SD's ABP 2005 LGT

[scoobydoobie]

Here are a few pics of my 2005 LGT non-limited 5EAT ABP sedan. Bought it in Dec.2007 w/19K miles on it, around 62 K on it now. Been adding some mods here and there, and figured I'd start one of these threads to document the rest of the few () things I plan on doing to it. Please let me know what you think.

 

 

Current mod list:

Powertrain:

Grimmspeed UP (coated and wrapped)

Grimmspeed crossover pipe (coated and wrapped)

Grimmspeed PnP exhaust manifold (coated)

Cobb catted DP (and Cobb turbo heat shield)

K2 Gear midpipe

Wangan axlebacks

Process West TMIC/splitter

1.00mm restrictor pill

Perrin lightweight crank pulley

AEM CAI

Forge BPV

Cobb APv.2 (Infamous1 tune)

TruCool 4452 transmission cooler

Engine bay bling: SPT battery tie down and oil cap. Subtle Solutions alternator cover and Radiator shroud.

 

Handling:

Bilstein HD struts (Spec.B front top hats)

Pink springs

Hotchkis F/R sways

Kartboy endlinks

Progress RSB reinforcement mounts

STI front lower arm bar

Spec.B aluminum front LCAs

Whiteline front LCA bushings (rear is added caster version, maxed out)

Whiteline RCK

18x8 +45 Enkei Raijin

235/40/18 Sumitomo HTR Z III

18x8 +45 Enkei GT7

235/40/18 Continental DWS

Brembo calipers (front) from 08 STI

Centric Rotors F/R

Hawk HPS pads

Goodridge SS brake lines F/R

GrimmSpeed master cylinder brace

 

Exterior

35% Llumar window tint

Jinsu stacked oval smoked taillight overlays

Painted fog covers Satin black

Plasti-dipped grill

JDM rain visors

de-badged trunk

cleared headlights

Rally Armor UR mudflaps

Stanza roof spoiler

Hella horns

JNA Performance front lip

Rear fenders rolled

 

Interior

Casopolis delrin AT shift knob

AEM digital boost gauge (in nrym98 A-pillar pod)

R-Rev interior LED kit

Diode Dynamics blue trunk LED (+license plate LEDs)

Blacked out shifter surround

OEM underseat subwoofer

 

Edit: How she sat at the start of the this thread (check later in build thread for most current, up to date pics): Edit: (POS ImageShack dropped most of my pictures from pages 1-3)

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[grimbeaver]

nice LIP,

[zmarko]

Looks good!

[scoobydoobie]

nice LIP,

 

haha thanks. Got tired of the D2/VK BS and went ahead and bought the lip that I should've just gotten in the first place. Hopefully we'll get ours from VK sometime

 

Looks good!

 

Thanks!

 

Next round of mods will be a FMIC and possibly some new headlights.. stay tuned

[scoobydoobie]

A while back I had an idea for Jason @ R-Rev Sports to make a CF shifter surround for us 5EATers. If you can't tell by my exterior mods, I'm not really a fan of chrome. The stock shifter surround is the only bit of chrome in the interior and looked out of place to me. I mailed off my shifter surround for Jason to make the mold, but unfortunately there was not enough interest on here for him to produce them. Recently received my stock surround back along with the test piece in FRP that Jason's fabricator made. Painted and put the test piece in today.

 

Stock surround and the FRP test piece how I got it:

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/47/shifter01.jpg

 

Few hours after painting:

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/8444/shifter02.jpg

 

And in the car:

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/5662/shifter03.jpg

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/5039/shifter04.jpg

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[mitchb3223]

niceee

[macdarwin]

nice car bro

 

Oh yeah...the surrounds looks great black....That gave me an idea of what to do this weekends lol

 

How did you take it off?

[johnnymack]

Looks great! Keepin it classy.

[scoobydoobie]

Thanks for the compliments!

 

To remove my stock shifter surround, I simply just pulled up on it.. If that doesn't work, it may take a bit of persuasion with a flat head screwdriver

 

I painted it with Krylon Satin Black, same stuff I did the grill with.

[scoobydoobie]

Spent this weekend installing an itsme RacerX FMIC and some new to me headlights. They are cleared 05's with ABP eyelids (HKC-Speed I believe?) and a Halo kit in them. After finishing the FMIC install, tried to wire up the halos with no luck, will give it a try again in a few days. Couldn't quite figure out how to wire them up to turn on and off with the parking lights.

 

I'm not sure how I feel about the change in headlights quite yet, but I'm real happy with the RacerX FMIC. Had to chase down one minor boost leak but that was fairly easy to find/fix. Just the base map update from Infamous1 is loaded and it feels pretty good already.

