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Old 07-07-2006, 12:05 AM
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I'll be installing the FMIC this weekend and probably adding a bigger turbo+ w/ in the next month.


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Cusco 22mm Rear Sway Bar
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... it would've been a lot cheaper the other way around :P ... but clean non the less
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Bugeye love!
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Old 07-07-2006, 12:28 AM
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Sick. You should get EDM/JDM lights because they rock.
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Old 07-07-2006, 12:32 AM
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Sick. You should get EDM/JDM lights because they rock.
As much as I like those I'm sort of sick of how common they've become... Some Prodrive projectors would be nice though.
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Old 07-07-2006, 12:36 AM
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As much as I like those I'm sort of sick of how common they've become... Some Prodrive projectors would be nice though.
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PD for the win
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Old 07-07-2006, 01:14 AM
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Where can I get them and for how much($)?
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Old 07-07-2006, 01:48 AM
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Where can I get them and for how much($)?
I acquired mine off e-bay. It took me hitting it up every day for about a month before a pair came up for sale. They are in very short supply. Only 300 cars came with them and Prodrive only sold them off the shelf for about 2 years. (01-02) I won my bid at $550. And they each had a small crack on the base where it bolts to the frame.

But I still think I lucked out, mine came pre-wired. Some don't, so make sure they are off an U.S. spec car or you're stuck doing the wiring game.
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awesome looking car man, bugeye FTW
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did you have to change the radiator support? i'm guessing yes but...
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Old 07-07-2006, 08:18 AM
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did you have to change the radiator support? i'm guessing yes but...
Radiator supports(2) and front upper tie bar(1). Not really much to it.
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Awesome. I was wondering if anyone was going to do it.
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nice! Looks clean. Ultimate sleeper!
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Very nice look. Nice job
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Originally Posted by XkrazyAsianX
... it would've been a lot cheaper the other way around :P ... but clean non the less
Not sure if it would have been cheaper to build a bug eye to a full USDM STi.......
You would have had to have gotten a very good deal on an 02-03 WRX.
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