Ampliified's The epic life (build) of Emily 2012 WRX by Ampliified

By diyauto
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3 minute(s) of a 90 minute read

3-4-2015

Hello old friends been awhile since I've posted, went thru alot but me and Emily are still together somehow haha.

Anyways just got plans to bring it back into the beauty she was, all the maintenance after this crappy winter is over and fix my bumper mounts as my front splitter decided to scoop up the snow and rip off of my car so I have my other bumper on it now not the prettiest but it gets the job done! 


Thinking about a different color scheme or just getting new badge overlays because mine are faded as far as performance the only parts on my horizon are suspension/drivetrain and maybe an intake again!


She's almost at 42,000 miles but if i get deployed she won't be putting too many on while I'm gone, but I'm certain on keeping her now and coming back to the forums cuz i missed you guys!


3-5-2015



Snow day for a lot of Americans! Emily is trucking along as usual stay safe!



3-9-2015


So after a long winter (part of which I spent in hawaii) I had my car washed and waxed and what a difference that made, even though it got dirty again right away.


As far as my build goes i have recently realized how much harder these guys drive than a "competitor" -Mazdaspeed 3 which was a very fun car and easy to have fun in but does not handle anywhere close to my wrx and was awful in the snow given it had Hankook V12 Evo summer tires. 


So I'd like my build to be very track oriented cus it's not getting any more comfortable from here out haha. But that little trade made me wanna keep my car and consequently made my friend trade that in for a 2015 WRX DGM. 😏 


Changed out my air filter for a dry reusable filter my idle feels smoother after doing that and cleaning my MAF. I wiped down the top half of my motor and plastics under the hood so it's looking like new again without all that corrosive salt all over. Along with detailing the inside of my car I also would like to try to acquire black A B C interior pillars as well as my headliner.


Once it gets warmer I plan on changing the cabin filter, spark plugs and painting my other wheels. I also need new bumper mounts to support my bumper with the splitter and hopefully get into some autoX once it warms up!




Me back in January on the beach in Kona




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