2006 Subaru Impreza Wrx - Free Shipping! - Vf30 - Lots Of New Parts! No-rust! on 2040-cars
Year:2006Mileage:108710Color: Always hand washed and waxed
Location:
Macomb, Michigan, United States
I'm looking for a quick and easy sale: FREE Shipping to the lower 48 states*! Carfax report! 40+ High-Res pictures and over 30 minutes of video!
Read this first: This is a used and heavily modified car, please know what you're getting into. The engine, suspension, brakes, interior, electrical system, body, and various other components on this car have been modified or replaced with aftermarket parts, which will affect the performance, economy, reliability, safety, and potentually legality (if you live in a state that cares about emissions) of this vehicle. If you are comfortable with tuning, are an enthusiast looking for an awesome platform to play with, and you are comfortable with tinkering (or can afford to pay someone to tinker for you) - then you will absolutely love this car. If you're not confident that a modified car is for you, please close this listing now and go look for a stock WRX - they are great cars! Please read the listing carefully, ask questions, and keep this in mind before you bid, I want the new owner to be happy with what they get.
2006 Subaru Impreza WRX TR
You're looking at a clean southern WRX with a ton of recent maintenance and performance goodies. This car should be capable of a reliable 300+ WHP with a tune!
The story (why am I selling?)
I got this car this past winter with the intention of using it for track days and time trials. If you know anything about Subarus, you know they rust like crazy, so when I saw how clean this southern car was underneath, I just had to have it. The fact that it was a TR (no sunroof, less weight) was a bonus for me as well. It needed a little work when I got it, so I took the time to go over the entire thing and replace/fix anything that even remotely needed it in order to ensure reliability at the track. It was a nice winter project, but in the summer my priorities shifted back towards rally, and I decided to focus on my rally car instead. The car received a very conservative, low boost, non-meth tune so that I could use it as a daily driver. However, since I live 2 miles from work and have another daily driver, the car pretty much just sat in my parents garage most of the year, I've only put about 1500 miles on it. I'm selling this car to free up some space and money for my rally projects, my loss, your gain! Hopefully this gorgeous car goes to someone who can truly appreciate it.
Modifications and Recent Maintenance (most things on this list have less than 1000 miles)
Engine
* Low mileage VF30 turbo with custom waste gate bracket for an EWG setup (not welded shut!)
* Turbo blanket
* GrimmSpeed EWG up-pipe, thermal wrapped
* Tial 38mm EWG with 10psi spring (had two springs in when I got it, the other 10psi spring included)
* GrimmSpeed EWG v-band dump tube
* DW 1000cc injectors
* DevilsOwn meth injection kit with controller and disable/enable button
* Custom 3" turbo cat-less turbo back (note: car does not have any catalytic converters at all)
* SPT intake
* Perrin inlet pipe
* Custom silicone y-pipe
* Huge top mount intercooler (Greddy, according to the PO, though I can't verify)
* Air pump delete with custom block off plates (stock parts included in sale)
* Gates racing timing belt and pulleys
* Alternator/PS and AC belt
* Thermostat and gasket
* Upper and lower rad hoses
* NGK iridium spark plugs
* New rear main seal (didn't need it, but changed since the clutch/flywheel was being swapped)
* New exhaust and turbo gaskets
* New BOV gasket
* Conservative daily driver tune (stock boost levels, WGDC related tables, timing, target AFRs…etc)
* AEM wideband sensor and gauge
* AEM EGT sensor and gauge
* GlowShift boost gauge
* AEM oil temperature gauge (everything is wired, but sensor still needs to be installed in the block)
* Fresh oil and coolant
Transmission
* Exedy stage 1 clutch
* ACT streetlite flywheel
* Kartboy shifter bushings
* Valvoline synthetic gear oil
* New inside CV boots and grease on the front
* New half shaft seals (front)
Wheels/Suspension
* 17" Team Dynamics Pro-Race wheels
* 245/40 R17 Hankook RS3 tires (less than 1000 miles)
* New Moog ball joint
* New Moog tie rod ends
* JDM STI rear sway bar according to the PO. It's a different color and the car turns in nicely, so it feels aftermarket.
* NOTE: The pictures show a full size spare - it does not come with the car. The car will come with 15" a compact spare (aka donut) from a 2000 Subaru 2.5RS.
Brakes
* Techna-fit SS braided lines
* New rotors front and rear. Fronts are Centric, not sure on rear.
* New OEM-spec pads front and rear
* Speed bleeders front and rear
* ATE superblue fluid
Interior
* ATI gauge pod with AEM gauges. Properly wired with relays, fuses, and independent power source
* Autometer gauge pod with GlowShift boost gauge on top of steering column
* Sony MEX-BT3000P head unit
* Alpine speakers in doors (according to the PO)
* Several interior trim pieces painted to match exterior. Done well and looks pretty good
* STI blue carpet
* Wired for an amp/sub in the trunk.
Exterior
Always hand washed and waxed.
* STI Hood
* STI Trunk with STI wing
* 04/05 tail lights
* Tint on the rear windows
Condition
Exterior
This car is originally from the south, and has only seen one winter worth of snow/salt, so the body is in great condition rust wise. That said, this is an 8 year old car with 100+k miles on it, so there are the normal dings, scratches, and paint chips (see pictures). The car has been in a minor fender bender at some point (see Carfax report), a fender and headlight have been replaced and the whole car resprayed. I had the fenders off to confirm that there is absolutely no evidence of frame damage and the paint job was as good or better than factory Subaru. The car has been hand washed and hand waxed during the time that I've owned it.
