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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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New PPI vehicle, 05FSTi

I have been thinking of what I wanted to replace my Dodge p/u with and I finally decided on a 2005 Forester xt. I always like the Forester STI they sold overseas and decided to work on transforming mine. This will be a great vehicle to help expand our products and services! I started with a fully loaded model: Leather seats, power everything, huge moonroof, manual of course, crystal grey metallic paint.

Mods are:
STi vf39 turbo
STi tmic
STi hoodscoop
Full exhaust
wrx struts/springs (came on the vehicle)
STI BBS wheels
PPI Custom grille modded to resemble JDM grill
PPI mini battery kit
Full comliment of STi emblems/decals
Alpine headunit, Rockford amp, 2 JBL 12"subs

Pending install These services will be on the site this weekend
PPI Fully ported STI exhaust manifolds (at the coater now)
PPI Ported intake manifold
PPI tgv deletes

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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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looks good, always wanted to see someone do this conversion. Keep us posted
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 02:24 PM
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ewww.....lol shame on you guys....lol...honestly i would of just went with a regular sti...just my 2 cents...
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 04:19 PM
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Cool vehicle~!!!
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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very nice conversion man. i love the way these things look. looks like all you need are the brembos and the interior bits. keep us posted.
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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ewww.....lol shame on you guys....lol...honestly i would of just went with a regular sti...just my 2 cents...
he probably needed a large vehicle to replace the pickup truck
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Old Jan 4, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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ewww.....lol shame on you guys....lol...honestly i would of just went with a regular sti...just my 2 cents...
Practicality > looks. Plus, nothing like the joy of blowing people away in a station wagon.
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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I def. need more room than what a sedan would offer so that is why I went with the Forester. Its fun to do something that is different and no one would expect much from. This is a very practical vehicle that I can throw the dog kennel in and take on my trips. So it will work out great. It already puts down more power than a stock sti or evo The t/a and 745i found out the hard way the other day lol. I am keeping an eye out for the brakes but I am def. keeping the heated leather interior
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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ohh didnt no it was used for space...i thought it was just a car picked up for giggles but yea id take that over a pickup 4 sure....i retract my previous statment after taking account of situation....
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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Ppi Ftmfw
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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grocery getter w/***** FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 06:21 PM
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Kinda cool but um yea....not really for me.
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Old Jan 7, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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nice! forester STi's pwn!
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 06:39 AM
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Thanks for the compliments guys, I am picking up my coated manifolds on Fri.
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 09:41 AM
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that's nice. I like it a lot!
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