well i was outside today when i decided to snap some pics of the FC while its down. since no one has seen the new gunmetal wheels (stock wheels i painted) i thought i'd post em here. hopefully Imagestation doesn't mess with my pics.

this is my temporary guage pod till i get a custom one fabbed. thats my boost guage in there right now.



there's no paint left above that exhaust, it doesn't like flames to much



side profile, the fender, and front bumper are different colours from some damage it occured durring some "spirited" driving



close up of the painted stock wheels...



finally a shot of the motor. i tore it down some to get the injectors cleaned. it looks like a mess cuz, well, it is right now. when it was running it was 100% cleaner.

No pic's

hmm, well they work sometimes for me. i hate imagestation. is there a better place to host? (yes i know Andy can host pics )

You can send them to andy to host, or I could host them for you if you like. As far as a good place to do it for free that's not us....um i dunno:) there are a lot of imagestation type spots to check out..

booo, we want working pics!

ok, i just sent Andy about 4-5 pics so hopefully he'll get a chance to post em up here tonight .

I went ahead and posted the pix, and edited your post to link them to the images on our server. Feel free to move any of the images around if I matched them with the comments wrong.

BTW... I LOVE the wheels!!
Nice touch for sure!

thanks alot man, i apprecite it

Anytime yo!

oooh the wheels look awesome! Nice job!

thank you. the rotors are all rusted like that cuz the car hasn't had a chance to move in about a month or more. once its running again i'm going to upgrade to slotted rotors and Hawk HPS pads with SS brake lines. then i have to focus on the cooling system and probably get an APEX'i SAFC so i can tune the beast some.

how come its been down for so long?

its been down for as long as it has because i don't have the money to fix it. i don't make very much at my job and i had just put the motor in about 3 weeks before it blew which drained all my money. so right now i'm trying to get money together to have it rebuilt.

i make less then 20k a year and this car see's every penny of it. i don't have much, if any, money for my personal enjoyment. i don't mind spending on the car though because its the only thing that really makes my happy right now. if i'm pissed or upset i can go for a drive and come back feeling lots better.

to me, the car is my girlfriend basically, and right now i really miss her.

I feel you on that...I make just under 20k a year-- and it *sucks*. All of my previous savings went to the downpayment on the STi. I'm definitely not hurting for money [i can pay bills fine each month...usually;], but the little extra funds I do have goes into the car...

hang in there...it'll get fixed soon enough.

if i wasn't living at home, there's no way i could pay my bills AND fix the car. thats how little i'm making. i hate it but i'm making the most of living at home with no bills other then insurance on teh car and gas.