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2008 Subaru Impreza Wrx Wagon 4-door 2.5l Hatchback on 2040-cars

US $15,000.00
Year:2008 Mileage:87300 Color:
Location:

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
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Up for sale is my 2008 WRX hatchback.  87,300 miles and counting.  Stage 1 Torqued Performance tune since I bought it when it had 30k miles on it. The car is primarily my daily driver and has never been autocrossed, rallied, road raced, pulled, shifted hard, or even redlined.  Other than when I got the car tuned on a Torqued Performance tune, it has been babied.  I use to drive to work, visit my girlfriend, and cart my bicycles around, and that’s about it.  That being said, the car does have an extensive list of modifications, all of which were done by me personally and a very good friend and trusted mechanic, so everything has been done correctly.  Most of the mods, however, are NOT power mods.  The only and very few engine-related mods were done while servicing something else that made whatever part easy to replace, and the tune has been adjusted for the engine-related mods.  Most of the work went into bettering the interior, chassis, suspension, and making the car nicer rather than faster.  Car has $7,800 worth of aftermarket parts.

THE BAD.  Hillstart-assist and traction control don’t work.  The lights came on two years ago and the car works perfectly other than those lights being on.  ABS still works, but no traction control and hillstart-assist.  To fix this might be as simple as plugging in a wire or something, but I just didn’t want to mess with it as it doesn’t affect the function and performance of a car.   Airbag light recently came on for a bad driver’s airbag, which I had replaced with a new one.  That code went away, but the airbag light is still on.

I did an STI center console swap and STI front seat swap.  Wheels and tires came off a 0 mile 2012 WRX and have 1.5 summers of easy, oldman driving on them.  Torqued Performance tune/Cobb Accessport comes with the car.  Tune is solid and has been adjusted for the composite TGV deletes so that there are no CELs.  Acceleration is buttery smooth.  Nothing like the Cobb OTS maps or the OEM map.  Rotella T6 full synthetic oil changed every 3k miles on the dot by me personally.  Only Subaru OEM oil filters used.  Full sound deadening on both inside and outside door skins on all four doors and the hatch lid and floor.  HID low beams from The Retrofit Source, 4300K pure white.  None of the weird blue color you see with other HIDs.  LED interior lights, license plate bulbs, and LED switchback turn signals.  Full list of mods is included.

The car will be sold as it sits.  No parts will be taken off to decrease the value.  I am getting out of the Subaru game entirely, so I don’t want to mess with parting it out.  I am selling the car simply because it’s time to move on.  Nothing more, nothing less.  Never smoked in and never had any animals in it.

Pricing: $15,000.  Cash or cashier’s check.  If using cashier’s check, then the car and title will not be handed over until my bank has cleared the funds. 

NO payment plans.  NO trades.  NO lowballs.  Reasonable offers will be considered.  The car accelerates, runs, stops, and corners perfectly and without defect.  Test drives for serious buyers only.  NO test drives without me present in the car.  NO hard accelerating, braking, shifting, etc, during a test drive.  If you test drive the car, know that it is still my car and will be driven lightly.  NO joyrides.  NO joyrides.  NO joyrides.  Buyer will be required to sign a bill of sale at the time of purchase.  No minors without their parents/decision makers present.  Be confident and knowledgeable of how to drive a 5-speed.  You will not be learning in my car.  And again, reasonable offers will be considered.

Engine

Perrin Electronic Boost Control System

Perrin Lightweight Crank Pulley

Perrin Turbo Inlet

Composite TGV Deletes

Grimmspeed Air-Oil Separator

Forge Recirculating Bypass Valve

Torqued Performance Stage 1 Tune adjusted for installed parts

Transmission

Cobb Double Adjustable Short Shifter

Torque Solutions Front and Rear Shifter Bushings

Torque Solutions Transmission-Crossmember Bushings

Torque Solutions Engine Pitch Stop Mount

STI Transmission Mount

Whiteline Rear Differential Positive Power Kit

WC Lathewerks Teardrop Copolymer Shift Knob

WC Lathewerks 3" Shifter Extension

Brakes

Centric Standard Rotors

Stoptech Street Performance Pads

Grimmspeed Master Cylinder Brace

Exhaust

Grimmspeed Crosspipe

Megan Racing 3" Midpipe

Straight Pipe Axleback

Suspension/Chassis

King Lifting Springs

KYB Excel-G Struts

Perrin 25mm Front Swaybar

Perrin Polyurethane Front Endlinks

Eibach 22mm Rear Swaybar

Perrin Polyurethane Rear Endlinks

Energy Suspension Front and Rear Swaybar Bushings

Whiteline Anti-Lift Kit - Street

Whiteline Subframe Positive Traction Kit

Whiteline Front-Inner Lower Control Arm Bushings

Interior

Pioneer AVIC X930 BT - iPhone wiring run into center console box

Apline Type-R Front and Rear Coaxial Speakers

Paranoid Fabrications Speaker Spacers

Fatmat Sound Deadening - Front and Rear Doors [both skins], Hatch, and Trunk

2009 STI Grey Alcantara Front Seats

2011 STI Center Console Swap

Steel Grey Alcantara-wrapped Shifter Surround by JPM

JPM Shift Boot: Steel Grey Alcantara/Shark Grey Stitching

JPM Handbrake Boot: Steel Grey Alcantara/Shark Grey Stitching

JPM Front Door Armrests: Steel Grey Alcantara/Shark Grey Stitching

JPM Center Armrest: Steel Grey Alcantara/Shark Grey Stitching

Dash Trim professionally painted Obsidian Black Pearl

JDM Radio Bezel - the s206 style, not the boring grey one everyone has

LED Interior Lights

2010 Forester driver's door controls [they light up red!]

2011 WRX HVAC controls [they just look better]

Exterior

15% Tint/Eyebrow

Rally Armor UR Mudflaps

Primitive Racing Skidplate/Differential Cover

Subaru Sport Grill

Debadged

Subaru JDM Rain Guards

VG Sharkfin Antenna

LED License Plate Lights

4300k HIDs from TRS

 


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