jkaic Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 That looks great! Which lip is this? Thanks! Some no name brand off ebay IIRC. It was on my 05 leggy but i decided to cut it to fit the XT front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkaic Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Nice shine. Is this your version of a winter setup? No steelies? I'm loving the monochrome paint schemes with the satin black running board detail. My car is the two tone brilliant silver with the darker silver on the plastic. Yeah, it's a love/hate relationship owning dark colored cars. They have this depth of gloss when clean, but gets so dirty so friggin fast. The two-tone grey/dark grey was a color scheme that I was looking for as well, not sure if that's the one you have. Oh and this was my winter setup, was on Bilstein BTS and spacers that bigleben took off me. Gonna stay low this year tho Edited October 27, 2018 by jkaic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Just finished up the GS AOS install. Video and instructions are helpful. One item I needed to adjust to is the location of the Oil fill tube. It's in front of the aircon loop line as opposed to behind on the 06 probably same on the 05. Rotated it to the drivers side for less interference with the air con loop line. Used all of the .5" hose to get all the connections back to the AOS. Placed the T under the TM just past the cobra pipe. Put 6 oz of oil in since last change. Well see how that goes now. This will probably be it for me, other than normal maintenance, for a while till I get another smog check. TM, BOV and AOS will have to go back to stock to pass visual. Due I believe in April if I remember correctly, so not many months to wait. Then it's full blown race car/monster truck mode for a couple years with DP and 3 port ECBS. After another dyno session and tune of course. Edited October 30, 2018 by kzr750r1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebourne Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) Picked up the car from my shop a few days ago. They installed the 1050cc injectors, swapped out my FPR for an STI version, put a better clamp on my turbo oil return line, and did a smoke test. Today I installed the 3" mid and 2.5" y that my cheap exhaust system came with. I've never installed it before bc I was missing some gaskets and I knew from other's reports that it's stupid loud. But I wanted to install it for the upcoming dyno tune. It is stupid loud. Also installed a Kartboy short shift kit, bushing and a giant red shift knob (Thank xtea!!) Edited October 30, 2018 by Flinkly acronym fix for clarity pic thread build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvrick Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Been AFK from the forums for a bit, but I just passed smog with the outback today! Its been over 2 years since road legal. Wrapped catted cobb dp + otf stage 2 map + trimmed heat shield. Gonna have a pretty big yard/garage sale soon of all the parts I took off. My Outback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 No more fun parts for the OBXT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Just replaced my oem midpipe with another oem midpipe. The old one had a few cracks, corroded flanges and started leaking. Edited November 2, 2018 by xt2005bonbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Keep drooling over the Nameless catback with 5" mufflers for the OBXT. My wallet is saying no still. No leaking on the stock setup yet to justify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Keep drooling over the Nameless catback with 5" mufflers for the OBXT. My wallet is saying no still. No leaking on the stock setup yet to justify. Just wait to find a set of AVO mufflers. I have those and I think they sound great. Nice low/bass tone to it at idle, and not loud at all with the oem midpipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvrick Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 No more fun parts for the OBXT? Nope, finally took the time to put the headshield over the downpipe and replace the grimmspeed intake with the factory one. I'm picking up a gx470 to take over outback/offroading duties and a friend of mine is going to take the outback. He isn't interested too much in that stuff. Just wait to find a set of AVO mufflers. I have those and I think they sound great. Nice low/bass tone to it at idle, and not loud at all with the oem midpipe. I happen to have one sitting on some shelves I'll be letting go pretty cheap. Sedan v1 though so it will be tucked. Too bad you shipping it to you might kill it. My Outback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebourne Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Keep drooling over the Nameless catback with 5" mufflers for the OBXT. My wallet is saying no still. No leaking on the stock setup yet to justify. Do some reading about the Nameless. Even in 5" mufflers people say they are loud and not much more quiet than deletes. Maybe they are okay with stock downpipe and mid and Y, but if you've upgraded any of those, make sure you have your expectations lined up for the parts you want to run with them. pic thread build thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Yeah. I also forgot to mention that my exhaust set up (on the 05) is: stock header sti catless up invidia high-flow dp stock midpipe avo cans She is pretty quiet with a nice