Well, spring is almost upon us, that means putting the snow tires away, putting the summer rims on, and time to put on the bling! - Matt

PSG STi

I never claimed to be the best driver in the world, but I like to consider myself reasonably coordinated. That's why it hurts me to post this picture:


It looks like I gave my car a black eye. So what happened? As I like to put it, my car got smashed in the face by a guard rail. Well, actually I lost control and gently directed the car into the guard rail, ...

PSG STi

Well, after a short break, the Ugly Panda returned, and the GC plate prototyping continued.
Last time we left satisfied knowing that the jack plates we ordered bolted right up to Aaron's Impreza no problem (although I did strip one of the bolts!), and our hole pattern for the GC plate worked out perfectly. The only hangup was the aftermarket Borla headers... how were we going to get around (or in this case, underneath) them?

Last week, the Panda returned, not only...

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More work on the GC skidplate got accomplished tonight, as I got down and dirty again with Aaron's '95 Impreza:


First, I began by looking at the front of the frame. Unlike the newer style Imprezas, the first gens only have 2 bolts up front. And since none of them came with any sort of underbody protection (not ...

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GC/GF/GM... I still can't figure out the official name, but it's a first generation impreza, and it's sitting in my garage:


Thanks to Aaron from Not All There Racing for letting me borrow his '95 "Ugly Panda" (as it's so affectionately called) for some prototyping work on what we'll call the GC skidplates.

Tonight was just to confirm that the newer generation jack...

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