The wheels came in last Tuesday and are on the car!

Along with the wheels I got my RallyArmor mudflaps in and bolted onto the car.

All of the parts (hoses, belts, water pump, spark plugs) from the previous post were put into the car on Sunday by Squidz from the NASIOC forums. Dropped the car at his house just before noon and ran around Dallas until five when I went back over to pick up the car. So what is different over the stock components? Upgraded components are only the spark plugs, timing belt, and radiator hoses. The radiator hoses don’t give me anything but piece of mind. The rubber stock hoses were starting to bubble near the clips so I went ahead and did a replacement with the Samco silicon hoses; so far so good, but it has only been one day.

Pre-maintenance the car would jerk in first and second gear if I took my foot completely off the gas completely. Now its smooth all around. The car picks up and puts out power noticeably quicker than it did before and it revs at high RPMs smoother. The kevlar belt is a racing spec belt and is a little more noisy than the stock belt, but I don’t see why it would bother anyone. The obvious increase in stability is hard to overlook in comparison to the small amount of extra noise.

Power steering and AC belts are both the Subaru OEM belts, so there isn’t much to say about those two except that you can tell they were changed. I’m definitely a lot more excited about the car after all of this work, the car drives better than the day I bought it. Shifting is starting to get a little stiff so I’m going to be changing the gear oil and rear differential oil next weekend if weather allows.

Too bad I’m not made of money or I’d continue the spree of upgrades and work on the car, but its time to take a break from car spending and attempt to be satisfied at this point for the time being.