The R is sold and this is what is replacing her. Baby is on the way .

So after purchasing the wagon it was painfully obvious that understeer HAD to be taken care of. Along with better braking and body roll. So after researching the subaru forums and trying to keep the budget as small as possible these are the modifications that I chose to fix the problems.

1st. 20mm rear sway bar from fhi. Best bang for the buck in my opinion.

2nd. tein basic coilovers. Because of the price, made for my application, and a matched spring/strut combination. ride height adjustable is just a bonus.

3rd. whiteline front camber bolts. obvious reasons.

4th. alignment and increased front tire pressures.

5th. Russel stainless brake lines.

The last few modifications were for appearance. Window tint, fog covers, debadging, and blacking out the front emblem.

More modifications to come; better brake pads, tires and a cross bar kit for the roof.

Just wanted to share my experiences with researching and modifying what is a new platform for me.

Here are the links to the pics if they don't show up:
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Donnie.

 

Is that a basic Impreza wagon or the WRX...i dont know enough about those cars. Anyways..it looks good and assuming its the WRX has a little bit of performance to accompany the groceries and the baby

 

nice color

 

I wish it was the wrx. It is the 2.5 RS. Not bad for torque but the redline is 6000.

 

u know its a wrx when it has the hood scoop

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave4256 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">u know its a wrx when it has the hood scoop </TD></TR></TABLE>
Plenty of WRX and STi owners switch to the RS hoods though.
What gives it away are the wheels, muffler, and mirrors.

Something you might want to look into to help with the steering are the Whiteline steering rack bushings. Nice and inexpensive.

And yes, great color choice. I went with the same on my WRX sedan.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SMZ GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Plenty of WRX and STi owners switch to the RS hoods though.
What gives it away are the wheels, muffler, and mirrors.

Something you might want to look into to help with the steering are the Whiteline steering rack bushings. Nice and inexpensive.

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very true

 

which one is faster

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SMZ GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Plenty of WRX and STi owners switch to the RS hoods though.
What gives it away are the wheels, muffler, and mirrors.

Something you might want to look into to help with the steering are the Whiteline steering rack bushings. Nice and inexpensive.

And yes, great color choice. I went with the same on my WRX sedan. </TD></TR></TABLE>


Yea, but when they do that they have a big fat intercooler up front. I would hate to see the performance of a stock intercooler and no hood scoop.

-Rob

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2manycars2choose &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yea, but when they do that they have a big fat intercooler up front. I would hate to see the performance of a stock intercooler and no hood scoop.

-Rob</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yea, I failed to mention that

Although some do paint their IC's black to stay "stealth"

 

Another highlight is the no sideskirts...

However a lot of people change to the TS mirrors for the Spec C look

 

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Although some do paint their IC's black to stay "stealth"</TD></TR></TABLE>

And some paint "BLITZ" in big letters on it to stand out. Haha. (my friend and his old WRX Wagon). But to the poster, your car looks awesome. It looks better than stock WRX's in my opinion and we all know that when it comes to the track, having just power isnt everything, unless your going in a straight line !

-Rob

 

You can always switch to a v.8 JDM sti motor! whats with the board now, theres been a couple posts about subbies...nice car though

 

so how much did u pay for the tein. wanted to get those for my 04 wagon. was looking at the d2's, the basic teins dont let u adjust the camber, right. can u go lower with the teins, and did ur camber get jacked up.

 

I'm also curious as to how much you paid for the Teins. When I was looking for coilovers I considered a couple different Tein setups, but ended up going with KSport coilovers. Was about the price of the Basics yet had all the features of the Tein Flex (which a friend of mine has on his wrx and dislikes). I've had mine for 6k miles now and couldn't be happier :D

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RevHard &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Anyways..it looks good and assuming its the WRX has a little bit of performance to accompany the groceries and the baby </TD></TR></TABLE>

ITR has more than enough space for groceries and a baby.

Proof: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1082180

 

Can someone find the pic of the R that had a couch packed in the back hahah

 

The one and only SoCal ITR

 

That was for sure right clicked and saved as hahaha