bassy note at idle. It keeps reminding me of a stock STI, maybe a tad louder. My other car (06) has a similar set up except that the midpipe and mufflers are Stromung. She is loud but I don't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Yeah I've heard they are pretty loud. Nice setup though with the vband on the mid pipe unions. Like I said, it's not going to happen any time soon. Cali is not so hard on pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me73 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Disabled the DRLs and decided to keep the pan under the dash off. Subaru must have designed the car for people with small feet because I was always wedging my foot between the pan and the floor when hitting the brake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) Picked up some new HW to see if I want to stud mount the primitive belly pan. Have an ok from my buddy to go to his shop and weld the front mounting nuts and a washer to the cross member mount points. Hoping the mounting nut will not pull itself free after, sheet metal is pretty boogered. If it the pan takes a hit right now I'm sure to loose a mounting point. Fender washer attached to the sheet metal will give the pan riser pipes something to rest on as opposed to sucking the nut and sheet metal into the riser pipe. Well see how my welding upside down skills are. Shouldn't be bad as it's just going to be a few spot weld hits to get this done. Edit: Not pretty but it's stuck. Edited November 5, 2018 by kzr750r1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 yeah, the front mounting points for the skid plate are really weak in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX USA Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 yeah, the front mounting points for the skid plate are really weak in my opinion. Yup, I’ve bent my drivers side one using the skid plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Used a 10M fender washer, 8M flair nut and 8M threaded rod. Hammered the mount bolts back into the sheet metal and cleared the paint with a grinder/wire wheel. The 10M washer was enough to capture the mount bolt behind and give the pan riser a place to park to when reefed down. I'll be looking for some actual threaded studs in the future. This will do for now. The before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 On a different note, just did a 'short' road trip of 800 miles total this weekend Took my family and met some friends to ride the 'Virginia Creeper Trail'. Three bikes on the roof next to the 16 ct ft Skybox. Fridge, portable shower, and food in the trunk. 14 mpg one way (70-80 mph avg speed). On the way back, purposely drove ~62 mph on cruise --> 19.8 mpg. That's a pretty good figure given the fact that I am a bit lifted, also using slightly knobby tires and with all that crap on the roof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Nice trip. Three bikes and the Skybox on the roof? What crossbars an bike mounts are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Nice trip. Three bikes and the Skybox on the roof? What crossbars an bike mounts are you using? I am using Yakima crossbar and mounts. forget the names but it is stuff that should go on an SUV (70" long ) . I'll post a pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Here you go. This was from our recent 5.5K mile trip. Here, I also have an awning and a 'stowaway' box on a hitch in the back. yeah, crazy... I have been meaning to create a thread describing that epic road trip, but been too busy . Edit: the Yakima equipment I have on here are the Jetstream bars (the longest ones they have) and Timberline Towers. Not cheap... But good stuff. Edited November 5, 2018 by xt2005bonbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kzr750r1 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Wow. I hear Redbull gives you wings. Now you have me thinking I can go wider and put an awning on with the XL 80" Core Bars. Already have a 50" and 60" set if I remember correctly. Love those bike mounts. So nice not having to take the bike apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) Yeah man. I can't believe we did this with all of that stuff. I even went and did some light offroad with all of this mess in Colorado and Utah It was fun man camping in BLM, Moab, and Colorado at almost 12000 feet!! And yeah, I even put the largest ARB awning they sell. It was not light either. But I have to say that having the Bilstein BTS kit installed helped a lot with handling. Car was handling really well on the road and even offroad. So pleased with it and glad I lifted her an additional inch too. Regarding bike mounts, I used my good old Yakima King Cobra and bought a used Yakima front Loader. Now, I had to buy a two-step folding ladder so I can put the bikes on the racks (especially the one closest to the box). Impossible without it at least with my height. Edited November 6, 2018 by xt2005bonbon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 On a different note, this is what I am going to do next on the car: JDM facelift front end swap. WRX USA knows about it already, but letting you all know too . I have already adjusted the JDM headlights so their beam pattern will work with us driving on the right handside of the road. Time to put that stuff on and do the wiring. I CANNOT WAIT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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