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09-05-2012, 09:59 PM | #1 |
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First Scooby: 04 FXT
Bought my first Subaru just over a month ago, so far I love it. 2004 Java Black Pearl Forester XT. Paid $5250 for it with 156k on the clock completely bone stock. 4eat, Leather, and moonroof.
I started off debadging it and then ordered a set of Rokkor D2 Coilovers for it the first week, then buffed the headlights and tinted the foglights yellow. Hoping to get some different wheels for it and get the windows tinted sometime soon. Heres a couple pics of how it sits right now. |
09-05-2012, 10:57 PM | #2 |
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Looking Good!
What are you going to do for Wheels? Welcome to the Family! |
09-06-2012, 06:33 AM | #3 |
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Vehicle:2004 SGM FXT-6speed *SOLD* 02 PSM WRX |
Looks good love JBP paint. You may want to look at this about your ride height, this is from the suspension sticky's for a wrx, so for a forester that has 1" raising blocks under the motor it probably needs to be even higher:
For initial setup of coilovers, they should not lower the car past the point where the A-arms are parallel to the ground in 99% of cases. This means a good starting point to work from is 13.5" measured from center of hub straight up to fender lip all around is the lowest you want to go. You can adjust higher from there as needed via personal experience or corner weighting. http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171928 http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=911257 Oh and here is a link to the forester thread with ride heights of other members: http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulle...e-height-6439/ Have fun modding Last edited by KOJAK-02-WRX; 09-06-2012 at 06:38 AM. |
09-06-2012, 08:57 AM | #4 |
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Vehicle:2005 OBXT Old man blue |
Looks pretty good. Not digging the amount of low, but to each his own. One day I will have an fxt of my own...
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09-06-2012, 04:23 PM | #5 |
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Nice ride!
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09-06-2012, 07:17 PM | #6 | |||
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09-06-2012, 08:27 PM | #7 |
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Here is mine How is the ride with the coil overs? I have Sti springs with the stock shocks.
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09-06-2012, 08:38 PM | #8 |
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Vehicle:2011 WRX Hatch Limtd Satin White Pearl |
Nice car OP! I absolutely love these things.
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09-06-2012, 09:07 PM | #9 |
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The best purchase you could've made.
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09-06-2012, 09:38 PM | #10 |
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Vehicle:2004 Forester STI Silver |
Excellent price. These cars typically go for a premium.
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09-06-2012, 11:00 PM | #11 | |
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Thanks! I agree! It was either this or a Vw jetta. lol Yeah when I found it I had to buy it, cheapest one ive found by far. |
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09-24-2012, 09:06 AM | #12 |
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Finally got ahold of the guy here in town that asked me about trading wheels, had them put on last week. The new wheels are 18x7.5" MB Blasts. I had to crank the back up slightly to stop rubbing my coilovers, so I ordered spacers so I can crank it back down when they come in. I attempted to tint the windows myself and realized why I never tint my own windows....so im going to have it professionaly done sometime. And I did the DIY painted badge on the front using Mopar Panther Pink
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09-24-2012, 09:41 AM | #13 |
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How's the ride on those coilovers? I know they're cheap but for the people like us who can't drop $2k on coilovers.
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09-24-2012, 12:51 PM | #14 |
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Vehicle:2004 Forester XT Platinum Silver Metallic |
Love it! Here is mine.
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09-24-2012, 01:20 PM | #15 |
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Vehicle:05 FXT Dom2.5R 4EAT FTW!!!! |
Congrats on a great purchase. I dig the Black on Gold look for sure. You might also check out subaruforester.org if you haven't already, between here and there is anything you could ever want to know about your FXT.
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09-24-2012, 10:54 PM | #16 | |
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Looks good, what wheels are those? Thanks! Already have an account on there |
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10-03-2012, 08:06 AM | #17 |
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10-03-2012, 08:44 AM | #18 |
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10-05-2012, 07:57 AM | #19 |
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09-27-2012, 01:32 PM | #20 |
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To fix my rubbing issues againts my coilovers I ordered some 1" hubcentric spacers for all 4 corners. Got them installed and cranked the coils down more, then rolled the fenders.
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09-27-2012, 04:29 PM | #21 |
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Vehicle:2004 Forester JBP |
now thats LOW
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09-29-2012, 08:30 AM | #22 |
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09-29-2012, 08:45 AM | #23 |
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09-29-2012, 09:01 AM | #24 |
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10-05-2012, 08:12 AM | #25 |
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Looks great man!
Congrats on the purchase |
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