Adammc's #423 spec.B story/build

After loosing my 03 GLI to a flood i got in the car ive always wanted next to an 06 AW STI, A spec.B Picked her up in SC with 113k on her for 10k 12.3 out the door with a warrenty.




She was a lot rougher than i tought, carfax came back clean but she was deff in a wreck. the bumper never sat right so i pulled it to find some botched repairs. Gonna need to replace the bumper down the road. till then i spayed the front and grill with plasti-dip to make it look a little better. It turned it out pretty well.






After putting on a PS pump, PS rack, tie rods, ball joints, LAC bushings, sway bushings and tire i was able to finally get it inspected in PA.

Then i put on a SPT intake ( i know not the best blah blah) to keep it with in the warrenty WHEN something breaks id be harder for them to try and decline my warrenty claim. When i did the intake i put on a prosport boost gauge. turns out im only making 8lbs. I took it in to the shop, turns out my turbo and intercooler are shot. The dealer said the intercooler isnt coverd but the turbo is, but i needed to replace the intercooler first.



a little time on nasioc i picked one up with a gfb bpv, a little paint and im golden. Im up to 11lbs of boost so im gonna take it back after the holidays for the turbo to be replaced.


Jazzy mod, works great



ipod wired to navi screen, OEM navi is garbage so i still use my own little garmin haha.



made my self a custom shift knob till i can get one from latheworks.




Made my self a plate cover




How she sits now.

MODS:
Perrin TMIC
GFB BPV
SPT Intake
Boost gauge
Jazzy mod
20% tint all around
red tail tint
yellow fogs

Plans:
wheel spacers
rally armor flaps
hellas
retrofit head lights

Cool man I like your idea's and where your headed. The only thing I would say appearance wise is where are your rear shots of the car? As far as mods go if you worry about the warranty so much you are never going to make good power if you decide to head in that direction... I would like to see you modify the grill. I am not a personal fan of the stock grill look. Great find on the car though and love love love Spec B's. Good luck with the car man...

Thanks, I gotta wait and see what the dealer says about the boost. If its a replacement turbo I may just ge a tune and leave it alone. I'm praying that they say its the motor and replace it or rebuild it. If they do that, then is down pipe and bigger turbo for sure. But I'll see what the dealer says and go from there

Diggin' that custom shift knob

Debadged and rebadged



With the GT badge, im gonna see if i make use it on the front grill when i play with that. Still working on the boost issue, but the moons lined up for me once and i hit 13lbs on a 2nd gear pull trying to merge. i cant wait till i can get the money together to fix that issue and start making power sluggish 10lbs is no fun.

over the weekend i wanted to hack up my grill for the mesh look. I picked up some expanded aluminum from work and went to town. It was pretty easy.


cutting the center out, I used a dremel, this is really the only best way to do it.






coat of black


good use of wraping paper,re painted the brace black since itll be more visable





all finished. i think it looks pretty good, the hardest part was just getting the expanded metal to conform to the back of the grill. Im sure there are more maluable metals that and be bent more easily but this worked for me.

I like that custom spec B badge!

That intercooler looks great. Did it come in black from Perrin. Also how'd you paint the spec.B logo on?

Thanks, no the intercooler was just the basic grey color and wasn't in great shape I sanded it and gave it the thinnest complete coverage of black paint. I'm in the navy and currently working in a machine shop where I work on a laser engraver. I just made a stencil at work for that. I've used it on a few other things, shit knob insert and front plate block off it's a lot of fun working on the machine.

I got rid of my spt intake and gonna save up for a CBE. I really want the nameless and I know it's just a real expensive delete but there's too many good reviews on other body styles not to give it a shot, or go the cheap route with an fms and get a solid tune.

Nice job on the grill. That's exactly what I did. I'd get some hella horns with that.

Thanks it turned out nice. I already plan on doing horns for sure, the warehouse I'm stationed at we have a huge powered coat set up for doing doors and weapon cabinets. Ill be fabricating my own bracket and powder that and the horn faces,I haven't picked a color yet but was gonna go subtle but we do have some creative colored powders haha

you need a new shift knob lol

yeah, it really has grown off me. I think income tax time i may picked up the new one from perrin

So, now that I'm getting paid for my advancement in the navy I saved enough money to take my car in to get my boost issue figured out. Took it in to perry subaru (awesome dealer for those in Norfolk) they did a pressure test, that came back perfect. Then they went to a compression test, they said it was a little lower then there recommended specs but for the age and mileage they said it was good. From there they said it would have to be the turbo, so they pulled my down pipe and bingo. Found that my wastegate was frozen partially open.

So since I have a third party warrenty (FWS) an adjuster is coming out Monday to check it and if all goes well there going to replace my turbo for a 100 dollar dectable. I'm hoping everything goes well it'll be nice to actually hit full boost for the first time with this car. Struggling to hit 11 by redline is no fun. ESP when I get less than 8lbs at 4000, if they say tough luck you fix it, I see an upgrade when my tax refund come in.

vf52/bnr18g "cough cough"