2018 WRX Limited CWP build thread.

96JZA · 04-03-2020, 03:20 PM

So, I figured I'd start a build thread on my car. Bought it way back in September 2017 brand new and it slowly began to make progress. I should've started this thread back when I first got the car but never thought of it and I didn't document a lot of my earlier work on the car well so bare with it.
This was my WRX to modify and I'm coming years of working on Hondas and Toyotas into a new (to me) field and I wanted to take my time to learn the car driving wise and learn what to do and not to do for maintenance & modifications. I bought the car after a couple of attempts to buy a couple of Civic Type Rs flopped (at the time they were being marked up beyond belief) and I didn't feel like waiting to order an '18 STI. I kinda settled for the '18 WRX Limited but over time I began to not regret the purchase. My orginial intentions for this car was to just daily it, leave it stock, then trade it for the next gen STI by the time it was paid off. I've since tossed that plan into the trash and diving head on into this car's progress. I've done quite a bit of tasteful modifications to it and I was always one of those quality>quantity people.

First few images are from day of purchase. Car came with the STI short shifter and leather shift knob.
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 03:41 PM

July-September 2018
Within a year I had began to do some stuff to the car. First mods were an Invidia R400 cat back, ACT HD Street clutch & flywheel (the first couple batches of 2018 WRXs apparently had the same TOB issues as the '15-'17s apparently), Perrin shifter stop, Torque Solution shifter bushing, OEM optional Kicker speakers, and some minor interior changes. At this point there was about 27k miles on the car after a year.
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 03:50 PM

November 2018-January 2019
The car really began to change late in 2018. That was when I decided to forget the original future plan of trading it for the next gen STI and began to do quite a bit more to the car.
Started off by ordering some minor cosmetic stuff like HT Autos rear spats & side skirt extensions, adding on the grille pinstripe, debadging, and ordered a set of HKS Hipermax IV-SP coilovers and Cusco rear lower control arms right before Thanksgiving '18. Shortly after I bought the wheels I wanted on the car for the longest time in Gram Lights 57DR in Eternal Blue Pearl with a set of Michelin Pilot Super Sports to wrap around them. I also though it was nice to tint my headlights while it was 20 degrees outside, that didn't go well lol.
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 03:54 PM

In December the car had more minor cosmetic stuff done to it. I added a Bayson R CS front lip, APR canards, SubiSpeed tail lights, STI carbon trunk trim, Rally Armor mud flaps (mainly because the Super Sports held onto everything they touched), Hella horns to be just like every other WRX, and changed out the badges. Car was still pretty basic and but was quickly changing.
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 04:01 PM

January 2019-March 2019
Found a modified set of SubiSpeed V1 headlights that worked on the '18+ Limited steering adaptive headlight system. The guy wanted to trade headlights and I did and I haven't looked back since I was lusting over these lights since I got the car. Shortly after, I found the exact style Seibon carbon fiber hood I was wanting for my car after it popped up for sale local to me. I wasted no time on either of them.

96JZA · 04-03-2020, 04:14 PM

Around April I finally got tint done for this car. 35% sides & rear, 40% entire windshield.
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 04:49 PM

August 2019
Towards the end of summer I decided to lower the car more and did some brake upgrades.
StopTech slotted rotors, GoodRidge Hawk HPS pads, Motul fluid. Along with a slightly updated interior shot from last summer. Decided to hook up my AP, put the AP mount in, and changed up my AC knobs to red ones.
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 04:51 PM

Also attaching on some other parts I've bought over time and never listed. IAG AOS, Invidia catless J pipe, GrimmSpeed EBCS, Cobb AP & intake, PRL TGV/EGR deletes, GrimmSpeed lightweight battery kit, Perrin pitch stop mount & radiator shroud, SPT oil cap & battery tie down. There's still a lot of parts I need to get and most of them have yet to be installed since I wanna do it all at once.
Still needing to grab an ETS FMIC, BRZ manifold, Killer B EWG headers, Tial wastegates, flex fuel and AEM pump, FP Blue turbo, and some other minor engine mods.
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 04:55 PM

