# Looking for 2004-2007 STI **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 4, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761 "2011-06-04T10:04:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![20wrx09](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/20wrx09/32/6532_2.png) [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/41 "2011-06-04T19:02:26Z")
honestly, if you just get a good tune and dont constantly beat the living piss out of the car, it should last for a while. ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/42 "2011-06-04T19:09:58Z")
if you end up getting an 06-07 make sure its been tuned regardless of whats done to it ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/43 "2011-06-04T20:32:22Z")
LOL Kenny, I was just kidding about buying mine. I have a sale pending (took deposit yesterday), so no worries. ---
**Author:** ![slwrthnu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slwrthnu/32/6296_2.png) [@slwrthnu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slwrthnu)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/44 "2011-06-04T21:19:28Z")
what ever you buy, don’t put money into it, build another 4x4 to wheel so we can flip over more vehicles please. ---
**Author:** ![AirManCam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@AirManCam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AirManCam)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/45 "2011-06-05T06:15:10Z")
Good luck finding a clean lower mileage sti for the 15k range thats unmolested. You might be able to find an 04-05. They are fun cars (I have a love hate relationship with mine LOL). ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/46 "2011-06-05T06:20:35Z")
> [@Have You ever been tested for STDs? private poll](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/have-you-ever-been-tested-for-stds-private-poll/42772/25): > > its a combination of things, but the main factor is the factory tune. That plus in adequete oiling passages. Boxersix can explain. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/47 "2011-06-05T12:15:27Z")
buy STi for looks, STi blows up. atleast it looks good sitting there. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/48 "2011-06-05T13:00:30Z")
> [@EPA to Automakers: Horsepower War is Over.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/epa-to-automakers-horsepower-war-is-over/42753/75): > > buy STi for looks, STi blows up. atleast it looks good sitting there. yea, pretty much. lol. I have to see what I can get and try to find something that was done right. Going to take a look at xreaction’s RSTi when he gets back in town. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/49 "2011-06-06T18:11:30Z")
I MAY have actually found one. I will possibly be going to look at it this weekend (in Eastern Mass.) Its a 2005 with low miles and mostly stock (axle back exhaust and some cosmetic upgrades). It was bought as a family car so it does not seem to have been abused at all. Its a little higher than what I wanted to spend but its well within what I can afford. Nothing is definitive yet though. There are a few more I am trying to get some information on. ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/50 "2011-06-06T18:57:46Z")
Kenny, if you want a more reliable AWD “rally” car, buy an evo 8. Seriously. Subaru’s are nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/51 "2011-06-06T20:50:23Z")
> [@Helicopter vs. Spinning Platform](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/helicopter-vs-spinning-platform/42726/31): > > Now that everything is settled with the house, and finances, I can finally afford to get a new car and not have to constantly be wrenching on my current beater. > > I am looking for a 2004-2007 STI. I don’t mind a few mods (intake, exhaust, etc) but I would prefer to stay away from the heavily modded ones unless there is proof of true professional work that can be trusted. This is going to be a DD for a long time and I really don’t want to have a blown motor because it wasn’t tuned correctly. I was approved for around $15,000 and thats pretty much the budget (some wiggle room). > > If anyone knows of anything nearby please let me know. I’m actively checking craigslist, autotrader, and want ads but the more eyes the better. > > Thanks in advance. so wait, Kenny, lemme get this straight. You can finally afford to not constantly be wrenching on a beater and you’ve settled on the Subaru STi?? REALLY KENNY?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![crazybrew609](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crazybrew609/32/6319_2.png) [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/52 "2011-06-06T20:52:30Z")
+1 for an evo, way more reliable ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/53 "2011-06-06T21:27:54Z")
Subaru failures gave boxersix and enitre years worth of salary in 2010. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/54 "2011-06-06T21:31:12Z")
If you’re planning to buy an Sti for looks and a daily driver, don’t even consider modifying it. Take it from a guy who has a decent portion of his income supported from rebuilding subaru motors that have popped. Buy it, put on a factory SPT exhaust, keep it below 68-7000rpm and it’ll be one of the best cars you’ll even own. Drive the shit out of it, but keep the revs low. Start tuning it and over revving the motor and you’ll be into it real quick. Plan to mod it and you better start sticking money in a shoe box from day one for the inevitable. Subaru runs tight bearing clearances from the factory coupled with an oiling system that isn’t up to the task of keeping the rod bearings alive at elevated rpms and power levels. I do extensive case and crank oil supply modifications when building these motors for big power and high rpm use. A properly built bottom end is still suseptible to it, even with the builder doing it 110% right. On the flip side though, those tight clearances and solid design is why you can crank out 250K+ miles on a stock subaru engine as a DD and never have a problem with it given proper maintenance and staying within appropriate rpm range. Better yet, buy Sti and Cossey’s LGT, swap 2.6L Cosworth stroker block and clutch into Sti, swap EJ257 and clutch into LGT, sell LGT. Have an Sti you can go build/boost/pull tree stumps up with all day long and not worry about it. OR even better, buy Sti with a blown engine and contract me to build you an emissions legal EG33 swapped car and NEVER have to worry about it except if/when sliding towards a tree(and even then I can seriously help in that Dept 😉 ) Do research on the car. Never buy a tuned subaru unless a) you have plenty in the bank to take care of fukups and/or b) the price is so cheap it can’t be passed up.( **Edit, can and WILL vouch for Cossey’s LGT being I did all the work on it** ) Most have been beaten and neglected by their owners and it will show. Good luck. Despite the usual BS subaru is still one of my favorite cars. Wish I never sold my last one :’(:’(:’(:’( ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/55 "2011-06-06T21:40:26Z")
> [@I "lol"'d](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-lol-d/42767/13): > > there is a white 07 at mackey on rt9 in cp/toga area… right off exit 10 I looked at that STI, the outside is clean it has 92K miles on it and the last time I checked I think they were asking $19,850 for it. Headlights have been “blacked out” so I’m not sure if it’s been molested beyond that as well. ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/56 "2011-06-06T22:01:28Z")
> [@New Addtion To The Arsenal](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-addtion-to-the-arsenal/42745/30): > > I looked at that STI, the outside is clean it has 92K miles on it and the last time I checked I think they were asking $19,850 for it. Headlights have been “blacked out” so I’m not sure if it’s been molested beyond that as well. Not worth it in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/57 "2011-06-07T04:05:41Z")
I have thought about the evo as well but I can’t find anything with decent miles for under 25. I’ll keep an eye out though. Edit: Well I’ve found a few but as with Subaru’s, I know very little about them. Trucks are more my thing. I see a lot of Lancer Evolutions (no VIII/IX/X). Is there a difference or is it just left out? I know there are regular Lancers but is it similar with the STI where there is say the Lancer, Lancer Evo, Lancer EVO VII??? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/58 "2011-06-07T04:16:27Z")
buy my 02 wagon… it’s already blowed up so I’ve saved you all the hassles !!! ---
**Author:** ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/59 "2011-06-07T08:43:05Z")
I’d buy an Evo 8 wayyyy before an STi btw. Actually really like the Evo 8s. ---
**Author:** ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761/60 "2011-06-07T08:51:10Z")
I do too. I like the Evo’s just about as much as I like the STI’s… They just seem a lot harder to come by… lol. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-for-2004-2007-sti/258761.md?page=4)