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Hey all!

 

It's time to come off the sidelines and finally start a build thread!

 

History: I bought my car in September of '08 after having an '08 2.5i for only 6 or 7 months. I had gotten a mid-year promotion at work and happened to have an awesome sales guy at my Subaru dealer that thought of me when he found a brand new custom ordered GT. The car was in Vermont and apparently the guy never showed to pick it up. There were only 2 OBP GTs in New England at the time and I had to have it!

 

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I drove to Boston from NH on a daily basis for about a year. I racked up many miles... eventually I switched to the commuter rail and started driving my truck because I wanted to start modifying my GT. At only 42K, my car showed up at Subaru with low compression across 3 cyl. Turns out I had some kind of piston coating failure, which was covered by Subaru. Some new buckets too...

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I snuck in a set of wisecos *shhhhhhhhh....* and the modding bug had officially bitten.

 

Original mods include: Rallitek Springs, X02 Cat back Prodrive Mufflers, K&N Typhoon, ERZ Catted Down Pipe, Wisecos, Group-N mounts and STI titanium shift knob, strakes/spats, RacerX FMIC and a Bren tune.

 

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I was happy for a little while until I saw the S402 online... I promised myself I would build my car as close to the S402 as possible..... I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story:

 

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I had no idea how to get S402 parts from Japan and other supporting parts from Europe/Israel so I went as far as I could with USDM aftermarket:

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315/350 on VF46 with wisecos and RacerX:

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Hard work paid off at SM5!

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Then BNR, DW & Walbro Entered my Life:

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My interior started getting boring and I decided to commit to the first USDM/EDM center console conversion. I was the first!! I also figured out the wiring to make the cup holder illumination work. Wouldn't you know, I had to piece together EDM and JDM parts in order to get a LHD S402 looking center console? :p:rolleyes:

 

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OBP Painted Radio (Before JDM Dual Din Kit)

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Thanks to some local guys who managed to get their paws on some JDM stuff (Thanks Shtbxr22 and Underdog) I acquired my first exterior JDM Goodies!

 

Rear JDM Bumper after much help from Yuki @ Japanparts.com, my local paint guy Neil's Collision in Dracut MA, and later a tough decision to butcher my Prodrives to fit the shorter JDM Rear:

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Had to Sell all of this stuff.....

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BECAUSE.....

 

....THERE'S MORE! To Be Continued...

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OF THIS STUFF!!!!:

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Washer Unit Headlights as found on S402 and TunedBy STI:

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Had to do a lot of this until I sourced a set of harnesses:

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Also Picked Up one of These:

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Mocking up the front end. I had to order a lot of stuff from Japanparts.com - I'm on a first name basis with Yuki and have plans to visit him when I go to Japan sometime in the near future. I also ordered parts from Israel because I was able to figure out which parts were EDM and which were JDM:

 

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The bumper fit with the EDM fenders, however, it didn't fit just right because of the FMIC... Zero1 has bigger balls than me. I just couldn't bring myself to cut my front cover so the P/W Stayed and the RacerX went:

 

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u395/Frontman81/2012-09-22_15-28-47_734_zps464f36cd.jpg

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I really had to figure these things out - they are BY FAR superior in quality and complexity than the USDM headlights. I had some help from my good friend Leke for this part - What a great guy! He saved me from the edge a couple of times lol.

 

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Finally got them finished and ready for install for real! Oh, and paint was ready too:

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And then I got my first shop! Well, technically my 3rd shop but first since I had my Subaru. I moved everything over to Londonderry NH, where I shared space with an appliance repair guy! Weird situation but allowed me to work inside throughout the winter of 2012!

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Let the final assembly begin!

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EDM Fender Liners:

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Zero Sports Front Lip!

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Had to change passenger side bulb:

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Stubby, No?

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Painted JDM Engine Covers and Zero/Sports Radiator Shroud:

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Hehehehe:

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Bye Bye Good 'ole Leather... Lordchilly take care of these please:

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Because I got these from Phoenixville PA! Alcan-effin-tara baby! Oh! and I painstakingly installed the Alcantara door cards into my existing door panels - my panels were perfect. The Spec-B ones had some dings that I felt were unacceptable for my build.

http://i1065.photobucket.com/albums/u395/Frontman81/IMG_20130531_090033_284_zps23800fb4.jpg

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See, all along I have been paranoid about my bottom end... no, not MY bottom end... the rod and mains. See, my tune was a bit aggressive and it seemed like every subie around me began to eat rod bearings.... even non-tuned cars with higher mileage. Prior to the move to my 1st shop, I had begun to build THIS baby, originally started life in an '05 OBXT:

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Had short block and heads sent to machine shop... got them back and started:

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I moved to my 2nd shop, which had a lift!!! And began to do this:

 

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OH... I forgot... remember that "S402" badge?:

 

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I also installed KWs... (Was the first big mod after moving to my 2nd shop:

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My Shop:

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OK, Bruins game is killing me... i'm tired and cannot concentrate! Here's my mod list... I will continue this after the weekend when I take some most-current photos! Thanks everyone for following!

