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one8turbo 11-01-2011 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by vdcoff (Post 2066605)
Gforces, Grids, and the svn-rs are the nicest wheels rota makes for the wrx's in my opinion. They make some other wheels that are nice too for the sti's.

I'm running Epic Engineering Lowering springs on stock wrx struts. I plan to get coilovers next spring/summer.

I am running 18x9 +35 rota gforces, wrapped in 255/40/18 hankook ventus evo v12s

Rear fenders are rolled, still rubs very slightly over hard bumps or dips

yea i love the g forces I'm definitely gonna get a set in the spring time. I also plan on doing bc coilovers most likely. Your car looks great tho man i love the way it looks

vdcoff 11-02-2011 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by one8turbo (Post 2066620)
yea i love the g forces I'm definitely gonna get a set in the spring time. I also plan on doing bc coilovers most likely. Your car looks great tho man i love the way it looks

Thanks man, im thinking about either ordering svn-r's in the spring in 18x10, or getting my gforces powdercoated a different color

vdcoff 11-14-2011 12:34 PM

So i've been lazy lately, I have a gauge pod and three gauges that I want to put in my car, but I have to take the downpipe off and get the wideband bung welded on, but i've been too lazy to take it off lol...one of these days

jen. 11-14-2011 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by vdcoff (Post 2071956)
So i've been lazy lately, I have a gauge pod and three gauges that I want to put in my car, but I have to take the downpipe off and get the wideband bung welded on, but i've been too lazy to take it off lol...one of these days

What gauges did you pick up for it? Car looks really clean! I've been seeing more and more of the new WRXs around and they're really growing on me.

vdcoff 11-15-2011 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by jen. (Post 2071957)
What gauges did you pick up for it? Car looks really clean! I've been seeing more and more of the new WRXs around and they're really growing on me.

aem wideband, stri oil pressure, and autometer boost

vdcoff 11-17-2011 12:12 AM

Picked up some parts today that I had powdercoated from bonehead performance. I will post pictures tomorrow, the pictures i took today didn't save to my phone because my phone is a slow piece of ****.

Turbo_CitrusEs 11-17-2011 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by vdcoff (Post 2073585)
Picked up some parts today that I had powdercoated from bonehead performance. I will post pictures tomorrow, the pictures i took today didn't save to my phone because my phone is a slow piece of ****.

Sounds like it's time for a new phone. One that the screen isn't shattered on! :mrgreen:
You pick a color out yet for your wheels?

vdcoff 11-17-2011 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Turbo_CitrusEs (Post 2073592)
Sounds like it's time for a new phone. One that the screen isn't shattered on! :mrgreen:
You pick a color out yet for your wheels?

I believe so ;)

vdcoff 11-20-2011 11:42 AM

Installed my hella supertones yesterday, first time ever installing them, I just wired the exisitng horn wires to the supertones and grounded the supertones to their mounting locations, easiest wiring I think I have ever done.

Here are some pictures, they are loud as f00k...

I got them powder coated from bonehead performance...

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...45070438_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...63454697_n.jpg
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...12225375_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...01194498_n.jpg

lownslow95 11-20-2011 12:57 PM

Looks good, but damn that's a lot of work just to put some horns in lol.

R_Rambo 11-20-2011 05:49 PM

How hard was it to get the bumper off? I should really add hella's the factory horn sounds so wimpy I hate using it haha

856jersey 11-20-2011 06:12 PM

YES hella supertones!! i have themmmmm too

vdcoff 11-20-2011 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by lownslow95 (Post 2075083)
Looks good, but damn that's a lot of work just to put some horns in lol.

it actually wasn't that bad, the hardest part was figuring out how to wire them up, and then the second hardest part was getting the damn plastic clips out that hold the front bumper on. After the plastic clips were out, the bumper came off pretty easy, and went back on pretty easy.

I looked up a how-to on IWSTI.com to see how to wire them up and they used a relay, but once I took my bumper off I was like...WTF?...i'll just extend the horn wires to each supertone and ground them, why go through all the other **** for the relay.

I drilled a hole in the radiator support on each side and used that as the mounting location for the horns.

And I had to buy some wire and female/male disconnects to wire them up, but wiring is relaxing to me...lol

...Also everytime I lock my car since i used the stock horn wires to wire them up, instead of the stock horns sounding to notify you that the car is locked, the supertones honk lol :)

vdcoff 11-20-2011 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by R_Rambo (Post 2075187)
How hard was it to get the bumper off? I should really add hella's the factory horn sounds so wimpy I hate using it haha

The bumper was easy to get off, there is a how-to on youtube...here ya go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqSfCZzEJ3A

The hella's are soo loud, it's excellent. I can't wait to be behind some idiot driver to use them...:mrgreen:

vdcoff 11-20-2011 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 856jersey (Post 2075192)
YES hella supertones!! i have themmmmm too

they are awesome arn't they!!!

Turbo_CitrusEs 11-20-2011 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by vdcoff (Post 2075272)
The bumper was easy to get off, there is a how-to on youtube...here ya go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqSfCZzEJ3A

The hella's are soo loud, it's excellent. I can't wait to be behind some idiot driver to use them...:mrgreen:

Hmmmm. Idiot drivers you say?? :lol:
Oh and aren't those bumper clips a big ball of fun??

vdcoff 11-20-2011 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbo_CitrusEs (Post 2075284)
Hmmmm. Idiot drivers you say?? :lol:
Oh and aren't those bumper clips a big ball of fun??

Those bumper clips are a pain in my ass, I actually broke like three of them, but i'll just have to get some more I suppose.

ambitiousCK 11-21-2011 04:30 PM

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h6...fortots017.jpg

Turbo_CitrusEs 11-21-2011 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by vdcoff (Post 2075293)
Those bumper clips are a pain in my ass, I actually broke like three of them, but i'll just have to get some more I suppose.

Yeah I had to pick up two of them for the rsx. They were about $3 a piece! :mad:

Honest_Bob 11-21-2011 08:50 PM

The horns are louder with the relay. ;)


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