The car was rear ended in October 2019 and took on some pretty decent damage to the right rear quarterpanel. As a send off to the bumper I decided to let a few people sign the bumper over the course of 3-4 months and found some light out of a bad situation. Ordered a ChargeSpeed rear bumper and was waiting for a bit for it to be made and shipped and to find a body shop around B'ham that was willing to paint it and repair the damage to my car (was not fun or easy since most shops in AL will look at a WRX as a "high end sports car" lol)
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 04:59 PM

And as of April 3rd, 2020. The car will be going into the body shop finally for the new ChargeSpeed rear bumper to be painted and installed and the rear quarter to be repaired. Coronavirus pandemic set me back a bit longer on this part as the shop the bumper was having some fiberglass touched up at was closed for a couple weeks because their fiberglass guy had caught COVID. The SubiSpeed tail lights were also taken off as an unrelated incident between family caused the driver side to be smashed by "accident". They've since been replaced by the new Buddy Club tails and I'll have updated pics after the car returns from the body shop in a week or so!
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96JZA · 04-03-2020, 05:04 PM

Also forgot to add in the last post. The car has hit 60k miles in just over 2 1/2 years of ownership (had 14 on it when I bought it new) and will be doing full Motul gear fluid change and NGK plugs once the car is back from the body shop.

Ch1noG · 04-06-2020, 10:12 AM

Nice build man.. I’m 2 1/2 years into my car and just passed 48K glad I’m not the only one with high miles..

96JZA · 04-09-2020, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ch1noG

Nice build man.. I’m 2 1/2 years into my car and just passed 48K glad I’m not the only one with high miles..

I just hit 60k last week. Car's in the body shop right now getting the new bumper painted and installed finally and doing plugs shortly after I get it back.

Ch1noG · 04-09-2020, 03:19 PM

Nice!! Hopefully it comes back soon. I know you’re probably going through withdrawals right now from not driving it, lol..

96JZA · 04-11-2020, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ch1noG

Nice!! Hopefully it comes back soon. I know you’re probably going through withdrawals right now from not driving it, lol..

Another week of withdrawals lmao. Actually talked to a buddy of mine a couple days ago and once it's back I'm buying my old HT Autos side skirts off of him haha. Follow the Instagram tho my dude, @thatwhiterex.

Ch1noG · 04-15-2020, 01:07 PM

So is this the week you get the car back? I gave you a follow on IG, I’m @ch1no_g

96JZA · 04-20-2020, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ch1noG

So is this the week you get the car back? I gave you a follow on IG, I’m @ch1no_g

It's still there. It should be back between Monday-Wednesday. Once it's back expect my IG story and this thread to get flooded with pics lmao.

96JZA · 04-23-2020, 12:26 AM

Car has now returned from the body shop. Came out better than I expected. Installing and wiring up the lights in a few days or so.
Also put my SubiSpeed gurney flap back on and I've had the new Buddy Club tail lights on for about a month now.
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96JZA · 05-09-2020, 03:07 AM

Well, sad news. My 2018 WRX was totaled Thursday afternoon by a lady who ran a red light. Glad I'm somewhat okay, but still hurt emotionally big time. It was a fun car hands down, now I'm waiting to bounce back and hopefully gonna get another Subaru next. Keeping my options open for right now and not rushing it.
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Chooten · 05-13-2020, 12:11 PM

Oof, was not expecting that! Hope you're alright bruv!

murrdogg24 · 05-13-2020, 06:06 PM

Holy sheet man glad ur ok, stupid hoe was probably on her phone i bet..

CoronaWRX · 05-13-2020, 07:42 PM

Glad to hear your ok!

Ch1noG · 05-13-2020, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by murrdogg24

Holy sheet man glad ur ok, stupid hoe was probably on her phone i bet..

Why she gotta be a hoe? I’m sure she’s a successful self employed entertaining entrepreneur..

SkrubbinBubb1es · 05-13-2020, 09:22 PM

Wow man that is insane!

