I was around here for a while, went on hiatus and now have been coming back and fourth finding some time to wiggle my way back in. Now that i'm waiting for parts and browsing the webs for stuff I thought I'd reintroduce myself

It's been an interesting few years for me. Some good but a decent chunk of it was... bizarre, to say the least... but without going into too detail, one of the good things is I'm able to properly reconnect with cars again.

I had my bug on the market a few months ago secretly hoping it wasn't going to sell, because it was the one thing I still enjoyed - hopping in the car and just driving! I somewhat did need it gone though as a recent work trip to Melbourne didn't work out for me.

Here's the car from back it it's "prime".



About 4 months ago my radiator popped and my K-Sports caved in. I was a little bummed out about it, more so about the coilovers going. I did my head in for a while wondering what to do with it and after some deliberation I figured this would be the best thing to take my mind off a few things. So a blessing in disguise perhaps?

I had the radiator but thought I'd check out what I needed and get those, along with some other goodies.

First to arrive was the Mishimoto front mount kit. This thing is pretty fantastic. It came with literally everything, new intake and a new crash bar which is awesome. I also had new headlights so the whole car looks a bit cleaner too. They're basically identical to the stock ones but are black inside



To compliment this I got a new VF34, GrimmSpeed up pipe, STi injectors, Tomei Turbo inlet pipe (as the stock one shat itself - still waiting for that though).

Up pipe comparison




Everything has been pretty good to instal, aside from the injectors and spark plugs (which was to be expected).

I got my new coilovers the other day. I opted for Tein FlexZ's which sounded like they'd be pretty good. While waiting for some stuff to arrive I looked around and got a set of Falken Azenis RT615k's @ 225/40/18. Wasn't the size I was after but there's not much difference in width compared to the RE002's I have now and I got them at a pretty decent price so thought I'd grab them.



not my photo but these are pretty much it


The car is up on jacks at the moment just chillin's so thought I'd show the progress of it. I'm itching to get back out on the road! It's been ages since i've been to a Colin McRae cruise - or any p-wrx gig for that fact!

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