Underdog
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Saturday evening on 495 South near Bridgewater, MA. You - silver GT sedan debadged except for the "T" in GT, medium tint. Me - GRP Leggy pulling up on the side and drafting, only other car on the road at that point and you wouldnt even acknowledge me. Shame on you!
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1st day of ownership at Colt State Park in Bristol, RI.
All in all, actually driving the car made me realize that I did not feel the need for any performance modifications to the car at all. This thing has plenty of power for me. Right now, I want to get the car looking proper and this brings me to my mod plan.
ASAP:
- Tint (medium tint, even all around)
- Clear/Black headlights
- Side sill chrome piece -> Black or GRP
- Rebadge, not sure what will stay or go, maybe paint letters black or GRP.
- Gotta do something with that grille, either blacked out, or some combo of black and GRP, radiator needs to get sprayed too.
- Tail overlays
- AUX in jack per the combined efforts of RyanE, ipoduser and jazzymt.
As needed or convenient or affordable:
- Winter tires - Nokian WR's or Dunlop M3's seem to be in fashion.
- Wheel/Tire pkg. for summer - Thinking something in 18" like a spec.b or something like the OZ Michelangelo (which is 17"). Would like to get gunmetal or something 20-30% darker than OEM wheel.
- Brake pads, SS lines, Black out calipers
- Fulcrum LCA bushings
- Cobb STS
- STi gauge pack
- OEM sub or install my Polk/MOMO 10" in custom enclosure
- Extended armrest
- JDM 2.0 GT Spec. B bumper swap w/ new Legacy STi grille and STi front lip, probably get the Silver STi badge at the same time.
- Springs/dampers when the stock ones wear out.
- AP/UP/DP/TMIC/Meth/Protune when the powertrain warranty is out.
That's about all I have planned but its nice to know that even if none of these ever happen, I will still get a smile any time I get in that car.
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unclemat said:Pretty pricey. That's about what shipping a car from the U.S to Europe costs.
Anyway, congrats and enjoy.
Yeah it was pretty expensive and it hurt cutting that check but considering the taxes on the car were $1,500 I'm not that hung up on it.
East coast to Europe is about 3,000 miles, so that seems right to me... plus I don't have to worry about it sinking!
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zmarko said:Congrats! Just curious.....how much was it to get the car shipped to you and what company did you use? (I think this may help people down the road who are curious to the cost of shipping a car).
Car looks great!
Thanks! I used D.A.S. (Dependable Auto Shippers) which I found through Wukindada's advice: checking out ebay - autos. Originally I was trying to get the cheapest quote possible and D.A.S. gave that to me: $850 which covered transportation from Santa Monica, CA to Woburn, MA (3000 mi.) and also insurance ("valuation"). I ended up striking a deal with them to get the shipping, enclosed carrier, top vehicle placement and the insurance for $1,275. I chose these add-ons because I figured WTF, it's peanuts compared to the price of the car. I had checked out epinions.com and a lot of people complained about D.A.S. but I found them to be curteous and helpful, the online tracking worked awesome and the car got here a full week earlier than expected.
All in all, a very positive experience.
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Car is here!
I'm going to go enjoy the hell out of it for a bit and savor the clutch stink...
Will post answers to questions when I get back...
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2006 Legacy GT Ltd. Sedan - 2.5L Turbo/5MT - Garnet Red Pearl/Black
Purchased new 10/20/2006
Engine
- KillerB Oil Pickup & Windage Tray
- GroupN Engine and Pitch Stop Mounts
- Mishimoto Aluminum Radiator and Hoses
Exhaust/Turbo
- JDM V8 STI Twinscroll Header/UP painted w/ VHT Silver Header Paint
- Blouch Dominator 1.5XT-R Twinscroll w/ Coated Turbine Housing
- Grimmspeed 3-Port EBCS
- Cobb SS CBE w/ Perrin Poly Hangers
Intake/Intercooling
- GR STI Cobb SF Intake w/ Air Box and MAF
- "STI Swap" Grimmspeed PnP GR STI Throttle Body, Intake Manifold, TGV Deletes
Fueling
- ID1000 Injectors
Drivetrain
- ACT HDSS Clutch w/ SMFW & TSK TOB
- Cobb DA-STS
- Kartboy Front, Rear, and Shift Linkage Bushings
- Original 5MT Gearbox w/ Motul 300
- Front LSD from V4-V6 JDM STI RA
- 5MT DCCD from V2-V6 JDM STI RA and 22B
- MapDCCD Controller
- Moore Performance Blast Plates
- GroupN 5MT Mount and Subframe Bushings
- AP Suretrac R160 Rear Diff from V5-V6 JDM STI w/ Motul 300
- Spec.B Aluminum Diff Cradle
