Kwinskii’s bugeye: Black Magic
If you can believe it this bugeye has over 210,000 miles (and over 200,000 of them were on the stock engine). Subaru’s industrial strength build quality definitely shows on this car…
Interestingly, Kwinskii owns two modded Subarus, this black bugeye WRX being one of them, and another White STI (full-on track buildup with a bazillion point hand made rollcage (w/ gussets), ballistically wide volks, and even more Voltex goodies than the WRX – also pictured below – but it now looks like THIS)
After hitting the 210 mark, this bugeye was freshened up with EDM HID projector headlights, a fresh coat of black paint, ’04 rear to fit the Voltex carbon rear diffuser, an STI shortblock (stock engine *with mods* gave out at 207k), and the most noticeable upgrade – 18×10 Work Emotion’s.
This is an extreme wheel setup, and I’m usually not a fan of too crazy aggressive fitment (when the wheel starts to exceed the fender line), but wide looks right on this car because it’s a near-widebody WRX. While he calls it a mere “fender pull” it’s clear that some immense metalworking talent and bodywork went into building the fenders out an additional inch or so. Normally fender pulling makes me cringe because it’s (1) a permanent/irreversible mod to your chassis (2) often poorly done with a Chipotle™ Burrito-foil crumpled texture… sometimes even rusting – but Kwinskii did it right.
“The stock motor lasted until 207,000 miles. Then I just did a STI 2.5L with WRX heads and an FP green EWG and all the supporting mods. Drove it like that for about 4,000 miles and now I’m on to better things and right now I am in the middle of a motor build.”
Suspension / brakes
Tein Super Racings with custom spring rates
Tein dual EDFC
Tein front strut tower bar
GT Spec Subframe brace
GT spec H brace
GT spec truck cage
STI control arms
Cusco 22 mm front sway bar
Cusco 22mm rear sway bar
Kartboy front end links
Kartboy rear end links
STI front Brembos
DBA 4000 series rotors
(STI Rears are being put on right now with DBA rotors)
Exterior
New paint job done at 210,000 miles
EDM headlights
JDM STI hood scoop
JDM STI front grill
JDM STI fog light covers
STI blinker covers
Brand new OEM bumper with shaved and new hole cut for front tow hook
Brand new OEM 04+ rear end with taillights
Front fenders rolled and pulled and the little body line is now gone
Rear fenders rolled and pulled
Voltex rear diffuser
Nukabe how hooks front and rear
Prodrive lip
(V2 STI lip on the way to make the front end be even with the rear)
Work XD-9 18X10 +18 (5×100 and only set in the country) with 265’s
Volk Black lug nuts
Motor / transmission. (I’m just listing everything that is going into the car right now or is on the car)
Brian Crower 2.7L (102 bore 8.2:1)
Brain crower 280 cams
Darton Sleeves
Commetic head gaskets
Cosworth High volume high-pressure oil pump
Cosworth main and rod bearings
Cosworth Valves 1mm over sized
Cosworth Valve springs and retailers
Cosworth timing belt guide
Cosworth 11mm head studs. The new stronger ones
JDM Spec C intake Manifold.
Rotated intake manifold
Custom intercooler piping
Wiggles clams
Tial GT35R .82 rotated
Tial 44mm wastegate
Tial Q blow off valve
APS fuel rails with custom lines
1150 or 1600cc injectors. I might also get a 42R and switch every now and then so I haven’t made up my mind on that yet.
Koyo radiator
Samco radiator hoses
APS short ram intake
APS exhaust
APS Exhaust manifold
APS 525 Silver front mount
Process West oil cooler (not that get of quality FYI)
Moroso oil pan
Aeromotive Fuel Pressure regulator
Prova water to air separator
Painted engine bay and wire tuck
STOCK Transmission still haha. (New one coming when this one goes. Either PPG or STI 6 speed)
I know there is a lot more that I am forgetting in the motor I just can’t remember right now.
Interior
Sparco Pro2000’s X2
Takata long harnesses X2
Cusco 7 point cage with 2 add on bars.
06 STI steering wheel
Beatrush bulkhead divider
DonnieBrasco’s bugeye
This is one of the more epic bugeyes to roll out of SoCal.
