My first 2008 Subaru Impreza STi :)
06-05-2008, 09:55 AM
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My first 2008 Subaru Impreza STi :)
well, its always exciting to work on cars i have never touched before, espeically if its a relatively new and exciting model and a subaru (my own car's brand) at that 
its a world raly blue 08 Sti, fresh off the lot from Socal, with about 1k on the ODO...hehe...
the goals:
1. install avic-z1 navigation into the car
2. stealthy in the back
3. a good blend of sound quality and classy looks
lets get started, as mentioned before, an avic-z1 was installed into the factory location, its not the cleanest of sources but navi was a requirement and this unit was already avaiable. note the voice recognition/BT mic install to the left side of the headunit, right next to the guage shroud:
the car features Zapco DC reference amps, and the tuning USB cable comes out of the glovebox to plug into the laptop for tuning:
front stage consists of a pair of Seas Lotus Reference 6.5" two way components, the midbasses were installed in the stock lower door location via 1" spacers, and the door dampened:
and the tweeters were molded into the A pillars firing across at each other.
first the mold:
then sanded smooth:
and finally, covered in matching vinyl:
and the final result:
and the front as a whole:
the rear door speakres were kept and hooked off hte headunit and mainly faded full forward.
moving onto the hatch, this car turns out had a lot less space than we thought. the spare tire well was shallow (5" or so), and the distance from the original floor to the hatch opening was even shorter (3"), also, the car had two large triangular structural braes in the well, toward the front, whcih effectively eliminated the front left and right quadrants of the well...and we have large pieces of gear to fit in, but after some mocking up and measuring, i managed to get it work
here is the view fully enclosed, thats just a temporary carpet i cut to cover the install, a darker custom one can be made down the road, as you can see, nothing is visible:
remove the carpat, and the new floor is shown, with two covers for the two amps and a center grille for the subs, the floor is two tone blue suede and dark grey vinyl.
pop offall the covers and here is what you see, two image dynamics IDQ10v3s sit in a blue suede topped enclosure of 1.3 cubfeet, and two zapco DC reference amps are shown under cutouts, a DC1000.4 for for the front stage, and a DC1100.1 for the subs. note tha all the openings have a layer of routed, clouded plexi border
flick a switch and the plexi edges lit up blue to match the car:
and lets see that in the dark:
and finally, here is the car:
and the far away view from the back:
i forgot to take wiring and below the floor pics for this one...
overall, withoutmuch tuning, it sounds decent, MUCH better rattle and outside noise wise than the old Sti, gonna take it down to LA on friday and tune it a bit more with Eng
overall, a pretty easy car to work on, though next time, i would prolly prefer to do a single sub and smaller amps hehe
its a world raly blue 08 Sti, fresh off the lot from Socal, with about 1k on the ODO...hehe...
the goals:
1. install avic-z1 navigation into the car
2. stealthy in the back
3. a good blend of sound quality and classy looks
lets get started, as mentioned before, an avic-z1 was installed into the factory location, its not the cleanest of sources but navi was a requirement and this unit was already avaiable. note the voice recognition/BT mic install to the left side of the headunit, right next to the guage shroud:
the car features Zapco DC reference amps, and the tuning USB cable comes out of the glovebox to plug into the laptop for tuning:
front stage consists of a pair of Seas Lotus Reference 6.5" two way components, the midbasses were installed in the stock lower door location via 1" spacers, and the door dampened:
and the tweeters were molded into the A pillars firing across at each other.
first the mold:
then sanded smooth:
and finally, covered in matching vinyl:
and the final result:
and the front as a whole:
the rear door speakres were kept and hooked off hte headunit and mainly faded full forward.
moving onto the hatch, this car turns out had a lot less space than we thought. the spare tire well was shallow (5" or so), and the distance from the original floor to the hatch opening was even shorter (3"), also, the car had two large triangular structural braes in the well, toward the front, whcih effectively eliminated the front left and right quadrants of the well...and we have large pieces of gear to fit in, but after some mocking up and measuring, i managed to get it work
here is the view fully enclosed, thats just a temporary carpet i cut to cover the install, a darker custom one can be made down the road, as you can see, nothing is visible:
remove the carpat, and the new floor is shown, with two covers for the two amps and a center grille for the subs, the floor is two tone blue suede and dark grey vinyl.
pop offall the covers and here is what you see, two image dynamics IDQ10v3s sit in a blue suede topped enclosure of 1.3 cubfeet, and two zapco DC reference amps are shown under cutouts, a DC1000.4 for for the front stage, and a DC1100.1 for the subs. note tha all the openings have a layer of routed, clouded plexi border
flick a switch and the plexi edges lit up blue to match the car:
and lets see that in the dark:
and finally, here is the car:
and the far away view from the back:
i forgot to take wiring and below the floor pics for this one...
overall, withoutmuch tuning, it sounds decent, MUCH better rattle and outside noise wise than the old Sti, gonna take it down to LA on friday and tune it a bit more with Eng
overall, a pretty easy car to work on, though next time, i would prolly prefer to do a single sub and smaller amps hehe
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Looks great.
