WRX USA Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Looking good and pretty sporty rear end actually. I am suspecting that the 'new' exhaust hangers you'll use will provide better centering of your mufflers too. It turns out that I do have a little bit of a melting issue with the vinyl and the location of the exhaust. I’m going to go back to the vinyl place after I get the tips centered and see what they can do. I picked up the door card pieces today and the paint matching to the grey JDM dash pieces is near perfect. I’m going to get my door cards together and get them installed later this week and then all I need are black front seat belts to complete the black swap. I also put on another 300 miles today and I’m just over 1,050 miles on the new build. Power tune is tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 It turns out that I do have a little bit of a melting issue with the vinyl and the location of the exhaust. I’m going to go back to the vinyl place after I get the tips centered and see what they can do. Is the melting happening on the 'sides' of the cutout or the upper portion of it (right above the muffler tip)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Is the melting happening on the 'sides' of the cutout or the upper portion of it (right above the muffler tip)? The bumper is perfectly fine it is just the vinyl on the Liberal piece right next to the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Oh I see. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2O50nkOwwE]380whp OBXT Dyno Pull @SurgelineTuning - YouTube[/ame] Edited April 11, 2018 by WRX USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Any idea how you embed YouTube? Usually, just take off the 's' in https. And it should be a 'standard' youtube link, not one that you retrieve from a mobile device for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2O50nkOwwE]380whp OBXT Dyno Pull @SurgelineTuning - YouTube[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Nice! Time to put stiffer rear springs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Nice! Time to put stiffer rear springs I’m not usually strapped to the road like this though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I’m not usually strapped to the road like this though... Sure. But I bet if you push her hard in 1st gear, she will squat man. Hopefully not like this one : http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3660/3372954225_d8934c7138_b.jpg Congrats nonetheless. That must feel nice. I wish I had that kind of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Sure. But I bet if you push her hard in 1st gear, she will squat man. Hopefully not like this one : Congrats nonetheless. That must feel nice. I wish I had that kind of power. Thanks it feels great! That one looks broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkinslow Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Congrats! Looks like some spirited driving is in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Installed the front black JDM Tuned by STi door cards today so now I’m just waiting on the seatbelts MagnusonSubie sold me to arrive tomorrow and I’ll have a black interior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) I am curious are those JDM seat belts that he sold you? if so are they plug and play or do they need to be modified to work, only thing I am missing for my interior swap. I never responded to your PM as I got a little side tracked but thanks for sending me that I wish I had seen them before I bought the '15 sti ones. They are ‘07 USDM front belts so they should be plug and play. I have ‘05 JDM front belts and I don’t think they will work on any LHD car. I sent a pic of the right side one to Gunnar (aka MagnusonSubie) and he said he had never seen a set like that before. The JDM belts that I got for the back seat swapped right in. On the visors, I saw that you were interested but when you asked where they came from you never got an answer so I thought I’d help you out. How do the ‘15 STi ones work? Did you have to make any medications? I also imagine that they have the slide out extensions which the JDM ones don’t have. Edited April 11, 2018 by WRX USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Surgeline also installed these WC Lathewerks titanium shift boot retainer and reverse lockout that I’ve had ever since I got the 6MT swap. The titanium parking brake button I did myself. I attempted to install the titanium parking brake button on the OEM parking brake and the button did not screw off. Well, it did but not in way that it was supposed to. Luckily I had the STi parking brake for the EDM center console swap and it is a direct fit. The 6MT came with a Cobb double adjustable short throw and the reverse lockout had some marks on it from the previous owner that always bothered me. The WC Lathewerks boot retainer DOES NOT work with a SpecB lever since the screws are in different locations (STi - from the bottom on a bracket mounted on the lever, SpecB - through the side of the retainer into the lever). I speculated and Surgeline confirmed that taking the top half off the STi short throw and putting it in my car allowed everything to fit. Obviously, the smart thing to do if you were starting from scratch would be just buy the STi short throw lever for the ‘08+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) I installed the proper EDM center console mounting bracket (92178AG110) and wired up the cup holder illumination. While I had the center console out I replaced the cup holder surround with the piece I had paint matched to the JDM gunmetal dash pieces. I also hard wired my Waylens dash cam and Escort radar detector. Edited May 12, 2018 by WRX USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arsene Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Absolutely amazing, mind blowing awesome build. Thank you so much for sharing progress, It's good inspiration. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 I completed the break in miles on my new build so I’ll be switching to Motul 8100 X-cess 5W-40 tomorrow and possibly installing my Primitive skid plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 Modified my OEM under cover to work with my Primitive skid plate. My OEM under cover was melted and warped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Where's the pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Where's the pic? The OEM lip skirts’ 3M totally failed on my 1500 mile drive so I wanted to get them back on before I took pics. They are held on by 2 clips and a screw so they didn’t go anywhere, even at speeds over 100mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 I covered my extra set of A pillars in black Alcantara and installed them. I’ll get some pics tomorrow with better lighting. I plan on doing my B and C pillars as well, and installing my black front seat belts when I install the B pillars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madrig Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) someting you dont have ! Edited May 24, 2018 by madrig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) someting you dont have ! I know about that. I could have gotten one a couple years ago. Now all three of those buttons do something on my car. I’ve never looked into it, is there a corresponding cover that goes over it? Edited May 24, 2018 by WRX USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madrig Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 dam ! what option you dont know about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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