After I finished installing the exhaust and accesport last night, I took it for a spin and ended up next to another silver FXT on the casco bay bridge. Who are you? It is a silver FXT with exhaust and a STI badge on the trunk that I think is from Cape Elizabeth or SoPo.
Yeah I have the 2004 sti ecu. For exactly a year I've been running the stock sti ecu with the vf39, sti tmic, catless upipe, and stock exhaust.
I got a killer deal on the helix exhaust. It was on new Hampshire craigslist at a auto recycler.
And thanks to MS member sickzx for a good deal on the...
Installed a helix catted downpipe, helix resonated mudpipe, and sti muffler. Then I plugged in my accesport and flashed it to STI stage two.
Love it.
Nice deep rumble but not loud at all.
I want some. They look cool and come in different colors.
However, I imagine that using these in Maine, especially during the winter, is a terrible idea because your wheel studs will be exposed to the elements and will experience corrosion.
What are people's experience and advise? Is it no big...
If this happens on a day I'm free, within an hour of Portland, I have a bunch of stuff to do to my new wagon.
Struts, springs, timing belt, front lip, new wheels, and a repainting the bumpers!