Hex's "Toaster," the 05 CGM Wagon

[Hex Kitten]

I searched long and hard, and finally found my new baby. I endured a lot of obstacles along the way, but in the end, the drive home from Denver to Chicago went smoothly and was well worth it! Spent a good 13-14 hours driving straight through...

Colorado rest stop
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omg snow!
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filling up
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Nebraska? Maybe Iowa...forgot where I was when the sun set
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A couple fall colors shots from the next day
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[Hex Kitten]

And after the big homecoming, I had to put her to work :)
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Installed mods:

Sedan front fenders and front bumper (STi)
Cleared headlights
Helix catless uppipe
APS downpipe
Opensource Stage 2 tune
Kartboy short shifter
Kartboy shifter bushings and rear stay
Hella Supertones
Alpine CDA-9856 headunit
Single-din pocket with door
Blue LED in ignition ring
STi side splitters
SPT catback exhaust! July 2011 gift from my awesome friends :)


Mods/goodies/fixes coming:

Replaced parking and turn signal lights with amber in the front
Touch-up paint all over and possibly a PDR for the hatch door [& hail damage from 4/7/10] :(
Clutch control limit (not yet installed)
Sedan fender liners (currently has stock wagon ones, which aren't wide enough)
Rallyarmor mudflaps in black/blue



"Someday" mods:

Rear strut/sway bars
Rally Innovations or custom built light bar *crosses fingers*
Lights for light bar
JDM foglights
Some fun wheels, probably in gunmetal
Suspension upgrade, probably RCE wagon springs, still researching
FINISH THE SEDAN FENDER CONVERSION! (sometime after "someday", but yes, I consider the bodywork to be an unfinished project)


So far, I'm absolutely ecstatic that I finally have a subie, and there's no looking back. Coming from my crapola Kia, I know this is the exciting car I've been longing for.

[Lperkins88]

welcome, congrats, and good luck with the car!!!
woohoo wagon love :)

[xxthat girlxx]

Sweet story. Glad you found the right car. :)

[TankGirl]

Nice wagon :) Your mod list reminded me of some stuff I wanna do too! Can wait to see pics when you've got some more mods!!

[Colt45-N-2ZigZag]

i love the garfeild lol. i have one stuck to the rear window of my outback

[Hex Kitten]

i love the garfeild lol. i have one stuck to the rear window of my outback

That's where I wanted to put mine, kind of to pay homage to the first car he was in, the 90 Civic hatch I learned to drive in, but the windows are too dark for him to show through :p He gets to guard my groceries instead

[Sasha]

Car looks good, where abouts in CO did you find it?

[Colt45-N-2ZigZag]

That's where I wanted to put mine, kind of to pay homage to the first car he was in, the 90 Civic hatch I learned to drive in, but the windows are too dark for him to show through :p He gets to guard my groceries instead


Wow thats trippy because i found my garfeild the other day while cleaning out my closet and he was originally in my first car i learned to drive that was a 93 civic sedan lol..... creepy :p

[Hex Kitten]

Whoa 0_0 Yeah, that's kinda scary :p

And Sasha, I found it close to Denver in Arvada. Guy was nice enough to pick me up from the airport and let me drive it around on all our errands to the bank and DMV and such. It was a nice experience, aside from my credit union being stupid many times. I need to take better pics, though. It's not in awesome condition externally, but it runs and drives like a dream :)

[Hex Kitten]

Some new pics...

Before the bulb switch, had clear turn signals and blue/green (ick) parking lights, but I like this view ;) I like that you can actually see my sedan front fenders, too
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/sysdown143/scoobydoods/112009fatman/957b7aee.jpg

After the swap (headlights are still cleared, this is with the bulbs lit)
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/sysdown143/scoobydoods/112009fatman/4680f20d.jpg

A few pics from our weekly meet group. Nice turnout last night for one of the guys' birthdays (14 or 15 subies through the evening):
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/sysdown143/scoobydoods/112009fatman/3f2235be.jpg

Wagons!
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/sysdown143/scoobydoods/112009fatman/497df31f.jpg
And this black/silver one is a new acquaintance of mine. Neat wagon, and it's for sale!
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c166/sysdown143/scoobydoods/112009fatman/ad0dde2f.jpg

Hopefully more shots to come, and I need to replace my tripod so I can take steady night shots :D

Tomorrow's agenda: Black out interior panels and headliner!

[07SubieQT]

Sweet!! Sounds like lots of fun!!! :)

[xxthat girlxx]

Awesome!

[Hex Kitten]

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Preview of what my headliner (on the left) looks like. The one on the right is out of my buddy's bugeye sedan, and only looks darker because it's still wet. I'll get more pics of my pillars and such soon :D

Edit: and the color looks weird in the pic, but both headliners dried to be a really nice true black. We're really pleased with it!

[xxthat girlxx]

Cool, can't wait to see the other interior pieces.

[Hex Kitten]

More pics!

Hellas installed (their little grilles will be painted blue eventually)
http://i50.tinypic.com/i3gu9h.jpg

Center console plastidipped
http://i50.tinypic.com/2aamv01.jpg

Subpar pic, but I'll get better ones for a write-up eventually...Map lights plastidipped, visor and headliner sprayed with fabric/vinyl paint
http://i49.tinypic.com/2i0yzi8.jpg

I masked over the airbag warning labels so the visors still looked stock-ish
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Helix uppipe and APS downpipe also installed over thanksgiving weekend, but I forgot my camera that day, so no pics :(

[xxthat girlxx]

OOOOOOH.... Anyway to take a pic from the backseat so we can get a wider view? Very cool.