96JZA · 11-09-2020, 12:47 AM

Well after dealing with a few things regarding the crash over the last few months and hunting down a new replacement I snagged a Lapis Blue Pearl 2019 Base a few days ago.
Previous owner already did a few mods that I'll be getting rid of and some I'll be keeping. Feels nice to finally have another one and looking forward to doing this one better than my old one.
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04-03-2020, 03:20 PM	#1
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	2018 WRX Limited CWP build thread. So, I figured I'd start a build thread on my car. Bought it way back in September 2017 brand new and it slowly began to make progress. I should've started this thread back when I first got the car but never thought of it and I didn't document a lot of my earlier work on the car well so bare with it. This was my WRX to modify and I'm coming years of working on Hondas and Toyotas into a new (to me) field and I wanted to take my time to learn the car driving wise and learn what to do and not to do for maintenance & modifications. I bought the car after a couple of attempts to buy a couple of Civic Type Rs flopped (at the time they were being marked up beyond belief) and I didn't feel like waiting to order an '18 STI. I kinda settled for the '18 WRX Limited but over time I began to not regret the purchase. My orginial intentions for this car was to just daily it, leave it stock, then trade it for the next gen STI by the time it was paid off. I've since tossed that plan into the trash and diving head on into this car's progress. I've done quite a bit of tasteful modifications to it and I was always one of those quality>quantity people. First few images are from day of purchase. Car came with the STI short shifter and leather shift knob. [IMG] [/IMG] * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

04-03-2020, 04:14 PM	#6
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	Around April I finally got tint done for this car. 35% sides & rear, 40% entire windshield. [IMG][/IMG]

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04-03-2020, 03:41 PM	#2
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	July-September 2018 Within a year I had began to do some stuff to the car. First mods were an Invidia R400 cat back, ACT HD Street clutch & flywheel (the first couple batches of 2018 WRXs apparently had the same TOB issues as the '15-'17s apparently), Perrin shifter stop, Torque Solution shifter bushing, OEM optional Kicker speakers, and some minor interior changes. At this point there was about 27k miles on the car after a year. [IMG] [/IMG]

04-03-2020, 03:50 PM	#3
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	November 2018-January 2019 The car really began to change late in 2018. That was when I decided to forget the original future plan of trading it for the next gen STI and began to do quite a bit more to the car. Started off by ordering some minor cosmetic stuff like HT Autos rear spats & side skirt extensions, adding on the grille pinstripe, debadging, and ordered a set of HKS Hipermax IV-SP coilovers and Cusco rear lower control arms right before Thanksgiving '18. Shortly after I bought the wheels I wanted on the car for the longest time in Gram Lights 57DR in Eternal Blue Pearl with a set of Michelin Pilot Super Sports to wrap around them. I also though it was nice to tint my headlights while it was 20 degrees outside, that didn't go well lol. [IMG] [/IMG]

04-03-2020, 03:54 PM	#4
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	In December the car had more minor cosmetic stuff done to it. I added a Bayson R CS front lip, APR canards, SubiSpeed tail lights, STI carbon trunk trim, Rally Armor mud flaps (mainly because the Super Sports held onto everything they touched), Hella horns to be just like every other WRX, and changed out the badges. Car was still pretty basic and but was quickly changing. [IMG] [/IMG]

04-03-2020, 04:01 PM	#5
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	January 2019-March 2019 Found a modified set of SubiSpeed V1 headlights that worked on the '18+ Limited steering adaptive headlight system. The guy wanted to trade headlights and I did and I haven't looked back since I was lusting over these lights since I got the car. Shortly after, I found the exact style Seibon carbon fiber hood I was wanting for my car after it popped up for sale local to me. I wasted no time on either of them.

04-03-2020, 04:49 PM	#7
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	August 2019 Towards the end of summer I decided to lower the car more and did some brake upgrades. StopTech slotted rotors, GoodRidge Hawk HPS pads, Motul fluid. Along with a slightly updated interior shot from last summer. Decided to hook up my AP, put the AP mount in, and changed up my AC knobs to red ones. [IMG] [/IMG]

04-03-2020, 04:51 PM	#8
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	Also attaching on some other parts I've bought over time and never listed. IAG AOS, Invidia catless J pipe, GrimmSpeed EBCS, Cobb AP & intake, PRL TGV/EGR deletes, GrimmSpeed lightweight battery kit, Perrin pitch stop mount & radiator shroud, SPT oil cap & battery tie down. There's still a lot of parts I need to get and most of them have yet to be installed since I wanna do it all at once. Still needing to grab an ETS FMIC, BRZ manifold, Killer B EWG headers, Tial wastegates, flex fuel and AEM pump, FP Blue turbo, and some other minor engine mods. [IMG] [/IMG]

