Topic: Jakesubies Sti Hatch. Transformation!

[jakesubie]

                                                                                                               Jake Subies Build/Journal

Figured Id Start a Documented Journal of all the maintenance/modifications done to the car under my ownership. Also a Place to Dump Photos.I Picked up the car on July 12, 2015.

Mods:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                     
Interior
                                                                                                                                               
• Weather-tech Front Liners
• Ebay 300mm Flat Mirror                                                                                                                                                                                                       
• Rear Cargo tray OEM
• Cobb Shift Knob                                                                             

Lighting

• Interior Leds ( Map/Dome/Rear)
• Rear Reflector Leds
• License Plate Leds
• Hyper Flash Module For Third Brake Light

Exterior

• Gold GR STI Wheels(Winter Wheels) Hakka R2 Tires
• Tail Light Overlays (Vinyl done by derek @Car Pretty
• Rally Armor Mudflaps Grey Logo
• 3M Hood/Bumper/Rear Doors
• Tint All Windows Except Windscreen 20% Rears,35% Front 2
• Headlights Baked Painted
• Hella Horns
• Front Plate Delete
• R205 Side Badge
• Bayson R Front lip
• Chargespeed Replica Side Skirt Extensions
• Gram Lights 57Xtreme 18x9.5+40
• 265/40/18 Yokohama AD08 Tires
• Agency Power Spoiler
• Tire Letters

Engine/Drivetrain

• Cobb V3 AccessPort
• Agency Power Catback Exhaust w/ No Mufflers
• Invidia Catless Divorced Downpipe
• Cobb SF Intake
• Cobb Intake Box
• Killer B Oil Pickup
• Killer B Oil Baffle
• Cobb 3-Port Boost Solenoid
• Grimspeed Turbo to Downpipe Gasket
• Grimspeed Downpipe to Catback
• Cobb 1000cc Injectors
• Cobb Fuel Pump
• Cobb Fuel Pressure Regulator
• Grimspeed EWG Up-pipe
• 38mm Tial wastegate
• Tomei UEL headers
• Cobb Turbo HeatShield
• Perrin TMIC coupler
• Airboy Protune

Suspension/Brakes

• StopTech Front Slotted Rotors
• Stoptech Rear Slotted Rotors
• Stoptech Front Street Pads
• Stoptech Rear Street Pads
• Kw V3 Coil overs
• SPL Control Arm

Maintenance

Bought car at 27,235km
• Oil/filter changed
• New battery
• New Tires(Falken FK453)
• Wheel Alignment 

32,038km
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

36,173
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

38,038
• Cobb Ap installed stage 1 map

41,182
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

43,138
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

43,922
• Cobb SF intake installed

45,297
• Transmission and Rear Diff fluid changed with MotylGear

47,629
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

48,964
• New spark plugs installed with OEM NGK Iridium

49, 053
• Installed Parts, Cobb Fuel Pump,FPR, Injectors, Upipe ewg, headers, new downpipe gasket, cobb ebcs.

49, 454
• Protuned Via sunny @ Airboy

50, 455
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

54, 475
• Stoptech Rotors & Pads Installed

54, 624
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

59, 165
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter . Winter Tires Mounted With Approx 8/32nd Tread depth. Hakka R2's

60, 641
• Coolant Changed with Subaru blue coolant and conditioner. Block heater Installed

62, 571
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

67, 130
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

68, 420
•KW V3 Coilovers installed. SPL RCA's installed

68, 572
• 4 Wheel Alignment

68, 980
• Summer tires installed (Brand new AD08)

71, 351
• Oil changed with Rotella T6/OEM filter

72, 220
• New PCV installed. Injectors cleaned flow tested and reinstalled(Cobb 1000cc)
Static flow 1.83%
12ms flow 1.69%
6ms flow 2.0%
3ms flow 2.32%

Photos

[canehdianJ]

3m?

Seriously though I wouldnt even do this to the Lotus.

Outside of making fun of you for frog taping the entire front of your car, I really like it.  Very clean

[jakesubie]

haha it also made it a lot easier when i got there to clean up as i had no access to a car wash and didn't want bugs to get baked on

[10secdream]

Bring a bug remover

[RedBimmer93]

Haha, very nice sti! I don't blame you for wanting to do the whole frog-tape thing. You are not the first person I know who has done that




Loos forward to seeing how this build progresses

[GrantC]

3m?

Seriously though I wouldnt even do this to the Lotus.

Outside of making fun of you for frog taping the entire front of your car, I really like it.  Very clean

At a glance I thought it was a quick plasti-dip & reversal back to white.

