Well i figured now is the time for me to start a memember journal.
I bough my 04 PSM STi in the summer of 07. I was searching for a long time to find one i wanted, I searched 04-07's, i was never particular on the 06/07's so i geared my search towards an 04/05. After talking to a few people who had STi's and calling up some tuner shops and Lurking around the forums, i decided on an 04 in silver (i have always had a thing for silver).
From the Summer of 06 to 07 i searched like a madman for a decent 04 with low miles with little to no mods. I finaly found one that really got my eye. I found it at Kings Auto show in brooklyn, shady neighbor hood but they had a good lookin 04, w/ 8000 miles and all service papers from the previous owner. So me my father and my mechanic friend went to take a look at it. Wow was a i surprised. it was completely mint. interior was flawless and the exterior had some very minor scratches but nothig realy bad. So with some finageling i drove the car off the lot.
So now i'm 21 with my dream car! i immediatly joined the forums and started reading every little thing i could about the car, whats good , whats bad, which parts are good investments yada yada...
My first mod was a catback exhaust. I originaly got a perrin CB from a friend who was getting rid of it, kept it on for like a month but wanted something louder! (the louder the better) but as being just dropped 17000 cash on a car left me pretty much broke. I ended up hearing about this SR*S exhaust on Ebay that was getting some good reviews on some of the boards, I have never been one for the Ebay parts but for 200 bucks i figured what the hell! I got the exhaust and was immediatly suprised on its quality and the sound, nice and loud but deep! really accents the boxer grumble. After that i waited a few more months bought a Catless DP and took the car to Dave @ MSPT to get the stage deuce!
Some Pics:
So that was when the car was pretty much clean and still almost stock.(except the stageII)
Fast Forward to August 08. The mod bug bit again! I decided i wanted more power. After looking around i settled on the fact that 400whp or better was my goal! so i started there. I didnt want to go rotated due to the fact that i was going to be piecing everything together. I Found a great deal on a FPgreen 2.4" 8cm, so i picked it up. Knowing i couldnt just drop in this turbo, I called up Dave and asked for some advise on where to go from there. Well after some talking and contemplating I picked up a set of DW850cc injectors, Labonte wat/Meth kit, CSS FMIC and Walboro fuel pump.
Did the whole install myself, i did hit a few snags and problems but worked them out, took the car to dave to tune it, car ran good first 2 passes then the gasket between the turbo and the uppipe blew!. So had to take the car back home and pull off the turbo and get a new gasket, but before that i found a good deal on a set of GTspec GenII headers and UP w/ an 38mm EWG fittied on to it! Got all the parts and gaskets and reinstalled the turbo with the new headers and EWG. Then Called Ray @ turbotek to have him give it a tune! I met a up w/ a friend who was also getting tuned and we rolled down to meet Ray @ KrazyHouse Kustoms (if you can check out this shop some of the most insane lifted trucks i have ever seen and some of the nicest guys i ever met! there is a video that i have to get from my friend.
Pic of the car next to there lifted Excursion!
After Rays tune the car put down 360whp 400wtq @13lbs no meth. Thats where we stopped becasue the clutch was gonna start giving out and the TGV sensor busted (yes i know i should of done the TGV deletes but i was pressed for time) which was making the car lean out real bad! and had some spiking issues. But the car was rippin it up good!
Fast Forward to the present:
The Mods currently on the car:
Fpgreen 2.4"
GTspec GenII header & UP
38mm EWG.
Labonte Wat/Meth kit.
DW 850cc inj.
Perrin Inlet
Perrin Short Ram
Css FMIC
SR*S Full TBE
AEM A/F gauge and prosport boost Gauge
Quick vid me and a friend made of me doin WOT flyby with the EWG dumping to ATMOS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTLvK...e=channel_page
Me and my Evo friend playing in the Snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4BDo...e=channel_page
So a few weeks ago i got into an accident Slid on Ice and hit a Road sign! Banged up the quarter panel pretty good but miraculously missed the tail light my millimeters!. Well to me this is an opportunity to do some body work that otherwise i would never do. So i called a friend and we made a plan! she is getting Custom painted (not revelaing the color just yet) and a INGs body kit installed! i would of like a widebody but i'm broke. So me and my friend got to work looking over the car and picking out every little ding dent and scratch that needed to be fixed. then is was time to get workin!
pics are coming
The Damage
Big ass intercooler!
My boy doin his thing! with pedobear keeping close watch! haha
After alot of hammering
Some Filler work on the dings and dents
After grinding, Bondo, filler, Sanding, and primer
Test fitment of the new bumper! way off
After chris and jay did what they do best!
side skirt fitted
The rear Bumper is mounted i just didnt get any good pics but i will this weekend!