 

Engine:

 

PW TMIC

Forge BOV

GrimmSpeed EBCS

Deatchwerks 850cc Injectors

TGV/Ported Deletes

Air Pump Delete

SPT Intake

KSTech 80mm Big MAF (waiting for next tune)

Warlboro 255 lph fuel pump

Perrinn LWCP

STI 11mm oil pump

2012 STI Nitride Crank

Updated v2 subaru bearings

Eagle H Beam rods

Wiseco 99.5 piston kit

Refreshed heads ported

Tomei 254/254 cams

custom ground valves

Mishimoto Radiator hoses (red)

Zero Sports Radiator Shroud

One step colder plugs

Grimmspeed Master Cyl. Brace

Grimmspeed AOS (waiting to install)

Killer B Pickup Tube

Competition Clutch Stage 3 Kit (soon to be for sale 0miles)

Clutchmasters FX-350 with TSK-3 Snout Kit

WRX Flywheel

5mt shifter bushings

Group-N transmission/engine mounts

Methanol Injection (aem) with failsafe and gauge (not fully installed - may not either)

AEM Wideband 02

CNT catted down pipe

custom SS mid/Y

Prodrive axle backs

Billet BNR HTA68 Turbo/AVO Upgraded Actuator

Prosport Halo Oil/Temp/Boost Gauges

Perrin Column dual pod

JCS Pods 3 pod A-pillar

JDM engine covers (and stock fuse box cover) painted OBP

Custom Engine cover painted OBP and cut for PW TMIC

STI Strut bar

Redline hood struts

 

Suspension:

 

Aluminum Spec-B Lateral Links/Rear Arms (waiting bushings)

Aluminum Spec-B Front Control Arms (waiting bushings)

Whiteline Diff Bushings

Perrinn 24mm f/r sways

Perrin rear reinforcement bracket

Kartboy Endlinks (zero miles - soon to be for sale)

Moog greaseable spherical end links (to be installed)

KW Variant 2 Coilovers

Spec-B tophats

Moog Wheel Bearings

Brembo BBK Upgrade/Slotted Rotors

Goodrich SS Lines

Brembo Fluid

STI Rear Slotted Rotors/Custom E-Shoes

Hankook Ventus V12 235/40/18 on Rota Enkei Replicas

*on order is bump steer kit and adjustable rear lateral links

 

Exterior:

 

JDM Spec-B/S402 front bumper cover

EDM Fenders/Fender Liners

JDM Rear Bumper Conversion/EDM Tails

AUS/JDM S402 Headlights w/Washer units

Zero Sports Front Lip

Custom HID 6000K D2S

R-Rev STI replica rear lip spoiler (OBP)

CF Mirror Scalps

CF rear window splitter

CF lower rear splitter (not installed due to coming delta-speed kit)

JDM Rain Guards

JDM Spats/Strakes (soon to be yours lol)

S402 badge (long story but legit)

Debadged

STI Emlem from 2012 STI (reflective type)

 

Interior:

 

Spec-B full interior swap (black Alcantara w/silver stitching) heated/memory seat settings

Alcantara door card swap

EDM/JDM center console (red illuminated cup holder rings) swap with OBP painted ash tray and stereo.

*waiting on Nav/Head unit JDM double din kit (dual zone) to be installed shortly

2012 Black STI airbag

GT-Spec D shaped steering wheel with red stitching

JDM storage box for console

rear ashtray (not offered on USDM models)

Di-Noc CF wrapped trim

Spec-B Aluminum Pedals

Spec-B Mats

STI Door Sills

HK Door speaker swap (to justify chrome Harmon Kardon tweeter emblem)

LED interior bulb kit

STI 5MT Shift Knob

 

 

Misc:

 

Extra S Gear Oil

HKS oil FIlters

PTP Turbo Blanket

Down Pipe Wrap with DEI spray

Custom Oil Supply (off the rear of block) with changeable filter

Subaru Synth Oil Only

Engine/Flywheel/Clutch/Crank Balanced By Shop

Window tint

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Holy money to burn batman. Go live in Japan... I'm sure it would be cheaper! Or in any country that gets them sent like down here :)

 

Do you have any pictures that show the illuminated rings around the cup holders?

I can put up a pic tomorrow if you don't get one

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