Bianca ('06 STi), A New Start.
Posted by gregroot198521
Greg Fuck off Professional Moderator Location: Guam Join Date: 07/19/2013 Posts: 10 |
The fuel door thing was a just-for-the-fuck-of-it type thing. Spent all of $10 on it, thought it was some replacement door, instead it's just a cover. Didn't feel like dealing with seller to return and said to hell with it and installed it. Unfortunately I installed it so well that the bastard isn't coming off without bending the door all to shit. But, I have a buddy who said he'd trade his fuel door for the CF covered one, as he likes the look, and I really have grown to dislike after looking at it in pictures since then. I'll just wanna do my Line-X job soon after, since his car is WRB and mine is, obviously, not. Or rattle can the blue one black. Which ever. I'm not ready to be destroying this car to that extent, I likely twisted the frame on the last one, rather not do the same to this one without a cage to help prevent it. And I know it was tweaked a little, ride was different after, and a lot of the boddy panels suddenly had strange changes in spacing that weren't there before. Lesson learned; don't launch a non-reinforced car off a berm and then through some mesquite trees. I can understand that, though I'm sure a good chunk of the membership here didn't join with a fully built rally car, think some forgot that their rally cars started out as a stock vehicle once upon a time. As for the "pretty" stuff in mine, most of the stuff I've done was actually for function, looks were second. The struts for the hood give a lot more room, plus I got used to them on my old WRX, call me spoiled. The floor "mats" are actually aluminum diamond plate, and they are to keep my feet out of the holes Subaru has all over the floor pan just covered in tape.  The plates just need some more grip to them to be better, IMO. Sometime after I am back from this damned island I'll add pics of my protection for the fuel/brake lines and wiring harnesses that are run through the cabin under the doors. Made covers out of some HDPE sheet, keeps my feet from hitting them, and it'll provide an area to coat without getting all over the lines and wiring. Don't know what solution yall use, but it seemed the best option to me. Did the same type of covering over the cabin entry for the e-brake cables, this was more to keep stuff from hitting them as easily, and to protect from the liner again, if I do even bother with liner inside. One other thing without pics up are the Sullivan Racing pedals I installed, they're beutiful, but they are super functional, they almost seem to have a gravitational property to them, my feet stick like a champ, even with the slippery-as-fuck floors. The Stiffis in the spoiler are functional as well, noticed the spoiler moving a bit while speeding, didn't after, also looks good I think.
Now the "ricey" stuff, like the grills, the fuel door, the glove box handle and the stickers. Grills were an impulse, was hoping for a better fit, didn't get it, most likely will pull them off when I'm back and reinstall the stock ones. Fuel door was covered earlier, not going to beat that dead horse. The stock glove box handle was cracked (god knows how, thing is pretty thick), saw the aluminum one on ebay, thought "aha!!" and bought it. Boom, problem solved, and I barely pay attention to it, though it might get a coat of black gloss sometime, just because. Some of the stickers will go buh-bye when I get home, some will stay. Vinyl doesnt weigh much, don't care, but a couple will still go away, and a couple (on the paint) will be replaced after the Line-X treatment. May have missed something in there, can't recall all of it from halfway around the globe when I can't see my Bianca, but that's most of it, I think. This all said though, I like to go fast like yall, and I lke to do it in the dirt too (sounds like a nasty euphemism), I'm just not as far along as pretty much any of you, but we all started somewhere, and I just wanna have fun. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2013 08:21AM by gregroot198521. |
Wilson von Kessler Elite Moderator Location: Lookout Mountain, GA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,127 Rally Car: Colts are in Finland; now '87 325i, '89 325i |
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Al, just remember: it's us, or them...And the cars are out to get us.
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Greg Fuck off Professional Moderator Location: Guam Join Date: 07/19/2013 Posts: 10 |
One, learn to read, Kessler, my name is not "Ratsack", that's quite disrespectful, and that's the only warning I'll give, as that is one of very few names that have started fights with me. If it was accidental: be more careful; purposeful: don't. On that note, I knew a Kessler once, pretty sure he had an IQ slightly above that of a soda can, and he was an asshole, so he was stupid asshole, but he still managed to figure out how to say my name. Hope you can manage, as the typical rally fan seems to be a bit higher up the evolutionary ladder compared to say, NASCAR fans like he was/is. Two, if you aren't bright enough to realize that my car comes stock with a spoiler, that is actually functional, don't know what to tell you, as this car is a far-cry from that nasty ass Pontiac. The exhaust is all stock, so I don't know what the hell you're talking about there. Learn more about a vehicle before you talk shit maybe. Already beat the horse enough about the CF accents, not much I can do about that right now. As for the stickers, (horse pretty well beaten too) they add 5hp a piece, so shove it up your pipe and smoke it.  Sarcasm aside, as I said before, some will come off, some may get replaced and put under the hood, and some may be just gone. I look at the pics a lot, (as I can't do anything else with it) and most of the stickers irritate me, so yeah. Oh, and I pretty well understand that cosmetic things don't make the car faster, but when you're bored and want to do something to your car, these things happen sometimes. Some people call that "livery", IIRC.
