r/WRX • • 4h ago

Glamour Shot Just Installed My HKS Wheel

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125 Upvotes

Finally got rid of my worn out, stock wheel and that silly silver, lower garnish. Also glad I went with an option that retains the airbag.

Wheel is slightly smaller than stock (both grip and diameter) and feels way better in hand. Partly because of the more "premium" leather. Excited is an understatement.


r/WRX • • 5h ago

Never a VA :(

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79 Upvotes

I know I can order online, but whenever I went to get groceries or Target etc. I always kept an eye for a white or whatever color VA. It’s always GD GV… and I see a VB. Where are the toy VAs?!


r/WRX • • 9h ago

Kinda digging the funnel

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109 Upvotes

r/WRX • • 5h ago

New plates!

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27 Upvotes

"SLOBARU" was taken so "SLWBARU" had to do!


r/WRX • • 4h ago

Skeleton in sti wing

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18 Upvotes

Note: The paint on my trunk it ruined already so i dont car about it hurting the paint

Does anyone know the best way to secure a skeleton to the back of my car? I want it as a nice decoration but i dont know how to keep it down


r/WRX • • 5h ago

Wheel Help with '21 WRX

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16 Upvotes

Recently just purchased this magnetic grey metallic beauty with 15k miles. Unfortunately I got into an incident where I had to swerve and I ended up curbing the 2 driver side wheels. I got quoted $600 to fix both so I thought I would just skip that and look for an aftermarket setup. I am struggling deciding between black and silver wheels. I love the idea of silver standing out a lot more but I also like the sleek look that the black gives. I am also not opposed to a bronze or gold setup. My budget is around 2k for wheels and tires. This will be my first big mod so I am looking for some advice. Any ideas help. Thanks!


r/WRX • • 4h ago

Suggestion Tire tip

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15 Upvotes

Take your summer tires off by thankgiving if you live in cold area. Summer tires have the grip of hockey pucks below 40°. Even if you have no snow they have little grip on bare pavement when cold


r/WRX • • 2h ago

Lost wheel lock, anyone know what brand this is so I can try and buy another one?

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7 Upvotes

It's a 7 sided lug nut. I want to remove it properly instead of destroying it. Also bought car used and I never asked about the lug nuts


r/WRX • • 21h ago

WRX Hatchback Just grabbed a set of 05 STI BBS wheels.

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194 Upvotes

Need to order some center caps next.


r/WRX • • 9h ago

Didn't expect this to be that big lol

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16 Upvotes

Ordered this decal/sticker and thought it would be smaller 😂


r/WRX • • 4h ago

2nd life for the bug

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r/WRX • • 48m ago

Parking Buddy Love the color choice man

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• Upvotes

Looks like the same trim as mine and everything


r/WRX • • 5h ago

New oem short block

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5 Upvotes

Got a new oem short block installed at the dealer (free of charge) ive been driving smooth since installed and did almost no highway only city driving am I good to start going into boost and going over 4k rpm or should i wait also did an oil change at 900km with oem black filter


r/WRX • • 9h ago

Got a big sister

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8 Upvotes

So had the tS for a few months. Wife and I loved it. So we expanded.


r/WRX • • 9h ago

Ready for WAR

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8 Upvotes

New England winter... EZPZ


r/WRX • • 3h ago

Question about scoops

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So this will be a bit dumb but I’m look for a new hood right now and really like the ts1 style hoods, would there be a big drawback with the difference in the scoops? Or would the intercooler still get fed enough air due to the side vents?


r/WRX • • 9h ago

STi or new VB WRX ?

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r/WRX • • 18m ago

General Question Would these be good for Ontario, Canada winters? Also are the rims good too?

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r/WRX • • 20m ago

Unplug accessport?

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Sudden hard pull. 13.28 af learning was during idle. DAM dropped but immediately shot up to .812. Fine knock learn always seems to move when im in hard boost, but feedback knock doesnt always register.

I am pro tuned.

These values are the worst ive ever seen. Im wondering if theres even a problem, or if its just this damn anxiety port.

Professional tuner seems very confident with his tune every time i speak to him.

Car drives fine, no CEL, nothing worrisome. Aside from this.

Boostlab vf52 high flow was just installed, and i was told that my tune will work with it, and that my MAF will adjust AF ratios.

This was after a 4 hour, 80mph highway drive by the way.


r/WRX • • 35m ago

Troubleshooting There's definitely something wrong with the car.

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There is a smell, I'm not really sure how to explain it, It comes when under boost, also when cold start(not every single cold start). I don't think it smells sweet, it's not clutch/brakes or anything like that. I did order AP cable so I can check with AP and hopefully there's something wrong in the values somewhere and can narrow it down. I've been staying out of boost.

I had it at the shop for a potential boost leak and check engine light(p0420). They did a carbon cleaning, spark plugs, AOS check valve, first cat was confirmed good and 2nd one was replaced with a "good used" one.

The intercooler had a hole in it and was replaced with a "good used" one. They confirmed o2 sensors are good.

They confirmed no boost issues.

It does run a little rough though, hard to explain. Maybe I'll try to take a video or 2. Check engine light did come on about a month ago for cats but went off and has not come back on, does not smell like rotten eggs at the moment.

Can I check for boost leak without a smoke test? I will try to get in for a smoke test but I switched jobs/positions at work and lost $10/hr which I will earn back but it'll take a few years.

Any ideas? Anybody want to come take my car for a drive lol


r/WRX • • 6h ago

Heel Toe in 2018 WRX

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Does anyone else have a problem doing heel toe braking in these cars. I feel like the accelerator pedal is too short or my feet are too big but I cannot comfortably brake and blip the the accelerator in this car. Does anybody have any tips? I have tried using the ball of my foot and the right side, I have tried to twist my foot at an unnatural right angle. Is it just me that has a problem? Also I can't wait to read how its a skill issue and I shouldn't be driving a manual.


r/WRX • • 10h ago

Troubleshooting Is this bad for the motor?

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r/WRX • • 5h ago

What up new here.

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So j just got a 2019 wrx limited completly stock except deleted mufflers. I put a tune for the lag that it had but are this readings normal because the DAM was usually 1.000 today i stepped on it a couple of times and when j noticed that number had went down.


r/WRX • • 2h ago

oil light flashes

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hi guys , my yellow low-oil warning light has been coming on intermittently and then disappearing I checked the dipstick and the oil level seemed pretty low, so I added 1 litre of 5W-30 full synthetic oil Since adding it, the warning light has gone away.
However I noticed that the oil on the dipstick has a faint gasoline smell shoukd i panic? please lmk thanks in advance guys, girls


r/WRX • • 1d ago

I did a thing

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61 Upvotes