[Hex Kitten]

Yeah, a better shoot is in the works. I just took these pics while I was sitting at a light on an overcast morning. I'll lay the seats flat and get a better view of the headliner too :D

[Blix]

that car is definitely worth the drive. i wish subie would bring that wagon back.

like what you've done so far but you need to post more evidence of the blackness! and the hellas look really nice against the silver.

[Hex Kitten]

A couple more random ones. I found a pic of my two cars parked together before I sold the piece of crap Kia (someday maybe I'll tell that dumb car's story...it caught the car equivalent of the plague or something the second I decided I was looking for love elsewhere)

Jellybean (blue Kia) meets Toaster [just a sliiiiiight upgrade :D]
http://i46.tinypic.com/2zzoq6d.jpg


And finally, SNOW!!!
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Snow tires are getting put on later today with my custom-painted wheels :D

[xxthat girlxx]

I saw on the internets somewhere that you got a new present for zee toaster....

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I'm not creepy or anything. ;)

[Hex Kitten]

That's...kinda creepy, but thanks. :lol: I dunno when I'll be able to have someone put them on now that it's winter :(

In other news, I just got a "new" headunit...yeah, I said no more mods til spring, but this was a great price and I couldn't pass it up. It fits in better with my spooky interior than the massive silver stock brick :D

[Hex Kitten]

Oh yeah! Another exciting addition: SNOW TIRES!!! :banana:

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[xxthat girlxx]

I randomly saw your post in nasioc ot and thought I'd share. Hope you don't mind! Nice job on the wheels! And I'm still really hoping to see the black interior!

[Hex Kitten]

It's okay! I was joking. If I wanted to hide, I wouldn't have the same screen name across half a dozen subaru forums :D

I might do a writeup on the wheels and all the fun masking I did to get the lip just right...maaaaybe. I have all the pics needed, plus details on my goofs that I could share. Then again, this interior blackout writeup has been on the back burner for far too long. I need to remember to go out to my car on a weekend when it's light out and get some interior pics. Might complicate things now that I swapped to a single din head unit yesterday and don't have the din pocket for the space under it yet, so my interior is less than photogenic right now ;) Bear with me, I'll get it together soon!

[xxthat girlxx]

Sounds good. I can be patient a little while longer. :)

[Hex Kitten]

Updated mod list...still need to take more pics, I know. :) I've been out playing in the snow

http://i50.tinypic.com/29aw1zn.jpg

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...or parking on what's left of it :(
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Still waiting for a better blizzard to hit :banana:

[boricuajr]

nice! i like the color of the rims!
id wait till spring to put the splitters on

[Hex Kitten]

nice! i like the color of the rims!
id wait till spring to put the splitters on
Yep, I've got that covered...

STi side splitters will be installed in spring


Thanks for the compliment on the wheels :) At first I wasn't sure how well the color combination would fit the car, but I went with it anyway because I reallllly wanted a blue wagon. Now, I feel like I like them even more every time I look at them :love:

[Hex Kitten]

Time for an update!

STi side splitters are installed!
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Winter setup is still on, but I was suspicious it would try to snow again this month. Sure enough, we saw some flakes this afternoon haha. Gotta love the Midwest :rolleyes:

[xxthat girlxx]

^Good call! Splitters look nice.

[Hex Kitten]

*sigh* Good news/bad news: The Toaster got hit by some major hail on 4/5 and I just got an estimate on the repairs. Looks like I'm going to file a claim with my insurance to get it fixed up...so the bad news is I'm out the cost of my deductible, but the good news is she's gonna be gorgeous! :banana:

[MoN]

Hell ya new paint baby!! Wooooot! Got any pics of the damage? Ive heard people talk about hail damage to their car but Ive never actually gotten to see how bad it can be....

[Hex Kitten]

Aaaaaand I came to my senses the next day when I realized the insurance company would never stand for a car getting to look perfect, and sure enough when I met with the adjustor today, he poo-poohed just about everything on the body shop's estimate. They're covering PDRing the hail damage, but not a new hood, so no paint at all :( :sigh: well, at least it's something.

[xxthat girlxx]

Aaaaaand I came to my senses the next day when I realized the insurance company would never stand for a car getting to look perfect, and sure enough when I met with the adjustor today, he poo-poohed just about everything on the body shop's estimate. They're covering PDRing the hail damage, but not a new hood, so no paint at all :( :sigh: well, at least it's something.

Try to have the shop fight it? The shop I just worked with in MA did. They were very helpful.

[Hex Kitten]

He did the best he could to fight, and I'm working a little deal in there so we'll see how this goes. I'm gonna try to see if I can take some pics tomorrow or Friday, but I probably won't have time and daylight... :(

[Jonathan]

Name the insurance company. This way we will know whom to boycott.

[Hex Kitten]

Nah. I understand why they're hesitant and I'm pretty sure any insurance company would with all the hail claims they must have from this area. More details after I get it taken care of ;)

[MissVenezuela85]

*sigh* Good news/bad news: The Toaster got hit by some major hail on 4/5 and I just got an estimate on the repairs. Looks like I'm going to file a claim with my insurance to get it fixed up...so the bad news is I'm out the cost of my deductible, but the good news is she's gonna be gorgeous! :banana:



Boooooooo I feel your pain :( Good luck with everything :)

[Hex Kitten]

I'll be driving a rented '09 Chevy Malibu while they work on my car. Here's hoping they finish quick so I can have my baby back. This rental is slow and auto, and totally not my style :(

[Hex Kitten]

Wow, I can't believe I haven't been on here since May :o Updated first post to include my new (to me) exhaust! :banana: :banana:

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Goodbye, quiet stock exhaust!
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