I need ideas - The more people dish out the better. At the end of the day its hard earned money which I'm not going to give away easily without a valid reason.

I probably won't listen to most of you anyway, being the stubborn type

Seriously, keep the ideas coming. They are opening up some new paths, and the more one knows, the easier the other decisions will come.

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lucas, sorry champ, we have never met and have to be so inpersonal but here is my advice to you. ive done things to my wrx others only dream off and i can honestly say in the end its not worth it. if you really want to stand out from the crowd, trade in that sti of yours, make up the money difference on what you wanted to spend on mods and get yourself a real car that doesn't need anything done to it. I think after 10 years of wrx ownership and modifying ive finally woken up to this.

Where's the fun in that??

I don't think I'd be happy with a car that "doesn't need anything done to it".

Hell, even if I owned a car of my dreams like a Gallardo Superleggera, I'd still do mods to it!!

fun!? whats more fun, lappin in that Superleggera anytime you wish or having a car that's usually, for the most part off the road or riddled with reliability problems! adventure world for the brave my friend!

an exhaust would be my bet...

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I'm a jockey kunts...

Yes you have woken up to this and yet you still keep going.. I have done the same but i JUST cant seem to stop..

Its an addition that is very hard to shake..

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i admit ive got a massive addiction problem and it is breaking me hard both financially and emotionally. i just like to warn people from falling into a similar scenario as mine and others over the years. you tino especially can appreciate just how difficult and painful it is to build cars like these yet the rewards are measured in fractions of time. you may become the forums most talked about guy for a week and bathe in your 15 minutes of noturiety but after that, when a week later the engine suffers a bad leak down test and your left with shattered dreams and a very empty wallet! your sleeves rolled down and your hoodie over your head hanging very low.

The problem ramon is THESE forums and all the rest of them. The only way u can give the addition up is not to be connected to the internet. And that is an essential part of everyones life these days.. I blame the WWW for my problems, i wonder if i can sue them...

But yes i appreciate it (and ive already been in that position) and have thought about selling the car many many times only to be drawn back in again (with this little birdy calling in my ear "your so close to finishing dont stop now")....

some people like the attention and i must admit it does spur u on but i enjoy the speed part of the equation and the satisifaction that i achieved something different from the norm...

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that fuckin bird! he flys over my shoulder everyday too! more crow than birdie though! "CAR CAR CAR"

look i don't regret anything i have ever done and i do what i do for all the reason you yourself speak off. i personally want to build the best wrx that there has ever been....well at least in my eyes.

i don't think the internet is the problem though, its the friendships you garnish because of it, forever egging you on and on for more and more! that's the pure evil there! and what's a bit of friendly rivalry to really get things moving!

again to lucas, just be careful, a turbo upgrade and the other mods your contemplating will lead you down this very path we are speaking off! don't be scared, but at least be warned of what to expect!

crows and empty wallets!

Thanks Ramon - I understand this. From a small hobby, I am getting dragged down this path and it is an addiction.

Just to clarify though, its not for anyone else, not for credit of any sort and definately not for a status. It's for me and what I want to get out of the car. Initially I had hesitated about putting up my dyno plot following the last round of mods, but at the end of the day, if it has helped one person in making choices for their own car, then I am happy.

What I do and what I hope to achieve out of the car is my own business and for my own personal reasons, not for the sake of being known as the fastest, the most expensive or the best looking sti in Perth, because frankly, I'm nowhere near the top and don't plan to be.

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