turns out to just be the sensor...and nothing like what Jeffros is dealing with :eek:

[ray@turbotek]

i forgot to mention car was almost pegging egt gauge

[ray@turbotek]

let me know what happens ben

[GottalovetheWagon]

ray i still love you just super tired at work today nothin too major, get that sensor in ben and maybe next time we will cruise up in the wagon so we can compare maps and see how much better its running after the problem is solved

[JET02WRX]

Yikes! While we are on the subject Ray... where do YOU like to see max EGT's on a wide open run?

[ray@turbotek]

ray i still love you just super tired at work today nothin too major, get that sensor in ben and maybe next time we will cruise up in the wagon so we can compare maps and see how much better its running after the problem is solved

terry i fell asleep on the toilet this morning

[Buster]

i forgot to mention car was almost pegging egt gauge

That is a useful little tidbit. lol

[Honest_Bob]

Yarg! Doesnt look to be the sensor. EGT still does its happy little dance right to 9.

Right click and save as.

http://files.honest-bob.com/wagon.csv

[Honest_Bob]

http://www.tristatetuners.com/forum/showthread.php?p=668079#post668079


Thanks Ray! :thumbup:

[CarbonIS]

better change that thread title!

[redwrxwagon02]

he wasnt throwing a code because the accessho basically shuts off all info coming from the egt sensors and all o2 sensors i numbs those sensors so it can use the designated map and the ecu doesnt see much else its pretty gay

[Honest_Bob]

he wasnt throwing a code because the accessho basically shuts off all info coming from the egt sensors and all o2 sensors i numbs those sensors so it can use the designated map and the ecu doesnt see much else its pretty gay

Not true. Only thing it blocks is the P0420 cat inefficiency code for the 02 sensor in the downpipe.

[redwrxwagon02]

Not true. Only thing it blocks is the P0420 cat inefficiency code for the 02 sensor in the downpipe.

shortly after i got my accessho i tried to hook up a crappy little a/f guage that was electronic and my friend wired it through something in the ecu

it was reading correctly and i called coob and one of their techs said not only does it turn off the code it also pretty much turns off the rear o2

granted its cobb and they're full of poop anyhow and the guy could have been talking out of his grandmothers ass for all i know (friggin mormons) but thats what some dude at cobb said idk

obviously you've found your problem and its good to see another great running custom tuned wagon running around now go hop on a dyno dammit lol

[Honest_Bob]

shortly after i got my accessho i tried to hook up a crappy little a/f guage that was electronic and my friend wired it through something in the ecu

it was reading correctly and i called coob and one of their techs said not only does it turn off the code it also pretty much turns off the rear o2

granted its cobb and they're full of poop anyhow and the guy could have been talking out of his grandmothers ass for all i know (friggin mormons) but thats what some dude at cobb said idk

obviously you've found your problem and its good to see another great running custom tuned wagon running around now go hop on a dyno dammit lol

I do want a run on a dyno, and hit the track. It feels awesome.

[Honest_Bob]

Pics of the new bulbs in the front end. Yellow low beams and fogs.
http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/5742-2/DSCF0803.JPG


The Greddy catch can that seems to have solved my massive smoking problem. :eek:
http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/5746-2/DSCF0805.JPG

[Specnomore]

Sentra killer huh?? We'll see about that one of these days.

[Honest_Bob]

Sentra killer huh?? We'll see about that one of these days.

Sentra's are pussy cars.

I've settled on the next set of modifications. My goal is to max out the TD04.

P&P TD04
P&P Stock Manifolds
P&P Throttle body
TGV Deletes
Grimmspeed V2 Crossover pipe
Tial or Synapsis EWG.
STI Pinks

With the help of Area1320 of course. :)

All this to beat on some Sentras. Makes me wonder why I didnt start out with one to begin with. :wink:

[Jeffros Spec V]

What is the whole joke with sentra's?

[CiZiN]

ben was walked on by a sentra now he either wants one or hates them depending on the mood and if he took his medication that day.

[Honest_Bob]

specnomore raped me with his T25 91 SE-R. I want revenge. but also at the same time I used to have a 92 SE-R that I still miss to this day. That car was SO much fun to drive. I want another in the worst way. :inlove::help:

[Honest_Bob]

*Update*
Ryan at Area1320 had a spare throttle body laying around. He ended up porting and polishing it up so we threw it in my car last night. I cant say for sure that it did to much. It may have smoothed out the throttle response a bit but I could just be hallucinating. Ryan also finished porting and polishing the spare stock turbo I had laying around (Thanks Rob!). It should be going on in the near future. :mrgreen::mrgreen:

Also just got done with a fresh oil change. I plan on switching to Amsoil for the next oil change. Weeeee!

[Honest_Bob]

Seems as if my smoking problem is related to the brand of oil I use. After switching from Redline back to Castrol Full Synthetic my car is again followed by those mysterious Grey clouds. :o

Ryan @ Area1320 finished porting and polishing my spare TD04. :mrgreen::mrgreen:

http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6030-2/DSCF0836.JPG
http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6033-2/DSCF0837.JPG
http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6023-2/DSCF0834.JPG
http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6042-2/DSCF0833.JPG
http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6036-2/DSCF0830.JPG

[Jeffros Spec V]

Looking sweet. How much was that catch can? I need to get one. When I pulled my motor I had so much oil in intercooler piping it was redic.

[Ender81]

Get that damn turbo in Ben, not doing any good sitting on the shelf lol.

[ray@turbotek]

yep and a tune lol

[Honest_Bob]

Looking sweet. How much was that catch can? I need to get one. When I pulled my motor I had so much oil in intercooler piping it was redic.

I dont know how much the catch can was. It was a hand me down type deal.

Thanks for the compliments guys. I have no clue when its going in though. :roll:

[Honest_Bob]

*note to self* Yellow headlights get you pulled over. :o

[mtcavity]

^^^ I got nailed in Moore Township for the same thing. Lasted like 2 months till I was told to remove them.

But the yellow used to cut through right through the fog and there would be a tunnel of light to drive through. Same thing with the snow, and a little freaky at first, but outstanding visiabilaty.

Sweet ride by the way! I "heart" Soccer Moms.:rotfl:

[Honest_Bob]

Thanks!

I didnt realize how close you are to me! I live on the outskirts of Bushkill where it meets with Moore Township. :mrgreen:

[Honest_Bob]

Results from the JNZ Dyno Day

http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6102-2/JNZ+Dyno+Day+HP.JPG
http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6105-2/JNZ+Dyno+Day+TQ.JPG

and the scary part...

http://gallery.honest-bob.com/d/6108-2/JNZ+Dyno+Day+AFR.JPG

[Ender81]

:bigeek: how in the hell did that happen?

[CiZiN]

He took the yellow headlights out and lost 20HP...