11-10-2014, 04:41 PM
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Great looking block Jedi! Lot's of hard work went into this one, I can tell.
You've given the best advice on the forum also: saving money on fuel is nothing without a happy wife/girl 
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11-10-2014, 05:10 PM
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What's the reason for the pop-out edge there? Something to cover up aero-wise? Other than that, I dig it. |
My original idea was to make the block completely flush with the bumper, but I didn't have enough bondo to finish both sides of the bumper. 
So the lip is just a little something I came up with to make both sides look symmetrical.
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11-10-2014, 05:19 PM
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Great looking block Jedi! Lot's of hard work went into this one, I can tell.
You've given the best advice on the forum also: saving money on fuel is nothing without a happy wife/girl |
Thanks for the kind words!
I thought the best advice on this forum is learning to EOC.... Jk
Yes, happy girlfriend let's me tinker more with the car. But at the same time, she took away my video games! But, that's OK because beewbs.... Ok that was a little immature  |
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11-10-2014, 09:37 PM
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Really nice work. The ziptie plugs would probably please the g-friend even better (somehow that seems dirty, but it's not, sorry).
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11-11-2014, 09:45 AM
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Not bad for a machine
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My original idea was to make the block completely flush with the bumper, but I didn't have enough bondo to finish both sides of the bumper.
So the lip is just a little something I came up with to make both sides look symmetrical. |
This makes it look even more OEM for me. As if it is just a part you screw in. Subaru should sell this!
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11-11-2014, 10:17 AM
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Yeah, but there's a market for probably less than a dozen in the Subaru turbo crowd.
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11-11-2014, 11:59 AM
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But it actually makes the car faster!
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11-11-2014, 12:05 PM
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But it actually makes the car faster!
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In reality most people are bench racers that only care if they think the car is faster or if it looks faster. |
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11-11-2014, 12:49 PM
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Really nice work. The ziptie plugs would probably please the g-friend even better (somehow that seems dirty, but it's not, sorry).
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Yes, that sounds dirty, you pervert |
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11-11-2014, 01:01 PM
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Yeah, but there's a market for probably less than a dozen in the Subaru turbo crowd.
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lol, more like a market of one...me!
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In reality most people are bench racers that only care if they think the car is faster or if it looks faster.
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Yup, just like these puppies for $199+shipping
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