|
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
02-24-2021, 01:36 PM | #1 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
I Like Subarus // 2005 STi Revival
Long time listener, first time caller here.
I am back in another Subaru. This time, back into a proper GD STi. I picked up this OBP locally in DFW for a steal but it is a bit rough around the edges. I have plans to restore and build this car into everything I wanted back in the early aughts. I have a parts delivery coming any minute now which will be the first step in sorting out this build. Nothing crazy is coming (except maybe the wheels...) so don't expect to see any flares, wide bodies, or anything of that nature. First, a bit of history... It all started in 2005 with this beautiful PSM that I should've never sold: I sold this back in 2013 when I had the desire to move on to other platforms and get the mullet wagon experience. Said mullet wagon: Nostalgia struck and I purchased a brand new 2017 STi. Here she is right before I sold her: Now, that car didn't last too long because the fuzzies wore off quickly. I knew I eventually wanted another Subaru but it had to be a GD chassis. A friend of a friend was selling his extremely clean bugeye, and I had to have it: Then, one day, while minding my own business a friend text me a link to a FB posting with a cheap, clean-titled, OBP STi. I didn't mean to buy it... but it happened. With the others: More to come.
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
|
02-25-2021, 03:17 PM | #2 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
Parts are starting to roll in...
|
02-25-2021, 04:39 PM | #3 |
Subtly Outspoken
Moderator Member#: 238
Join Date: Sep 1999
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Vehicle:OG05 STi 51E |
Awesome... another Blob Saved ..need any help LMK
Bill |
02-25-2021, 05:20 PM | #4 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
thanks, Bill!
|
02-26-2021, 02:04 AM | #5 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 110078
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Long Island N.Y.
Vehicle:02 Bugeye JDM STi OBP BLACK |
Subscribing, thanks for shearing.
|
02-27-2021, 12:07 PM | #6 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 164302
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Arizona
Vehicle:11 20 STi, 11 STi 21 WRX, 02 WRX |
Nice looking parts list so far! Loved your red STi and yeah I can see why you miss your GD chassis PSM, also a beauty.
|
03-01-2021, 06:01 PM | #7 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
|
03-04-2021, 10:42 PM | #8 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
Preview...
|
03-04-2021, 11:55 PM | #9 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 28976
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: ANE Where
Vehicle:2016 Step 2 Push Buggy GT |
Interesting color
|
03-05-2021, 01:51 AM | #10 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 110078
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Long Island N.Y.
Vehicle:02 Bugeye JDM STi OBP BLACK |
It’s a John Deere
|
03-05-2021, 10:42 AM | #11 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 34361
Join Date: Mar 2003
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: MI
Vehicle:04.7 STI WRB IG @got2boostit2 |
What's going to happen here? What's in some of the unmarked boxes? Asking for a friend?
|
03-05-2021, 04:18 PM | #12 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
It's not for everyone, but it gives me the 'feels'.
Ultimately, albeit relatively slowly, it's being brought back up to proper condition. A trip to the body shop is on the list sometime between now and summer. Til then, i'll be going through it mechanically to replace worn out items and adding modifications along the way. |
03-05-2021, 04:49 PM | #13 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 108667
Join Date: Feb 2006
Chapter/Region:
MAIC
|
Very nice!
|
03-07-2021, 05:23 PM | #14 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 450808
Join Date: Jul 2016
Chapter/Region:
SCIC
Location: Anaheim
Vehicle:2017 WRX Premium WR Blue Pearl |
Nice rides. You say its a little rough, but it still looks to be in better shape than most of the clapped-out GD chassis I see around here
Out of curiosity what didn't you like about the 2017? Just not visceral/raw-feeling enough like the GD was? |
03-07-2021, 08:21 PM | #15 | |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
Thanks!
Quote:
It was hard not to just order up the full voltex wide body aero package. Yeah, the newer ones are a bit more refined. Don't get me wrong, they're nice, comfortable and upgraded over the GD chassis, but I wanted that raw experience again. Most of the cars I gravitate towards have that feeling. C6 Z06, 370, GD chassis are all more or less driver's cars. |
|
03-07-2021, 08:42 PM | #16 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
Parts haul:
Some OE pieces: fog light covers, fender trim, splitters (not pictured), trunk badge for the wingless trunk, and floor mats. Couldn't find blue mats Aaaaaaaand, the other stuff: |
03-07-2021, 11:32 PM | #17 |
Subtly Outspoken
Moderator Member#: 238
Join Date: Sep 1999
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Vehicle:OG05 STi 51E |
Ha ... I know that parts pile feeling.. have a couple of piles myself.. LOL. Awesome.. mine is getting some love next weekend I think. then.. Enjoy the hell out of it. as should you
Bill |
03-09-2021, 09:47 AM | #18 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 61874
Join Date: May 2004
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
|
Solid moves man!
|
03-09-2021, 11:12 AM | #19 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
|
03-09-2021, 11:14 AM | #20 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 61874
Join Date: May 2004
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
|
|
03-13-2021, 01:18 PM | #21 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 180155
Join Date: May 2008
Chapter/Region:
NWIC
Location: washington
Vehicle:05 Jdm Sti 2.0 PSM |
Awesome to see, I have a 05 Psm sti and excited to see the build
|
03-14-2021, 04:31 AM | #22 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 425609
Join Date: Jul 2015
Chapter/Region:
International
Location: New Zealand
|
Oooh, what a deal on this one, and I'm liking where you're heading with it!
|
03-14-2021, 05:07 PM | #23 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
Thanks! I wish I could've found one in PSM.
Thanks! Hopefully have a good update here in the next couple of weeks. |
04-06-2021, 01:56 PM | #24 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 88361
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
TXIC
Location: Las Colinas
Vehicle:2013 Zentorno |
A fun update; I'll let the picture do the talking
|
04-06-2021, 04:23 PM | #25 |
Subtly Outspoken
Moderator Member#: 238
Join Date: Sep 1999
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Vehicle:OG05 STi 51E |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|