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Nope. No knock at stumble that I’ve noticed.
WRX-maniac's Wonderful and Spectacular 2012 STi Build!!!
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About time i updated this thread with some pictures!
Here are some pics of my new brakes!
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Here is a pic of my awesome KillerB pan!
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Here are some pics of my new brakes!
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Some random pics of the car!
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Got the car back from Andrewtech yesterday after being tuned. The stumble/hesitation is gone and the car is running super smooth now!
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HA! If those were my numbers I would ask the tuner to turn it down a bit. This car needs no more bad luck or curses!
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So what ended up being the issue?Got the car back from Andrewtech yesterday after being tuned. The stumble/hesitation is gone and the car is running super smooth now!
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Nothing new with the STi, I have had it out a few times when the weather is nice. Getting it ready for the winter now. Just ordered my oil for the next oil change (motul xcess 5w40) and a full tank of gas with some stabilizer in it. Looking at a few different wheel/tire setups for the spring. First part of next year will be addressing better performance tires and suspension work. If money permits, bigger injectors/fuel pump/cobb flex fuel and retune sometime mid/late next summer.
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Got the Perrin pitch stop mount for Christmas. I'll get installed eventually. No rush really. Wont be driving it for a few months.
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Im a fan of wrb and gold combo, even black and gold go well... gold rims would look killer on that car imho. 
car is so sexy
car is so sexy
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Bronze wheels are the plan!Im a fan of wrb and gold combo, even black and gold go well... gold rims would look killer on that car imho.
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I like bronze to good choice. I was gonna paint my enkei' bronze. My project car im gonna go black and gold thinking about putting gold rally vinyl on her gold rims.
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Some things are happening with the STi in way for the spring. Just ordered some coilovers from Cygnus Performance. Got their X-1 motorsport edition coils with 9k front and 9k rear spring rates. Also ordered some hub centric rings and new lug nuts. Should be ordering wheels and tires soon, as soon as I make a decision!
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Ordered wheels, tires, and new tpms sensors today.
Got cosmis racing xt-206r wheels in bronze (18x9 +33)
BFGoodrich G-Force Sport Comp 2 tires (235/40/28)
Got cosmis racing xt-206r wheels in bronze (18x9 +33)
BFGoodrich G-Force Sport Comp 2 tires (235/40/28)
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Sweet choice on wheels. Good choice on tires, too.
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So I ordered my wheels, tires, and 4 new TPMS sensors on the 25th. Everything was delivered by the 27th!!! Just waiting on my coilovers to get here now. Then late march, early april I will be having everything installed.
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Well I splurged today. Bought the APR Performance carbon fiber front splitter. I will be having this thing installed properly, meaning chassis mounted!
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Well I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday this past week working on mounting the new APR carbon fiber front splitter to the car. This was my first time ever mounting a wind splitter. It was a learning experience, and they weren't kidding when they said that every splitter install is custom.
I started with putting the car on jack stands and removing the front bumper. I spent about an hour cleaning up the front bumper and getting it ready. Then I went to setting the bumper on the splitter and starting to mock things up. I decided to keep the CS lip on the car, and mount the splitter to it, and the bumper. My first step was properly securing the lip to the bumper itself. When I got the lip it only came with crappy self tapping screws to mount it. I wasn't risking that, so I went to my local hardware store and bought bolts and lock nuts, as well as longer bolts for the splitter, the bolts it came with were way too short to clear the now inch space between the splitter and bumper where the lip was.
My next obstacle was figuring out a way to secure that mentioned gap between the splitter and the bumper (where the lip is). I came up with a pretty simple and effective way to take care of this. I bought a piece of PVC pipe just large enough for the mounting bolts to pass through without the bolt actually touching the PVC. I had to measure the gap between the splitter and bumper for every bolt that I installed.
I ran all bolts through the lip and the bumper to make sure they were mounted solid with no play. So each bolt was ran like this: Bolt/Washer/Splitter/Washer/PVC piece/Washer/Lip/Bumper/Washer/Lock nut. Once everything was mounted, and all bolts secured and tightened I was thrilled. My measurements all lined up, and everything was square. The splitter is very securely mounted to the front bumper and lip now and is NOT going anywhere.
I did run into one issue after installing the splitter, the support rods! The rods supplied were too short to fit from the lip to the place on the bumper where I want them mounted. So I ordered a set of longer support rods from Aeroflow Dynamics (8-10 inch). I am hoping they will be here sometime this week so I can finish the install.
And although I will have successfully mounted the splitter to the car, I am not done with it yet! Once I get the bumper on the car, I will be under the car taking more measurements and drawing things to make mounts to actually chassis mount this beast and make it fully functional!
I will be posting up some pics of this install and everything sometime this coming week/week end when its done.
I started with putting the car on jack stands and removing the front bumper. I spent about an hour cleaning up the front bumper and getting it ready. Then I went to setting the bumper on the splitter and starting to mock things up. I decided to keep the CS lip on the car, and mount the splitter to it, and the bumper. My first step was properly securing the lip to the bumper itself. When I got the lip it only came with crappy self tapping screws to mount it. I wasn't risking that, so I went to my local hardware store and bought bolts and lock nuts, as well as longer bolts for the splitter, the bolts it came with were way too short to clear the now inch space between the splitter and bumper where the lip was.
My next obstacle was figuring out a way to secure that mentioned gap between the splitter and the bumper (where the lip is). I came up with a pretty simple and effective way to take care of this. I bought a piece of PVC pipe just large enough for the mounting bolts to pass through without the bolt actually touching the PVC. I had to measure the gap between the splitter and bumper for every bolt that I installed.
I ran all bolts through the lip and the bumper to make sure they were mounted solid with no play. So each bolt was ran like this: Bolt/Washer/Splitter/Washer/PVC piece/Washer/Lip/Bumper/Washer/Lock nut. Once everything was mounted, and all bolts secured and tightened I was thrilled. My measurements all lined up, and everything was square. The splitter is very securely mounted to the front bumper and lip now and is NOT going anywhere.
I did run into one issue after installing the splitter, the support rods! The rods supplied were too short to fit from the lip to the place on the bumper where I want them mounted. So I ordered a set of longer support rods from Aeroflow Dynamics (8-10 inch). I am hoping they will be here sometime this week so I can finish the install.
And although I will have successfully mounted the splitter to the car, I am not done with it yet! Once I get the bumper on the car, I will be under the car taking more measurements and drawing things to make mounts to actually chassis mount this beast and make it fully functional!
I will be posting up some pics of this install and everything sometime this coming week/week end when its done.
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Received my new splitter support rods from Aeroflow Dynamics on Wednesday 3/11/20. I must say, these rods are much nicer. They are thicker, and a good bit longer. They feel as if they can actually support the front of the splitter. I mean the thickness is double of the rods that came with the APR splitter. I am going to be installing these on Friday and start mounting up the bumper back to the car. I think I found a good place to chassis mount the splitter too. I am going to start using carboard to mock up some mounts to see how it works out. If it looks good, I will use spare sheet metal to cut and make the mounts.
I also received my oil today, will be doing an oil change on Friday as well.
I also received my oil today, will be doing an oil change on Friday as well.
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