New Pictures of Nekoruma! (Updated 2/17, 56k Safe!)

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:25 am

I love Japanese word-plays. For anyone who's curious, her name is a combination of the Japanese words for "cat" and "car." 'Cause I like both of those.

Anyway, here are some new pictures of my car. There aren't any good external ones 'cause it was dark out by the time I could use the camera, so I'll have full external pictures tomorrow or the day after.

My keys, straight from Japan! The light on the key still works, even.

The front of my Legacy. Taking a cloth to those headlights really worked wonders...

Front-left corner view. Man, that's one sick vinyl on the hood! Oh wait, it's just a reflection. XD

Profile view. New wheel covers, silver trim piece, clear turn signal and invisible muffler tips.

Rear-left corner view. Complete with collision damage!

The back end of Nekoruma. This is what the average joe sees while I'm driving. Okay, so only if Joe-san is driving a big truck.

This is how the rear turn signals look with the amber lenses removed and amber bulbs installed. I just turned on the hazards for this pic.

Here's a video of the exhaust.

Ah, my ghetto-rig intermediate audio system.

Since I also can't put the back seat in until the amp is mounted, this has served as a temporary seat for a third passenger. Uncomfortable, but gets the job done.

The new Kenwood speakers, installed and waiting for me to finish mounting the amp.

The engine bay (WIP).

Okay! Hope to get the videos to you guys soon, as well as better external pics! Until then!

0perose · Post by **0perose** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:36 am

those wheel covers have _GOT_ to go

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:57 am

I hated the old ones. They looked nice, but only on one side. I'm a stickler for symmetry. And the old ones had shattered, so oh well.

I found better ones than these, but they were all nice... and chrome... but these are just winter tires and winter wheels. I'm not going to put those nice wheel covers on, 'cause they'd just get messy.

My dad hates my new wheel covers too. I personally don't mind them at all. They're symmetrical, I'm happy.

jake15 · Post by **jake15** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:56 am

nice! your temporary stereo is the exact same as mine. hehe, same speakers and everything.

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:32 am

Heh, yeah, you're where I got the idea. I was sick of having no tunes in my car, and had those laying around... I have to crank the volume up to full to hear them, though, but that's okay.

EDIT: Vid #1 added!
EDIT2: Vid #2 added!
EDIT3: Heh, I added a picture of my keys just for fun. XD

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:37 am

I used to have one of those keys. It was $14 cut at the dealer. It was cool until I broke it.

Where are you putting the amp? on the shelf? I'd do it somewhere less visible, but I guess I'm paranoid like that now that I live in LA.

I've got some wheelcovers that look like this that are possibly for sale:

One of them is new, one is scuffed up pretty bad, the others are okay.

I bought some WRX calipers, so I don't really have a use for the 14" steelies and wheel covers. Tires are pretty much new, too. I should get around to selling them, I guess.

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:51 am

Those are nice wheel covers for the 14" steels, I just wish that one wasn't all scuffed up. I'd buy 'em off of ya.

I'm actually mounting the amp in reverse; yeah, I'm mounting it on the shelf, but I'm mounting it on the underside of it, in the trunk, between the speakers. I've got all the parts I need to mount it, so all I need is a weekend to run wiring and fabricate the mount. I'm way too busy during the week.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:12 am

No split 60/40 seat? Weird.

Is the rear SILVER, and not sandstone? Kind of hard to tell, but it looks silver? Also weird.

Sweet though, my rear looks exactly the same. No seats.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:27 am

it's an L, L's didnt have those. It's all one color, most subaru colors change like that in different lighting. Mine personally goes from red, to orange, to yellowish, to browish in the right lighting.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:33 am

Hmm, interesting. I will lose the fold down when I get my RS rear seat. The split seats are HEAVY compared to the non-split seat.

My car looks purple in some light, and green in others. Just thought it was odd.

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:50 am

My car looks silver in dark lighting, but in daylight it's sandstone. I took these pictures while it was dusk, and the stupid flash made the external shots come out poorly. That's why I'm gonna hope for sun tomorrow.

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:36 pm

All that waiting for my DL ticket to come up and then the first vid doesn't even work!!

The second one does, so my QuickTime's hunky-dory...

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:26 pm

EDIT: Vid links removed for reason of re-making. New vids will be up at the same time as the new external photos.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:01 pm

I dont have to be online for that. Just upload them to the gallery.

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:43 am

Ah, I'll keep that in mind. Also, I took the vids down so I can remake them. They were kinda shoddy and I didn't really get much in since my mom was asleep in the house.

Hopefully tomorrow will have some sun (dun look like it; it's raining here) and I'll have some time. If not, I'll leave it up to the weekend or something.

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:59 am

I dug my hubcaps out of my closet to look at them. The bad one is even worse than I thought.

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~leclaire/pics/badcap.jpg

I think this must have been the hubcap that was on the rim I bent when I slid into a curb in the snow in high school. I had to wander around in a field to find it because it popped off. I lost another one the same way, actually, except it was dry and I barely grazed the curb, and didn't know it had came off until later. Actually, I think it's been popped off 3 times. Once was when I had a blowout on the interstate at about 80, and I watched it roll alongside my car for awhile before it went behind me and into the ditch.

Here are all of them

Here's two more that have some little scratches and scuffs.

The other one is perfect because it was only on my car for like a month. ($14 on e-bay, btw) I've been much more careful parallel parking with my new wheels. I used to try to get as close to the curb as possible. Now I'm always like 6-8" away.

azn2nr · Post by **azn2nr** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:00 am

i have a key thats similar. not exact but verry similar

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:15 pm

Oh man, today I saw a WRX that had not only the muffler I wanted, but the wheels I wanted! Too bad that it belonged to a teacher who doesn't care about modification. Seeing as those items were still on the car.

So my search continues. I'm going to California for February break, so is there anything you guys know to look out for? Good shops, people, cars, etc?

Woot. *looks outside at the downpour beyond his window and sighs*

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:03 pm

Where in CA and when in Feb?

Nomake Wan · Post by **Nomake Wan** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:30 pm

SoCal, around Irvine and Tustin and Laguna. February 20-27.

EDIT: New pictures are up!

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New Pictures of Nekoruma! (Updated 2/17, 56k Safe!)

New Pictures of Nekoruma! (Updated 2/17, 56k Safe!)