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Subaru Spec C "roof vent"

Shall we call it a Saabaru? (god I hope not)

In my quest to find a reasonably priced aftermarket rally style roof vent I failed. Every aftermarket option either has a dump tube for water and a "roof scoop" that goes over it, or looks like something that should be on grandma's old camping trailer. I decided to go with this factory subaru rally vent which only opens when you pop it open, and will seal water tight.

The white one above is the one I bought, and below is a photo of one installed on a WRX.

-Kaylan Marie 
  

New Fog Lights

One thing I was missing on my old Aero were the French market only front fog lights. I always wanted them but could never find a set of them. I finally got my hands on a set of them thanks to rbmperformance. These have an amber reflector inside of them that gives them the apperance of depth which will match the European head lamps nicely. :)

The glass needs a little polishing but other than that they are in excellent used condition. :)

Kaylan Marie 

Sacrifices for racing

I read one time in one of my hundreds of issues of National Dragsters that racers are a hardy bunch. We will forgo creature comforts and sacrifice personal relationships and credit scores all for the thrill and love of racing cars. Today I sacrificed one of my favorite things about my car. The sunroof. I say bye bye to Sunday afternoon cruises with the sunroof open and blue skies above. Hopefully the end result of all of my sacrifices will be rewarding beyond the things I have given up.

Keep on praying for our Saab brothers in Sweden,

Kaylan Marie
 

Day 6

Tonight we spent out time disassembling all of the doors. We took out all of the windows, power locks, window motors, and the wiring harnesses to the doors. We also had to take off all of the window frames, rubber seals on the bottom of the doors, and the door handles. The two passenger doors are ready for painting now, but I still need to find a good rear driver side door.

I have purchased an LC-1 Wideband unit that I need for tuning with NIRA.

Keep tuning! (tuning Saab's that is)  ;)

Kaylan Marie

Day 5

Today was productive. I caught up on my sleep! Im working 56+ hours this week so I am spent. My husband did the dirty work today and started to repair the body damage on the rear quarter panel. It wasn't wrecked but dented bad enough in some inconvenient places to warrant doing this:

You can see the slight bending on the inner fender too, so that will be cut out tomorrow and these panels will be replaced with good ones from the 94 Aero parts car.

Keep reading! Dont miss out on the fun!

Kaylan Marie

Learning from past mistakes

Out with the old and in with the new! Its official everything is out of the car except the pedal assembly. My husband starting taping the car up tonight to prevent welding splatter getting outside of the car while we do the cage.

Keep on Saabin' and pray for an AeroX. :)

Kaylan Marie