This morning we got our shopping out of the way, then set in on the car. Tamra pulled the seatbelts and rear seat brackets, photographing everything for sale. I started trying to free up some of the wiring, twisting tags onto every connector I undid.
We took a short diversion to get the steering wheel and shaft out of the way. It was a bit stuck at the spline for the steering rack universal, but it came free after I figured out a way to brace a screwdriver to pry it out. Tamra was pulling backwards on it too, and was a bit surprised when it landed in her lap!
That accomplished, we were back to the wiring. Remove, tag, remove, tag, repeat.
It's neat to see all the ways in which they design the harness, and the little hidden pieces you'd never know about at a glance- there are two sensors for the airbags, behind the front bumper support, for instance. The airbag connectors are all also pretty interesting pieces. They require two movements unlike a normal pinch and remove connector, for improved safety.
The main portion of the harness is still trapped, held in place by the dash bar, which requires Torx security bits to remove, so we'll have to pick up some of those soon.
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| The aftermath |
The harness is surprisingly large when you start to stretch it out, removing it from the car.
This section is just what goes from the front door hinge area, out along the fenders, across the front bumper, and back to the other front door hinge. There's quite a lot to it.
Other jobs today: loosened all lines going to the ABS control unit, some were a little seized.
Yesterday, pulled the OEM header/cross pipe. Looks like it'll clean up pretty well.
Good news for our budget & space management issue- Things are starting to sell!
Late last week the front end body panels went, followed by the rear bumper and STi fog light covers today, and it looks like we'll be shipping out the Teins, saabaru roof rail deletes, and maybe a set of headlights tomorrow!
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| I was proud of this packaging job. Hope it holds up, the package is 64 lbs! |
I don't have a WRX (yet) or a 818 but I stumbled upon this blog and I'm really liking the updates, very interesting to see how the car is put together(and taken apart).
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ReplyDeleteGlad you're enjoying watching the progression! I'm finding it interesting to see the detailed bits on the Subaru. I've only done your regular brakes, fluid changes, etc. before, so digging in deeper is a lot of fun.
Are you looking to do a build like this?
Sorry just saw this reply...I've been wanting a bugeye WRX project car for a while now, just waiting on the right one. The thought has crossed my mind that when I get bored of the WRX after a few years this would be an awesome project and it would be cool to be the only person around with this car. Ya'll get to work!
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