Nico's 3RB wagon...
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:49 pmHey all,
Seeing that I've finally gotten around to doing some mods that I've been thinking about for a long time now, I thought I might create a thread to show them off
Some of you may remember me as the guy who had a 2 month battle with Subaru Aust. mid last year after my big end bearing went (3 months out of warranty). To recap, I ended up getting a new short block & reco'd heads courtesy of SA & chipped in $1800 myself toward the labour. I'd always been a Subaru fan, but this experience made me seriously considered pissing the car off. In the end I decised to keep it & in hindsight I've very glad I did as I really love this car & with less than 10 000k's on the new engine it must be one of the best 3RB's (mechanically) going round (though i bet that will spur some debate)
So I'd always had in mind a few subtle mods, but felt that the 3RB is a real drivers car out of the box, so didn't want to jepardise the clean, crisp factory look & feel. I therefore wanted to keep any moldification OEM (Subaru / STi).
Year: MY07
Model: 3.0R Spec B 6mt
Colour: Satin pearl white (I think that's what it's called)
Modifications:
MY08 STi grille (aka JDM grille) - c/o Local Subaru parts department
WRX Club Spec 9 wheels (aka JDM Spec B wheels)- Thanks Mark (aka cruisn). Some might consider these wheels a step back as they were only released on the MY06 (or 07?) WRX CS9 in Australia, but I think they're sexy & look great on Libs.
STi Quad mufflers - Ebay
Fluffy dice
The mods are very minor compared to some other members cars, but I'm pretty hapy with how the car's looking at this stage & might even go as far to say that this is how Subaru should have sold them new Only future mods I'm considering at this stage is an STi front lip. I did consider STi pinks, but the better half things "the ride's very bumpy" already - gotta love those Bilsteins 
Look forward to catching up with some other Sydney members soon!
Let me know what ya think...
front by nickh1976, on Flickr
Rear by nickh1976, on Flickr
Wheel by nickh1976, on Flickr
Seeing that I've finally gotten around to doing some mods that I've been thinking about for a long time now, I thought I might create a thread to show them off
Some of you may remember me as the guy who had a 2 month battle with Subaru Aust. mid last year after my big end bearing went (3 months out of warranty). To recap, I ended up getting a new short block & reco'd heads courtesy of SA & chipped in $1800 myself toward the labour. I'd always been a Subaru fan, but this experience made me seriously considered pissing the car off. In the end I decised to keep it & in hindsight I've very glad I did as I really love this car & with less than 10 000k's on the new engine it must be one of the best 3RB's (mechanically) going round (though i bet that will spur some debate)
So I'd always had in mind a few subtle mods, but felt that the 3RB is a real drivers car out of the box, so didn't want to jepardise the clean, crisp factory look & feel. I therefore wanted to keep any moldification OEM (Subaru / STi).
Year: MY07
Model: 3.0R Spec B 6mt
Colour: Satin pearl white (I think that's what it's called)
Modifications:
MY08 STi grille (aka JDM grille) - c/o Local Subaru parts department
WRX Club Spec 9 wheels (aka JDM Spec B wheels)- Thanks Mark (aka cruisn). Some might consider these wheels a step back as they were only released on the MY06 (or 07?) WRX CS9 in Australia, but I think they're sexy & look great on Libs.
STi Quad mufflers - Ebay
Fluffy dice
The mods are very minor compared to some other members cars, but I'm pretty hapy with how the car's looking at this stage & might even go as far to say that this is how Subaru should have sold them new
Only future mods I'm considering at this stage is an STi front lip. I did consider STi pinks, but the better half things "the ride's very bumpy" already - gotta love those Bilsteins Look forward to catching up with some other Sydney members soon!
Let me know what ya think...
front by nickh1976, on Flickr
Rear by nickh1976, on Flickr
Wheel by nickh1976, on Flickr