My new Expo rig

RusM · Feb 12, 2012

So I decided I needed a nicer car, spent about two months sifting through various clapped out WRX's and finally found a decent car, a SAAB!

IN 2005/6 SAAB, licensed an Impreza wagon in regular and WRX form from Subaru. They've got some cool little differences from the WRX, but essentially the same car.

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My plans with this car are to keep it very mild, pretty much stock, with a few bolt on mods. The very first mod was snow tires as I bought it during the snow storm and had to pull it out of a snow drift after the original owner performed an ill-advised evasive maneuver on the icy freeway.

Planned mods are; strut/sway bars, summer/winter tires, cat-less up pipe, turbo back exhaust, pro tune, window tint. Contemplating skid plates so I don't worry about the undercarriage when I take it on a rough logging road.

Today I did a mod I read about on one of the WRX forums, the wide load mod! :beer: All the WRX seats have these stupid little metal side bolsters that in my case dig into the middle of my leg and make the seats really uncomfortable after a few miles.

Here is where the uncomfortable hunk of metal exists in the seat.

Clips to remove seat from frame.

More clips.

issed:

Try not to scratch your car taking out the seat. ****!

TreeClimber · Feb 12, 2012

Report Summary

Class: Mid Range Car - Premium
Engine: 2.0L I4 MPI
Country of Assembly: Japan
Vehicle Age: 7 year(s)
Calculated Owners: 2

VIN: JF4GG22695G054086
Year: 2005
Make: Saab
Model: 9-2X Aero
Style/Body: Hatchback 4D

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