Pics and Mod List

[Matthew]

I promised a few Mazda friends I would keep them updated here with some pics, etc...so being home on mid-tour I told RODSCALIP and ForceFed I would post pics etc.

Sorry for the quality of the pictures, they came out much darker than expected. Plus I didn't have my tripod with me...I will hopefully update them when I get back from Vegas on Monday.

Exterior:
- Seibon OEM CF hood w/stock OEM WRB scoop (contact me to trade your STi WRB scoop for my CF one)
- Seibon OEM CF trunk
- V-Limited replica front lip
- STi fog covers
- STi front splitters
- Pink "i" badge
- Cleared headlights
- 20% tint
- Bluebatmobile tailight covers (not here in time for pics)

Interior / Electronics:
- JVC ADV-6160 DVD/MP3 player
- (2) Earthquake 300W amps
- 6.5" MB Quart front components
- (2) Earthquake 10" subs
- Code alarm w/pager
- Autometer boost guage
- Autometer EGT guage (probe not hooked up until new exhuast is in)\
- eBay dual dash guage pod

Performance:
- Cobb AP Stage 1 (Stage 2 coming when I get back from Afghanistan, with Borla Hush and up/down pipes)

Suspension / Wheels:
- 17" Gram Lights 57S (gold)
- Prodrive springs
- Front / rear strut bars

Misc:
- Kartboy short shifter w/front & rear bushings
- Kartboy shift knob
- HKS SSQ BOV

Pictures:

http://www.ej20.us/IMG_0786.jpg

http://www.ej20.us/IMG_0787.jpg

http://www.ej20.us/IMG_0790.jpg

http://www.ej20.us/IMG_0792.jpg

[dominoy2k1]

looks good. what happens to it while you are gone?

[sandspeed]

i love the wheels they look badass, are you going to get a fmic? i love how subbies look with front mounts

[jsgolfer]

that thing sits pretty high. are the springs lower than stock at all? i like it though, clean and well done

[Matthew]

looks good. what happens to it while you are gone?it sits outside the apartment complex with the alarm sensitivity turned up, stripped down, with the cutoff mode on the ECU turned on so it cant be started...with a car cover on it, and my wife checking on it daily, starting it and running it once per month, and and wiping it down weekly. :)

[Matthew]

i love the wheels they look badass, are you going to get a fmic? i love how subbies look with front mountsprobably when I get back.

[Matthew]

that thing sits pretty high. are the springs lower than stock at all? i like it though, clean and well doneit looks like it in the pictures, but that is because i am on and around all kinds of crazy bumps, holes, dips, and tree roots where i parked it in the pictures. it doesnt sit too low, but you can definately tell it is nice and sturdy low in a normal picture on level ground.

[vcinsanity1523]

looks good man looks real good

[Matthew]

someone should find the quote where i said i wouldnt mod this car.

[MP3Architect]

you know a guy names beau at ft hood with a white sti? hes in iraq now but he lives there when he's not away

[PaulMSP1939]

Lookin good...but missing something. Needs a rear skirt or something to clean up the lines.

Go Cruicial Racing up/downpipe with that Borla hush and Cobb stage 2 (2thumbs) . That exhaust set up makes me salivate.

[RenzoMSP]

Lookin good...but missing something. Needs a rear skirt or something to clean up the lines.

Go Cruicial Racing up/downpipe with that Borla hush and Cobb stage 2 (2thumbs) . That exhaust set up makes me salivate.
Im with him on the rear skirt, but other than that it looks great.

['87 Turbo II]

I'm suprised at how much more I like the STi front without the wing out back. It looks so clean. good choice, really clean.

[xbbmazda]

car looks great

[jomoyo069]

riced out nicely..

[laracroft]

Matthew, you never cease to amaze me bub. Its a beautiful car.

On a side note, you back state-side for a while or getting deployed again when???

[warrier04]

car looks good.

the front looks really aggresive, but the rear is a little too dull. a rear lip (as mentioned) would look really nice.

and more performance mods!

[Undercover]

nice~~~~~

[L8R]

Looks good Matt.

[Matthew]

thanks guys, sorry i was in vegas for a short vacation while home on mid-tour and had no net access.

i agree everyone with something in the rear. i was supposed to buy the STi rear aprons off of RODSCALIP but he never responded, and they are impossible to find already painted, and so you end up spending like twice as much on a paint job for them as they cost. i am still working something...i might buy some STi side skirts and have everything painted at once when i get back, i havent decided yet.

Lara - i am back on mid-tour leave until this saturday, then i have to go back for another 8 months or so...

Turbo II - everyone told me to put a wing on the car and i refuse...i bought it purposely without any wing, and i dont once regret that choice.

Paul - that setup has been planned for months now. the only reason i didnt have it installed is because my wife has been moving around and i dont want her to have to drag around an entire exhaust system and three catalytic conv while i am deployed.

[RallyeRedSi]

dman i like it all it need a drop and a rear lip and it would look killer i would look even better if the hood had no scoop and had a front mount

[MIA protege]

someone should find the quote where i said i wouldnt mod this car.

i was just thinking bout that ... what happen to that idea ? lol ... looks nice

[Matthew]

it has a drop...

[bigj884]

no EMS???

mods seem pointless without EMS...do to the fact that Scoobys respond crappy to engine mods with EMS...

and if u have EMS sorry i must have missed it in ur list....

[Matthew]

Performance:
- Cobb AP Stage 1 (Stage 2 coming when I get back from Afghanistan, with Borla Hush and up/down pipes)The AccessPort is a computer with preset maps from Cobb. Much better and cheaper than almost any solution for Mazdas. You cant tune it yourself unless you pay extra for the software etc, but you dont need to...they do the tuning with certain mods...you add the mods, you download their preset maps for 91 or 93 octane...

[MP3Architect]

you know a guy names beau at ft hood with a white sti? hes in iraq now but he lives there when he's not away
bump

[mountjonas]

get the aero guards for the side skirts and rear bumper. i like the look of the sti sideskirts, but they seem to come up in the middle and you can see the body of the car underneath.

[Matthew]

bumpSorry, I don't know them. I was only at Hood for a couple weeks before I got deployed.

[Kansei]

Looks really good. That front lip, though subtle, does a lot to the overall look of the front end to me.

About the rear... needs MOAR APR CF Rear Diffuser :D
http://www.sector-gfx.com/gnv/APR/STI%20rear%20diffuser2.jpg

[Matthew]

while very nice and I considered that piece, it is entirely too much money for what you get, considering 90 percent of it will be hidden unless the camera is at the angle above. i was one of about 1000 people who said they would buy it asap if it came in painted ABS for less.

i do agree very much about the front lip.

[Kansei]

Oh I dunno how much it costs, I just know it's awesome looking. If it was just black ABS it would definitely sell more.. that's a lot of CF

[UnNaturalinc]

Looks good.