With infinite budget, what would you do to your car?

"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura) 10/29/2015 at 20:17 • Filed to: None

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I can tell you right now, I would have the first Mk2 Beetle Baja in existence. And no I don’t mean the paint and trim package that the Dune will be. Nope, I’m talking 4motion swap with a side of off-road suspension and some gnarly swampers. Oh, and the 2.5T out of the TT-RS, because why not? What about you guys and gals?

Round headlight enthusiast > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:22

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1) Manual swap

2) Complete restoration

3)slight lowering & stiffer springs

and that’s about it.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:23

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Every last piece restored to concourse condition, painted black, nice sounding exhaust, bagged, larger versions of the same wheels, and my choice of electronic gadgets installed. Oh, and a set of appropriate wheels with snow tires.

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:24

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Pretty much just this

Punk_Girl_98 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:25

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Well, with infinite money, i’ll buy a Viper racecar and pay for it to be street legal lol :)

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:25

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FF type 1s coilovers

koni yellow struts

apexi exhaust

3rd gen Type S wheels with tires

get tires for my XXR’s

3rd gen TL wheels for winter

roll rear fenders

A-spec lip kit

respray/repaint

Comptech Ice Box

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:26

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I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, but I’d remove the soft top (which doesn’t work) and strip the interior and put a roll cage in, with only two bucket seats in the front. Probably and engine swap, but idk with what yet. Nothing too crazy tho, just kind of like a bigger miata kinda thing.

Goggles Pizzano > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:28

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502ci, quietest muffler in existence, and a dump valve.

jkm7680 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:28

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1. Respray (Racing green pearl with black roof)

2. Black Rs6 alcantara interior swap with R8 steering wheel.

3. Bilstein coils

4. K04 turbos

5. Brembos on all four corners.

6. Sway bars, front and rear

7. AWE Tuning performance intercoolers

8. HRE C1 wheels

9. APR Bi pipe

10. APR Diverter valve

11. APR Stage 2+

12. Miltek exhaust

13. Lip spoiler

14. Tint

15. Audi Navigation Plus retrofit.

16. Xenons

17. Rs6 body kit.

All at about $20,000 give or take. Sigh.

And yeah, I think about this a lot.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:33

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Probably update the infotainment system and have them add Bluetooth integration, replace the alcantara headliner with perforated leather. Then, I’d have them put in a new “magic sky control” moonroof, and weirdly, add leather to the interior of the door pull handle. Mechanically, I’d fix everything and then do a renntech tune to about 640 hp, and a nice exhaust .Finnish it off with S65 wheels and corvette zr1 cyber grey paint and voila.

Bandit > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:36

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18x9” snowflake rims

550hp LS swap (somehow made to 6.6 liters instead of 6.0)

T56 6-speed swap

3.73 Rear end install

full electrical rewire (Mine isn’t bad but it is messy under the dash)

Lower the thing two inches

Full pro touring under setup (big Brembos, new frame, steering stuff, etc)

Full leather interior done in the stock style but with more bolstering

Tint the windows and T-tops

Install A/C

Total cost would be somewhere around 15 or 20 thousand dollars... but I could the the most wanted stuff (engine and trans and rear end) for less than 10k.

Vimto > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:40

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I just want to take my base 2015 Sentra 6MT and turn it into the stillborn Sentra NISMO concept, with its 240hp 1.8T engine, 18” gunmetal wheels, and aero kit.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:43

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Take out my cloth bucket seats and replace them with something more slippery and more durable, like the leatherette and mesh seats they use in the car2go fleet. Replace the black body panels with light blue. Get new wiper blades. Get ceramic brake pads (less squeaking).

Nymphicus Hollandicus > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:45

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What I’ll do to my Pilot:

Manual swap

Maybe make improvements to steering and such

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:48

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2JZGTE/W58 swap while keeping it 4WD, also single turbo on the JZ making somewhere around 450 at the crank

Total Chaos long travel kit

Full JDM Recaro interior

Full Spruce Green Mica respray

Method Roost wheels in bronze

A nice sound system

Upgraded disc brake conversion(bigger than stock on the front as well)

Basically make it a better DD/slash go anywhere rig.

MLGCarGuy > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:48

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Base car: Accord EX-L

Repaint it Nouvelle Blue from the new NSX.

RWD swap.

6 speed manual conversion.

Swap in a turbo V6 that makes around 450 hp.

Coilovers.

Full Honda OEM body kit.

Integrated trunk spoiler.

19 inch Work Kiwami wheels in gunmetal gray.

18 way sport seats from Porsche.

Rear seating area redesigned to be like the Executive Seating package in the new S-Class.

Burmeister sound.

Dual-tip exhaust with remote-closing/opening valve.

