Post a *PIC* of your latest purchase..
09-16-2013, 10:10 PM
#5611
Registered User
iTrader: (11)
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Cheesesteakville
Posts: 6,833
Car Info: 05 wrx wagon, 90 celica alltrac, 66 mustang
I got this one from Napa. Its a cardone remanufactured Subaru axle. $90 + core charge. I had it installed at a shop because I am lazy.
09-16-2013, 11:48 PM
#5612
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Posts: 44
Car Info: 2013 Wrx WRB Limited
Hi i-club community! I'm new and just wanted to drop a "hello" and start contributing. Here's my latest purchase, a 2013 WRX WRB Subaru Limited 5dr for our baby. Had to ditch the 2003 Nissan 350z Touring Silver Metallic as our life style calls for something more practical. We have another 4 door vehicle 2000 Honda Accord Sedan V6 in champagne which servers our purpose well until a second baby arrives in which we then will most likely go for a suv of some sort.
Wrx 2013 Photos by treble318 | Photobucket
I'm almost done doing little things to it, aesthetics mostly. One thing I would really like to do is the blacked out headlights, anyone have recommendation that can do it locally? I live in the bay area, work and reside in Santa Clara currently. Thanks for everyone's time!
Wrx 2013 Photos by treble318 | Photobucket
I'm almost done doing little things to it, aesthetics mostly. One thing I would really like to do is the blacked out headlights, anyone have recommendation that can do it locally? I live in the bay area, work and reside in Santa Clara currently. Thanks for everyone's time!
Last edited by treble318; 09-17-2013 at 12:15 AM.
09-17-2013, 12:50 AM
#5613
I'm pretty sure you can take those stubs out and put them into your new transmission...
Bolt in cages are perfect for show cars that spend most of their time laying frame on concrete and chillin with the bros. If you're going to depend on a cage for actually withstanding a substantial impact it will need more than a dozen or so bolts through thin sheet metal to keep you safe. A serious cage is a structural member of the vehicle which must be able to resist separating from the vehicle as well as compromising it's own shape.
Ways to get hurt with a poor quality cage:
Banging around while you get in and out (ankles, head)
ANY accident could bounce you around like a frog in a blender(great visual, huh?), especially with anything less than a 4 point harness.
Once you're all harnessed in and only your head can really move, you're at higher risk for whiplash (ask me how I know)
In a serious accident the cage material may bend, potentially directly INTO YOU or just along your flight path inside your cabin
Lets be honest, even custom weld-in cages can have some or all of these pitfalls, depending on the quality of materials, design, and construction.
The biggest risk of running a bolt-in is that you end up like this guy:
(as the most infamous failed bolt-in cage pic on the interwebs)
Bolt in cages are perfect for show cars that spend most of their time laying frame on concrete and chillin with the bros. If you're going to depend on a cage for actually withstanding a substantial impact it will need more than a dozen or so bolts through thin sheet metal to keep you safe. A serious cage is a structural member of the vehicle which must be able to resist separating from the vehicle as well as compromising it's own shape.
Ways to get hurt with a poor quality cage:
Banging around while you get in and out (ankles, head)
ANY accident could bounce you around like a frog in a blender(great visual, huh?), especially with anything less than a 4 point harness.
Once you're all harnessed in and only your head can really move, you're at higher risk for whiplash (ask me how I know)
In a serious accident the cage material may bend, potentially directly INTO YOU or just along your flight path inside your cabin
Lets be honest, even custom weld-in cages can have some or all of these pitfalls, depending on the quality of materials, design, and construction.
The biggest risk of running a bolt-in is that you end up like this guy:
(as the most infamous failed bolt-in cage pic on the interwebs)
#needzmoarlow
09-17-2013, 08:19 AM
#5615
Registered User
iTrader: (7)
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: The Bay Area
Posts: 2,572
Car Info: 2006 STI
I'm pretty sure you can take those stubs out and put them into your new transmission...
Bolt in cages are perfect for show cars that spend most of their time laying frame on concrete and chillin with the bros. If you're going to depend on a cage for actually withstanding a substantial impact it will need more than a dozen or so bolts through thin sheet metal to keep you safe. A serious cage is a structural member of the vehicle which must be able to resist separating from the vehicle as well as compromising it's own shape.
Ways to get hurt with a poor quality cage:
Banging around while you get in and out (ankles, head)
ANY accident could bounce you around like a frog in a blender(great visual, huh?), especially with anything less than a 4 point harness.
Once you're all harnessed in and only your head can really move, you're at higher risk for whiplash (ask me how I know)
In a serious accident the cage material may bend, potentially directly INTO YOU or just along your flight path inside your cabin
Lets be honest, even custom weld-in cages can have some or all of these pitfalls, depending on the quality of materials, design, and construction.
The biggest risk of running a bolt-in is that you end up like this guy:
(as the most infamous failed bolt-in cage pic on the interwebs)
Bolt in cages are perfect for show cars that spend most of their time laying frame on concrete and chillin with the bros. If you're going to depend on a cage for actually withstanding a substantial impact it will need more than a dozen or so bolts through thin sheet metal to keep you safe. A serious cage is a structural member of the vehicle which must be able to resist separating from the vehicle as well as compromising it's own shape.
Ways to get hurt with a poor quality cage:
Banging around while you get in and out (ankles, head)
ANY accident could bounce you around like a frog in a blender(great visual, huh?), especially with anything less than a 4 point harness.
Once you're all harnessed in and only your head can really move, you're at higher risk for whiplash (ask me how I know)
In a serious accident the cage material may bend, potentially directly INTO YOU or just along your flight path inside your cabin
Lets be honest, even custom weld-in cages can have some or all of these pitfalls, depending on the quality of materials, design, and construction.
The biggest risk of running a bolt-in is that you end up like this guy:
(as the most infamous failed bolt-in cage pic on the interwebs)
IMO weld in is the better way to go just makes it hard to remove and go back to stock.. If you are going to do a bolt in at least be sure its done right. dont just install, drill some holes and bolt it in.
Last edited by SkizzDawg; 09-17-2013 at 08:33 AM.
09-17-2013, 08:36 AM
#5616
If in doubt, FLAT OUT
iTrader: (33)
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Nor Cal SJ
Posts: 7,039
Car Info: 2010 Hatch, 2011 Sedan
I thought the 02-03 were the expensive ones? Because my Fozz uses the same ones and it wasn't cheap, but for my WRX they weren't nearly as expensive.
09-17-2013, 12:58 PM
#5619
Registered User
iTrader: (6)
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 692
Car Info: http://goo.gl/XpkO0b & '99 SF 'S'
Got some replacement BBS rim bolts for my RS-GT wheels.
Also, when I got back from Subiefest, these were waiting for me.
Got my electronics order from Mouser as I'm going to build the alternator voltage boost mod.
Also, when I got back from Subiefest, these were waiting for me.
Got my electronics order from Mouser as I'm going to build the alternator voltage boost mod.
09-18-2013, 11:34 AM
#5622
Nice gear! That grimmspeed mouse pad is sick!
