9/12/09: Stage 2, Exhaust install and impressions
6/21/07: Cobb AP Stage 1 Review
5/14/07: Some cool shots
4/28/07: New shoes!
3/25/07: Pics of the car in the air for fluid changes on page 5
1/24/07: New pics on page 3 (front trim plate)

Here's my baby!

The Car:
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
(aka Samantha, b/c she's bewitching )
Aspen White on Silver BBS
2.5L Turbocharged Boxer 4 Engine
6 Speed Manual Transmission with Driver Controlled Center Differential
AWD Goodness
Estimated 325 bhp / 340 lb-ft torque


The Mods:
Cobb AP Stage 1 (really smoothed it out!)
Cobb Short Shifter and Bushings
Whiteline Steering Rack Bushings (Amazing!)
Valentine V1 Radar Detector with stealthy hardwire intstall
Rallyarmor Mudflaps
Kenwood DPX-501 CD/MP3 with USB port and 4Gig Flash Drive
Polk db speakers
STi front trim plate
Turbo warning decal. (+2 hp!)



















i really like this one













and some pics of my short shifter install









here's the way i've got my radar detector installed:

the main unit, pretty inconspicuous. i need to replace the beige wire with a black one though.








the remote display




my new head unit







whoah trippy



as requested by Tinton here's a pic of the installed short shifter with everything together



and as requested by subzero a while back here's a couple of pics of the leg room in the rear with the passenger seat all the way back. it's reclined a decent bit too.




and a little video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... +dirt+road

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04 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

Sweet ride, dude. Sexy as hell.


Whoever held the camera for that vid needs to cut down on the caffeine.

//edit: pics moved to first post

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04 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

I recall those few days after you first installed the short-shifter and how worried you were that it wasn't working!

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2007 Mazda3
Mods: 15% tint, Eibach ProKit
2006 Ninja 636
Mods: NOS & sidecar

stupid reverse lockout cable

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04 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

Great idea to have a photo section. Really cool car jomey. I'll need to get Mikey's FiT up soon.

This is exciting. I also finally got a Wii today! I actually bought GT Force before I even had the console to play it on LMAO. The game comes with a steering wheel. It's been assembled and waiting to be used. haha!

Nice dirty Soobie pics Jomo...

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thanks i wish they had come out less blurry and that i'd taken more but i didn't want to get my camera wet or track too much mud into my car.

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04 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

Nice car. I've always liked the STi. Is that the intercooler or the radiator with STi written on it?

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Watercolor: I'm a grade A bone sucker!
Me:

that's the intercooler. the radiator is in the standard position up front.

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04 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

Beautiful car . Love the functional hood scoop! Real ram air for the turbo .


Any pictures of the finished short-shifter? Like maybe a before and after, with everything in place?

well the air that goes through the hood scoop and onto the intercooler is only for heat exchange like the radiator, that air doesn't actually go into the intake/engine. the stock intake is pretty much a CAI though b/c it has that black scoop going to the front of the car to take in the intake air.

with the console on the short shifter doesn't really look any different from the stock shifter. the knob might be a tiny bit lower but i don't like the little mini stick short shifter look or feel so i adjusted the knob height to be pretty close to stock.

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04 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

Out of curiosity jomo, whats teh diameter on the STi's steering wheel? I would've thought it would be smaller than conventional wheels

i have no idea off the top of my head and i tried briefly to look it up with no success, so i'd have to measure it.

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04 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

I have the same radar detector as you! how did you mount yours...i have the main (rectangle) behind the 2nd row of seats on that deck covered in felt, then i have the volume / power switch in a coin tray to the left of my steering wheel, and i have a display in my rear view mirror...what did u do for yours?