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Originally Posted by 16psibrick
yeah the looks...hehe, the Sti is somewhat acceptable with its bulging fenders, but i nearly throw up everytime i see an impreza or wrx...i am so happy i have my car
06-05-2008, 08:44 PM
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Nice install yet again Bing.
On a side note good luck to the owner of the car, I hope they have everything sorted out with the motors on those cars.
https://my350z.com/forum/northern-california/349332-mods-about-all-done-snapped-a-few-pics.html
To those who think the new STI is ugly to each his own, but not for nothing I wouldn't kick this out of my driveway...
On a side note good luck to the owner of the car, I hope they have everything sorted out with the motors on those cars.
Originally Posted by fizmixa
what do you drive?
To those who think the new STI is ugly to each his own, but not for nothing I wouldn't kick this out of my driveway...
06-05-2008, 09:18 PM
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Check this...
IMMEDIATE STOP SALE ORDER
TO: GLR-- MAR-- NWR-- SCR-- SDC-- SWR Dealers
FROM: Subaru of America, Inc.
DEPARTMENT: Service
DATE: 04/07/2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legacy vehicles have been added to the Stop Sale
We regret to inform you that we must place an immediate stop sale order on all of the 2008/2009 Subaru Impreza, Forester and Legacy vehicles equipped with a 2.5L Turbo Engine produced with the beginning chassis number and later as shown below.
Model
Body Type
Chassis Number
Production Date
Forester Wagon 701045 or later 2008/01/08 or later
Legacy 2.5GT-LTD 222825 or later 2008/02/04 or later
2.5GT-B 222958 or later 2008/02/04 or later
OBK 2.5XT-LTD 353835 or later 2008/02/01 or later
Impreza Sedan 523363 or later 2008/01/08 or later
Wagon 825183 or later 2008/01/08 or later
The reason for this immediate Quality Assurance action is that there have been several reports of “Engine Knocking Noise” from other markets on vehicles produced after the production dates listed.
Initial investigation confirms an internal wear issue on the failed units.
In the interest of preventing any possibility of failures for our customers, we have chosen to isolate any potentially affected vehicles by ceasing sales of the potentially affected units until the root cause and correction can be identified.
All the other displacement engines and the 2.5L Natural Aspirated Engine are excluded from this action.
Your region/distributor will be contacting you with a detailed list of affected vehicles assigned to your dealership. However, dealer trades cannot be tracked so please be aware of the affected VIN range.
If you have a vehicle in inventory that falls into the affected vehicle range, please ensure that your sales and service staff are immediately notified that the unit is un-saleable until further notice from SOA or your region/distributor.
If any of those vehicles has an unusual engine noise, please notify the SOA Technical Helpline immediately with all of the details and submit an E-QMR.
Should a customer bring an affected vehicle into your service department for an unusual engine noise, please immediately arrange that they are given the use of a clean SSLP vehicle and notify the Technical Helpline and submit an E-QMR.
You will be contacted shortly thereafter on how to proceed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STi belongs in the Wagon group.
TO: GLR-- MAR-- NWR-- SCR-- SDC-- SWR Dealers
FROM: Subaru of America, Inc.
DEPARTMENT: Service
DATE: 04/07/2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Legacy vehicles have been added to the Stop Sale
We regret to inform you that we must place an immediate stop sale order on all of the 2008/2009 Subaru Impreza, Forester and Legacy vehicles equipped with a 2.5L Turbo Engine produced with the beginning chassis number and later as shown below.
Model
Body Type
Chassis Number
Production Date
Forester Wagon 701045 or later 2008/01/08 or later
Legacy 2.5GT-LTD 222825 or later 2008/02/04 or later
2.5GT-B 222958 or later 2008/02/04 or later
OBK 2.5XT-LTD 353835 or later 2008/02/01 or later
Impreza Sedan 523363 or later 2008/01/08 or later
Wagon 825183 or later 2008/01/08 or later
The reason for this immediate Quality Assurance action is that there have been several reports of “Engine Knocking Noise” from other markets on vehicles produced after the production dates listed.
Initial investigation confirms an internal wear issue on the failed units.
In the interest of preventing any possibility of failures for our customers, we have chosen to isolate any potentially affected vehicles by ceasing sales of the potentially affected units until the root cause and correction can be identified.
All the other displacement engines and the 2.5L Natural Aspirated Engine are excluded from this action.
Your region/distributor will be contacting you with a detailed list of affected vehicles assigned to your dealership. However, dealer trades cannot be tracked so please be aware of the affected VIN range.
If you have a vehicle in inventory that falls into the affected vehicle range, please ensure that your sales and service staff are immediately notified that the unit is un-saleable until further notice from SOA or your region/distributor.
If any of those vehicles has an unusual engine noise, please notify the SOA Technical Helpline immediately with all of the details and submit an E-QMR.
Should a customer bring an affected vehicle into your service department for an unusual engine noise, please immediately arrange that they are given the use of a clean SSLP vehicle and notify the Technical Helpline and submit an E-QMR.
You will be contacted shortly thereafter on how to proceed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STi belongs in the Wagon group.