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08-10-2012, 09:24 PM | #1 |
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2007 STI Swap to 2.5RS Coupe GC8 Build Log of BoristheAnimal
Welcome to the Build Log.
I always wanted to do an STI swap in a 2 door RS GC8, and I finally got financially stable enough to do so. At any case this tuesday 08.07.2012 I purchased a 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI which was smashed in the rear end, and decided to make the swap happen. My understanding is it was a Colorado car, maybe some one on here even owned it previously
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08-10-2012, 09:29 PM | #2 |
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08-10-2012, 09:38 PM | #3 |
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Arrived for work & got started today of what I could
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08-11-2012, 09:10 PM | #4 |
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How the car sat at the end of friday night
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08-11-2012, 09:14 PM | #5 |
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Today Yanked the engine, Transmition, Radiator & Condenver Rack & Pinion & Motor Bracket with the whole power steering system, Rear Diff & Rear Knuckle Assemblies, All the Brakes, Front Knuckles, Sway Bars & All, and all the struts, Tore down the front end, headlights, fenders, doors, sideskirts, bumper, removed all the wiring from the engine bay & removed A/C Lines, Removed the Dash board, the seats, the doors and floors.
Here some pics, didnt take too many, too busy working haha. - lol couple of beers later.... All the Dash pieces |
08-12-2012, 06:49 PM | #6 |
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Got everything done today the busted STI shell is sitting outside. Took me 24 hours to completely bolt for bolt remove everything. I read somewhere a guy has been at it for 3+ years, sweet mother of god..... uploading pics after i eat lunch and dinner, since i missed both working haha
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08-12-2012, 09:01 PM | #7 |
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Vehicle:2002 mbp WRX 97 Ford Ranger on Bags |
i was actually looking at this same car to bid on to do the swap into my bugeye! haha
can't wait to see the build in the GC! good luck with everything! |
08-12-2012, 09:23 PM | #8 |
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Looks to be a sweet project. I have a similar one, 207 for mine though. Swaping it into my first car a 97 coupe. Just saving up to get the jdm 6 speed.
Sidebar, wonder how the ass of that car got so messed up? Semi needed to stop? |
08-12-2012, 11:09 PM | #9 | ||
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Good luck on yours, its always better to have everything, then to be finding bits and pieces down the road |
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08-12-2012, 11:11 PM | #10 |
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Just some parts Nothing left heheh |
08-12-2012, 11:57 PM | #11 |
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Great project. Good luck.
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08-13-2012, 12:23 PM | #12 |
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Thanks much, not really going to be much upgrades till friday, thats when I roll the shell in.
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08-13-2012, 12:23 PM | #13 |
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I hope to be done by my birthday begining of september
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08-13-2012, 06:38 PM | #14 |
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Just ordered Carbonfiber Doors for the GC8, and I thought this was pretty fun, COPART just mailed me the title, kinda late braaah
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08-15-2012, 01:59 PM | #15 |
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So the gc8 I have to do all this in is missing doors and trunk,
Today I got a Stock Trunk, Stock Rear Lights, and this little guy http://compare.ebay.com/like/1905130..._lwgsi=y&cbt=y Cant wait for Friday, when the shell comes in |
08-15-2012, 03:02 PM | #16 |
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This is sweet. Mind saying what you picked the STI up for? I'd love to do this in the future and was wondering what they go for wrecked.
Also, were all the parts besides the rear bumper/trunk stuff salvageable? Like rear wheels, axles, etc? |
08-15-2012, 08:20 PM | #17 |
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an 07 sti will go anywhere between 8900-18000 depending on condition at a Dealer Auction.
It also has to do with Title if Salvage or Clean, mileage, extent of damage. Cars with front end intact are a lot more valuable though. I got a pretty sweet deal for mine though, but I wont say. And I was only bidding on a car where everything I needed was intact, the only part I needed that was broken was the fuel pump ECU, which I found for $50 bux. Everything else is solid and in one piece. Crumple zones are pretty cool |
08-16-2012, 03:41 AM | #18 |
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Good luck with it all! |
08-16-2012, 12:44 PM | #19 |
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^ Thanks. I suppose small update, got this little guy today, fuel pump ecu.
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08-16-2012, 01:13 PM | #20 |
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Subscribed to see this to the finish. I'd love to do this exact project some day.
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08-16-2012, 09:58 PM | #21 |
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Sweet build plan. Hope it turns out!!
Gonna use the STI steering wheel? |
08-17-2012, 04:54 PM | #22 |
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The Shell Arrives
Just a mock up of fenders hehe Ugly ass trunk for now, just to cover **** up CARBON FIBER ON THE WAY. Later sometime haha |
08-17-2012, 04:58 PM | #23 |
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08-18-2012, 12:54 AM | #24 |
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08-18-2012, 06:47 PM | #25 |
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Its not guna match up, so ill have to custom custom some stuff but yea it will be an 07 sti front end on the gc8
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