bigger wheels, brakes, lights.

I think they have a catless uppipe also.

I could be wrong about something and I'm sure I left some stuff out.

 

Yup catless up pipe...

Only your STI gets a differnt motor... Drivetrain is the same...

We get the subaru four pots standard, as well as the nice bucket seats... Alloy Hood... 182 Kw (250hp)... 17" alloys... alloy front arms (sedan only)... HID lights...

 

so the out side of the car is the same but the wheels and lights.

 

Yup... JDM doesnt usually have SUBARU written on th etrunk either... its got IMPREZA or in most cases nothing... And the badge on the grill is an [ i ] not the stars...

 

I believe the JDM WRX atleast the new one has a higher compression ration 9:1 instead of 8:1. I read that on the japanese subaru site awhile ago.

 

I thought yours had been raised also???

Down here the NZDM and ADM are both 9.0:1 just like JDM and both our domestic market WRXs are only rated at 160kw... (220hpish) compared to 182kw (250hp) JDM

They detune the ecus cause of our petrol... Less aggressive fuel map, compared with the JDM

 

I'm pretty sure we still have the 8:1.

 

Thats not a bad thing... The latest REXs are a lttle tough to tune for the reason that the compression causes early det, unless you spend dollars on fuelpump, injectors, UTEK etc... whereas my oldschool 8.0:1 just loves a tickle everynow and again...

It has seen 1.51 bar on original STI standard motor... Thats on Race gas mind you, but still didnt miss a beat!

Cant say the same for CRAPPY JEs!!!!! couldnt even handle 1 bar for 1500miles! Yup im bitter! Dont buy them EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here's a good site that has a lot of info regarding this subject:

http://www.spdusa.com

 

The US WRXs have aluminum hoods. $500 for a new one.

 

also, I think the JDM wrx's are right hand drive...which means the steering wheel and pedals are all on the right side of the car.

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~Tim

 

In my opinion you guys get hotter items than us over here.

 

and u get avcs on the base wrx, its just a ej20 in a higher state of tune, less cats, higher compression, diff ecu, diff heads...but still the same basic design

 

Teh difference is dat da JDM 1 is mad tite yo!