Automotive culture and lifestyle has always been a cross bread of different styles.  One common thing with automotive enthusiasts is there desire to stand out and differentiate themselves from others.  Car colors and modifications have become a way to personalize and demonstrate your individuality.  Crossing into car culture is a little bit of fashion and for some of us, the street culture.  Inspirations of loud clothes, shoes, and hats is how individuals grab attention when not in their vehicle.

DC Shoes automotive driving shoes have been a part of Vivid Racing for almost 2 years now.  With the success of Ken Block and Travis Pastrana rally racing in their Subaru STI’s, the DC brand has become more and more recognizeable to the automotive enthusiast.  Besides being a leader in skateboarding footwear and now making a strong statement in racing footwear, DC has their LIFE Collection.  The LIFE collection is made up of limited edition shoes with unique designs and colors that represent a meaning from cultural experiences.  The Fall 2008 LIFE Collection is all about the Diversity of Elegance.

Check out the available footwear from DC Shoes on the Vivid Racing catalog here - http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/dc-shoes-life-racing-c-5524.html

Striker LE

Versatile SE

Rive Gauche

Fighter 80’s

Fighter 80’s LX

Pure Slim 80’s

Of course do not forget about the DC automotive racing shoes available at Vivid Racing.

ProSpec 1.0 Driving Shoe

Chicane Lifestyle Shoe

In January 2008, the Vivid Racing Project WRX III was shipped off to Romania to its new owner.  Along with the car, it shared a container with some Axis wheels and INGs complete bodykit for the owners son’s Mazda RX8.  Well, we are happy to report that the car is doing great and hauling butt in the Eastern European country.  The 2008 WRX we built was featured in 3 magazines here in the USA and 1 magazine in Dubai.  You can read about the complete build and all the coverage this car received here on our Project Subaru WRX III section.

Enjoy the pictures!

We are going GREEN!  Vivid Racing’s Project EVO X will proudly be displayed at the 2008 SEMA show in the Toyo Tires booth inside the wheel and tires hall. Our Project EVO X is the first fully built EVO X in the country featuring a complete JDM body kit, GT35R twin scroll turbo kit, suspension including JIC coilovers and Agency Power control arms, and much more.

The kicker to seperate our EVO X from the rest… Its being painted Porsche GT3RS green! In addition to the racing Time Attack look that Toyo will present, our other sponsors include:

• APR Performance
• Agency Power
• AME Wheels
• Status Seats
• Seibon
• Rockford Fosgate
• Custom Autoworks
• JIC Magic
• Rotora
• Valdi Sport

Check out all our Mitsubishi EVO X Performance Products Here

Here is our current concept drawing of the Vivid Racing EVO X. Lets see how it turns out!

Agency Power has developed one of the best sounding and performing exhaust systems for the 2008 and up Subaru WRX Sedan. The new exhaust features an all T304 stainless steel piping in 2.5inch diameter from the catback. The piping is all hand polished featuring robotic TIG welding. The midpipe includes a resonator to assist in keeping that traditional boxxer engine sound with an exotic race tone touch that does not drone in the cabin. The ½ inch thick flanges offer a secure fit along with the factory placement exhaust hangers. The catback exhaust uses a high flow Y-Pipe to efficiently direct exhaust to the dual exhaust canisters. The Y-pipe features a merged collector and 2.5 inch piping on each extension to give your exhaust a combined 5 inches of exhaust flow. The straight through mufflers are designed to optimize horsepower with very little restriction. The mufflers do feature removable exhaust silencers for those wanting the ability to keep the system very quiet during daily use. The catback exhaust features dual 4 inch single straight exit Stainless Steel Tips with the Agency Power logo.

As tested on a Mustang all wheel drive dyno, the Agency Power catback exhaust made an impressive 17 all wheel horsepower and 28ft/lbs of torque. The exhausts are available for all 2008 and up Subaru WRX Sedans. 

View the 2008 Subaru WRX Exhausts Here.

All wheel drive cars are one of the best handling vehicles on and off the track. However it is normal for these cars to still have some under steer and not have a balanced chassis when entering and exiting corners. To improve upon the suspension system, Agency Power has developed these adjustable sway bars for the 2008+ GH and GE chassis Subaru WRX and STI. The sway bars are all made in the USA and feature new urethane bushings and brackets for the installation. The sway bars work with the OEM sway bar links or our Agency Power aftermarket sway bar link kits. The solid sway bars feature a machined end with adjustability holes to give your car the best under and over steer combinations it needs. Each sway bar is powder coated in a white finish.

The front sway bar is available for either the Subaru WRX or Subaru STI. This sway bar is slightly different for each model. The sway bar is 2 way adjustable in a 22mm diameter. Using a bigger front sway bar allows the front end to be tightened up and stay flat around the turns. You can also induce more or less under steer with this sway bar.

The rear sway bar fits both the Subaru WRX and STI. It features a 3 way adjustable position in a 22mm diameter. Rear sway bars are extremely valuable on an AWD car as you are able to get more over steer to bring the rear of the car around like a rear wheel drive vehicle.

Agency Power highly recommends front and rear sway bars to give your suspension the best setup possible to improve handling. Each sway bar compliments itself and works injunction with a great coilover system.

You can view all pictures and buy now the Agency Power Sway Bars for the 2008 Subaru WRX and STI here.