Pimp my Wife's Ride - MY03 WRX Wagon Part 1 - Motive Garage 

'we don't want to attract police attention' *adds fluorescent wheels*

New Motive Garage feature out today. Part 2 of "Pimp My Wife's Ride". This time we tackle the suspension of the WRX but instead of coil overs we change everything else to see if it's a better option in a daily driven street car. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TXVuvqPc6Ug.html

If you paint the brake callipers red you can get an extra 25 kW for free!

I spot the MCM drift car around the 2:30 mark :P

Note: You can warp the rotors if you just sit on the brakes after a hard stop due to rotors not cooling evenly with the pads insulating part of them. You should keep rolling for a few seconds after a hard stop.

At 2:40 I see that Mighty Mods 180SX drift missile! :D

lmao! Brakes are the best upgrade ever! Upgrades them.... worse....

Great to find this video! Given I bought it knowing none of its history!

This video... "Lets cover up these functional fog lights, then add these bright green wheels that make you stick out like a sore thumb!" So much for not attracting police lol.

fog light covers are a fail. nooooooooooooo! everything else is awesome

There's a subaru specialist on youtube somewhere that has had plenty of cars come in to the garage with blown engines, the reason was the Varex exhaust, closing/opening the valve ruins your AFR

Somewhere out there... theres a grandma is missing her sliver subi wagon lol

2:43 MCM 180sx !!!

Is that car not tied down on the dyno?....

Not only is Benny from MCM in this, but the Mighty Mods drift pig 180SX is in this.

Nice video! very very informative :) And the car is pretty quick after the mods and tune! impressive

Holy shit! its benny from Mighty Car Mods

I love you in the MCM vids man!

Lol, as the first mod dude covered up the foglights as a 'rally' mod.

that's a super clean wagon! nice job

Nice road for brake testing and late night road tuning :)

Ok I'm just saying "body kits need to be settle" well you put lime green drift wheels on her car do you think she's gonna be sliding with groceries and a kid

6:30 Did anyone else notice that they never strapped the car down on the dyno. Just watch as it moves side to side and also moves side to side when he lets off of the accelerator.

looks like those brake tests were done at the quarry near eastern creek, nice stretch of road haha

Part 2 is uploading now....finally!

your tmic needs some air while youre on that dyno . that big blower in front of the car isnt enough

For the cost of the upgraded pads and rotors I would have expected much better results than what you got with the red face pads. The yellows aren't anything to scoff at, until you look at the price. I can't justify spending over $300 on brakes for a daily driver when just upgrading the stock pads on the original rotors can improve braking performance for FAR less. Hell, stock pads on aftermarket rotors can improve performance over stock for far less. You may not get AS much improvement, but you won't be spending as much to upgrade and you won't be spending as much when it comes time to replace them for normal maintenance.

Is that Mighty Car Mods' 240sx in the background at 2:45?

Its pretty impressive how the simple STi cosmetic upgrades and removal of the roof racks improve the styling of the car. The car looks brilliant. Not a huge fan of the wheels and surprised you didn't go with something like a Toyo T1R or Bridgestone Adrenaline RE002 since it would be your wife and kid in the car. But I'm sure the WRX brakes and handling will do the job of keeping them safe. Massively impressive how well these car tune though, that kind of power increase with such small mods. I couldn't help wanting to see a few more PSI of boost to see where it would go like on a SR20.

the braking distance will not be shortened even with the biggest brakes you can buy, braking distance is shortened only if you reduce weight, the big brake kits and etc. are only going to provide you with the same braking distance for longer without fading

205 hp US ! Not bad with a kiddo on board lol!

Hey MotiveDVD, Was wondering where you bought the STI Splitters, Fog Light Covers, Lip & Bonnet Scoop from? I really want to put them on my WRX as well, I know you said you got them from eBay however I'm having trouble finding them. Did you get them all in a pack? Like I'd assume the Splitters, Fog Light Covers and Lip would be in a pack? Would you be able to link me? Thanks guys, Love the show

how does blocking the fog lamps removing the roof rack adding and exhaust lime green wheels make it more practical the motive was to no attract cops and you achieved attracting cops

02:40 is that MCM S13 in back ?

Nice gains on the exhaust. Not sure that intercooler is doing much more to help. Rotor and pad upgrade and you're still breaking close to stock and call that a win? Save your money and invest in better tires.

I liked the video. Makes me want to go and get an exhaust and tune. IMMEDIATELY :) haha I've always wanted the Varex system but I will definitely have to do a bit more research based on some comments I've read here... thanks everyone I'm not convinced you gave the brake pads the fair treatment though. I used EBC green pads with DBA rotors on a previous car for many years. Even the green have dramatically less brake fade than an OEM pad. I drove that car stupid hard on the road and never once even considered upgrading to a red or yellow pad. The red or yellow would be even better in such hard-driving high temp situations - although their cold performance won't be as good which is why I went green for the 90% of the time I just drive normally. I'd be interested to see how the EBC Green pads perform with your cars weight and power. They might be terrible, but it would still be interesting. Around the 15min mark you put up a list of 17 braking distances and talk about the 18 stops you did... there is one missing from the list Fag lights (oops, I mean fog lights) are not 100% illegal in Australia. If they were, no car would have them as they wouldn't pass ADR testing. During the day (when it's bright) many cars automatically use their fog lights as Daytime Running Lights (DRL) because they don't have separate DRL clusters. DRL is a safety feature. At night time fog lights are only for when there is fog around... or really really heavy rain... but tell that to the SUV drivers blinding me every night of the year. The police must feel it's safer for me to drive at night at the speed limit without being able to see, rather than driving 1kph over the limit with clear vision. This is obvious when you consider they don't fine people for illegal night-time use of fog-lights but they do fine people for 1kph over the posted limit. Because it's safer.