Interior
Interior is about average for the cars age and mileage. The seats and door cards have shampooed and steam vac'd by me this summer. The only blemishes are some wear on a steering wheel, a small burn mark in the rear seat (see pictures). There used to be a 3-pillar gauge-pod installed on the car (comes with it), so there are a couple small holes in the trim on the drivers side and the passenger side trim is painted black to match. It seems the car has been smoked in at some point, though the previous owner was not a smoker and neither am I. A/C needs a recharge according to the PO, I haven't driven the car in hot weather, so I haven't touched it.
Engine
The car has a very conservative daily driver tune on it right now and runs great. Always starts up on the first try, there is no smoke, leaks, or weird noises. Even though it's rare, for full disclosure, like most modified cars, there is an occasional check engine light. In this case it's an occasional random misfire, most likely due to the light weight flywheel - well known issue with Subarus. Car drives fine, and you can't feel it, but the light does come on. There is also a small pinhole leak in the down pipe, it's pretty irrelevant since the EWG dump tube dumps about 4 inches away anyway. Tune wise, it's a very safe DD tune, so it is at around stock WRX power levels, and will need a different map (up to you) to boost over stock levels and make use of meth injection.
Suspension
Great condition. I think the car used to have aftermarket suspension on it, because this one feels like it's brand new. Rides awesome, handles awesome.
Brakes
Brand new, feel fantastic. ABS light is on due to sensor (according to PO). I don't like Subaru ABS at all (I think it's way too sensitive), so I haven't bothered fixing it.
BONUS PARTS!
A $1000 worth of goodies that will come with the car -
* TBO TD05-20G turbocharger. Freshly rebuilt
* Air pump parts. In case you want to put it back for some reason
* Alpine Subwoofer/enclosure - can be hooked up in the trunk!
* JVC touchscreen double DIN head unit.
* Kenwood amp - can be hooked up in the trunk!
Terms and Conditions
Car is sold as-is with no warranty of any kind stated or implied. All statements in the listing are based on best recollection, and there is no guarantee of truth, or accuracy. Interested parties are welcome to inspect the car to their satisfaction at their time/cost. Test drives are welcome, but joy-rides are not - the buyer reserves the right to refuse a test drive to anyone he believes incapable of buying the car, operating a manual transmission, or driving safely. Paypal deposit of $200 is required within 24 hours of the auction end. Full payment is required within one week. Accepted methods of payment are cash (in person) and cashiers check. If paying with anything besides cash, the seller is required to provide all information necessary to verify the validity of the payment (bank name(s), check number(s) … etc) before the car will be released to them. Payment must completely clear the sellers bank (may take a couple days or a couple weeks) before the title will be signed over to the buyer.
Shipping
Shipping to the lower 48 USA states is FREE!* *up to $1000. This excludes Alaska, Hawaii, US territories, and any foreign country. Full payment must be made and the funds must clear the sellers bank before shipping arrangements will be made. The seller will ship at his convenience using his choice of carrier, covering up to $1000 of the shipping cost. This should be sufficient for respectable door-to-door service unless the buyer lives on an island or on top of a mountain somewhere, in which case they might have to pick the car up at a transport hub of some sort.
Subaru is recalling 660,238 vehicles located in 20 US states that use salt on their roads. It's possible that salty water could splash onto the rear brake lines, and it could eventually cause corrosion and potentially perforation, leading to a fluid leak. The recall covers the 2005-2009 Outback and Legacy, 2008-2011 Impreza, 2008-2014 WRX and STI and 2009-2013 Forester. However, only vehicles currently or formerly registered in the following snowy US states or districts are covered: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. The company previously recalled the 2005-2009 Legacy and Outback to repair this problem, and now it's added the additional models, plus any of the original cars it missed the first time. According to the defect notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Subaru found a total of 24 cases of corrosion in US leading up to the recall. There was a single case of actual brake line perforation, but it happened in Switzerland, according to the document. The company believes that it would take seven or more seasons of winter driving on salty roads before any corroding would begin.
The 2015 Subaru WRX is awesome. Really awesome. We told you as much in our first drive of the new sedan back in December. Honestly, our only complaint about Fuji Heavy's new performance machine is that it's no longer offered as a hatchback - the new WRX is a sedan-only affair, despite the more functional five-door variant accounting for some 50 percent of sales in the car's last generation. But there's hope on the horizon, if a report from Australia's Motoring.com is to be believed. Speaking with Masuo Takatsu, Subaru's general manager for the WRX, the company is now re-considering putting the "hatch" back in its hot hatch. "We have received strong interest from the US, where the hatchback was 50 percent (of previous-generation WRX sales), so we're now considering," Takatsu told Motoring, noting that the United States is Subaru's main target for this car. Additionally, Takatsu said the company's decision to only offer the sedan was the result of limited engineering resources, echoing statements we've previously heard from Subaru's US arm.
Subaru has done it again, setting a new four-wheel lap record around the 37.75-mile TT Mountain Course at the Isle of Man. Mark Higgins in a 2015 WRX STI rocketed through the country roads at an average speed of 116.40 miles per hour to circle the track in 19 minutes, 26 seconds, thereby beating his previous record of 19 minutes 56.7 seconds from 2011 in an STI. According to Subaru, speeds during the lap ranged from as little as 30 mph to over 160 mph. The STI was mostly stock with the only major mechanical change being different springs and dampers to handle the course's famous bumps at such sustained high speeds. For safety, it also had a rollcage, racing harness, and fire suppression system. "It was quite a lap we did today and I am really happy to have another record in the bank. The chassis of the new car is so much better it really allowed me to pick up time in each sector in the more technical parts of the course," said Higgins about the run in the Subaru.