- Whiteline Rear Diff Bushing Inserts
Suspension
- 18"x7.5" e48 Rota Tarmac II/Group A, Full-Royal Steel Grey, with 225/40-18 Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110
- Bilstein BSS Coilovers (F: 60N/mm, R: 80N/mm)
- Hotchkis Adjustable Swaybars (F: 25mm, R: 22mm)
- Kartboy Solid Endlinks
- AVO Rear Swaybar Mounts
- Spec.B Aluminum Front Control Arms w/ Whiteline ALK and Front Bushings
- Whiteline Roll-Center Correction Kit
- Cusco Front Lower Arm Bar
- Cusco Front Cross Member Brace
- Carbing Strut Tower Bar w/ Integrated MCB
- Spec.B Aluminum Rear Trailing Arms, and Upper Links
- Whiteline Adjustable Rear Camber and Toe Links
- Cusco Rear Lower Arm Bars
- Cusco Side Power Bars
Steering
- 2015 STI Steering Rack (13:1 Ratio)
- 2015 STI Solid Steering U-Joint
- Whiteline Steering Rack Bushings
- Motul ATF
Braking
- DBA Street Slotted Rotors (rear adapter rotor for Legacy parking brake)
- Hawk HPS Pads
- Techna-fit SS Brake Lines (custom rear line for Brembo conversion courtesy of Brakeswap.com)
- ATE Super Blue Brake Fluid
- Carbing Strut Tower Bar w/ Integrated MCB
Exterior
- JDM Spec.B (Rev.A-C) Front Bumper & Grille
- STI Front Lip Spoiler
- JDM Power Folding/Heated Mirrors
- JDM Tail Lights
- TRS Mini H1 XB35 Bi-Xenon Retrofit in cleared headlights
- Debadged
- 45% Tint, Sun-Tek Carbon
- GTSpec Aluminum Undertray
- '08+ All-in-one Key
Interior
- DAMD Steering Wheel (Black w/ Red Stitch) w/ Spec.B Stereo Controls
- RedlineGoods Custom Shift Boot, E-Brake Boot, and Armrest Cover (Black Nappa, Black Nappa Perf., Red Stitch)
- STI 5MT Shift Knob
- Spec.B Aluminum Pedals and Prosport Dead Pedal
- STi Performance Gauge Pack
- Block8Head 2-Gauge Dash Vent Pod w/ AEM WBO2 and Fuel Pressure Gauges (also wired to TGV sensor input @ ECU)
- STI Door Sill Plates
- Jazzy Aux-in with Griffin iTrip Bluetooth Receiver
Electrical
- Duralast Platinum AGM Group 34R Battery (740CCA) Relocated to Trunk w/ Moroso Battery Box
- 1/0 SGX Main Power Feed w/ 200A ANL Fuse
- Power Distribution Box w/ Bussman 10 Fuse/5 Relay Accessory Panel
- 4 Ga Alt/Starter/Fuse Box/Ground Wiring
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Spotted a good looking chick in a pristine red 2nd gen LGT yesterday on Rt 2W in Concord, MA at about 4:30-5pm. Very very clean looking car, no mods that I could see.
Also, further down Rt. 2 I saw an '05+ silver GT sedan driven by a guy (bald), no mods to speak of.
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Wow, someone payed attn in science class. Great lab write-up and format. Very intuitive and easy to read. Thank you for making 10-15 mins of my work day interesting!!!
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saw an ABP lgt on California Rd. this morn ~6:30ish in Newton, you were headed towards Nonantum Rd... anyone on here?
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Underdog- I was debating a QA position at Bos.Sci. Specifically labware. I used to work at Tyco (rival) in Mansfield doing QA fairly diverse product line(read:PITA) It's always fun to have people you don't even know exist hating you and screaming at you on an hourly basis from all over the globe! :lol: Good $$, lotsa stress.
nick.
Oh, friend at BosSci. last name is Gesner. Not a very common name, he should be easy to look up.
Gotcha... this now makes 5 people I've met on the forum who are somehow connected to BSC... Weird! GO SOX!
BeanBoy: Who's your friend?
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LGTfan88: What do you do in Natick?
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Really? Who's your friend? What type of position did you almost take?
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Finishing up school at Wentworth (in Boston)...
Living in Brookline (Coolidge Corner)...
Working in Watertown (Boston Scientific)...
-Rick
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GRP LGT across from Best Buy on Brookline Ave. in Landmark Center (Boston) on Saturday night. Nice and clean...
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spotted a black gt sedan on pond st. in brookline on tuesday 02/28 .. but you probably didn't notice me. i was driving a school bus.
Pond St.? I live in Brookline over in Coolidge Corner, right off of Hahvahd st. You from the area?
edit: wasn't my car btw...
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Interesting note:
I calculate my tank-to-tank MPG in an excel spreadsheet and after 5 fillups I reset my trip odometer and compare my actual trip MPG to the computer. I calculated an actual trip MPG for my first ~1,050 miles and came out with 18.608 mpg, the computer showed 18.6! Given the lack of significant digits, the computer was dead-on accurate.