Panoramic moonroof.

Clear tail light conversion.

Full LED front headlights with no orange reflectors.

Integrated fender flares.

Wheel spacers.

And that’s about it, I think.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:52

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I’m stealing the 4motion swap idea for my JSW as well, the TDI gets the boot and in its place a flat 6 from Stuttgart. The rest of the cash goes to upgrades for performance that don’t give away sleeper status.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:56

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Starting point : painfully stock 1999 4Runner sr5 trim and 2wd.

So basically. The plan is to 1UZ swap it and then add all other sorts of bits to make it a track day monster.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 20:59

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2013 Dodge Challenger R/T.

Mission: Ultra Retro

-426 Hemi crate motor-465 hp - $17,000

-Longtube Headers - $1,500

-High flow Cats - $600

-3” Zoomers catback exhaust - $1,500

-Respray Hemi Orange & Black stripes - $8,000

-Tremec 6spd swap, Hurst pistol grip shifter - $7,000??

-Black torq thrust wheels - $1,200

-A few more minor cosmetic things - $900-ish

TOTAL: Close to $40,000

dogisbadob > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:05

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1996 I30 (Maxima)

New tires, Falken Ziex ZE950

New brakes, Akebono pads and VGX Platinum rotors, and Cardone Ultra calipers (they actually have real rust protection and are painted silver).

Tokico Illumina shocks and OEM hardware

Replace both CV axles

OEM upgraded throttle position sensor (there’s a TSB on them)

Door lock actuator (passenger door won’t even open), brand new, not from a junkyard, since these are a common failure point on these cars)

New windshield (OEM/PPG, not unsafelite)

A sun visor from the junkyard (mine is intact, but the light doesn’t work, and I replaced the bulb already)

European (not JDM) glass headlights

A full-size spare (used wheel/tire from a junkyard)

Alignment

about $2500 worth of work it needs, and that’s doing it all myself. I also need to replace the valve cover gasket (I already have the parts, just need time to do the job—and it’s a big job in a transverse V6)

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > jkm7680 10/29/2015 at 21:09

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You know, I know a guy lol

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 10/29/2015 at 21:11

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Why not a Supercharged VR6?

jkm7680 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:13

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Haha, wonder who that could be...

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:20

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That is a good idea, I’ll have to file that way for when a pile of money falls out of the sky.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:24

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Strip it down to nothing and fix every body issue there is. Paint it Technoviolet and put M Contour IIs on it. Have the seats redone with black leather bolsters and grey cloth inserts. Manual swap it. Full engine rebuild doing some upgrades along the way. Redo the suspension again with nicer parts. Remove every Amber marker on the car. Redo the headliner with suede. Swap out the standard 4-spoke steering wheel for the three spoke version. Finish it off with a top of the line stereo system.

Autofixation > jkm7680 10/29/2015 at 21:24

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So do you drive a 2.7T Allroad?

jkm7680 > Autofixation 10/29/2015 at 21:25

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A6

Axial > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:36

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I’d have all of the broken or worn things replaced. Restored. No more punched in floor-pan under the passenger seat, no more paint chips, no more unsewn shifter boot and knob, no more curb rash wheels. I want it to look and drive better than new.

I’d have all of the lighting replaced with LEDs of similar color/temperature, so that I can have the look without the hassle of incandescent bulbs.

I would have the adjustable shocks re-installed. It has fixed-ratio Bilsteins on it at the moment, which is probably more reliable, but it renders the dials in the cabin superfluous.

I’d have reinforcement installed all throughout the frame to improve chassis rigidity. I want to be able to successfully challenge a late C5 Z06 on a road course.

I’d have the engine torn down and rebuilt; there’s a lot of held-up power in an LT5 apparently, and you can get it up to 500 chp without increasing displacement and without any visible impact to its livability. I’d also install the factory correction done on later ZR-1 exhaust headers that added a mesh to prevent damage from backfire.

Fitted seat covers with logos.

Door sill protectors.

A not-shit car cover.

OPPOsaurus WRX > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:38

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i’d start by buying one

sebdel > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:43

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Volkswagen saveiro with aston martin v12 in the bed, extra axle in the back for 6 wheel look and a 3cyl diesel in the front for city driving. That’s my dream.

itschrome > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 21:47

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Completely taken apart. All defects repaires or replaced on the body and frame. Then have all mechanical parts replaced with new parts. The engine taken down to the block and rebuilt as well. I’d have the interior replaced with same color but higher quality materials. The body would also be repaided in factory color. Find a nice set of factory wheels and out fit with the best tires I could find. Basically return it to better than show room. Everything would be stock minus interior materials, steroids and a corsair exhaust.

