Ever notice...

J-MoNeY · Post by **J-MoNeY** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:52 am

That we as Turbo Legacy/NA Legacy owners try and make our cars into pesudo replicas of WRX's? For instance, WRX seats, WRX exhaust, hood scoop, ect. It's not so much that it's a bad thing, I just found it funny.

PS- Don't get butt hurt if it looks like I offended you. I love the WRX and SS equally.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:47 am

I didn't notice that. I saw it as a "ooo look different parts that we can use" thing. Personally I'd rather have an RS replica, legacy not impreza.

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:16 am

Well, look at it this way:

The Impreza is currently the US-production peformance platform offered by Subaru. Where you guys THINK you're going to find the most abundant OEM takeoff performance upgrades from?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:30 am

Isn't the Impreza the performance platform in any market though?

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:38 am

THAWA wrote:Isn't the Impreza the performance platform in any market though?

Yes, but at least in Japan you can acquire a Legacy STi, a Legacy 3.0R Spec B, etc. . . .

Here we've got dick.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:40 am

but those are still more of an upscale platform.

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:43 am

Indeed. . . but they're still making mad performance models out of them. . . with said performance OEM takeoffs.

douglas vincent · Post by **douglas vincent** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:47 am

I want nothing more than to just spank the WRXs. Bad imprezza! Down you go!

I'll take some internals though.....hmmm, brakes, now thats an idea!

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:05 am

I'm not trying to turn my car into anything resembling a wrx. I personally have a strong dislike for wrxs.
I have the seats because they're cheaper than race seats and aren't uncomfortable like turbo seats. I stuck with legacy suspension, the exhaust I have because it says "STi" on it, and the only other thing I plan to nick off a wrx is the turbo, and that's because they're dirt cheap.

greg donovan · Post by **greg donovan** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:36 pm

i want a clone of the old legacy RS but keep our awesome motor.

Brat4by4 · Post by **Brat4by4** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:00 pm

J-MoNeY wrote:we as Turbo Legacy/NA Legacy owners try and make our cars into pesudo replicas of WRX's?

Ehh... bad assumption. There are a grand total of like 2 board members that are trying to make their car look like a JDM and/or USDM STi, but no one I know of that is trying to make the car look like a USDM WRX.

I have parts from a WRX wagon on my car, I'm not trying to make it look like a wagon am I?

Most parts are functional and not for looks only. Even those with WRX scoops are trying to get more air over their TMIC. Those with STi scoops, well... refer to my second sentence.

91White-T · Post by **91White-T** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:03 pm

Even if I could afford a WRX (which I can't) I would rather have a built Legacy.

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:17 pm

I don't think most of us are trying to make our cars look like rex's, I know I'm sure the hell not, but there is an abundent supply of cheap wrx parts out there that will fit out cars.

I might be doing a WRX scoop on my car (if I can ever finish the paint that is) but it's not to make it look like a rex, it's to get air across my TMIC.

I have Rex wheels on my car too but it's not to make it look like a rex either. It's to make it look like a Legacy with nicer wheels then the stockers and I got them dirt cheap.

That's my take on it anyways. I like rex's but I want my car to look like a nice BC.

Warp3 · Post by **Warp3** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:23 pm

"Hand-me-down" upgrades are great. The same thing happened with base Impreza owners buying the stock parts from 2.5RS owners who were themselves often upgrading those parts to the JDM/EDM WRX versions.

If a part is an upgrade for your car and is available relatively cheaply since it is "only a stock part" for the owner of the other car, then great for you.

I mean look at the WRX top mount intercooler. It's a great IC and would be very expensive to buy new or to have someone like Spearco build a clone of it, but since many WRXs are "dumping" them for upgraded models, it makes a good (and very cheap) upgrade for the EA82T car and Legacy Turbos.

Another example is the shift knob in my RX...the stock tall plastic P.O.S. is horrid (it actually flexes when you shift...ugh), but stock WRX shift knobs go quite cheaply on eBay...so for WAY less than a decent aftermarket shift knob would have cost (especially a direct screw-on model instead of those nasty set-screw deals), I have a greatly improved shift knob that screws right on with no modification required.

J-MoNeY · Post by **J-MoNeY** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:19 pm

Brat4by4 wrote:
J-MoNeY wrote:we as Turbo Legacy/NA Legacy owners try and make our cars into pesudo replicas of WRX's?
Ehh... bad assumption. There are a grand total of like 2 board members that are trying to make their car look like a JDM and/or USDM STi, but no one I know of that is trying to make the car look like a USDM WRX.

I have parts from a WRX wagon on my car, I'm not trying to make it look like a wagon am I? Most parts are functional and not for looks only. Even those with WRX scoops are trying to get more air over their TMIC. Those with STi scoops, well... refer to my second sentence.

I should have clarified. It's more like we use a lot of WRX parts, generally because there is no market for Legacy parts. I understand that people my not be trying to make their cars look "exactly" like WRX's, but I found it amusing that we use so many parts from cars that most of you dislike.

snowboarded · Post by **snowboarded** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:43 pm

I'd rather use parts that are cheaper and more readily available.
If it happens to come of a wrx, which i don't think is so bad, so be it.

Brat4by4 · Post by **Brat4by4** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:26 pm

J-MoNeY wrote:That we as Turbo Legacy/NA Legacy owners try and make our cars into pesudo replicas of WRX's?

Who said anything about not liking them?? I guess I just don't get this whole thread... No more comments out of me.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:37 pm

I love WRX's, from the 93 version to the 05 version, I wouldn't buy one though. Go for the STi I say. But yeah I don't get the point either.

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:56 pm

Hardy, since this thread is kinda going to shit, i wanted to ask about your sig.. which, makes for a *shitty* segway.

Really, what's up with the new sig? It's very funny, but I'm confused..

dzx · Post by **dzx** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:44 am

I want a 2007 skyline

LaureltheQueen · Post by **LaureltheQueen** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:51 am

i have an inny

+1

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:29 am

LaureltheQueen wrote:I personally have a strong dislike for wrxs.

This coming from the same person who told me less than a month ago " . . . drove a WRX at work today, and I really liked it. I think I may buy one when I'm done with school . . . " ?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:30 am

It's from the episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force called "Little Brittle". It's part of the song that Little Brittle sings. In case you don't know the backstory behind him he was first MC Pee Pants an 8 foot spider, then he was Sir Loin, a cow, then he had a brief stint as a worm, and now he's Little Brittle, an old man on his death bed. Each time he wears a shower cap, has yellow eyes, and wears a disposable diaper. Each time he gets killed somehow and satan revives him as a new thing. And each time he has some crazy plan. Anyway it was a part of the song. Meatwad was singing it. T'was funny

J-MoNeY · Post by **J-MoNeY** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:20 am

Well, then. Time for me to never post things I notice.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:49 am

well don't get butt hurt

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