New daily driver: 2004 WRX - Page 2

**goodhart** · 03-03-2009

Well, I did my first free mods to the WRX.

1. Took out the intake silencer, aka "snorkus"

I can really hear the turbo spool real loud now, as well as made the catback a little louder it seems.

2. Deleted the Subaru badge/pillar in the grille

I really like the way this looks compared to stock.

I want to clear out the headlight housings next and paint them black, as well as bebadge the trunk lid.

**Kracka** · 03-03-2009

To remove the snorkus did you have to remove the wheel well lining? When we installed Janelle's SPT intake we left it in the fender for simplicity sake, but I'd like to eventually remove it for a cleaner install.

**goodhart** · 03-04-2009

Ya, I just took the passenger wheel off, then took out a few clips for the fender lining, unbolted the snorkus, and shimmied it out of there. I didn't even take the fender lining completely off, just about halfway off. Whole thing took about maybe 20-30 mins.

**Kracka** · 03-04-2009

Cool, thanks for the info!

**goodhart** · 03-10-2009

Debadged the trunk the other day:

**Kracka** · 03-10-2009

Looks good! We wanted to debadge Janelle's trunk but the '06-07 rear emblem has pins that go through the lid.

**goodhart** · 03-10-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kracka

Looks good! We wanted to debadge Janelle's trunk but the '06-07 rear emblem has pins that go through the lid.

Ghey....like my last 3 cars before this were the same way other than the DSM.

**goodhart** · 03-11-2009

Well I got a bezel for my new Prosport green/white boost gauge.

Pic of the gauge and gauge blank in the bezal.

I'll post up some more pictures tonight once its installed.

A//// Guy · 03-11-2009

Looks good! It feels nice to mod a new car doesn't it?

Im getting the itch to throw my exhaust on now haha.

**Kracka** · 03-11-2009

That bezel looks nice, I will have to show that to Janelle. How much was it?

niterydr · 03-11-2009

I like that gauge bezel.

**Shane@DBPerformance** · 03-11-2009

I had one like that for my 2G, but you couldn't actually put any normal gauges in it without them hitting the factory cluster. I think I tried to give it to Janna to try in her 2G auto, but it might not have worked with hers either.

**asshanson** · 03-11-2009

I have one like that in my 2g, I really like it.

**goodhart** · 03-11-2009

Well thanks to 95tsi, we got the boost gauge all wrapped up and it works great!

Fitment on the bezel wasn't exactly perfect, but its still darn nice.

Lights on its green, lights off its white.

Day time:

Pics ain't perfect as there are from my phone, but the flash on my digital camera was messing up the pictures.

**goodhart** · 03-11-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by A//// Guy

Looks good! It feels nice to mod a new car doesn't it?

Im getting the itch to throw my exhaust on now haha.

It feels good to mod a newer car, before this I've never owner a car newer than a 97.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kracka

That bezel looks nice, I will have to show that to Janelle. How much was it?

Well I probably overpaid for it, but I got it for $79.00 on fastwrx.com

**goodhart** · 03-22-2009

Well I put my summer wheels on the WRX yesterday...

Also picked this SPT intake up for pretty cheap from a friend in St. Cloud too... I haven't put the heat shield on yet, it was missing some nuts and washers. Please excuse the dirty ass engine bay as well, it got pretty nasty after that rain on friday.