What sets this car apart is the prodrive lip with V-limited lip underneath. Donnie was one of the first bugeyes (possibly the first) to roll with this setup. His Prodrive lip is authentic – one of the last ones Prodrive USA had in stock before they closed down North American operations. This setup has become increasingly common as replicas of both prodrive and v-limited lips have become available for cheap but still nobody has pulled it off like this.
The other thing that sets the car apart is the wheels… but they speak for themselves…
rare/out of production bronze Volk Racing SE37K wheels (they were replaced by the Volk RE30’s)
[photocredits to Luis3rd]
It says something that this is actually the winter setup (although to be fair does SoCal really have winters?)
THIS is the summer setup…
[photocredits to Cliff Sutrisno a/k/a TimeAtk]
BBS LM wheels. Real. Specs remain a mystery (no really I’m not too lazy to look it up he just won’t give it up lol).
EXTERIOR / INTERIOR
- EDM HID headlight – the correct beam pattern, Light output 6k
- Prodrive Genuine Lip one of the last pcs. DAN Prodrive have before they closed shop.
- New OEM front bumper color match PPG paint
- S204 vlimited rep lip
- 08 STI front seats
- JDM red hazzard button
- OEM 3pod guages
- black plasti dip trim
- black suede interior
- editors note: GT Spec grill in the top “winter” photos – it’s essentially a Zerosports grill but with the three holes filled in on either side. People often confuse it as being a replica of the LIBERAL grill which looks similar but somewhat different, but in actuality the GT Spec grill a semi-original part.
ENGINE / DRIVETRAIN
- TDO4 – bought w/ 10k miles
- BN heads, subaru genuine OEM headgskets
- ARP cometic head studs
- BN waterpump, timing belt, belt tensioner
- BN fuel filters and regulator
- Group N engine mount
- Group N tranny mount
- Prodrive catless up pipe
- stock catted dp
- APS cat back
- EXEDY stage 2 clutch – 8kmiles ago
- Mishimoto aluminum radiator
- Gimmick black silicone radiator hoses
- New thermostat
- STI high pressure rad caps
- Motul 75 90 tranny fluids – Done at Yimi 5k miles ago
- Factory Short shifter
- kartboy shifter bushing
- now flashed on stage 2 XPT MAP
SUSPENSION
- Whiteline 22-27 mm F&R swaybar
- Whiteline ALK
- Whiteline center roll adjuster
- Whiteline Lateral links
- Kartboy endlinks
- STI aluminum control arms
- JDM STI titanuim strutbar
- Ingals Camberbolts
- Megan tracks 10k-12k CO
Josh/Kaeo_15’s bugeye | Reinventing Originality
WHAT: It’s getting harder and harder to stand out from the pack with bugeyes these days. This guy does a really great job of it. This bugeye just doesn’t look like any other bugeye you’ll ever see on the road.
This car has things that just don’t see elsewhere like the frontend consisting of one-offed retrofitted HID projectors in OEM headlights, offset nicely by painted chargespeed brake ducts more common as of late (still rare), but you don’t see them painted often, and ARC magic front lip splitters which were never even made for Subarus (these were meant for a JDM Evo 6 GSR). It rolls on Black chrome finish Work XD9 wheels. Oh yeah, and the Prodrive lip? It’s real.
