soba noodle

Which exhaust is that on the wagon ?

 

HKS Silent Hi-Power Ti Limited

I'm loving the replacement...

 

She's slowly getting there

Back to stock and sold

 

 

Replaced with this:

 

What do you guys have stamped on yours?

 

http://i.imgur.com/AZeJjVD.jpg

Mine does not have factory DRL wiring as far as I know.

Unlike the OEM lights the top mounting tabs on CrystalEyes are removable and held by two screws. The tabs should've been included with the lights when you bought them.

 

If I leave my parking lights on when I turn the ignition off the U-bars will go on next time I turn the ignition on again. Low beams do not have to be on at all so I can essentially run the U-bars only (or together with fog lights). Contemplating whether I want to have them on automatically when the ignition is on - how do you wire that it, any write-ups?

 

I also did not have to "massage" anything - they fit like a glove, might be another specific of USDM models

U-bars only go on when the parking lights or fogs are on, they do not go on automatically.

Man your car looks good. Guessing 18" wheels on there.

 

Are those the projectors and surrounds that come installed with the headlights?

 

I know you can swap something to turn RHD halogen headlights to LHD but I wonder if there is a way to do it with projector housings. Thanks for the pics man.

 

Also what roof box is that?

 

 

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They come as you see them - do not have to install/modify anything (apart from transferring the ballasts over).

It's possible to modify RHD to LHD, not super easy though see here for example. Have to modify cutoff curtain/plate.

 

Silver box is Thule Spirit 1600 and the black one is Hapro Carver 6.5

Where did you get the Crystal Eyes from? Any pics of your install by chance and how they look on your car?

 

Ex Japan.

 

They're JDM/RHD only as far as I know.

 

 

I have CrystalEyes. Front and rear.

 

And yes, they do have auto leveling - works perfectly. HID stock ballasts go into precisely the same compartment as on the stock HID headlights. Basically you move the ballasts over and off you go laughing, plug'n'play.

No issues with the quality either. Any more red flags?

What's the difference between this Anzo stuff and CrystalEye?

 

CrystalEye come set-up for HID, take stock ballasts etc so I suppose they will also have HID projectors?

What wheels do you have?

 

Work 11R

That looks great. it is nice to have a forum to help out on exactly what you need and the poor guys at the front of the forum being the guinea pigs.

 

To be honest I'd done a fair bit of Guinea pigging myself before I came across this thread - started with transferring gold GD Impreza calipers from my old BLE - front was fine, rears with adapters not so. Hunted some spec.C GRB calipers and turned out I need different rear rotors too as standard 5x100 Brembo rotors are too deep/tall...

Thread revival , thank you for the info guys, was really helpful to complete the task. My setup:

 

GRB STI Spec.C calipers and braided lines

DBA T2 slotted front/rear

Dixcel type M pads

 

 

 

That's probably why it says inner and outer... Need more clues?...

Any rubbing issues with the Tribeca front sway bar, and a +48 offset wheel? Some people have said that they have rubbing while at full lock.

 

No none at all.

I'm about to book a flight to NZ just to see this thing in person. Love the direction you're going. Are you going to swap the passenger seat as well?

 

I'd love to but finding the same seat in passenger version will be pretty lucky.. might just buy a lotto ticket

 

Surprisingly it doesn't bug me as much as I thought I'd be. The comfort is definitely winning.

Mine was bagless to start with so wasn't an issue (sorted with one resistor anyway). Wiring is really easy too - recaro only has two wires.

thats an awesome seat.

 

Did you really pay that price for it?

 

No way I'd pay THAT much for a seat!

 

To add to the crazyness you'll also need to buy a special wiring harness for another JPY10k.

It's exhaust time again, a bit more complex now.

 

• Japanese mild steel headers + 2.5" pipework + 3rd cat delete
  
• 2.5" mid section with 400mm AdrenalinR resonator
  
• 2.5" stainless Y-section
  
• HKS ES Premium mufflers
  

 

 

Got the headers a while ago, they came on a freshly imported 3.0 and were removed by a dealer, no name and reckon these were made up for someone in Japan. Other alternatives: Raptor headers from Australia or K2Gear from Japan (bloody expensive and nearly impossible to find used). Custom collectors, otherwise stock.Then I managed to find a stainless 2.5" all the way through mid-Y section that needed some modifications on the mufflers' side. And came up with a plan to build my own exhaust...

 

 

 

Pipe in a pipe - this is what you'll find inside your main pipes past the cats, rather silly:

 

 

Spiral louvre baffles inside AdrenalinR resonator:

 

 

Let the fun part begin

 

Indeed!

 

Nice find. Even copied your wheels too

 

Haha yeah noticed that too