Infosecdad

26 minutes ago, m sprank said:

I there are specific periods you wish lasted forever. Have not changed my phones home screen background in 8 years. 

100% this.

My oldest is getting married in a couple months... 

I'm not ready for my little girl to be married.

1 hour ago, Enlight said:

Roger that. I replaced the OCV's during the rebuild (not ruling them out). I'll use my smoke machine that's never gotten use to check all the gaskets/connections as well. Fuel trims, MAF values, oh boy... what a journey this is turning out to be.

OEM OCVs or aftermarket?  I've seen aftermarket never really work right.  If they are OEMs, then I would be really surprised if they were it.  Aftermarket shouldn't be ruled out.

OCVs are notorious for partially failing without codes.

I have standard silicon hoses, been fine for 40k miles (might be due to replace, but they have been good so far).

Could be intake gaskets (maybe), do you have the newer ones?

I'm curious about what the MAF values are as well.

Misfires are more about something is not in line with expectations, rather than something broke.

1 hour ago, KZJonny said:

Zooming on the second photo, I see 5015…. 

Yeah. that would put the tires at 8yrs old and you really shouldn't run them.

GWLS!

If I was closer to you, I would probably pick it up; can't imagine it will be available for too long at that price.

Very cool

I love the EDM center console, but the change tray was annoying me and I didn't want to mount the wireless magnetic charger back on the vent.  So I went to the Engineering department and 3D scanned the change tray, then went through several iterations in Fusion360 to fit the wireless magnetic charger I have (plus a 90-degree USB-C adapter). I love the end result and now have a built-in wireless charger that's not too far from factory-looking.

I just used a rubber cap with a ziptie and replace it annually before it breaks down and leaks.

9 minutes ago, Enlight said:

Manual wagon (ABP/Taupe) listed for $500 in WV needing an engine

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1241895553148328/

If only I had the time...  I would be on the road to pick it up.

19 hours ago, Infosecdad said:

I think I'm going try to model and 3D print a piece to adapt that wireless charger into that little tray space, but almost flat w/ a 90 degree cable.  Pulling my 18yo car kicking into the current century...

14 hours ago, WRX USA said:

Any pics of the custom brackets? The fit of EDM center console with the JDM double DIN is the most annoying thing in my car that I’d love to address.

The custom brackets are for the console between the seats, unfortunately, I'm fighting similar fitment issues that you are with the RHD JDM double DIN not cleanly fitting the LHD center dash.  I don't know if there was every a double DIN insert made for LHD that should fit better in theory.

Working on installing a Euro console thanks to @DoctorDaveLGT

Love the more modern look of the center console, the components are better, the angles are better, the round shift boot is better

Vinyl wrapped the trim in a gunmetal color, adapted the 5mt shift boot to my 6mt.

I made a couple of custom brackets to secure the center console and I need one more thing to be able to install the matching glovebox.

Here is my current cockpit view, still finding little things to upgrade and put a smile on my face.

I'm like a little kid, I keep going into the garage to sit in it and fiddle...

The like button is insufficient for this post ^

Looks great, which vinyl wrap did you use?

2 minutes ago, blackobxt said:

Yeah I wish. $10k

$10k is sweet, I was just trying to get into a ridiculous range to bracket the price...

6 minutes ago, blackobxt said:

Lower

$5k

22 minutes ago, boxkita said:

hmm.. i have a pile that looks like that sitting in my shop. i really need to post stuff 

You take pictures, I'll go shopping...

7 hours ago, WRX USA said:

What are your plans for the B and C pillars, since these aren’t airbag compliant pillars. Also, seatbelts were something that was difficult for me to import before I realized that they won’t work anyways and I got USDM black belts.

Not entirely sure yet, I've got time to research and figure something out.

I already have black seatbelts from a lower half black interior swap.

I'll also need to dye or something the headliner as there isn't a black one for sunroofs if I recall correctly.

I will get to an all black interior some day  

I really have to get off Buyee now...

I checked this evening and found the black upper from a tuned by sti wagon set... 

That's been on the wishlist for 3-4 years now, I guess I'm putting one more thing into Enlight's container.

Get it and go pick it up or pay $800-900 for an auto shipper to drop it at your door and have the spare engine crated and shipped.

Just depends how valuable and available your time is.

Have you ever messed with the passenger seat?  There is a little black box that's a sensor for the alarm system under the passenger seat that will set off the alarm if it's unplugged (or not fully connected for some reason).  If it's happened since you bought the car, the previous owner might have done it; may be worth a check.

It sounds like your A/C load is High at all times.  Trick might be to figure out why.

The fans on high should cause the engine to run cooler, not hotter.

I suspect the hotter was due to air lock in the cooling system, I would be curious to see how it tests out now long running with the A/C on.

I think the fans kick on w/ A/C when the coolant temp hits 185 or 195 I think.  Which A/C off, I think it goes to 201F before the fans are supposed to kick on.

Have you tried the A/C since you removed the air from the system?

Side note, looking through the FSM for the spec for temps; the number of times the engine coolant sensor is listed as a possible root cause for an issue is having me consider preemptively replacing it...

The term "coolant temperature" exists 985 times in the 2005 manual...

I need to stay off Buyee (Yahoo JP)...

Picked up a couple of things that @Enlight is going to help ship over, then started a wish list...  not good for my wallet (but good for the car).

I want one of these for a wagon...  But if someone is looking for the black upper trim for a sedan, here you go: https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/t1096908914

I'm supportive of this, but it looks like the mods don't have permission to create full forum areas and that's in the realm of @Tide