I would litterally do anything for this to happen. I would be for ever grateful to the universe.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 10/29/2015 at 22:01

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Careful with the 2Jz on an unlimited budget. Once you get to 450 hp you won’t want to stop. And contrary to popular belief it is possible to blow them up. I’ve watched a coworker do it to his manual-swapped single turbo SC300. Twice.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 22:07

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This. But with gold OZ rims.

bob and john > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 22:10

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hmm, i TECHNICALLY have a 2000 saab 9-3 sooo...

viper V10 swap, TT, RWD, update the interior a little.
fic any rust, BBK, lower it slightly, smexy wheels

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 22:43

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“Good morning, thank you for calling ICON. My name is Brandy-lynn, how can I help you?”

“Hello, may I please speak with Mr. Ward”

“I will see if he is available sir. What might this be regarding?”

“Land Rovers.....”

“Oh, okay, well I will see if he is able to take your call. I must warn you he is not too keen on Land Rover products.”

“Tell him he will receive ten thousand dollars just to take my call.”

“Right away sir.”

“Hello, this is Jonathan. With whom am I speaking?”

“My name is unimportant; what is important is that you take delivery of my Disco II and give it the full ICON treatment. Spare no expense, with one caveat, the Disco must remain Monte Carlo blue in color and must wind up a 6 speed manual with fully functional locking four wheel drive.”

“Son, that is going to wind up being really expensive.”

“Conference your assistant back on this call, Mr. Ward.”

“Uh, okay. Brandy-lynn conference yourself in, please.”

“Yes sir?”

“If you would please give my accountant your company account and routing numbers and also retrieve the W9 form I just faxed you. My accountant, Reginald has been instructed to wire ICON and Mr. Ward thirty-five thousand dollars to begin his R&D to make what I want done with my Land Rover happen.”

50k to have a completely re-designed and 1000% perfect Land Rover Discovery and then another 50k in Overland preparation and off road overland trailer.

911e46z06 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 22:48

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I have most of the fleet pretty much how I want it, but I would go nuts on my Tahoe. It’s primarily my Baja adventuring rig, so I would do big ass balloon tires, snorkel, a nicer winch, a spotlight and 2 more KCs mounted on the corners somehow, and some sort of motorized or hydraulic thing so I don’t have to break my back getting my boat onto and off of the roof. Then maybe another battery or 2 with some solar panels.

I’d also do a full body-off resto on the K5, with a new motor and everything. I’m doing that anyway.

Also probably BBSs on the M3.

Autofixation > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 22:55

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2000 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport:

Porsche Carrera 997 GT3 RS 4.0 engine swap

GT3 RS 4.0 front seats

GT3 RS 4.0 gauge cluster

Leather rear seats

6 Speed swap w/DCCD

R180 limited slip rear differential

22B STi fenders, hood, grill, and bumper cover

22B steering wheel

STi Version VI wagon rear spoilers and antenna

Roll cage that would not compromise use of rear seats or cargo area

Carbon fiber STi front and rear strut tower braces

STi short throw shifter

Bang & Olufsen sound system

Solid state hard drive for music library

Full disassembly and undercoating ( because northern Vermont=snow=salt=rust)

Seam weld reinforcement while disassembled

Bilstein suspension from Subaru 555 rally car

Radar detector display built into steering column

Sparco Terra wheels for winter

OZ Superleggera wheels for summer

Respray in Aston Martin Volcano Red

Sunroof

Custom cargo area organizer

Windshield wiper defrosters

Engine block heater

Heated mirrors

Inconel exhaust with electric dumps and Akrapovic muffler

Carbon fiber roof

Carbon fiber driveshaft

Functional front lip and dive planes

Integrated GPS with heads up display

Frank Grimes > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 22:58

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Some dope transmission with an actual overdrive.

Make most body panels from aluminum including hardtop

Fab9 borg warner EFR turbo kit

Fox coil overs

seam welded everything

tubular control arms all over

wilwood brakes all around

chrome roll bar

tubular k member

subtle natrual looking flares

integrated fog lights

lots of inconspicuous aero no cannards and wings but crap to clean it up

custom leather fiberglass buckets with some harris tweed deets must be super comfy for my butt.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua 10/29/2015 at 23:16

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#rallyornothing

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/29/2015 at 23:19

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CHROME IT!!!

pip bip - choose Corrour > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/30/2015 at 05:48

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buy a new car (V8 SS Commodore manual) , convert electric windows to manual , and that’s it tbh.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 10/30/2015 at 06:21

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What it’s going in won’t need half of that power lol.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/30/2015 at 11:38

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Not my current car, but a past car...

