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It seems like both a long time and a short time. Barely coming up on 1 year. The Vivid Racing Project WRX II did what it was suppose to do, be better then the original Vivid WRX I, get magazine coverage, and set a standard for others to copy. Project WRX II was both a car to watch, and the basta

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If I had music to play while you were reading this it would be something to the effect of Rick Springfields Jesse's Girl or Queen's We are the Champion. The Perrin boys would be in the background working on the car and I would be cracking a cold beer. Oh wait, that is to much like the villa

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Once again I found myself drinking and modding. This is the unsafe, hazardous habit of grabbing parts off the shelf and installing them on your car while drinking. Be careful! For some time now, we have had this Kaminari 2 piece carbon splitter on the shelf. Thinking it would only work on t

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With so many choices available for turbo upgrades we sat down and thought what would be the best for Vivid Racing. Should we put a VF30 on the car, PE1820, AVO450, get a STI RA motor? Well knowing that our cars are built for all around performance, the idea of creating a car with 300 wheel pow

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Now the only way to get more fuel to those injectors and fuel rails faster is with upgrading your fuel pump. There are many available, but only one is a direct plug in for your WRX. The Walbro GSS342 flows 255 liters per hour and requires NO cutting, wiring, or modification.

As you can see, t

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Part of our next upgrade is the HKS turbo kit. This turbo kit includes its own uppipe and downpipe. Here we are going to install the GT Spec header with the uppipe from the turbo kit. Your question will probably be why the GT Spec header?

With many headers on the market, the GT Spec is the on

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Fuel rails are a overlooked but extremely important add on for your fuel system. The stock rails do not distribute fuel equally and cylinder 3 tends to lean out. As you up the boost and require more fuel, that cylinder is working harder to pump the juice. To much pumping and your motor blows

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Handling of our Project WRX has been significantly enhanced by the Tein coilovers and front/rear strut bars. But an important part of improving cornering is done by sway bars and adding rigidity to the under chassis. We started off by adding a JIC lower arm brace to the car. This arm brace connec

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The stock engine mounts and transmission mounts are satisfactory for daily driving. One mount people generally overlook is the Pitch Stop Mount. The Pitch mount is located under the stock intercooler and looks like a dog bone. That mount connects from the firewall to the tranny case.

Viv

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Vivid Racing in its ever lasting quest to have the best and most efficient car has undoubtedly upgraded one of the most important and sometimes overlooked components. The Radiator. The stock radiator is very efficient. But we all know cooling equals power. The cooler the car runs the more power

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Every car is started with a key. However, Vivid Racing is always different and we are using the Zerosports push button starter switch. What is the benefit of this switch? Nothing! But it is cool like the S2000 to put your key in and push the button to start the car!

What is really nice abo

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Our Vivid Racing Project WRX II is coming along nicely. Our body kit and some of our suspension is on. The interior is almost complete and now it is time to build the engine. So we are documenting our progress with our first photoshoot. Enjoy!

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Freeing up the air flow is important in any horsepower gains. We were going to do this, but decided on doing it above the standards. Welcome JIC titanium catback exhaust. This 3 inch catback bolts to the factory downpipe and fits perfect. Why titanium?

Well, to match up with our EVO, of cours

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ChargeSpeed of Japan was the inital reason we dumped our bug eyed WRX for the new 2004. When we saw the kit in the Japanese Subaru magazine, it was a hands down vote, we must have this car!

The front bumper lip spoiler was really nice. Japanese fiberglass which is super durable. The lip includ

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Interior is a key in style and comfort. The stock seats are nice for daily driving, but we wanted to have a seat that stood us apart from others. Racing seats keep you in the saddle, no hard turns can dismount you. But we did not stop there.

We ordered our Bride Brix seats from Japan as usua

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ICE is the new word. In Car Entertainment. If you don't have it, you won't win shows, you won't gain respect, and you will never be a man. Just kidding, but hey why not have something in your car to watch DVD's, and gain some extra attention. If this unit looks familiar, we took it out of the Bl

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The stock headlights on any car can make or break the way it looks. The WRX has been known for its orange inserts that are ugly. The GC8 had them, so did the bug eye WRX, and now the 2004 as well. So what did we do, we got the 2004 JDM headlights of course and added a HID kit.

The nice thi

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Vivid Racing's trademark look on all our cars is the Ganador Mirrors. Our Blue WRX had them, our EVO has them, and shit yeah our new Project WRX will have them. These Japanese mirrors are the most popular in Japan. A direct bolt on they add a new style!

Ganador's are very easy to install. Fir

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The infamouse STI shifter trim. Everyone wants it, nobody can figure out how to install it. What does it do? Nothing. Why do you want it? It says STI and makes your gear shift console look awesome!

STI shifter trim needs to be cut to install it. It includes the aluminum CNC ring and 6 screws

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A major handling improvement like the front strut bar is the rear strut bar. A strut bar will keep the rear end from flexing, reduce body roll, and enhance your cornering abilities. Rear strut bars come in different styles, prices, and colors. We only run the best on our Vivid WRX II, so we put t

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The chassis of the WRX was designed for performance and comfort. Race inspired, but daily driving. However there is the ever lasting chassis flex that only one thing can fix it. A front strut tower bar. There are several models, designs, and prices. For Project Vivid WRX II we chose the best. S

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Shifting is very important for all aspects of driving. Whether it is for racing, daily driving, or drag racing, you need to be able to go from gear to gear quickly and with out delay. B&M has a long history of transmission parts and designing quality upgrades for performance needs. There WRX sho

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We have to admit, since this is the Project build up, that we have already done the coilovers and brakes. We took the Tein Flex with EDFC from the blue WRX and put them on the Red WRX. Not much to the install as it was a direct fit. Straight swap. Pulled the stock struts out and the Tein's fitin

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Rob and myself had been drinking at a bar on Friday night when we thought it would be funny to go by a car drunk. Though most stories start out with, "So I was drinking and...", this is still one of them no matter how I deny it. We made the decision along time ago that the Blue Vivid WRX had do