Oh my god thats obe nissan kanobe from mcm didn't know you did videos

Man this car is ttthhhuuuper tttthhweeet!

The video definitely made it look like he wasn't trying very hard to stop as fast as possible. Even my old minivan had better braking distances than that.

Was that thing even tied down on the dyno??

any one else hear him go tttthhhh at the end of a word?

You had me at AUTO!!

JDM fogs, Which are one of the most wanted parts to USDM subaru drivers. "ill just throw fog covers over them"

what is the spec of the rim? Looks wide and nice.

Is the car not strapped down when its on your dyno? looks like its moving quite a bit

those EBC brake pads =/ very very disappointed

If this is part 1. Where is part 2?

wants to make the car safe because family car, puts Achilles tires under the car.. I took them off my car after 1 month because they were just not good. Bet it will make a difference with braking too!

Let me guess, a week later those rims are all scrapped from the curb when she tries to park?

Lol that colour match though

I'm so jealous that you guys can get the varex stuff for decent pricing. Shipping on one of those to the US is crazy :/

MCM drift build in the back at 2:40

did anyone else notice the mighty car mods drift car in the backround at 2:40

"I want to improve looks and safety" - Adds ugly covers which stop you from using your fog lights...

Baby poop colored rims were not cool back in the 90s and still are not :D

I’m doing a roof rail delete, where can I source the new rubber fitting? Can’t seem to find a supplier

Everyone pointing out stuff from mcm personally think that channel sucks, this is much better in my opinion.

So I actually timed his 0-60 and they were both different. One was lunched at 2500rpms and the other at 3000. The first one (2500) I got about 6.5 and the second one 6 sec. So he's way off.

are you guys going to make part 2?

spotted the mcm s13 drift pig in the background at 2:44

why did yall put the tires on backwards... those are directional

My stock 2003 Impreza WRX has 165kw, why has that car so little power? I mean, it's fast, but i can't figure out the dyno data

Is that Marty's Nissan in the back ?

152 kw is about 203 bhp or 206cv.... Stock WRX in europe develops 225cv, 165kw.... Why then?

@4:01 The left rear tire is at a wrong orientation...

Is this Andrew from MightyCarMods?

...stock pads are not that much worse indeed

Why would you put fog light covers over your fog lights?

Time for a shift kit?

is that mighty car mods s13 240 in the back at 2:38

What are the specs on those wheels? Love this bulilt

aren't auto closing exhausts illegal in AUS?

Whats the specifications of those rims, I'm more interested in offset...thanks

2:40 Is that the 180sx from Mighty Car Mods?

Why didn't you just get the paint code from the glove box ? Idk about imports but atleast in Chevys that's where it's located

Been watching all Andrew's newer stuff but this is first time I've watched his old stuff. He must have lost his lisp cause he certainly doesn't sound like this in his latest videos..

150kw after upgrades ? ? in eu stock ones have somewhere around 160kw

What is the colour code/name of those wheels? I am really interested in painting my impreza's that same colour!

how on earth can a different exhaust system increase power output?

whats wrong with a dead standard subaru i don't get why people want to change everything even when it's just going to be used as a grocery getter

At 2:40 you can see the mighty car mods 240sx

Mighty Car Mods 180sx spotted at 2:30?

41 meters was the best stop from 100 km/h you could manage? That's fucking terrible! A stock Audi A8 (1.75 tons empty) stops in 35.3 meters from 100 km/h with cold brakes, no warm-up...Care to explain how this is considered good?

OH wow WRX in Australia have not much kw at stock

Why cover up the fog lights? They wanted safe

2:41 did I just see MCM's 180sx drift car?

Hey, How much did the exhaust system cost you?

When trying to keep the audience's attention do not pick someone with a speech impediment to do the commentary. Holy mother of god.

Can Subaru Impreza automatic 2007 model be fitted with dump valves be super charged just as can hks Manuel some one help me need a auto but want to modify the hell out of it ???

Seemingly by the amount of times the word legal was used - modding in Australia must be a pain in the ass?

Anyone notice that the left rear tyre is on backwards ?

152kw = 206hp for anyone else wondering

mcm 180sx behind at 2:40

THE MCM 180SX!!

What f it is foggy? can they still use the fog lights??

first: why would yo wanna take out the fog lights? what if she's driving when dark and foggy? and i think with fog lights it looked better. second: why green wheels? they look wrong. third: regarding breaks, don't do them, unless you do the the whole system. in your case, you just threw out money.

anyone notice that they didn't strap down the car on the dyno? lol

What is the exhaust system and where could i get it? thanks :)

This is the guy from mighty car mods

milage on the car is the same between the two "different" brake tests.. maybe u just used the same footage but just sayin haha