What have you done to your car today?

[Kiwi_Fozze]

new car is a 2007 facelift 3.0r spec b leggy wagon with SI Drive. auto (its not as bad as you'd think, the flappy paddles are fun) in a gorgeous pearl white. got a few kms on her but VERY tidy, with a wicked little boot spoiler. looking quietly for some 18s for it as dealer did what dealers do and stuck 17s on it.

so smooth and quiet.... mods are being researched, already pulled ECU Image and had a look around in it, some bits of the ecu have been defined but there is still a lot missing, no avcs adjustment yet, no speed limiter tinkering, fuel and timing only (basically) at this stage.

[sobanoodle]

Sweet, another 3.0!

Being 2007, has it got a push start button?

PS: check the intake plastic chamber just past the throttle body, these are notorious to crack along the middle groove.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

nope keystart and cheers for the heads up, will have a nosey tomorrow

[ADIKT]

 sobanoodle said:

Sweet, another 3.0!

Being 2007, has it got a push start button?

PS: check the intake plastic chamber just past the throttle body, these are notorious to crack along the middle groove.

My 09 nz new is key start also. And I am going to check for the crack now

[sobanoodle]

Afaik JDM MY07+ come with push start, from what I've seen at least.

[Andy_Mac]

Yea definately seems 07 onwards. Still like having a key in mine, always know where they are that way. Can't accidentally leave them in the house and drive off.

[ADIKT]

On my lunch break I finally got the remaining front control arm off the race car.

Now I need to find some alloy control arm cone adapters for the ball joints

[SpecB]

Got even more annoyed at the glovebox opening every time I turn right

Edited September 16, 2015 by SpecB

[Zenki]

Mine has an infuriating rattle between idle and about 1200 RPM.

I know exactly what it is but haven't decided whether to replace or remove the offending part.

[Guitar_Guy]

Heatshield?

[Zenki]

Yup. Heatshield.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

remove and heatwrap

[Marky]

Radiator sprung a leak, Neat.

Replaced with an alloy one

Now I has shiny

[megamac]

Swore at it because now it's not making any boost

[94 Leone]

Put 6 months rego on it

[Percy]

Bought a new engine for it.

Which looks like its done about half the k's of the old borken one!

[DRFVDR]

put new tires on the rx,found it has a crook fuel pump, now trying to source one,sounds like i may be able to get one from Subaru out of japan, if they have stock.

may see if there is any aftermarket ones that fit

[scratch]

Plasti dipped my bonnet scoop:

Before

After

[Zenki]

Drove it up Firenza's driveway, Outback offroading like a boss

it's actually paved but there's so many massive potholes that an unsealed road would be smoother, how does this guy get a WRX up this f****

[94 Leone]

Drove over the Rarangi/ port underwood hills (blenheim to picton via the coast/whites bay) with a couple of mates; his 2015 gsr lancer, and my STi; was definitely an awesome drive. no pictures unfortunately; but will try and nab a friends GoPro for footage next time we go over.- and about half of it is gravel.

here is the route

Edited September 20, 2015 by 94 Leone

[Guest]

Checked plugs, comp test and new intake mani gaskets. Now wiring clutch switch in then seal ecu kick panel up forever...until g4+ extreme holset dual avcs front mount holset madness starts mwahahaha. Yea right.

[boon]

Front mount Holset you say....

I really, really want to do a front high-mount turbo. I just don't know if the car would overheat continuously running a Civic triple-core half-width radiator. I know a lot of the Evo guys do it but many of them are just strip cars.

[Guest]

Holset no water cooling. Same as mhi. If gt just run seperate circuit. Would love to do it but till such a time as i can weld or i win big its not gonna happen.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

Ripped out all the factory navi shyte. Oh, and the in car DVD player, shonky reversing camera, toll booth sensor and a poor attempt at the auto light dimmer.

Turns out the auto light dimmer may well have been there for a bloody long time, as it took a chunk of dash skin with it. Fuark. Need to find some way of patching it up.

Driven about 1000kms in the last week, and issues are starting to make them selves known. Desperately needs stiffer swaybars and links, strut bracing and stiffer (lower maybe?) Springs. Front struts are a bit noisy on decompression (high speed potholes and the like) so may be looking at new / rebuild struts. They bilstein so not too bad. Slushbox fluid needs doing too.

Oil is pretty clean, but will be changing it asap, possibly next weekend. Loving driving it, so quiet and comfortable, but it wallows a bit and is begging to be tuned. Stay posted!!!!

[boon]

 kwi_fozze said:

Turns out the auto light dimmer may well have been there for a bloody long time, as it took a chunk of dash skin with it. Fuark. Need to find some way of patching it up.

Exact same thing happened with mine, except it was a jap-spec radar detector in the side of the binnacle.

Looked into various repair methods, concluded most of them suck, talked to a wrecker and I can get a whole dash skin for $120 so likely to just do that.

If it's in a small/inconspicuous area, go to a wrecker and find one that's been in a crash that has deployed the passenger side airbag (aka the dash skin is now rubbish) and get them to cut a square out of it, you'll probably get it for free/$2 or something.