[M.FAKKA]

i wouldn't do any power mods if you still have warranty if i were you. but if you can't stop yourself then i suggest you save up some money first for an engine build prior to making any power mods just in case things go bad.

[nosale]

Wow. Thats a level of care I've never seen before. Hit me up when u want to sell your car 

Very clean. I like it.

[SlowLGT]

Why coilovers? And why ISC?

[jakesubie]

i wouldn't do any power mods if you still have warranty if i were you. but if you can't stop yourself then i suggest you save up some money first for an engine build prior to making any power mods just in case things go bad.

My warranty expires in January so i was just gunna get a dp ebcs, accessport and a conservative pro tune at airboy in the spring then before anything else save up just incase 

[jakesubie]

Wow. Thats a level of care I've never seen before. Hit me up when u want to sell your car 

Very clean. I like it.

Thanks man i try to keep everything as organized as possible

[jakesubie]

Why coilovers? And why ISC?

I chose ISC coilovers because i had them before never had any problems and for the price perform fairly well, as well as I want to keep them on all year. Plus I eventually was thinking of switching to air ride in the far future.

[M.FAKKA]

My warranty expires in January so i was just gunna get a dp ebcs, accessport and a conservative pro tune at airboy in the spring then before anything else save up just incase

i agree with your decision. your rolling the dice with stage 2 on 2008+ sti. before you get protuned i highly recommend getting a killer b oil pick up and baffle, oil pressure and afr gauges. spun bearings are a lot more common than ringland failures.

[jakesubie]

i agree with your decision. your rolling the dice with stage 2 on 2008+ sti. before you get protuned i highly recommend getting a killer b oil pick up and baffle, oil pressure and afr gauges. spun bearings are a lot more common than ringland failures.

Thanks for the info i will definitely add this to the list as it is fairly cheap and cant really go wrong with it.

[jakesubie]

Noted oil and filter changed at 36 173km on Oct.10,2015
Rotella T6 and OEM subaru filter

[jakesubie]

Update:
Nov.1 Decided to put on my winters wheels they are 2006 gold sti bbs with studded General Altimax Aritic's 225/45/17 used them last winter on my bugeye and i loved them there is roughly 6500km on tires before i put them on and 38 000km

Also checked all my brake pads and they are a little over 50%
All fluids checked and topped up if needed

I also picked up a front set of Weathertech floor mats and took out they carpet mats for the winter.Weathertech mats fit in perfect and snug. Picked up a Cobb V3 AP off WSC good price. Wanted to get on to monitor a few gauges and the eventual stage 2.
Passenger: Cobb AP mounted:Driver:

[RedBimmer93]

Decent! Those GD STI wheels probably look better on your car than they do on a GD STI! I really Like 'em!

[jakesubie]

Decent! Those GD STI wheels probably look better on your car than they do on a GD STI! I really Like 'em!

Thanks i love them ill post a couple better quality pictures next week after a detail and paint prep for winter

[jakesubie]

Picked Up a used Invidia Catless Downpipe for cheap the other night cant wait to install it im gunna clean it up and get it ceramic coated. Gunna place my order for A Grimmspeed turbo to downpipe gasket, a cobb heatshield, and new donut gasket.   

[jellynuts]

Man, that's not the first time I've seen an Invidia DP on that carpet.

[funk32]

If you plan on running low quality coilovers year round i recommend using covers on them to help keep them clean and help prevent rust. Otherwise they will rust up and probably seize up, very common on BC coilovers.

Here is a link to local covers (i used a set on my tarmac 2 coilovers for 1 season and they worked great didnt have to clean the coilovers in the spring)
http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=47745.0

[jakesubie]

If you plan on running low quality coilovers year round i recommend using covers on them to help keep them clean and help prevent rust. Otherwise they will rust up and probably seize up, very common on BC coilovers.

Here is a link to local covers (i used a set on my tarmac 2 coilovers for 1 season and they worked great didnt have to clean the coilovers in the spring)
http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=47745.0

Ya that was plan I still have a pair of covers from my old coils from my bug eye that I was gunna use

[jakesubie]

So I placed a order for the last few components before installing my new downpipe first time ordering from touge tuning I went with Canada post shipping as I'm in no rush. I ordered a cobb heat shield, grimspeed turbo to downpipe gasket, and a grimspeed downpipe to catback gasket.

 

[jakesubie]

Update : thinking about splitting my headlights and painting them this weekend as I really don't like all the chrome. Will update as I do it. I'll just be following a nasioc guide. Hopefully everything turns out good.

[10secdream]

Make sure you have new Butyl to seal them up.