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2002 Subaru Impreza Wrx Wagon, Wr Blue, Manual, 'bugeye' on 2040-cars

US $8,800.00
Year:2002 Mileage:179797 Color:
Location:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Brooklyn, New York, United States

179k miles and counting, 5-speed manual transmission, never smoked in, no pets, meticulously maintained w/ records & just completed an extensive 180k maintenance covering everything from valve cover gaskets to a complete brake job. It should require no major service until 210k. This was supposed to be my 'forever' car, so I was maintaining and modifying very carefully. However, personal reasons force a sale. Clean title, three keys & two remotes, all manuals in hand.

This car has been my winter trip car and poor-weather daily driver (I commute via motorcycle) for the last several years. Most miles are highway/interstate miles. It has never let me down in any situation and I am committed to performing all maintenance on or before schedule. This WRX has been modded to produce a singular end result: a reliable, practical, and fun-to-drive car for someone who can have just one car. Most mods target suspension, practicality, and longevity. Please see list below.

There are some issues that affect most Subarus and some that affect only this model and year. These include head gaskets, wheel bearings, and transmissions. I've done my best to prevent these types of failures through driving choices and maintenance. Subaru 2.0L turbo motors are not as prone to head gasket failures as the N/A 2.5L, but it doesn't hurt to be safe. Used oil analyses (Blackstone) and compression tests (very strong compression) show a very healthy motor with no oil/coolant mixing and I always use Subaru Long-Life Coolant with Subaru Coolant Conditioner. I've recently replaced the passenger rear wheel bearing and the passenger front wheel bearing with hubs & ball-joints from a parted 2007 WRX with less than 10k miles. This wheel bearing should far outlast any aftermarket bearing. This 2002 WRX has the 'BA' transmission, which is stronger than the earlier 'AA' transmissions. Additionally, I never drop the clutch, shift slowly and carefully, use synthetic transmission oil, and have maintained close-to-stock power levels. All open recalls (wagon door stays, fuel lines, control arms) have been performed at Koppel Subaru in Queens, NY.

Interior: 8.5/10. Some scuffs in the rear, some usual Subaru rattles, and some wear normal for a 180k mile car. Otherwise, it is very clean.

Exterior: 9/10. It's hard to keep a car perfect in NYC, but condition is certainly well above average and the paint still shines. I had the trunk keyhole shaved when someone tried to break the lock cylinder.

Mechanical: 9.5/10. Motor is very strong with compression tests showing less than 3% difference between cylinders. UOAs show excellent motor condition. Transmission is in excellent shape, all synchros intact w/ smooth shifts. Suspension in great shape with lots of life left, and the chassis is very solid.

Practicality Mods
- Curt Class I Trailer Hitch w/ Hidden 4-pin Trailer Harness
- Rostra Precision Controls heated driver and passenger seat
- Window Tint: 5% cargo area, 20% windows
- Additional Hidden and Fused 12v Socket
- Alpine CDA-105 Headunit w/ iPod/iPhone integration & AUX in
- Wired for Auxiliary Driving Lights (switched with high beam), Hella harness
- Brackets for Auxiliary Driving Lights
- Disabled DRLs, Black Housing Headlamps, Sylvania Silverstar Ultra Bulbs
- Redline Self-Opening Hood Struts
- 0 Gauge Grounding Kit
- Primitive Racing 3/16" Aluminum Skid Plate
- Rally Armor Classic Mudflaps

Suspension/Brakes
- Tokico D-Spec Adjustable Struts w/ 2004 STi Springs & Raybestos Camber Bolts
- Whiteline G4 Coilovers w/ Eibach Springs, should you want them (they need to be rebuilt).
- Whiteline 24mm Front Sway Bar
- Whiteline 20mm Rear Sway Bar
- Whiteline HD Alloy Rear Endlinks
- Whiteline HD Steel Front Endlinks
- Whiteline Rear Adjustable Toe & Camber Control Arms w/ Polyurethane Bushings
- Whiteline Polyurethane Trailing Arm Bushings
- Whiteline Quick-Release Rear Strut Tower Bar
- Subaru/FHI "4-pot" Front Calipers w/ Stoptech Street Performance Pads & Raybestos AT 'Blank' Rotors w/ 3mm Wheel Spacers
- Subaru/FHI "H6" Rear Caliper Bracket w/ Stoptech Street Performance Pads & "H6" 'Blank' Rotors
- Subaru Group N Tophats