Third, floor plates. My bad for not custom making something that was easier bought than trying to find the metal warehouse in El Paso. Know what?! Don't care, and I'm saving weight with the "STi" cut out, but hey, good job on not having a logo on yours. The material itself is thinner than any aluminum diamond plate I'd seen before anyways.. I believe I ended up putting rivnuts in the floor to mount these to also, and in those pics they were held down with self tappers. Now, obviously I'm bad about taking pics, as the last pics I took were what? a month and a half behind anything I had last done. Yeah, they are still shiny-ish, hadn't had too long to abuse them at the time of that pic, they were scuffed up plenty when I left and they will end up being cleaned off (ground to the metal), and coated for some better traction. As far as "building a toy to play in the dirt", this car stock is plenty capable, so maybe you should really learn more before talking out your ass. Cosmetic accents don't make it a wannabe car, it just means I have different tastes than you. Oh, and once again, this car is just starting her transformation, I only had 3 months with her before I left, and a lot of that time was either getting my stuff packed, being stuck at my new battery from 0600-2030 almost every day, and spending time with my wife and friends with whatever free time I had. |
Andrew Steere Mod Moderator Location: South Central Nude Hamster Join Date: 12/29/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 2,008 Rally Car: too rich for my blood, share a LeMons car |
Thanks for reminding me I still need to pull the fuel door off my Legacy and weld the busted hinge.
Oh, and Wilson is an attorney, even thinking about threatening bodily harm is liable to get you slapped with a restraining order.
So chill out, relax, and just admit you want to build a Yes, we have a low tolerance for "rice" here. Deal with it. Andrew Steere Lyndeborough, NH KB1PJY |
Greg Fuck off Professional Moderator Location: Guam Join Date: 07/19/2013 Posts: 10 |
Canoes, huh? I'll keep that in mind. I read the new member- Read me thread, don't recall anything about that, granted I read fast and have been known to miss lines, so I could've missed that. The most rally this car will see will be rally cross, that count? Now I don't know how everybody misses the second sentence of the thread, I state it'll be a trail car essentially, but with a side of occasional rally-x. Maybe I'll have to edit it and make it a little clearer. Yeah, I deduced that right after I joined the site. Good rally potential, but pricy to get right. I'll probably go the route of something else to build for the real rally-x purpose, and keep this as a secondary vehicle, just not a street queen ever. :barf: Yep, US Army. No problem, and thanks for the thanks (still sounds weird after 9 years, and 2 prior deployments). Lol, but I actually love my car for once, maybe all the more reason to get the $1k beater, and rally the piss out of that. Decepticons, huh? 
No problem. How'd you manage that? Hey now, don't put words in my mouth, I just warned him, no threats involved. That said: Hence why I have almost zero respect for lawyers, and suddenly dislike this Kessler guy even more. And a lawyer that can't manage to spell also. Nononono, never. Lol, I may "hoon" through some snowy parking lots (not in El Paso obviously, maybe next time I can take her north again), and the desert, but I have standards, never drunk behind the wheel. 
Definitely plenty of desert, and mountain trails even, though the rocks require som hefty ground clearance or some very skillful maneuvering. I shall, and that horse is a mushy pile of goop now. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2013 09:46PM by gregroot198521. |
John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
du, junge. auf Deutsch wo deine name kommt, sagen sie niemal "tH".
die "Th" bleibt immer nur "t" also deine name is eigentlich ausgesprochen wie "R-a-T" Did you notice the "von Kessler"...not only is he 'eine advokat" but a fucking Prussian, with monocle and dueling scar, the whole deal. vorsicht junge! I think this is the only known picture of beruhmte advokat heer von Kessler: 
He's the guy to the left, so vorsicht junge! John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Albert Kun Super Moderator Location: SF Ca. Join Date: 01/07/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,732 Rally Car: volvo 242 |
John Vanlandingham Godlike Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Ya think he know what we usaully call those Blue Thangs? Sub-a-...well it ain't rath 
Can you imagine how many dozens of different ways my poor innocent name has been hacked is HOW MANY different languages!@!!!? And every langue group mangel-ates it to death differently. fuck i can't even get it straight anymore Dude, the best boss, the most honest and fair I ever had was Chuck Scheibel in Olympia WA nearly allways referred to be as Fuckhead. Admittedly there was so jealousy on his part cause well I had a shocking number of sweet young thangs I was involved in "Long Term Relationships" with and he was right, that what was in my head, but I didn't complain. It's just a name. Like in law, in language INTENTION counts.. I knew what he was meaning when he said Fuckhead---it was not a derogatory name.. It was a Badge of Honor! A compliment for a job well done. Jan van Landeghem aka Zhang Wei Han John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
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Greg Fuck off Professional Moderator Location: Guam Join Date: 07/19/2013 Posts: 10 |
Listen you ignorant tit, are you trying to tell me where my name comes from, like you have any fucking clue? Good job, Google brought up a few Germans with the same last name, bravo, the name is English however. You know, English from England, where they speak, you guessed it, fucking English. Oh, and guess how they pronounce the "th" sound there? Yeah as a fucking "th", so Rath is pronounced Rath. Now, yeah, I am a German/Polock, by blood line, but the name was originally Recek before my ancestors emigrated from Germany. They wanted an "American" name and copied some Brits last name thinking it sounded good. It didn't work. So yeah, please tell me more about me, like you fucking know me. I said I didn't like that name being used, but yet yall continue. Good job, you childish fucks. Hey Albert Kunt, since you seem to be somewhere higher in the mod rankings, feel free to delete my profile, I really don't see much use in continuing to get involved in ANOTHER forum full of douche-fags. You seem to be the dirty version of NASIOC. Sincerely, go fuck yourselves.
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Rob Godlike Moderator Location: LI, NY Join Date: 09/25/2010 Age: Settling Down Posts: 629 Rally Car: None, anymore. |
You, ah, Had a rough time in school, didn't ya Enablers, All of you. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2013 06:38AM by BobOfTheFuture. |
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