Name: Simon Current Car: MY10 Liberty GT Wagon (currently on my 3rd car, 2nd Subaru, 1st Liberty, 1st Turbo) Previous rides: Toyota 3-door RAV4 Cruiser, Subaru Outback 3.0R Interests: Snow Skiing (Colorado,Utah, Japan, NZ, local), Cycling (roadie), PC FPSs (BF3, BF4) Occupation: Finance professional working for a major Bank
Performance - driveability, cornering, stopping Tune - KiDo Racing Exhaust - HKS stainless turbo-back exhaust w/ Elegant&Sport (ES) Premium mufflers; installed by Garage88 Handling - STi pink springs, J-speed LCA bushes, Cusco front and rear swaybars, AVO heavy duty swaybar mounts; Brakes - Front and Rear BBK w/ Brembos, T3 Slotted DBA4000 rotors and Hawk Performance Ceramic pads (fronts); supplied by cruisn
Cosmetics Front - Recessed mesh grille, STi Lip Spoiler w/ phat lip extension kit, Engine bling - STi flexible tower brace, HKS hybrid panel air filter (Phat) Wheels - *new* Work Emotion T7Rs 19" x 8.5), running on Michelin Pilot Super Sports (235/40 R19) Lighting - Crystal Eye headlights |+Pics| , Valenti LED rear taillights |+Pics| , LED interior, LED parkers Rear - OEM Subaru Rear Roof Spoiler
18 months after purchase - suspension and handling upgrades, STi springs and Phats LCA bushes. Gave a 15mm drop in ride height, and could go lower, but I was happy with this for the moment.
Purchased a set of MY06/07 tbSTI Enkei Rims - a bit of gutter rash, so got them fixed up and repainted by Magman@Punchbowl. Colour code Subaru 36Y Onyx Metallic (thanks to mark/cruisn for his threads and advice)
Will post updated pics with new rims soon.....
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New wheels painted, balanced and fitted - I'm taking a little while to adjust to the new look, as this is my first time with dark coloured wheels.
Wish I had some better photos, but since sydney weather is a tad wet, I had to made do with an underground car park.
I found the flourescent lighting gave the wheels a tinge/hint of blue, so can't wait to see how they will look on a bright sunny day (I suspect it will look more towards dark gunmetal). Will take some more photos and post em up
Oh, and black mcgard nuts are on the way, as I'm not a fan of the "silver nuts and dark wheel look"
One things for sure, I'm back into 'research' mode again - as I need to get some slotted/drilled rotors behind the enkeis, plus, add a bit of 'bigger' (hint - calipers) and more distinct colours behind the wheels (black or silver, prolly silver)
<cue the comments> - "you need some brembos"
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Car looks great but to be perfectly honest I actually prefer the silver enkeis on a silver car...
no probs - I always wanted to try a 'blacked-out'/dark wheel look
The good thing is that the enkeis themselves are awesome lightweight rims, so I can redo them again (magman of course!) if I wanted a change of scenery
I do love the rim/spoke design of these enkeis, so its a set i'll be keeping for the long term (whatever the colour may be!)
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cruisn wrote:Looks hot! The Gen5 wagons IMO need a larger rear wing to balance them out....
Slotted rotors with body colored Brembo's....... Nice.
thanks mark - great minds think alike!
I've actually got a rear spoiler sitting in the garage waiting to be installed (I purchased it of youngy for a great price)... getting these wheels ready took up most of my attention
Oh, I know I have mentioned this before, but thanks for your threads and research on the rim colour (i looked at your pics, and just said.... YEP thats it)
They did come out a bit 'bluer' than I was expecting (but that was looking a them on rainy overcast day)
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took advantage of a great morning, and snapped some early pics just as sun was starting to come up
found a nice spot that luckily didnt have too many trucks parked, the downside was the relatively dirtier road to get there (which eventually find its way onto the treads, and annoying if you want to take photos)
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