JDM envy: the WRX STi tS type RA

"71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter) 06/03/2015 at 13:24 • Filed to: None

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Better Suspension, steering, braking, engine, tires and aero all served up in a delicious orange color. Why must it be JDM only?

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71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/03/2015 at 13:29

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Getting Kinja’d in the post, heres a link with more info

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/02/sub…

CB > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/03/2015 at 13:34

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Theoretically, you could probably get away with importing it here. I mean, it’s mostly the same as the STi they sell here, right?

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/03/2015 at 13:37

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Only color, other than WRB, that I would choose for a WRX.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot 06/03/2015 at 13:43

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I’m glad you like it, my current WRX is in that color.

OPPOsaurus WRX > WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot 06/03/2015 at 13:43

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I dont think I could drive something with that bold color. I really like the Blurple and the white is also beautiful (obviously WRB as well). I think black would be one of my last choices....

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > CB 06/03/2015 at 13:54

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It is wrong hand drive though. If it passes CA smog, it might actually be legal

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/03/2015 at 14:04

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The White is FANTASTIC.

Ferrero1911 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/03/2015 at 14:29

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Wrong hand drive is the least of your issues (and actually not an issue). You’d have to convince the government that not only does the engine meet EPA standards, but it meets crash test and FMVSS as well. You can bring anything in if you can bring it into compliance. But you might have to buy 3 or 4 to crash test in order to do it.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > Ferrero1911 06/03/2015 at 14:45

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It’s still a WRX STi, do all special editions have to get tested? I think that generation just used the crash test results from a base Impreza. I get the EPA stuff, that might be tough. I’m not actually concidering buying one, but it is an interesitng thought experiment

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/03/2015 at 14:59

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One for sale

https://www.tradecarview.com/used_car/japan…

uofime-2 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/03/2015 at 15:26

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Fortunately Subarus are just big legos, so if you can get the parts here they’ll almost certainly bolt on.

Ferrero1911 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 06/03/2015 at 15:59

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If the manufacturer wanted to bring it into the US they probably wouldn’t need a second crash test since they would be able to prove that they’d used all the same bumpers and safety equipment. If an individual wanted to bring it in you would have to prove the same thing, which is a little harder since you’re not the one who made it. I bet it is the same though, so it might just mean taking it apart and proving to the government that it’s “substantially similar” to the models already sold here.