 

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2450/47260118.jpg

 

Ever wondered how low the filter sits with the AEM CAI? Now you know;)

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8878/78138049.jpg

 

"new" headlights:

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/6375/54719723.jpg

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new v.s. old:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6042/42897670.jpg

 

cutting and running cold side piping done. fitting the core:

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7646/16214957.jpg

 

FMIC install complete:

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2516/46516182.jpg

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Everything put back together:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5356/87572506.jpg

[zmarko]

Looks good! I actually like the look of your 'old' headlights a bit better. But that's just me. Grill looks excellent. I'm trying to paint my shifter surround at the moment and I'm not doing too well. There's no way I'm gonna try and paint my grill.

[scoobydoobie]

Thanks man! I think I agree with you about the headlights. I think these look a little cleaner and the others looked a little meaner if that makes sense.

 

Grills not that hard, just take your time and it'll come out well. Scuff up the chrome really well, clean it, prime it and paint it.

[Rudiger]

ABP? Seriously? Looks fantastic!

I'm off to look at a 2005 ABP wagon here in town - I hadn't considered buying it until I saw how good yours looks

[scoobydoobie]

Thank you!

 

Added some underhood bling today, SPT oil cap and battery tie down:

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[GrinderBall41]

What a beauty! Im going to test-drive an '05 ABP this weekend. I feel inspired.

[scoobydoobie]

What a beauty! Im going to test-drive an '05 ABP this weekend. I feel inspired.

 

Thanks for the kind words!

 

Mod list updated in first post.

[MiniStiGuy]

Looking good my fellow ABP'er

[scoobydoobie]

Looking good my fellow ABP'er

 

Thanks man!

 

Here's a couple more quick pics I took earlier:

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Have a few more small things laying around that I need to do/install:

-Rally Armor flaps

-Perrin crank pulley

-Rallitek 5EAT transmisson mount

-Progress RSB mounts

-Wire up Halos in headlights

 

Then I will be mostly "done"

[06wrxlbart]

Your car looks awesome man, Im going to do the same with my wagon. Black out grill, JDM headlights, some gunmetal rota gravel.

 

Did you paint the whole grill or just the chrome?

[E-Tank]

Looking good scooberz. What's your experience been with the AEM CAI.

[scoobydoobie]

Your car looks awesome man, Im going to do the same with my wagon. Black out grill, JDM headlights, some gunmetal rota gravel.

 

Did you paint the whole grill or just the chrome?

 

Thanks man, painted the whole grill w/Krylon satin black.

[scoobydoobie]

Looking good scooberz. What's your experience been with the AEM CAI.

 

Thanks man. I like it. Its the only true CAI offered for the LGT. No problems with water or anything, lets you hear turbo spool and the BPV a good bit better without being real loud or overbearing like alot of the SRIs are.

[Crooked Rain 1x1]

DUDE!!! Your leggy is sick with it! I actually had a problem I was looking for help with. I have the same billsteins as you and I have the swift springs ready to go. My problem is I want to buy camber plates for my set up. I have found the cusco ones so far but Im waiting to find out if they are adjustable because the site im trying to buy from has them listed as non adjustable ( the generic pic they have from cusco shows differently) My friend found me the part but its hard to find. Did you think of doing this when you put yours on? I really just want to have the option of camber in the future. Any options of adjustable top hats for out leggy or do i just need to buy the spec B mounts? thanks.

[scoobydoobie]

DUDE!!! Your leggy is sick with it! I actually had a problem I was looking for help with. I have the same billsteins as you and I have the swift springs ready to go. My problem is I want to buy camber plates for my set up. I have found the cusco ones so far but Im waiting to find out if they are adjustable because the site im trying to buy from has them listed as non adjustable ( the generic pic they have from cusco shows differently) My friend found me the part but its hard to find. Did you think of doing this when you put yours on? I really just want to have the option of camber in the future. Any options of adjustable top hats for out leggy or do i just need to buy the spec B mounts? thanks.

 

hmm sorry man, don't know a whole lot about camber plates. Maybe someone will have an answer for you in the Suspension/Brakes forum if you post a thread. Sorry I'm no help.

[scoobydoobie]

May as well post up my latest mod, installed a Cobb XLE BPV. OEM BPV could not handle the FMIC and would gobble like a turkey at times under boost. Have the Cobb XLE set at 50/50 for now and am happy with it. Adjusted the spring and now the gobble is gone. So I'm happy.

 

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6576/cobbbov01.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9121/cobbbov02.jpg

 

removable plate that lets you convert it to 50/50:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/7374/cobbbov03.jpg

 

Cobb XLE BPV next to OEM BPV:

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/2771/cobbbov04.jpg

 

Installed:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3528/cobbbov05.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6489/cobbbov06.jpg