debbid
10-28-2014, 04:27 PM
My daily driver is about to hit 100k miles, so I thought it would be fun to create a build thread for it.
As much as I love Miatas, I have unnatural love for Subarus. Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of getting a WRX but was disheartened knowing that they were not available in the US. When Subaru announced that they would be bringing the WRX here, I was over the moon. I told myself that I would work hard to get a white WRX Wagon as soon as possible. Finally in January of 2004, I bought a white 2004 WRX Wagon and shortly after that, the modding began.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/T-hillWRX3.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/T-hillWRX3.jpg.html)
I started taking that car to track days, tons of track days. In the two and half years I had the car, I must have done 20 tracks days on all the tracks between Reno-Fernley and Willow Springs. I absolutely loved that car. Unfortunately, it was not meant to last. In August of 2006, I totaled the car at a track day at Reno-Fernley. I'm not going to go into the details here but needless to say, it was a very sad day. It was also the day that I decided I needed a cheaper, non-daily driver to be my track car. This lead me to my first and second (current) Miata but that's for another thread.
I knew I wanted to replace my lost wagon with another WRX Wagon. So, in October of 2006, I bought a grey 2007 WRX Wagon. I told myself no track days but that didn't stop me from modding the car. I just can't leave a car alone, it's an illness. I did normal Subaru mods like suspension, tubroback exhaust, mudflaps, etc. The car was a lot of fun and a great daily driver.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Subydude-Meet-1.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Subydude-Meet-1.jpg.html)
The car stayed like this for about 6 years but eventually life brought many changes as it does. I now had my second Miata and my car mod budget was going into that. Also, I was starting to get tired of DD-ing a lowered car so I decided to get rid of my coilovers. I sold them and put the stock springs and shocks back on. And this was fine until I did my first rallycross. I now had another addiction. So now, my daily driver is a kid-hauler and rallycrosser. And lately, my friends have been referring to the car as the Battle Wagon and I've decided embrace the name haha.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Wagon/1376547_10153371519240013_2039499491_n_zps842c347c .jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Wagon/1376547_10153371519240013_2039499491_n_zps842c347c .jpg.html)
Mod List:
- King Lift Springs
- Tokico D-Spec Shocks
- Whiteline Front and Rear Sway Bars and Endlinks
- Crucial Racing Downpipe
- TurboXS Exhaust
- Cobb Accessport V2
- Primitive Racing Skid Plate and Diff Protector
- Rally Innovations Lightbar with PIAA 520 Lights
- 16x7 Sparco Terras with 215/65/16 Yokohama Geolandars
My son with his crazy hair
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Wagon/Lucasandthelift2_zpsc3c6d9dc.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Wagon/Lucasandthelift2_zpsc3c6d9dc.jpg.html)
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Wagon/1237453_10153248926960013_782224159_o_zps19b59910. jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Wagon/1237453_10153248926960013_782224159_o_zps19b59910. jpg.html)
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Subaru3019-Edit_zpsdc6b96e6.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Subaru3019-Edit_zpsdc6b96e6.jpg.html)
As much as I love Miatas, I have unnatural love for Subarus. Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of getting a WRX but was disheartened knowing that they were not available in the US. When Subaru announced that they would be bringing the WRX here, I was over the moon. I told myself that I would work hard to get a white WRX Wagon as soon as possible. Finally in January of 2004, I bought a white 2004 WRX Wagon and shortly after that, the modding began.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/T-hillWRX3.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/T-hillWRX3.jpg.html)
I started taking that car to track days, tons of track days. In the two and half years I had the car, I must have done 20 tracks days on all the tracks between Reno-Fernley and Willow Springs. I absolutely loved that car. Unfortunately, it was not meant to last. In August of 2006, I totaled the car at a track day at Reno-Fernley. I'm not going to go into the details here but needless to say, it was a very sad day. It was also the day that I decided I needed a cheaper, non-daily driver to be my track car. This lead me to my first and second (current) Miata but that's for another thread.
I knew I wanted to replace my lost wagon with another WRX Wagon. So, in October of 2006, I bought a grey 2007 WRX Wagon. I told myself no track days but that didn't stop me from modding the car. I just can't leave a car alone, it's an illness. I did normal Subaru mods like suspension, tubroback exhaust, mudflaps, etc. The car was a lot of fun and a great daily driver.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Subydude-Meet-1.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Subydude-Meet-1.jpg.html)
The car stayed like this for about 6 years but eventually life brought many changes as it does. I now had my second Miata and my car mod budget was going into that. Also, I was starting to get tired of DD-ing a lowered car so I decided to get rid of my coilovers. I sold them and put the stock springs and shocks back on. And this was fine until I did my first rallycross. I now had another addiction. So now, my daily driver is a kid-hauler and rallycrosser. And lately, my friends have been referring to the car as the Battle Wagon and I've decided embrace the name haha.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Wagon/1376547_10153371519240013_2039499491_n_zps842c347c .jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Wagon/1376547_10153371519240013_2039499491_n_zps842c347c .jpg.html)
Mod List:
- King Lift Springs
- Tokico D-Spec Shocks
- Whiteline Front and Rear Sway Bars and Endlinks
- Crucial Racing Downpipe
- TurboXS Exhaust
- Cobb Accessport V2
- Primitive Racing Skid Plate and Diff Protector
- Rally Innovations Lightbar with PIAA 520 Lights
- 16x7 Sparco Terras with 215/65/16 Yokohama Geolandars
My son with his crazy hair
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Wagon/Lucasandthelift2_zpsc3c6d9dc.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Wagon/Lucasandthelift2_zpsc3c6d9dc.jpg.html)
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Wagon/1237453_10153248926960013_782224159_o_zps19b59910. jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Wagon/1237453_10153248926960013_782224159_o_zps19b59910. jpg.html)
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/cptmonty/Subaru3019-Edit_zpsdc6b96e6.jpg (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/cptmonty/media/Subaru3019-Edit_zpsdc6b96e6.jpg.html)