Motor/Transmission
- Perrin Catless Up-pipe
- MRT 3" Stainless Steel Turbo-Back Exhaust w/ High-Flow Cat
- Perrin Lightweight Pulley
- 3750 mile oil change intervals w/ Shell Rotella T6 5W-40 & Subaru Oil Filters
- Redline Lightweight Shockproof Transmission Oil
- Shell Spirax 75W-90 Gear Oil in Rear Differential
- Subaru OEM Short-Throw Shifter
- Subaru STi Group-N Transmission Mount
- Whiteline Transmission Cross Member Bushings
- Whiteline Polyurethane Shifter Bushings

Wheels & Tires (comes with both sets)
- Subaru 16" WRX Wheels w/ General Altimax Arctic 205/60-16 Winter Tires
- Sport Edition/Kosei 17" Grand Infest D5 w/ Hankook Ventus evo V12 225/45-17 Summer Tires

Maintenance

I have a large spreadsheet of all the maintenance done to the car in the last several years along with dates, mileage, costs, mechanic, part numbers, etc. I did much of the maintenance myself as I like the work to be done a certain way, with specific parts. However, for items I am unable to perform, I turn the car over to a Subaru specialist.

Payment, Delivery
Require $1000 deposit, balance upon local pickup. I am willing to help your carrier ship the car, but payment must clear first. 

If you have any questions, shoot me a message. 

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Tue, 26 Mar 2013

When Subaru dropped a hint about bringing an "all-new performance concept car" to the New York Auto Show this year, we immediately started hoping and praying that a conceptual iteration of the next WRX was in the offing. Looks like that might have paid off. While no official word has yet been written or uttered from Subaru, a French website called Blog Automobile has released a gallery of images that would seem to spill the beans about the WRX Concept.
If the leaked images are correct - and they look awfully complete and well done if they're not - WRX styling is taking a turn for the handsome. The sleek sedan in these images has all of the cues that we've come to expect from our rally-ready Imprezas: a dominating hood scoop and very wide stance with beefy wheels, and seems to miss only the rear wing to fit the perfect WRX stereotype. (And, yes, it should have gold wheels.)
There's no press release to be found, but the source is citing specifications as if it knows what it's talking about. We're told that 275 to 300 horsepower are the likely output of the turbocharged boxer four-cylinder engine, and that brakes with ventilated discs and six-piston calipers are there to haul the all-wheel-drive Scooby down from speed. If our earlier reporting is correct, we might expect to find an electric turbo under that imposing hood, too.

Toyota GT86 turbo, convertible, sedan variants back on the table

Fri, 02 May 2014

Okay Toyota, make up your mind. Figure it out. Quit playing games with our heart. Either build a bunch of variations of the excellent GT86 (also known as the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ) or don't. At this point, we're just tired of the back and forth. After no shortage of denials, an Australian website is claiming that Toyota is reconsidering convertible, four-door, turbocharged and all-wheel-drive hybrid variants of the GT86. Kindly pass all the salt.
It's not that we don't want to believe the Aussies; we do. But when the story lists the same "sources in Japan" as a lot of the other denials and confirmations about GT86/BRZ/FR-S variants, well, there's a certain sense of the "Boy That Cried Wolf," here. Ignoring all that, then, what does Motoring.com.au claim to know?
Sources claim the GT86 Convertible will arrive in October 2014, while the turbocharged and hybrid sedans are slated for 2016.

Subaru debuts tougher-looking Outback for Australia [w/poll]

Tue, 17 Sep 2013

If you're going to name a car after a specific location or region, you'd better make sure it's taken seriously in the place it's named for. You're not likely to see a Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Monaco, and the Alfa Romeo Montreal was never even officially offered in North America, but the Subaru Outback is another story.
Subaru apparently takes the Australian market, whose wilderness its jacked-up Legacy wagon is named for, very seriously. So it is apparently rolling out a revised version of the current Outback in Australia itself. The updated Outback, which arrives less than a year before the all-new model is expected to bow, answers Aussie customer feedback with a more rugged look. It's got new roof rails, body cladding, wheel arches, mud flaps, underbody protection plates and blacked-out headlight surrounds and grille trim.
The Motor Report reports that the AUD $2,500 worth of extra equipment - around $2,300 USD - comes with just an AUD $500 ($468) price hike. As far as we can tell, though, there are no plans to bring this latest look to our shores - Subaru has already detailed North America's Outback for the 2014 model year, and these changes aren't mentioned. Should this look be offered in our market? Vote in the poll below and then have your say in Comments.