GR My 2011 STi (wtf is a warranty?) journal

sjcurtis

New member
Engine mods
-AEM CAI
-Perrin FMIC
-Perrin EBCS
-Perrin catted DP
-Perrin BPV
-Invidia CBE
-Perrin oil catch can
-Grimmspeed 8mm phenolic intake spacers
-AMR turbo inlet
-Mishimoto radiator and silicone hoses
-Tomei uel header and uppipe
-Tourqe Solutions motor mounts

Transmission
-Perrin STS was sold and now have a Kartboy STS
-Whiteline shifter bushing kit with rear bushing
-Whiteline positive shift kit
-Torque Solutions tranny mount
-Torque Solutions pitch stop
-Custom engraved Cobb shift knob

Suspension
-Tanabe springs sold and now have BC racing coilovers
-Perrin strut tower brace

Electronics
-Defi boost and oil pressure gauges
-JVC 7" navi sold and now have a Clarion 602
-Addictive Audio component speakers front and rear, 10" sub, 50x4 amp, 500x1 amp

Wheels & brakes
-Rota T2R 18x9.5 38et with 275/35/18 Cooper RS3A
-painted stock caliper :)

The first day she was home she got debadged
2011-02-25_14-36-45_323.jpg


And after about 1k miles
2011-03-10_19-11-00_61.jpg

2011-03-10_19-12-11_764.jpg

before
2011-03-10_19-12-24_233.jpg

after
2011-03-10_19-46-45_935.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
and the new Tomei header and Perrin DP at around 3k miles
2011-03-01_11-12-51_610.jpg

2011-03-01_11-36-21_443.jpg

2011-03-01_12-27-39_766.jpg

2011-03-01_12-46-06_992.jpg

2011-03-01_13-07-47_617.jpg

2011-03-01_13-43-27_436.jpg

2011-03-01_14-25-37_747.jpg


This is my cheap turbo heat shield and it didn't cost anything. these are pictures from my 08 STI but this it the same way I cut the new heat shield to put the Perrin down pipe on the 2011.
DSC01614.jpg

DSC01615.jpg

DSC01613.jpg

DSC01616.jpg

DSC01617.jpg

DSC01618.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
I think this was at around 5k miles Grimmspeed 8 mm spacers and AMR turbo inlet
2011-03-23_15-32-07_41.jpg

2011-03-23_14-43-07_449.jpg

2011-03-23_11-51-42_841.jpg

2011-03-24_12-15-18_209.jpg


and this was done right after
2011-04-02_09-01-26_542.jpg

2011-04-02_09-01-34_884.jpg

2011-04-02_09-11-58_40.jpg

2011-04-02_09-12-11_742.jpg

Before
2011-03-24_12-15-02_452.jpg

After
2011-04-02_09-47-15_629.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
Installing my new system. I've got two sets of Addictive Audio Elite Component 6.5" speakers with tweeters, a 50x4 Addictive Audio amp, a Addictive Audio 10" version 2 woofer, and a 500x1 Addictive Autio amp. I had to make spacers for the door speakers and I made some brackets for the crossovers and mounted them in the door. This is from today I should be finished with the component speakers and amp tmw and the other stuff should be in next week along with a custom box.
2011-06-14_15-27-25_402.jpg

2011-06-14_15-31-08_367.jpg

2011-06-15_12-07-19_749.jpg

2011-06-15_12-07-32_578.jpg

2011-06-15_13-20-08_697.jpg

2011-06-15_13-21-11_349.jpg

2011-06-15_13-21-23_565.jpg

2011-06-15_13-21-37_942.jpg

2011-06-15_13-44-59_248.jpg

2011-06-15_16-00-50_827.jpg


Here is the back door panels finished.
2011-06-15_22-26-33_876.jpg

2011-06-15_22-45-00_908.jpg

2011-06-15_22-45-12_434.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
Tanabe springs and my Eastwood fender roller in now I just have to find the time to work on the car.
2011-06-24_20-15-42_143.jpg


A couple of shots of the car after the drop springs.
2011-06-26_13-01-05_389.jpg

2011-06-26_13-01-13_901.jpg

2011-06-26_13-01-31_971.jpg

2011-06-26_13-01-43_529.jpg

2011-06-26_13-02-13_814.jpg

2011-06-26_13-02-26_167.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
I put my JDM third brake light in today and I think it looks awesome!! Here are some pictures
2011-08-23_14-04-06_939-1.jpg

