Hello everyone! I'm Drew, I live in the Chicago area, and this is the build thread for my little daily driver that I purchased in May of 2015! Much of this is copied from my build thread on the Forester forum, but I will now update this one as I add parts/take cool pictures.
EDIT 6/24: I haven't been on in a while, so I wanted to clean the thread up a bit, and add some new photos as the Foz has grown a bit since my last update.
Let me start off with the basics:
1999 Forester L
5-Speed
56,000 miles (when purchased)
One Owner
Pristine Interior
Casette deck!
Current Mods:
Anderson Design Fab 2" lift kit w/ trailing arm spacers
Curt Extended Roof Basket (wanting to switch to a Yakima as this is rusting after a year)
Method MR502 15x7 et15 Rally Wheels
General Grabber AT2's (Soon to be replaced by larger KO2's)
JDM/EDM SF5 grille
Hella 500FF's tinted yellow w/ euro covers
Yellow factory fogs
Blox 490 gram black chrome shift knob
bumper quick releases
Yakima spare tire carrier modded to work
3mm wheel spacers
Magnaflow low-profile muffler
D-Rings
RallyArmor UR flaps
LED headlights, reverse lights, and plate lights
Future Mods:
Steel low-profile bumpers
Bigger tires
Current Look:
I've been a WRX owner for about 6 years now (owned a world rally blue sedan for 4 of those years, and have owned a platinum silver metallic wagon for the last 2)
I've been a diehard Subaru fan since I was a kid, and really have never had much of a desire to own anything else.
As I have continued to modify my WRX's over the years, the need for a comfortable daily driver has grown and grown. After I graduated from college, I began hunting for a clean, older Subaru that could be used easily for commuting and road trips, and boy did I find one!
This car literally fell into my lap, as it was traded into the dealership that I had worked at throughout college. This was a 1 owner car, owned and meticulously maintained by an older woman who had originally purchased it in Seattle.
The car has needed a little TLC, as the front fenders were banged up pretty badly, and the interior was dirty, but those were things I was able to fix!
Aside from the aesthetic flaws, this was exactly what I wanted: Manual transmission, low mileage, full maintenance history, and it was a Forester!
Here is a pic of the damage on the front fender the day I bought it:
And back out into the sunlight for the first time after the repair. The paint is a little orange-peeled, but it doesn't really bother me. Also had to add some mad tyte jdm quick releases, as the bumper tabs on both sides were broken.
Also, just in case you didn't believe me:
EDIT 6/24: I haven't been on in a while, so I wanted to clean the thread up a bit, and add some new photos as the Foz has grown a bit since my last update.
Let me start off with the basics:
1999 Forester L
5-Speed
56,000 miles (when purchased)
One Owner
Pristine Interior
Casette deck!
Current Mods:
Anderson Design Fab 2" lift kit w/ trailing arm spacers
Curt Extended Roof Basket (wanting to switch to a Yakima as this is rusting after a year)
Method MR502 15x7 et15 Rally Wheels
General Grabber AT2's (Soon to be replaced by larger KO2's)
JDM/EDM SF5 grille
Hella 500FF's tinted yellow w/ euro covers
Yellow factory fogs
Blox 490 gram black chrome shift knob
bumper quick releases
Yakima spare tire carrier modded to work
3mm wheel spacers
Magnaflow low-profile muffler
D-Rings
RallyArmor UR flaps
LED headlights, reverse lights, and plate lights
Future Mods:
Steel low-profile bumpers
Bigger tires
Current Look:
I've been a WRX owner for about 6 years now (owned a world rally blue sedan for 4 of those years, and have owned a platinum silver metallic wagon for the last 2)
I've been a diehard Subaru fan since I was a kid, and really have never had much of a desire to own anything else.
As I have continued to modify my WRX's over the years, the need for a comfortable daily driver has grown and grown. After I graduated from college, I began hunting for a clean, older Subaru that could be used easily for commuting and road trips, and boy did I find one!
This car literally fell into my lap, as it was traded into the dealership that I had worked at throughout college. This was a 1 owner car, owned and meticulously maintained by an older woman who had originally purchased it in Seattle.
The car has needed a little TLC, as the front fenders were banged up pretty badly, and the interior was dirty, but those were things I was able to fix!
Aside from the aesthetic flaws, this was exactly what I wanted: Manual transmission, low mileage, full maintenance history, and it was a Forester!
Here is a pic of the damage on the front fender the day I bought it:
And back out into the sunlight for the first time after the repair. The paint is a little orange-peeled, but it doesn't really bother me. Also had to add some mad tyte jdm quick releases, as the bumper tabs on both sides were broken.
Also, just in case you didn't believe me:
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