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BAHAHAHAHAHA! All MINE!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:24 pm
by LaureltheQueen
Got it today. $3200, a hundred more than I wanted to pay, but still... omg... I'm pumped! It's SO much faster than my L.... SOOOOOOO excited. I' totally nerding out right now... bear with me, I'm sorry.
oh yeah, and the fogs, they're PIAAs
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:54 pm
by jake15
sweet!!! what are you going to do to it first?
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:56 pm
by evolutionmovement
That's what I paid for my L in 1998.
Steve
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:06 pm
by georryan
Nice Laural!!!! Congrads on going turbo! Now your going to have some real fun when you start making boost. Maybe someday you'll have a faster car than Art's.
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:01 pm
by legacy92ej22t
Sweet!!!! I'm totally stoked for you Laurel. That's a killer wagon. I like the silver too. What's going to be your first mod?
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:12 pm
by QuickDrive
Congratulations
Welcome to boost world
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:47 pm
by THAWA
Good stuff, you put a smile on my face
I'll try to buy deyes car so can be twins
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:30 am
by Kelly
Congrats!
Good color too
now go run out and get yourself a downpipe, and MBC, and a boost gauge.
HURRY!!!
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 12:31 am
by HomeSlice
nice!
what happen to the L
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:13 am
by vrg3
Yeah!
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:34 am
by LaureltheQueen
my mother's buying the L from me, so I still get to see her everyday.
First mod will be new brakes. That was the only fault with the car, it needs new front brakes(pads and rotors) which leads me to my first question... WIth my $200 tax return, plus perhaps a little more money, what should I get brake-wise? What rotors(Slotted, cross-drilled, should I get them cryotreated?), and pads(ebc?) etc...
following that, the first mod will be paying the car off, and then comes the awic, boost gauge/controller, and new exhaust piping. In the meantime, i'll be keeping my eyes open for a silver turbo bumper, or an aftermarket to have painted, as the current one's f-ed up.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:56 am
by entirelyturbo
w00t! Laurel is boostin now
I'm still sucking air for myself
LOL
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 1:57 am
by THAWA
s'okay mike, we gotta represent the AWD red sedans
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:47 am
by Mudpup
Very nice.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 3:33 am
by Matt Monson
Way to go Laurel. Last month I saw a post somewhere from a guy who had picked up an EJ22T swap for $550 from a yard in Colorado. I thought, of sh1t, Laurel didn't get her swap. Glad to see there are bigger and better things on the horizon.
BTW,
I have a brand new turbo XS high performance MBC that is just sitting here. They retail for like $120, but I got it for super cheap. Shoot me a PM with an offer if you can't wait to turn it up. And then you can say, "this one goes to 11"
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:06 am
by georryan
So is there a name for the new wagon??
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 8:14 am
by LegacyPunk
Sweet
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:10 am
by BAC5.2
NICE!
For brakes, OEM rotors are better than most aftermarket rotors I've been presented with. No one makes the 10.4 rears for our car.
www.buybrakes.com for rotors. Just about $50 per corner.
Pads, I've heard nothing but negatives about EBC, so I'd steer clear. Carbotech Bobcat's are a WRX favorite, but at $100 for 2, they are steep in price. They also will wear out pretty quickly.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:35 pm
by magicmike
Congrats!!! Looks just like mine only better. Welcome to the turbo world!!!!
-Mike
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 6:34 pm
by LegacyT
good snatch, could I suugest a pair of wrx front calipers and rotors? Though you'd need 16" rims for that.
Mark,
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 6:43 pm
by evolutionmovement
What are the problems with the EBCs? I've had no issues at all with hard street driving in all conditions. No noise, less dust than cheap pads, much better cold bite, better bite under normal conditions, and better resistance to fade than regular junk. Still most people do recommend other performance pads and I'd get a different brand next time as they'd probably be cheaper and I'd like to compare anyway.
I highly recommend cryo treated rotors - they more than pay for themselves if you're hard on your brakes not to mention less aggravation of changing them and having pedal pulsing (that isn't caused by ABS of course). They even seemed to rust much slower than non-cryo rotors.
Steve
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 6:50 pm
by mikec
Congrats on the new car Laurel!
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 6:51 pm
by BAC5.2
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... t=EBC+pads
Just what I read. The horror stories certaintly dont instill confidence in them.
I don't think I'll try them.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:40 am
by petridish38
Great looking car!
I want a turbo
About that parking job though.....
Andrew
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:45 am
by Yukonart
petridish38 wrote:About that parking job though.....
Yeah, that's actually the best place in my whole apt complex to park. That POS truck NEVER moves, and no one else can park next to you and ding your doors. (I always park that way too in order to keep from opening a door into that raised walkway for the little storage closets. . . when not parking in my garage two doors down, that is.)
I'll let Laurel tell you more about the car from her perspective. . . all I will say at this point is. . .
It was a steal, it's in EXCELLENT shape overall, the interior is damn near flawless, and she looks VERY CUTE driving it.