side note: I hooked him up w these ^^
UPDATE:
Actual mods list —
Exterior:
JDM STi hood scoop
JDM STi grille
JDM STi Spec-C roof vent
JDM Rain guards
Retrofitted factory headlights with FX35 projectors (clear lense upgrade), E55 shrouds, and Greddy 35w HID kit
Chargespeed brake ducts (paint matched)
Prodrive lip
ARC Winglets
Paint matched side markers
OEM Subaru side strakes
OEM Subaru rear lip
04-05 WRX tail lights
20% rear window tint
Hella Supertones (painted matte black)
Interior:
Prodrive Recaro sport seats
V4 STi rear seats
DIY black door cards
Prodrive floor mats
Cobb delrin shift knob
Blitz BLM boost and water temp gauges
Wheels, tires and brakes:
Work Emotion XD9 18X10 +33 custom black chrome (Street)
255/35/18 Hankook Ventus V12 Evo
Work Emotion CR Kai 17X9 +34 in matte gunmetal (Everything else)
MXP purple lug nuts
Custom powdercoated Lollipop purple 06 WRX 4-pots
Hawk HPS pads
Techna-fit SS teflon coated brakelines
ATE super blue fluid
Suspension:
Stance GR+ Coilovers (F & R camber plates)
Cusco 24mm adj. rear sway bar
Whiteline fixed 22mm front swaybar
Whiteline steering rack bushings
Kartboy rear subframe outrigger bushings
Engine/Power/Transmission:
Original EJ205, transmission and clutch (138k miles)
FP TD05H 18g 7cm
OEM sti intercooler
Gruppe-S y-pipe
Samco TB hose
Walbro 255 lph fuel pump
Denso 625cc injectors
Turbo XS stealthback
Prodrive round-tip muffler
DIY cadmium coated and gold foiled turbo heat shield
SMC methanol injection
Cobb accessport with protune by “Jesus” @ HB speed (285whp ~20 psi)
Prodrive oil cap
Beatrush alternator cover
Perrin radiator cooling plate
Kartboy short shifter
Kartboy shifter bushings
two more pics:
I’m half tempted to censor out the fitment stickers but Josh = good people, and “the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.” haha : D
PROVA-kitted bugeye | Improvise.
WHAT: Bugeye WRX with super rare PROVA bodykit
Prova is a company with a hertiage in Japan of making some awesome parts for Subaru. They also make Super Taikyu endurance series Subaru racecars which a lot of their parts draw upon for inspiration.
This pic is from 2002.
editors note – more pics of this car to follow – stay tuned!
Mods list (very bodykit focused but whatever he pulled it off.)
- Prova bodykit (molded to front bumper) – front lip / sideskirts / rear lip
- sti carbon fiber sidemarkers
- sti hid headlamps
- sti grill
- sti mesh foglight covers
- Ganador super mirrors
- Volk le37t 18×7.5 (editors note: this was the most baller possible wheel everyone wanted in 2002)
- pirelli p7000 supersports
- Tein RA coilovers
- godspeed uppipe
- godspeed downpipe
- kakimoto titanium GT1.0Z catback
- ur underdrive pulley
- blitz sus
- turboxs unichip
- sti short shifter
- kartboy bushings
- apexi tt
probably should add that in eight years this is the only full Prova kit I’ve seen state-side
Version One Bugeye | The originator
WHAT: possibly the cleanest execution of a JDM STi version 1 front lip I’ve seen on a bugeye.
Subaru of Japan offered 2 front lip options for bugeye dubbed STI “version 1” and “version 2.” Production has since stopped on the Version 1 lip or so I’m told, making it more rare nowadays.
The guy who built this car has since gone on to own some incredible historic Japanese cars. The attention to detail that went into this bugeye belies that this car wasn’t built with Jay-Z’s expense account. Rather than overdoing it with pricey parts (i.e. it has Subaru 4-pots and AEM big rotor upgrade instead of a full $$$ big brake kit) it brings together a lot of parts that just flow really, really well together.
Even the engine bay is exceptionally well executed with just the bare essentials.
Mods (aka “can you believe it looks this good with only this”):
- Volk Racing GT-N 18×7.5″ 48+ Optional Gunmetal color and center caps. Spline Drive lug nuts
- Bridgestone S03 tires 225/40/18″
- Tein Flex Coil-Overs with EDFC
- STi EDM LHD Projectors with Hella HID ballasts and 6000K H1’s
- STi Front Grill, Genuine
- STi Ver.1 front lip, Genuine
- STi Rear Spats, Genuine (editors note: these are actually the rear half of the Subaru “Aero Mudguard” set which includes front/rear)
- STi Front CF markers, Genuine
- Painted OEM side skirts
- Mattjk custom LCD video screen
- JVC ADV-6160 DVD Receiver
- Focal Poly Kevlar separates, Audiobahn Amps, Premier 12″ Sub.
