LibertyFLS
11-20-2012, 05:58 PM
Hey everyone, here is my car, aka daily driver / delivery wagon for my business. I have a VIP Style Infiniti M45 / Y34 Gloria which has been my daily until I got the wagon at the beginning of October. Now my M is sitting under a car cover, parked in a warehouse to be used whenever I feel like it. Driving a slammed, static height big-body sedan with way too much camber (-5.5 / -6.5 f/r) every day can get old, but I did it with the M and a Q45 before the M. However, I needed something to deliver tents (custom printed pop up tents) and flags and the M wasn't cutting it as a delivery vehicle.
So I decided out of wagon options, BMW and Subaru, already had a Volvo and don't want to go there again, that it would be Japanese reliability and AWD over the better looking BMW's -sorry everyone, but there's no denying, BMW 3 and 5 series wagons are beautiful. I got my Titanium 2000 GT wagon with 122k miles at a small dealer who only sells Subaru's. It was a 1 owner car, always had every single service at Irvine Subaru, so it feels very much like a new, old car. It's tight as can be, smooth and solid feeling. I love the ride with the Tokico HTS set 2 turns from stiffest and H&R springs.
I can't drive a car stock, so as soon as I picked it up, I started ordering parts. I've had the car for 6 weeks, so I'm pretty content with the progress so far. I would like a little more power though, coming from 9 years of driving V8's and the M with 345hp/333lb ft is a rocket. But I don't and didn't expect much out of this little 4-banger, definitely will do a muffler, but want to keep it quiet and simple, not sure about an intake, if I find a good deal on one, I will probably do it. Once the wing is on the car, I don't really have any more plans at the moment besides little things, like a blue Subaru emblem for the grille and I'm sure other things will come up over time that I want to do. I definitely want to do the dash LED bulbs, this thing is so dim. I would have said stereo, but this car came with a nice Alpine with iPod cable and good speakers, it honestly sounds better with 4 speakers than my M which has like 10 speakers.
I tend to be long winded, so I'm going to cut myself off here.....
Wheels:
WedsSport SA-60M 18x8 all around with 16mm bolt on rear spacers to even out the stance front / rear
Federal FD2 (horrible, horrible tires, I got what I cheaped out and paid for)
Suspension:
Tokico HTS adjustables
H&R wagon springs with Impreza mounts
Interior:
very light window tint
replaced all bulbs with LED (except dash, but that is coming soon)
exterior:
de-chromed the outside ring on the grille and plasti-dipped it black, keeping the inner chrome bar. I peeled all the chrome off by hand in about 2 hours.
Rally Armor mud flaps unniversal
rear factory wing (at the paint shop)
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So I decided out of wagon options, BMW and Subaru, already had a Volvo and don't want to go there again, that it would be Japanese reliability and AWD over the better looking BMW's -sorry everyone, but there's no denying, BMW 3 and 5 series wagons are beautiful. I got my Titanium 2000 GT wagon with 122k miles at a small dealer who only sells Subaru's. It was a 1 owner car, always had every single service at Irvine Subaru, so it feels very much like a new, old car. It's tight as can be, smooth and solid feeling. I love the ride with the Tokico HTS set 2 turns from stiffest and H&R springs.
I can't drive a car stock, so as soon as I picked it up, I started ordering parts. I've had the car for 6 weeks, so I'm pretty content with the progress so far. I would like a little more power though, coming from 9 years of driving V8's and the M with 345hp/333lb ft is a rocket. But I don't and didn't expect much out of this little 4-banger, definitely will do a muffler, but want to keep it quiet and simple, not sure about an intake, if I find a good deal on one, I will probably do it. Once the wing is on the car, I don't really have any more plans at the moment besides little things, like a blue Subaru emblem for the grille and I'm sure other things will come up over time that I want to do. I definitely want to do the dash LED bulbs, this thing is so dim. I would have said stereo, but this car came with a nice Alpine with iPod cable and good speakers, it honestly sounds better with 4 speakers than my M which has like 10 speakers.
I tend to be long winded, so I'm going to cut myself off here.....
Wheels:
WedsSport SA-60M 18x8 all around with 16mm bolt on rear spacers to even out the stance front / rear
Federal FD2 (horrible, horrible tires, I got what I cheaped out and paid for)
Suspension:
Tokico HTS adjustables
H&R wagon springs with Impreza mounts
Interior:
very light window tint
replaced all bulbs with LED (except dash, but that is coming soon)
exterior:
de-chromed the outside ring on the grille and plasti-dipped it black, keeping the inner chrome bar. I peeled all the chrome off by hand in about 2 hours.
Rally Armor mud flaps unniversal
rear factory wing (at the paint shop)
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/11/CD396B20936B4CB69ABA30231A9EE9C717100000-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/11/6CEE0C35B1574657966CEAAA44D2A20517100000-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/11/486AC393E832437194E58AFA62225A6717100000-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/11/F7AB29B5109F4966A8AD5452C9467FF125520000-1.jpg