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‘16 WRX cvt Project

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About a year ago decided to pull the trigger on a WRBlue cvt WRX, yes you read that right Im at this point into my life with 2 kids where I decided to go easy way automatic and so far I love it.

Im putting love into this car the most I can, even though its a 4 seasons daily driver, trying to keep it clean in our harsh environment. My newly constructed house (~2yo) made my dreams come true, to the point where I have a nice space to tweak my cars.

I love taking my time when doing something, carefully inspecting, cleaning, rustproofing on maintenance. But with 2 kids on diapers time is hard to come by…

Still I love the results so far and I will keep improving the car!

Picture from when I bought it. Vendor wasnt the best at taking picture! Lol also the car been doing a lot of dusty roads!




Up to date Build;
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•{ Body, Interior & Dress-up }•
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•Subaru Rain Deflectors
•Weathertech F&R Floormats
•RallyArmor Mudflaps FR.only
•Partial Debadge
•Complete Debadge (TBD)
•Duckbill Spoiler wrb
•Roof Window spoiler CF
•OLM CS under Side Skirts CF
•Front Lip CF style
•OLM Rear under bumper Canard CF
•Perrin Fender Covers
•Perrin Pulleys Cover
•Grimmspeed Radiator Cover
•Climate Control Knurl Red Anod
•Paddle Shifter extensions Red anod
•Park brake handle CF/Red anod
•CS style Front Grill CF
•CF Headlight Amber delete
•TBW skid plate
•Boomba Battery Tie
•CF Gear Shifter Cover Trim (TBD)
•CF Steering Cover Trim (TBD)
•FastWrx AP mount
•Morimoto 3.0 LED Headlights
•Morimoto LED Foglights
•Subispeed LED 3rd Brake Light
•LED Licence lights
•LED Reverse bulbs
•LED corners Bulbs
To come; CF fuse box cover, Oil cap, Brake fluid cap, Front bumper & Hood respray,

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•{ Engine }•
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•GS Stealth Box Intake
•Perrin Turbo Inlet
•GS EBCS
•Cusco Double Catch Cans
•Accessport ecm
•Touge Tuning Protune
•Perrin Charge Pipe
•GS Top Mount Intercooler
•GS Pitch stop
•Perrin Pitch Stop Mount Brace

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•{ Cooling }•
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•Mishimito CVT Cooler
•Mishimito Ancillary Hoses Kit (TBD)
To come; Radiator Hoses, Slim Fans, Turbo blanket, Alum. Overflow Tank,

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•{ Exhaust }•
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•1320s Muffler Deletes

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•{ Brakes & Wheels}•
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•Motegi Traklite 18x8 (Winter)
•Pirelli Sotozero runflat 245/40 (Winter)
•Enkei TS10 18x8.5 (Summer)
•Toyo Proxes R1R 245/40 (Summer)
•Brembo Front/Rear
•Stainless Brake lines
•Perrin Brake Cylinder Stopper

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•{ Suspensions }•
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•Perrin Steering Lock-Down
•Perrin Strut Tower Brace
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Carbon fiber Window spoiler.
There’s no way it could fly away




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Today I learned that's a thing
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Headlights eyelids, amber delete. Love them!



It removed that nowhere orange color up front :)
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Today I learned that's a thing
What did you learn exactly? Lol


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I like the Brembos. Which car was the donor?
I like the Brembos. Which car was the donor?
Oem subarus brand new, was an option for those years of wrx


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Carbonara wax? Is it better than carnauba?
Carbonara wax? Is it better than carnauba?
Did I made a spelling mistake lol? Thats my type, I try hard tho
I ate pasta yesterday


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Did I made a spelling mistake lol? Thats my type, I try hard tho
I ate pasta yesterday


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That's ok, the post is enhanced with carbonara, much like everything else.
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That's ok, the post is enhanced with carbonara, much like everything else.
I agree, I actually laugh it irl haha


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Oem subarus brand new, was an option for those years of wrx


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Oh right! That became an option later on the 2019+.
Installed some new spark plugs (oem ngk iridium)
Everything out of the way :)
Torqued everything to specs. Also put in new bolts, I already seen those snaps heads on other engines.



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I didnt want to do it at first, because I knew its gonna be damaged… decided to complete the all around under spoilers/lips anyway.
That was perfect opportunity to clean behind the skirts also!






They included cheap zinc coated screws and washers, I replaced them with premium quality plastic torx screws and stainless steel washers.



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Did an upgrade I wanted to do since my pro-tune, its been haunting me lol.
GS TMIC
Work still in progress on photos.






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Updated.
More precisely post #15 (current work)
Which is giving me custom pain!


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(Just noticed my skirts are not up to date on this picture, Will post some more later)

Not much going on now, I received my TBW skid plate, just not sure when I will install. Car is ready to drive again after the recent mods I did (TMIC, Perrin Brace & more)

I need to take it slowly lol, so much things I want to do. Also it’s been over 2 months I didnt took the car for a drive, Im kind of craving but it is now to a clean point I don’t want to drive it into snow lol.


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Love the way those carbon lips look on the car. Good looking wrx man.
Love the way those carbon lips look on the car. Good looking wrx man.
Thanks!
And damn just noticed the last picture I posted isnt recent enough lol because I recently installed the underskirts, its a subtle addition but still I will have to post more picture tomorrow because I wanted to “update” for real lol with newest picture


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