Do you know D Money? If you own a Subaru and frequent any of the message boards or popular blogs you’ve stumbled on a photo of a white Bugeye with JDM headlights, full C-West lip kit and some 18″ Gold Advan RG2’s. That white bugeye is now blue/purple and now Dimitri has decided to up the ante, he picked up one of the rarest front bumpers for the bugeye and decided to build the next version of his bugeye from the ground up.
A short little “where are they now” feature. Feb 2009 I did an article on a simple yet awesome White GR STi, it turned out to be one of the most popular articles. It all started in the mind of a crazy guy from California who wanted to build a “family car”. Many should remember his first feature, if you don’t be sure to check it out (CLICK HERE).
Khaild aka. jordanretro1223 on IWSTI finally stopped teasing his followers and posted photos of his newly installed wheels and tires. There were plenty of guesses when posted his teaser photo, they ranged from Advan to Volk. There were a few people who were on the right track thinking the new wheels were either the new Advan RZ-DF or Advan RG-D. Advan gold is a color people dream about, it’s amazing.
Khalid chose to go with an 18×9 +25mm with a 225/40/18. It isn’t my favorite choice of fitment but they are the first publicly posted Advan RG-D’s on an STi and he’s done the work to get them to fit. That alone deserves a quick feature. 🙂
On to the pics.
Continue reading Khalid’s RG-D Equipped 07 Subaru Impreza WRX STi
About a week ago I asked Dan to do some comparisons on the weight distribution of his Subaru Impreza WRX STi after he was corner balanced. Specifically regarding how a larger fuel load will effect the F/R bias. Sure a formula could’ve figured it out but some real world hard data is better.
Here’s the data Dan (CGMDan on IWSTI) collected.
Methodology car was weighed, without driver, starting at slightly less than 1/4 tank indicated. Once on the scales, the car was not moved or shaken. Fuel was added 2.5 gallons at a time and data was collected. Sways were not disconnected as I was only concerned about front to rear weight bias. I did record corner weights at 1/4 tank and again once full. Once full, I reverse calculated the fuel load at each measurement.
1/4 tank starting weights without driver
928.5 | 924.5
660.4 | 650.4 Cross weights were 50.1% LR to RF
Continue reading Random Tech: STi Weight Distribution vs. Fuel Load
Stumbled on a few photos from Rally Sport Direct’s 2011 STi sitting on 19×10 +35mm Yokohama Advan RZ-DF.
They didn’t wait long to roll those rear fenders, slap on a new suspension and some adjustable rear arms and some 265s. The car still has its temp tags! Go RSD! I’m not a fan of black wheels but the Matte Finish on these Advan RZ-DFs is amazing.
Continue reading 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Sedan on Advan RZ-DF
The big wigs at Cobb Tuning are hosting a film festival. If you’re not familiar with Cobb’s film festival check it out. Cobb’s Film Festival 2010. With a chance to win $3000 there are going to be loads of entries. I can’t wait to see all of the top notch entries. Speaking of entries, here is the first T3hClap.com featured car that entered the competition.
Fellow Floridian and past Blog feature Logan has submitted a killer video for the contest. Check it out!
