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I recently purchased a 2005 5MT aero in Brilliant red from an elderly gentleman. The car has 78k on the clock and is almost completely stock (for now) and in great condition.
I am planning on getting a cobb catback soon and slowly moving on from there as funds become available. I figured I would I would share my ride with some people who need no explanation of what exactly the car is. I go to school in Davis but I am often back home in the Sacramento area (specifically Orangevale). I know there are some active members in that area so I look forward to seeing the other 92-x's around. 
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very nice car, I always wanted a red one. Congrats! 
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Looks minty fresh.
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super jealous
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another Sacramento Saabaru joins the forum!! Welcome
I love in Fair Oaks/work in EDH, hope to see you around some time! I occasionally make a token Saabaru appearance at the weekly subaru meets that are around Sac on Thursdays. Let me know if you wanta hit one up and talk shop. Stage 2 is in your future..
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That paint looks sooo good. Welcome. I'm down near SF 
Awesome you have the roof rack installed, did you do that? And I assume the elderly gentleman didn't plasti dip his grille. 
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For sure I might be interested in hitting up a meet! The rack was on the car when I bought it. I did the grill and took off these door trim strips from the sides immediately. 
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The red crew on here grows Congrats! I'm jealous of how nice the paint looks... mine has 10k miles less and looks less than half that good!
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Fellow red friend welcome!
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sohlman wrote:
Looks minty fresh.
QFT you didn't see under the hood yet! NO ONE can claim minty freshness without seeing under the hood, fool! 
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LordZed wrote:
sohlman wrote:
Looks minty fresh.
QFT you didn't see under the hood yet! NO ONE can claim minty freshness without seeing under the hood, fool!
Or under the car.... a rock might have kicked up and scraped something, leading to rust.
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Well it's been a while since I posted anything but there are a few updates to note now.
I installed a BPM catback exhaust, and got a divorced wastegate dp which will be installed once I get a tuner. While under the car, I learned of a few upgrades that the previous owner did not mention or maybe didn't know of. There is a Perrin rear sway bar and a Megan H brace. I also got some bike racks for my bikes.
Wheels and tires will come soon as well as an accessport. (when I get some $$$$).
Here's how she sits now. Got some saggy butt to take care of as well. 
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grab an STI up pipe and some Mach V springs
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Damn you. I wanted a red one.
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If you're getting a custom tune go to Snail Performance out of Rocklin. They're the subie tuning experts in the area. Or are you just doing accessport and off-the-shelf map?
What are you thinking for wheels?
Let me know when you're in town for a weekend - we should meet up at the Folsom Cars & Coffee one saturday morning. I've been going to it more and more in the Saabaru and Charger.
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TintedOut wrote:
Damn you. I wanted a red one
I was very lucky.
@ikbrown
I am just going to go OTS for now, but yeah I've heard good things about snail performance as well. I actually really like the Assetto Garas like you have but in the matte graphite silver color. I will let you know about the meet. I am actually back in town this weekend but cant make it tomorrow.
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A few updates on my car. I picked up a v3 accessport and I'm running the stage 1 OTS map for now and I am slowly looking for an sti/wrx catless up pipe.. I also picked up some 17" O.Z Ultraleggeras for a steal a while back and just now decided to test fit them to get an idea of how it will look. The tires on there were for the outback that the wheels on before and they are 255/55 so obviously I'm not going to drive on them. I do like the look of the wheels though and I can't wait to pick up some dedicated summer tires for them.
I did my timing belt/waterpump/accessory belt replacement myself over my Christmas break and installed the universal RA mudflaps too. I really like the flaps and they are really helpful for when I am up in the snow. 
Here is a shot of how I mounted the AP. I disconnected the OBD2 port from the dash and tucked it all inside so I couldn't accidentally hit it. 
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Likin those wheels! If you're looking for a downpipe for stage 2, I'll be selling my catless one in the next month or two
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ikbrown wrote:
Likin those wheels! If you're looking for a downpipe for stage 2, I'll be selling my catless one in the next month or two
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aj916 wrote:
A few updates on my car. I picked up a v3 accessport and I'm running the stage 1 OTS map for now and I am slowly looking for an sti/wrx catless up pipe.. I also picked up some 17" O.Z Ultraleggeras for a steal a while back and just now decided to test fit them to get an idea of how it will look. The tires on there were for the outback that the wheels on before and they are 255/55 so obviously I'm not going to drive on them. I do like the look of the wheels though and I can't wait to pick up some dedicated summer tires for them.
I did my timing belt/waterpump/accessory belt replacement myself over my Christmas break and installed the universal RA mudflaps too. I really like the flaps and they are really helpful for when I am up in the snow.
Here is a shot of how I mounted the AP. I disconnected the OBD2 port from the dash and tucked it all inside so I couldn't accidentally hit it.
Man now you, Miles, and Ian have nicer wheels than me 
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Haha but you have a built motor sohlman 
. And Ian, I have a catless downpipe already that I got with my catback so I am ready to stink up the town. 
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sohlman wrote:
ikbrown wrote:
Likin those wheels! If you're looking for a downpipe for stage 2, I'll be selling my catless one in the next month or two
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Haha nice Ian. Glad it served you well until you went catted. Good choice
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norcal9two wrote:
Haha nice Ian. Glad it served you well until you went catted. Good choice
Ha ya it did well for two years. Now that I have to smog soon I'm taking the opportunity to swap in a catted downpipe. For the trees. Ha
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Little update. I had been noticing some brake fade when going for it in the canyons. So I took care of my old mushy brakes and warped front rotors with a nice set of used Subaru 4 pot / 2 pot fixed piston calipers, Stoptech slotted rotors, stainless steel braided lines, and street performance pads, motul rbf600 fluid and necessary Kartboy adapters for the rear. I am loving the performance so far, and they still have some breaking in to do before the pads and rotors reach max breaking performance. Also loving the look of the red calipers with the paint. 
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