04-03-2020, 04:55 PM	#9
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	The car was rear ended in October 2019 and took on some pretty decent damage to the right rear quarterpanel. As a send off to the bumper I decided to let a few people sign the bumper over the course of 3-4 months and found some light out of a bad situation. Ordered a ChargeSpeed rear bumper and was waiting for a bit for it to be made and shipped and to find a body shop around B'ham that was willing to paint it and repair the damage to my car (was not fun or easy since most shops in AL will look at a WRX as a "high end sports car" lol) [IMG] [/IMG]

04-03-2020, 04:59 PM	#10
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	And as of April 3rd, 2020. The car will be going into the body shop finally for the new ChargeSpeed rear bumper to be painted and installed and the rear quarter to be repaired. Coronavirus pandemic set me back a bit longer on this part as the shop the bumper was having some fiberglass touched up at was closed for a couple weeks because their fiberglass guy had caught COVID. The SubiSpeed tail lights were also taken off as an unrelated incident between family caused the driver side to be smashed by "accident". They've since been replaced by the new Buddy Club tails and I'll have updated pics after the car returns from the body shop in a week or so! [IMG] [/IMG]

04-03-2020, 05:04 PM	#11
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	Also forgot to add in the last post. The car has hit 60k miles in just over 2 1/2 years of ownership (had 14 on it when I bought it new) and will be doing full Motul gear fluid change and NGK plugs once the car is back from the body shop.

04-06-2020, 10:12 AM	#12
Ch1noG Scooby Newbie Member#: 467036 Join Date: May 2017	Nice build man.. I’m 2 1/2 years into my car and just passed 48K glad I’m not the only one with high miles..

04-09-2020, 03:19 PM	#14
Ch1noG Scooby Newbie Member#: 467036 Join Date: May 2017	Nice!! Hopefully it comes back soon. I know you’re probably going through withdrawals right now from not driving it, lol..

04-15-2020, 01:07 PM	#16
Ch1noG Scooby Newbie Member#: 467036 Join Date: May 2017	So is this the week you get the car back? I gave you a follow on IG, I’m @ch1no_g

04-23-2020, 12:26 AM	#18
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	Car has now returned from the body shop. Came out better than I expected. Installing and wiring up the lights in a few days or so. Also put my SubiSpeed gurney flap back on and I've had the new Buddy Club tail lights on for about a month now. [IMG] [/IMG]

05-09-2020, 03:07 AM	#19
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	Well, sad news. My 2018 WRX was totaled Thursday afternoon by a lady who ran a red light. Glad I'm somewhat okay, but still hurt emotionally big time. It was a fun car hands down, now I'm waiting to bounce back and hopefully gonna get another Subaru next. Keeping my options open for right now and not rushing it. [IMG] [/IMG] [IMG] [/IMG]

05-13-2020, 12:11 PM	#20
Chooten Scooby Newbie Member#: 497524 Join Date: Feb 2019	Oof, was not expecting that! Hope you're alright bruv!

05-13-2020, 06:06 PM	#21
murrdogg24 Scooby Guru Member#: 50586 Join Date: Dec 2003 Chapter/Region: RMIC Location: Colorado Springs Vehicle: 2020 STI Crystal White Pearl	Holy sheet man glad ur ok, stupid hoe was probably on her phone i bet..

05-13-2020, 07:42 PM	#22
CoronaWRX Scooby Newbie Member#: 431618 Join Date: Oct 2015 Chapter/Region: SWIC Location: Arizona	Glad to hear your ok!

05-13-2020, 09:22 PM	#24
SkrubbinBubb1es Scooby Newbie Member#: 511269 Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: Savannah, GA Vehicle: 2017 WRX	Wow man that is insane!

11-09-2020, 12:47 AM	#25
96JZA Scooby Newbie Member#: 463078 Join Date: Feb 2017 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Birmingham, AL Vehicle: 2018 WRX Limited Crystal White Pearl	Well after dealing with a few things regarding the crash over the last few months and hunting down a new replacement I snagged a Lapis Blue Pearl 2019 Base a few days ago. Previous owner already did a few mods that I'll be getting rid of and some I'll be keeping. Feels nice to finally have another one and looking forward to doing this one better than my old one. [IMG] [/IMG]