Kinda curious, what do you think a "sleeper" car is? You're lowered, have aftermarket wheels and a full lip kit... If I saw it I would think it was ricey or that there was a lot of work done under the hood too, definitely not a sleeper car. A sleeper is not at all showy in my book
hell yeah man my car is all "show" and pretty damn "ricey" I'm gonna get a plate called, "ricerr" with the extra "r" so I can look extra "ricey" nothing, but rice. I love rice!! LMAO! :rotfl: I'm just f**kin with ya
I think the OP means "sleeper" because of the scoop delete. It does add a bit to the sleeper dept. Still, a 2002-2007 Wagon with a FMIC and scoop delete is much more of a sleeper
That would be pretty sleeperish. Combined with the fact that the 2008+ WRX Sedans look remarkably like Corollas, well you'd have a nearly 300whp Corolla. Pretty fun I'd say.
All the reasons why I went with a front mount and got a scoopless hood finally. My car seems to feel a lot better with the scoopless hood "probably just me" but who knows if there is actual noticeable difference when running on a stock turbo. Maybe more with a bigger turbo?Not too sure.
Your car is as much a sleeper as my ws6, it looks nice tho. I really like the scoop on the new wrx but your new hood looks good with the fmic. I dig the new wheels more too. How much whp is your maxed out turbo making?
Quick update:
I said I wouldn't stretch, but what the hell.. I wanted to fit some 18x10's. (There's been some hate and doubts because of when I first tried the fitment and had major rubbing issues, but I over came that and the turn out was great. thnx for makin me famous haters )
Can't be sleeper without a larger aftermarket turbo. Also, has to look mostly stock to be considered sleeper.. dropped to the ground with FMIC, front lip, and aftermarket wheels is far from sleeper.. especially if it doesn't run 10s.
Oh yea.. and in theory, the FMIC should me MORE functional without a hoodscoop. The top of the hood is a high pressure zone, where as the rear of the engine bay is low pressure. Running it without the hood scoop should, in theory, draw more air through the front (FMIC) out the back of the engine bay.
I'm considering making a scoop delete out of plate aluminum for myself. The scoopless hoods are so much heavier than my aluminum WRX hood that any performance gain would be negated by the increased weight from running a scoopless steel hood.. I looked into carbon fiber, but even those are heavier than my stock hood.
Oh yea.. and in theory, the FMIC should me MORE functional without a hoodscoop. The top of the hood is a high pressure zone, where as the rear of the engine bay is low pressure. Running it without the hood scoop should, in theory, draw more air through the front (FMIC) out the back of the engine bay.
I'm considering making a scoop delete out of plate aluminum for myself. The scoopless hoods are so much heavier than my aluminum WRX hood that any performance gain would be negated by the increased weight from running a scoopless steel hood.. I looked into carbon fiber, but even those are heavier than my stock hood.
What alignment specs did you go with when you had it done? Did you have to go much different than stock to make the wheels and tires fit, even with the rolled fenders?
-2 all around at first. Its probably more now, I just got my toe arms to match the rear LCA's since the stock toe arms reached their limit.
Only thing different I went was LCA and Toe Arms for the rears for better fitment in the rear. Will post up pix once the rears are dialed in. Then going more low next spring!
thnx. red lugs are being debated on at the moment. Probably the last thing I'm going to get. I need to flush out some fluid and install my rear toe arms whenever I get some time. Holiday season sucks.