Sleezer1533's 2005 Impreza 2.5RS GC

[2.0t03speed]

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/gd-exte...front-fender-04-05-impreza-wrx-sti-sedan.html

also here is a unpainted fender http://www.subaruonlineparts.com/oempartscat.html its 180 for a fender
just plug in your cars info

 

[Sleezer1533]

sold lolz, but thanks for trying!!

 

[2.0t03speed]

look at my second link they sell oem fenders

 

[Sleezer1533]

Whoops, my i-net decided to punk me, didnt show the second link when I looked first lol

Thnx for the link too. Got a good price expectation now

Prolly gonna have to wait till next spring, gotta get a 4wheel alignment and 4 "new" tries mounted and balanced, then I gotta get the timing belt and water pump done.

*Always needing moar monies for the car*

 

[Sleezer1533]

Not much of an update but these came: picked em up for $0.50

And my buddy who I sold my last car to is back working at my store so I snapped a quick shot, hes changed the wheel color from orange to green.
Damn sun made the pic come out awful

 

[Sleezer1533]

Hit the wrap with a final coat of high temp paint:

 

[Sleezer1533]

Got the header/midpipe on today

Mostly straight forward, just a couple hiccups
First, the bracket that holds the midpipe was too wide so I had to grind it down a bit

Also the header took a bit of elbow grease to get over the studs. Widened the holes in the flanges a bit and then reached for the motivator (my hammer) and managed to get it all the way on. Also didnt buggar any of the threads in the process, score.

Pic, old vs new

Vid of smoke after starting

 

[Sleezer1533]

Havin some fun to get some sound bites

 

[Sleezer1533]

Found some gravel

 

[Sleezer1533]

Impulse Craigslist buy:
Enkei RS5s

My workshop is being taken over by car parts lol

 

[Sleezer1533]

Started the first process of re-finishing the wheels
Filled the curb-rashed areas with metal filler, Ill let it dry over night and pick up some sanding blocks from Home Depot tomorrow to move forward with em

Also if you noticed the "racing" decal inlays were yellowed by the sun and corroded and whatnot, so I popped em out and filled the holes with filler as well

 

[Sleezer1533]

Ordered Hubcentric rings for the wheels

So $21 Drag hubcentric rings 73.1->56.1, plus $20 cupon
= $1 set of decent rings ....score!!

 

[Sleezer1533]

Also tackled the center caps

Loosely set one togather so you get the whole picture

(Yes I accidentally drilled a hole in one of the enkei emblems, 100 points to who can guess how lol)

 

[ajkulish]

completely drunk?

 

[Sleezer1533]

Nope
See the white parts (chrome at the time) easily pryed away from the black parts with a razor. But the enkei emblems wouldn't budge without damaging them.
So I came up with the idea to drill a hole through the plastic behind them and then take a screwdriver and pop them out from the back
What I didnt know is the emblems were bade of the same soft ABS plastic as the black parts and on the first one ... pffft ... bit went right through the whole shebang lol

And preview: Just primed and white, no clear yet. Light is getting dim and I wanted to snap a pic quick

 

[Sleezer1533]

Crappy pic but this is what I got done today. One more wheel left

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Wait, if I buy 3 tires I get one free??!?!?! Get the **** outta here!

 

[Sleezer1533]

Hahaha
Thank you for the laugh sir
Literally died when I realized what you were talking about

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Glad you got a kick out of that. On the topic of the car, I love what you've done so far. The car sounds like bliss from what I could tell on the video and you've done a great job on the wheels so far. Keep it going.

 

[Sleezer1533]

Last Wheel finished