- VF22 Turbocharger
- AVO Silicon intake pipe, one piece from turbo to airbox
- Wahlbro 442 hi-flo pump
- JDM STi catless uppipe
- Turboxs ceramic coated downpipe, catless racepipe,
3″ midpipe with custom 3″ muffler. - Recaro SRD seats with sliders (drivers & pass) (editors note: Recaro replaced the SRD model with the “Speed” model)
- JDM STi steering wheel Ver.7
- STi shifter trim and MOMO race aluminum shift knob
- MRT short shifter kit
- GT-Spec Stainless radiator shroud
- AEM big rotor kits, front and rear
- Axxis Metal Master brake pads, front and rear
- Subaru 4 pot Calipers with S.S. braided lines
D Money v1.0 | the Teflon Don
I can’t tell if it’s sad/funny/sad that I’m posting Dimitri “D Money” ‘s car on my first real post since it’s pretty well known. BUT this car is in the final stages of being completely re-done after being off the road for over a year and since I’ll probably be posting up the end results…
Technically this is the second iteration of his bugeye… it used to be black with work emotion cr kai and the same cwest v1 kit
WHAT: Also gives me the chance to show off probably the nicest execution of the CWest “Version 1” body kit that I’ve ever seen. This was one of the first lip kits out there for the WRX in 2002.
Mods list (aka “by the time you buy all this the car will look completely different”):
Exterior:
Authentic C-west ver. 1 kit
-Front lip
-Side skirts
-Rear lip
JDM STI headlights
Phillips 6500k H1 HID’s
JDM STI grill w/STI emblem
JDM pink subaru badge
JDM STI carbon fiber side markers
JDM STI hood scoop
JDM subaru oem rain guards
Chargespeed carbon fiber brake ducts
30% tinted windows by carpretty
SPT “black” licence plate bracket
UI carbon fiber window spoiler
Wingless trunk lid
Varis carbon fiber [b] pillars
Nukabe front & rear tow hooks
Rolled F+R fenders
Shaved
-Trunk and keyhole
-Antenna
-Front licence plate bracket
Paint:
Corvette Artic white base with white pearl
Interior:
BRIDE XAX II’s in hyper red gradation
BRIDE brackets/sliders
BRIDE wrapped door cards in hyper red gradation
Takata long version harnesses (x2)
04-05 wrx black back seat
Alpine IVA D310 pulse touch DVD player
Prodrive floor mats
STI shifter trim plate & shift boot
STI shift knob
STI I/C spray switch (for NX)
STI center console w/ dccd controller buttons
Personal Neo Grinta steering wheel (330mm black w/red stitch)
NRG aluminum short steering wheel hub
NRG Quick release Ver. 2.5 (red)
STI key blank
Autospeed dead pedal
Broadway rear view mirror
Defi Hood pod
Defi control unit
Defi BF-White 60mm guages
-Boost
-Oil Temp.
-EGT
Suspension/wheels/brakes:
Advan RG II’s (Gold) 18×8.5 +45
Falken Azenis RT-615 235/40/18
Rays red extended lug nuts
Enkei red valve stems
Hawk Brake pads Front & Rear
Tein Flex Coilovers (10kg/8kg)
Cusco front strut bar
Cusco rear strut bar
Cusco V-brace
Engine:
Forced Performance TD05H-18G (615cfm-40lb wheel)
-PnP exhaust housing
-PnP turbo inlet
-Polished compressor side
FP stainless steel oil line
Element Tuning external waste gate up-pipe setup w/dump tube
TurboSmart 38mm Ultra-gate
Turbo XS FMIC (custom polished)
Modded Stock injectors @ 850cc’s (cleaned and flow tested by KG Parts)
Walbro 255 L/Hr fuel pump
Perrin “Big Maf” intake
Perrin light weight pulley
Perrin Turbo inlet
HKS SSQV bov
Custom BOV mount on I/C pipe
Apex’i AVCR
Apex’i turbo timer
HKS wiring harness
Invidia catless downpipe
HKS Carbon-Ti catback
NX N-tercooler chiller w/10lb bottle
Cusco turbo heat shield
NGK spark plugs
Kartboy exhaust hangers
Tein hood dampers
LNR carbon fiber engine dressup
STI radiator cap
Autospeed battery tie down
EcuTek tuned by Andy@Xotic Motorsports (93 oct & c16)
Target boost @ 1.5 bar
Trans/Rear:
USDM STI DCCD 6spd tranny
ACT HD clutch w/street disc
STI axles
STI shift linkage
STI driveshaft
STI short shifter
Kartboy front shifter bushings
Kartboy rear shifter bushing
Turn in concepts shift linkage bushings
3.90 LSD rear differential
BUGEYE GARAGE 
