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

[sjcurtis]

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

And after about 1k miles

before

after

 

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And the new exhaust after about 2k miles

Invidia>stock

 

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and the new Tomei header and Perrin DP at around 3k miles

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.

 

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I think this was at around 5k miles Grimmspeed 8 mm spacers and AMR turbo inlet

and this was done right after

Before

After

 

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Some pictures of the new wheels and the painted emblems

 

[sjcurtis]

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.

Here is the back door panels finished.

 

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Tanabe springs and my Eastwood fender roller in now I just have to find the time to work on the car.

A couple of shots of the car after the drop springs.

 

[sjcurtis]

I put my JDM third brake light in today and I think it looks awesome!! Here are some pictures

I had to cut the center part of the grill out so it will fit.

This is the back side of the bumper and you can see there are tabs already there for the wire harness.

There is a plug that you have to take out and the harness goes throught under the passenger side brake light

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.

This is the finished product.

 

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My new speaker box.

Out with the old

and in with the new

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.

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.

 

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I installed the pitch stop tonight and its alot beefier than the stock unit.

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.

 

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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.

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.

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.

I really love this picture

 

[sjcurtis]

I had my Cobb shifter knob custom engraved with the STi logo at a machine shop on there CNC

 

[IGOTASTi]

Nice work. Everything looks great.

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

 

[sjcurtis]

How do I get my car in the garage?

 

[Z1107]

You have to have a premium membership, but it is worth it. There are a lot more perks.

 

[icudruln]

Any idea what the dimensions were for the Brembo stickers you ordered, or the seller's name? I'm thinking about getting wheels/calipers powder coated over this winter.

This seller says 3.25" x 0.8":

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BREMBO-HI-T...ies&hash=item1e6ebb557e&vxp=mtr#ht_872wt_2330

 

[sjcurtis]

I will have to measure them when I get back home in the morning.

 

[HolyCrapItsFast]

This is some damn nice work!

 

[sjcurtis]

Thanks man

 

[jswansti]

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.