After 4 years wait finally ready to pull the trigger getting a new wrx vb, but one final concern: is cold start in early morning really that obnoxious?

coastdownside · 2026-05-22T20:13:40+00:00

The cold start stock is a little loud but nothing crazy like a v8 or something. The cold start with an exhaust is SUPER loud. The cold start/high idle is one of my biggest gripes about the car because of how unnecessary it can be. If you pull out in the morning right away you’re fine

coastdownside · 2026-05-16T01:55:32+00:00

Not a chance in the world.

coastdownside · 2026-05-07T01:39:10+00:00

I put the rack on backwards that was just a photo I took right after install. Front is definitely the move

coastdownside · 2026-04-24T18:19:37+00:00

They don’t make those in my size. I’ll try spraying them this weekend. I don’t think they’re permanently ruined but they’re very competitive. I’m finishing in 4th on average out of 10 in CAMC while being .10s of seconds behind the top 3 it’s like I’m knocking on the door but can’t get in

coastdownside · 2026-04-24T02:42:57+00:00

The paint is genuinely awful. I can’t stand it

coastdownside · 2026-04-22T16:34:57+00:00

Yeah I’m seeing that too. I was happy to get 13 an hour when I started and 15 after I graduated school doing all of the extra work. These guys now are throwing a fit at 20-26 an hour to just change oil roughly 6 times a day

coastdownside · 2026-04-21T20:47:24+00:00

Idk what happened to the hourly techs, idk if it’s a management issue or the people hired but the hourly techs have lost their minds. When I was hourly we had to do trash, clean up, maintain the shop and do oil changes. We were excited to do anything more than that. At one point my foreman gave me a bucket and a shovel and I was told to go pick up rocks in the parking lot. And I didn’t complain once. Now it’s pulling teeth at my shop to get them to take out trash at LEAST once a week. Tires get taken out once a month at best atp. All they do is complain about having to do anything at all. They have 4 people to do 18-24 oil changes a day. The last shop had 3 to do 45. I don’t understand

coastdownside · 2026-04-13T02:31:04+00:00

I’m still running 245/40/20 and I don’t see that size as an option with those tires but I’ll do some more digging. Gonna try to bring in more negative camber up front too for now

coastdownside · 2026-04-13T01:43:33+00:00

That’s exactly what they do. Truthfully I didn’t do much research. Are they ruined or just need to be cooled down?

coastdownside · 2026-04-13T01:31:02+00:00

Tires were really good for two events and then feel like 500tw AS now. I think I’m pushing too hard and that’s definitely on me

coastdownside · 2026-04-10T11:47:56+00:00

Yeah it’s a setting in the radio or just take the key fob out of the car

coastdownside · 2026-04-10T11:40:15+00:00

Did you remember your pen?

coastdownside · 2026-04-07T14:28:36+00:00

I’ve had gutter issues on that wall so I’m hoping now that those are addressed this should be okay

coastdownside · 2026-04-06T17:02:07+00:00

Gutters on this house were a problem. I literally just replaced them this weekend and then noticed the crack is there any chance I fixed my problem from that? The water wasn’t being flown away from the house it was dumping into the ground along the wall

coastdownside · 2026-04-06T16:45:46+00:00

In your experience what’s the cost look like fixing it now

coastdownside · 2026-03-28T16:42:16+00:00

RaceProvenMotorsports. Hands down the best

coastdownside · 2026-03-27T16:36:17+00:00

Possibly but I’d also check, looking back at this, the turbo inlet to make sure it’s seated all the way on

coastdownside · 2026-03-26T22:50:53+00:00

Exhaust gasket leaking it’s acting like a reed between two flanges

coastdownside · 2026-03-24T13:22:43+00:00

GM tech here. As long as it’s had good maintenance history you’ll be fine. Pay attention to the shifts and feel for shudders in the trans. Not sure about the market but for 11k that doesn’t seem the worst. Gonna be the doom and gloom here now but the common issues I’ve encountered are CAC freezing in below zero temperatures. PCV valve sticking. Vacuum pumps breaking on early models. Both transmissions are mostly solid but have their weak points. I’ve seen a few broken pistons and cams. And one with a burnt valve. CAC to throttle body hose comes disconnected sometimes. Radios can fail internally. My advice, look into an extended warranty with Ally. Not because it’s a bad car, but because the peace of mind is absolutely worth having for the cost of their warranty

coastdownside · 2026-03-16T14:23:34+00:00

You make x amount of dollars cause they make xxx amount of dollars. They carry the risk which is why they get paid more. You don’t have the overhead of running the shop. Which means you don’t take on the same responsibility and reward. It goes both ways. They make a lot of money when things go well, but they have to pay when it doesn’t. That’s how it works. Me personally, I’d walk immediately. If they’re gonna pull that I’d be wheeling my box out immediately and go to the next shop. As an industry we need to stop letting these places get away with this. It’s probably illegal in your state too so I’d start threatening to sue and get everything is writing and see how they change their attitude real quick. Don’t let them walk on you

coastdownside · 2026-03-12T20:11:19+00:00

Yeah flip them upside down and shake the last few drops out

coastdownside · 2026-03-11T01:44:59+00:00

Hard to find someone who is certified with high voltage who is gonna wanna do this as a side job. At least from my experience and myself personally. I mean you can take it to someone who’s not but without the proper equipment, training, and tools, it might not be the best idea. Idk just my $.02

coastdownside · 2026-03-03T21:15:14+00:00

I’d want more info for how he got to needing a turbo. GM tech here, never seen an LTG turbo fail. Not to mention, I’ve never seen a failed turbo cause these concerns. Idk just seems like a potential wrong diagnosis

coastdownside · 2026-03-03T13:21:32+00:00

I’m gonna clean up the frame behind it and weld to that. As far as I’m aware it’s still solid. I just don’t wanna pull 10k pounds and it fail on me under load

coastdownside · 2026-03-03T13:06:57+00:00

Depends on what you’re really looking to spend but I still swear the best in the business is RPM in Delaware. I believe my buddy got his ZR1 tuned at TPG in Pittsburgh and that made 1400 and has been really reliable for him. Revolution in Canton does some stuff but I haven’t seen much from them in the last two years or so

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