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G'day,

Thought I'd put up a quick profile (thanks particularly due to Sym's Gen V quick profile search thread which is a great idea!)


MY12 Auto GT Wagon - Ex-Demo from a Subaru dealership up in QLD - They had the rims painted to match the STi Lip and Un-painted Grill and Roof Spoiler. Came with towbar, floor mats and boot mat.

Car was purchased over the phone on a Monday, by Friday that week when I had to fly up to drive it down to Sydney I had already made two purchases....

Purchase 1:

STi 18x8" +53 Enkei's. I was never sold on the stockies painted black... so I hit Yahoo Auctions, not much luck and STi wheels seemed expensive... thought while I was looking I'd check out Upgarage and before I could even think about it, an email had been sent to my mate in Japan to buy and then EMS them out to me.

Purchase 2:

The standard mufflers and tips look terrible... saw these on Ebay (I'm sure most of you Gen V guys did as well), as I'm new to the whole Subaru thing, I thought they were pretty well priced and I couldn't have got new ones much cheaper direct from Japan. They look great and give the car a slight note - win.

This is how it sits now (Front windows have been tinted recently). It is sitting a little lower thanks to some STi springs and is also sporting an STi Strut Brace under the hood - purchased and installed @ Garage88.

Not much planned for the future.. maybe a flash tune.... will get 235/45 tires when the time comes ... but overall quite happy with what I have for the moment.

Hopefully I can get out to a meet sometime to meet you guys!

Cheers,

Gav.

Very nice!

Yeah dealership tried to sell me painted rims as well. What did you pay for the Enkies if you don't mind me asking?

Welcome Gav! Very nice, looks great and off to a good start with the mods already I see!

Welcome Gav... cars looking great so far

Good to see my subtle prodding had an effect

What brand is the exhaust?

Going to organise another meet shortly (likely end May) so keep an eye out

Bennoz wrote:Very nice!

Yeah dealership tried to sell me painted rims as well. What did you pay for the Enkies if you don't mind me asking?

The Enkei's were either 80,000JPY or 85,000JPY (as is, no tires) and because I wanted them asap, I forked out for 2x 20KG EMS parcels @ 25,000JPY so I guess close to $1,400AUD landed.

satogixxer wrote:Welcome Gav! Very nice, looks great and off to a good start with the mods already I see!

Thanks mate

SYM wrote:Welcome Gav... cars looking great so far

Good to see my subtle prodding had an effect

What brand is the exhaust?

Going to organise another meet shortly (likely end May) so keep an eye out

Np's SYM! - Mufflers are 'Apexi HYBRID MEGAPHONE Evolution' units - old mate John Chang has put up a vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqKSslc7DXE
Nice and quiet unless your in a garage reving it out

A meet sounds good, will keep an eye out.

Cheers

Welcome Gav, nice mods so far! I do recommend Kido (Matt) for a tune. He's tuned most of the Gen 5s on here, works wonders, even on n/a 2.5s! Good to see more Gen 5 owners on this forum.