Don't bother. Save up a few grand, sell RX and buy wrx. 1 sold for $6k today and another is advertised for $6.5K...

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JDM version 3 STi RA

im going to jump on the band wagon and say 'dont mod rx and save and by wrx then mod' so ill be the 6th or 7th person to repeat the same reply

Sometimes i get in over my head, i just wanted to do some work on my car and have fun but that takes money and i forget that quite often

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broken wannabe racecar
Wagon daily that has replaced said broken wannabe racecar

Personally.
I had the same dilemma a couple of years ago in my rs.
No point in chasing power in an N/A as everyone else has said.

Personally, cap your spending on the rx at $1k.
That will get you rear swaybar, springs & a decent set of pads + fluid. Also youll only need a 2 1/4 inch system for exhaust. That will give it some poke n burble.

These alone will transform the car into a fun car to scoot around in, plus it will look and sound good.

Dont be to focused on a wrx just yet, learn to drive the pants off this thing first then when you add some hp to the equation later on, youll have:
a. An appreciation of how quick it actually is.
b. youll know what & how to drive the car :-)

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350NM of CVT Goodness
Pit Crew, shit talker.

Buy a Jap half cut. Sti motor will be better then a $6k Wrx

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$6k WRX has the supporting suspension/brake mods to handle the power though. Wouldn't trust a STI engine with RX gear stopping/turning you.

I dont agree with that. GC8's are getting on in age - finding a good clean unfucked cut is getting hard. My guy in Japan (not jws) said they are getting thin on the ground - Canadians and Americans love them to convert their non turbo 2 door RS's.

A normal WRX cut is still just a 205 as well. Sti cut = more dollars.

Another one on the do not mod a RX train.

Those mods listed are probably 3-4k worth.

Your car is worth what... 3-4k?

6-8k will get you a

-RS Lib or converted Lib with fruit (suspension at the least, probably 4 pots etc) - for reference see what my old RS had when it sold to lachlan - full of really good bits - rims, 4k worth of suspension, sti seats, boost controller, exhaust, intake etc etc etc, and was in really good condition.

-A GC8 needing love, but you have a RX which needs paint love anyhow so you are no worse off.

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Looks like i will just have to plod along in my little n/a car until i get the beastly wrx
My new mod list
Tint
New wheels
Rear swaybar

That should keep me happy didn't realise how much all of the stuff i wanted to do would cost, anyways thanks for all the advice guys

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broken wannabe racecar
Wagon daily that has replaced said broken wannabe racecar

Having modded an RX, it becomes an endless money pit - I'll join the chorus above.

Glad to see everyone has knocked some sense into you. Didn't want to see you do the same thing as your bro...