Pristine Subaru SVX with a tuned EG33, backed by a Legacy Spec.B 6-speed and R180 Torsen rear diff, STI-grade or better custom axle shafts. S207 or Evo X sourced forged BBS 5x114.3 wheels re-finished in bronze or muted gold. Koni Coil-over strut inserts with progressive-rate or dual-springs. ECU, Cams, and full dual exhaust, from headers all the way back to dual oval double-walled tips. Perhaps even dual-mode with muffler-bypass valves.

JDM Cloud sideskirts and front spats, to resemble the SVX Concept car.

Laguna blue, or re-painted World Rally Blue Pearl main body, Black or midnight blue gloss, non-metallic roof and trunk top, with aft-shifted spoiler. full canopy tint at 65-70 VLT, and metallic-reflective OE windshield. Pristine black & tan interior, rather than stone gray. OE suede parts re-covered with blue alcantara to match the paint color, perhaps a bit toward Navy. Perhaps with seat inserts as well, similar to 2009 Legacy Spec.B. If possible, an overseas glass GC-generation Impreza moonroof module, in place of the steel sunroof.

Audio system conversion to an Apple CarPlay compatible double-DIN head-unit, with a simple but high-quality multi-channel amplified system, including bluetooth music and speakerphone. Updated electronics/alarm system for retained accessory power, keyless push-button start, possibly even shaved door handles with proximity locking and a hidden push-button electric door popper like a TVR. Modern car amenities in a 20+ year old car that was futuristic for it’s time.

Full LED lighting conversion, inside and out, including the full-width tail lights, and the full-width front lighting. JW Speaker projector-optic LED low beams, horizontal high-output array for high beam and an array of yellow and warm-white wide-throw-optic integrated fog lights in the headlight housing with clear glass lenses, amber LED signals, and a multi-color remote control lighting array in the center waterfall lens. with a full width led running light graphic.

Like this car... taken to the next level.

WiscoProud > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/30/2015 at 11:51

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Base Vehicle: 2004 LandCruiser

With an unlimited budget I would do the following:

- Full skid plates (I have TJM, but they’re lightweight)

- White Knuckle Off Road Sliders

- Front winch bumper with 12k lb winch

- Rear bumper with tire swingout

- Full roof rack with ladder and lights

- 2.5” Heavy duty lift with UCA, LCA, and remote reservoir shocks

- e-diffs front and rear (not a big fan of air diffs)

- 295/70R18 tires (Roughly 34.5”)

- TRD supercharger

- Dual battery, on-board air, CB, and actual outlets

- Upgraded audio in stock locations (nothing crazy, just 11 year old speakers suck)

- Safari snorkel

- If the budget would extend to related items, I would also include an off-road trailer for camping.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/30/2015 at 11:59

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New mainstream, attainable car...

2016 Crosstrek (evidently no longer XV...)

Either a Premium 5-speed with all of the Limited features added, or more likely, a Limited with all of the options, the parts to convert to manual.

2015-16 WRX and WRX STI parts or donor cars.

Gut the Crosstrek stock drivetrain out to the suspension. Replace with WRX FA20DIT engine, cooling, ECU, and other engine-related parts. COBB AccessPort tuner, and a bluetooth OBDII reader tied to a smart phone/tablet.

Replace the drivetrain with the STI DCCD gearbox, rear diff, axles, wheel bearings, etc.

Forged BBS wheels in muted gold/bronze, Bilstein long-travel coil-overs. I’d love to figure a way to use air-spring helpers above the coil springs, like nose-lift systems on low supercars, to have main coil springs, but 2” additional clearance and pressure adjustment for initial spring rate when off-pavement.

All the amenities, and performance options available, with black leather and red-stitched STI interior, with World Rally Blue exterior, and blacked out roof.

If Subaru won’t make an STI Crosstrek Limited... a road-rally-car, I would make one for myself.

Alex Zapata > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/30/2015 at 14:47

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Top of the line Ohlins suspension

Manual Swap

Stillen Supercharger

Forged internals (whatever doesn’t come forged stock)

Rays Wheels

Sticky rubber

(Nissan 350Z)

Wheelerguy > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 10/31/2015 at 10:33

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I don’t have any car yet, but I might be getting a Mirage because I’m a lowly peasant.

Then I’ll turn that Mirage into a slightly more livable version of this.

If I had an older Porsche, however, I’ll take it to Singer without a word and only a note on the seat that says:

“964 lbs, 482 hp”.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/01/2015 at 21:46

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4WD. Turbo VR6. fully built 6-speed manual. full glass roof. custom-made interior, make it look more upscale, and use BMW-style contouring seats with heating, cooling and massage. lower it another .5 inches. get 19” rims off golf R and have them widened to 9”. get appropriate rubber. widen the car itself a bit to accommodate. full suspension. 6-piston brakes with 2 sets of calipers up front (because racecar) Paint Montana green, and have Montana green stitching on interior.