2011-08-23_14-06-24_90.jpg

I had to cut the center part of the grill out so it will fit.
2011-08-23_14-23-23_749.jpg

2011-08-23_14-23-06_486.jpg

This is the back side of the bumper and you can see there are tabs already there for the wire harness.
2011-08-23_15-03-09_788.jpg

There is a plug that you have to take out and the harness goes throught under the passenger side brake light
2011-08-23_15-03-30_854.jpg

2011-08-23_15-04-04_673.jpg

I spliced the red/white wire from the main plug on the back of the brake light to the green wire on the third brake light harness, and the black wire to the black wire.
2011-08-23_15-28-05_469.jpg

2011-08-23_15-28-28_296.jpg

This is the finished product.
2011-08-23_15-48-06_40.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
My new speaker box.
2011-08-23_16-00-50_622.jpg


Out with the old
2011-10-06_13-40-50_324.jpg

and in with the new
2011-10-06_17-17-25_632.jpg


I finally took the time and took my amps out from under my seats and mounted them to the back of the rear seats and it turned out great.
2011-10-25_19-59-12_983.jpg

And I just put my Perrin BOV on the car and I might be wrong but it fills like there is not as much lag between shifts, I guess because of how the valve is made and that its adjustable so you can make it close faster and adjust the stroke so you can make it not release all the pressure out if the charge pipe.
2011-10-22_12-05-18_835.jpg

2011-10-22_12-05-35_876.jpg

2011-10-22_12-05-46_664.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
I installed the pitch stop tonight and its alot beefier than the stock unit.
2012-03-12_17-59-20_820.jpg

2012-03-12_17-59-34_195.jpg


I got the Torque Solutions motor and tranny mounts in yesterday and insalled them and good god what a differance. It shift so much better but I will have to get used to the vibrations at idle. I had to drop the sub frame down about a inch and jack the motor up another inch to have enough room to get the motor mounts out and install the new ones. The tranny mount was pretty easy I just unbolted the front cross brace and took the plate out that the mount sits on.
2012-03-25_07-43-40_265.jpg

2012-03-25_07-42-37_830.jpg

2012-03-25_13-32-32_78.jpg

2012-03-25_13-32-41_4.jpg

2012-03-25_15-26-04_868.jpg

2012-03-25_15-35-46_125.jpg

2012-03-25_15-35-58_618.jpg
 

sjcurtis

New member
I have my new wheels on and I am installing my new (used) Perrin fmic. I couldn't finish it today because I had to go to work :( but I will get back on it tomorrow and upload the pics.

2012-03-29_16-22-33_722.jpg

2012-03-29_16-22-46_39.jpg

2012-03-29_16-22-56_851.jpg


Well I finally finish my fmic it seemed like it took forever to do having to stop and go to work and not finishing it until the next day. I even was able to use the AEM CAI and heat shield.
2012-03-31_08-47-57_0.jpg

2012-03-31_08-48-09_563.jpg


Well I painted the brake calipers last week and I think they turned out great. I scuffed them up real good by wet sanding them with some emery cloth until they turned a light gray color and there was no shinny spots. Then cleaned them with Dupli Color caliper cleaner, and sprayed two light coats and one medium coat of Dupli Color red caliper paint. Then I bought some white Brembo stickers off ebay and placed them on the calipers the next day.

2012-04-26_13-39-49_111.jpg

2012-04-26_14-10-38_794.jpg

2012-04-26_14-13-40_664.jpg

2012-04-26_14-10-44_293.jpg

2012-04-26_14-42-19_337.jpg

2012-04-26_14-42-37_205.jpg

2012-04-26_14-42-26_975.jpg

2012-04-26_15-30-43_74.jpg

2012-04-26_15-31-01_452.jpg

2012-04-26_15-30-51_859.jpg

2012-04-27_14-08-46_185.jpg

2012-04-27_18-34-48_574.jpg


I really love this picture :)
7137924733_0a67249f66_b.jpg
 

IGOTASTi

System Operator
Staff member
Nice work. Everything looks great.

You also need to put your STi in our garage so I can blast it all over the internet. :)
 

jswansti

New member
Really nice ride!

Are you tuned at all? With all those mods I'd think a pro-tune would be in order before something bad happens.
 
Top