08+ Impreza Owners Photo Gallery.....

[elwray]

Carbon -- what kind of camera did you take those with?

[CarbonXe]

Carbon -- what kind of camera did you take those with?

Nikon D90, with a wide assortment of lenses.

Carbon, is that an exhaust system hiding in your trunk??

No, lol. It was my cross bars or roof rails or w/e the hell they're called. The dealer didn't want to install them so they just left the box inside the car.

[sccoby823]

pretty happy that this came out looking perrrrfect! i think its going to add about 100 horsepower

[elwray]

pretty happy that this came out looking perrrrfect! i think its going to add about 100 horsepower

Looks great! What kind of paint?

[2w0r0x9]

pretty happy that this came out looking perrrrfect! i think its going to add about 100 horsepower

it appears to be a little crooked to me or maybe my head is just not on straight today

[sccoby823]

lol its crooked i just placed it on there i have to touch up the black paint a little bit because some of the red got on the black where i didnt want it so ill just fix that then make sure its on straight when i do i final attachment, im debating painting the other badges red as well but i dont think that will look good like the IMPREZA WRX on the back and the SUBARU ALL WHEELDRIVE bs idk let me know what you think

[CarbonXe]

Don't do the back badges. The front is fine because it's 'floating.' The back ones will just look odd. Just de-badge the trunk/hatch.

[elwray]

Don't do the back badges. The front is fine because it's 'floating.' The back ones will just look odd. Just de-badge the trunk/hatch.

+1 please don't do the rear badges red

Could you take pics of the rear though? What's this new 2010 AWD tag?

I left just "WRX" on the rear of my 09. Subaru and Impreza were removed.

I may try something red on my WRX badge on the front like you did. Also need to get the sport grill...

[sccoby823]

Looks great! What kind of paint?

red caliper paint from advance autoparks a little thicker than regular just to keep it from chipping as easily

[Big Sky WRX]

came out good

you can do the same to the star badge- little elbow grease removing the blue paint (the starts stay silver) and then re-spray it red

I've done that to several badges and have been happy w/ the results

[elwray]

came out good

you can do the same to the star badge- little elbow grease removing the blue paint (the starts stay silver) and then re-spray it red

I've done that to several badges and have been happy w/ the results

I would love to do this. But can't figure out how to! Every DIY I've found seems like it's been missing a step...

[Big Sky WRX]

heat up the badge and carefully pry it out of the housing- it's affixed w/ double sided tape (pretty damn good tape I might add )

once off the real work begins there may be a better solvent, but I use nail polish remover and rub and then rub some more- it takes a while to get the oe paint off

once all the paint is removed (it will be clear-sans the silver stars)- spray paint w/ the color you want- a couple of thin coats works best in my experience

let it dry for a day and then get some new double sided tape- done

here's a i-badge I did in black

http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/2186600-post2.html

[mangostick]

has anyone tried to backlight the subaru grill badge with led's? Having not had one apart I'm not sure this is even possible, but would be pretty cool.

[Big Sky WRX]

I think I saw an old diy (close to 10 years ago!) where someone had done that- try peeking over at scoobymods

[mangostick]

cool, will do. I'm looking to get a sport grill for my 2010 anyway.. might just see what I can do with the original emblem once I change out the grill.