# New from Rochester **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 6, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962 "2009-12-06T20:52:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shimamike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@shimamike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shimamike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/1 "2009-12-06T20:52:34Z")
Been into cars for awhile. Started out in Honda’s, cheap and easy to work on so perfect for a broke college student. Bought a 1994 Honda Civic and swapped a B16 into it. Helped me learn a lot about cars and was fun while I owned it and on to the pictures: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/94Civic.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/94Civic.jpg) ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Civic.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Civic.jpg) ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Civic-MotorSide.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Civic-MotorSide.jpg) ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Civic-Motor.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Civic-Motor.jpg) After that moved into a 02 WRX and since that car I’m completely in love with Subarus. Only pic I have of the WRX: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/WRX.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/WRX.jpg) After that bought a WRX swapped RS: A pic my friend took by the Bay: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/ShimaCar.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/ShimaCar.jpg) Engine: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/CIMG2208.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/CIMG2208.jpg) Pics from Letchworth and how it currently sits: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1961_2.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1961_2.jpg) ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1993.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1993.jpg) ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1600.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1600.jpg) And the winter “beater” my 98 Forester: Bought it like this: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Forester.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Forester.jpg) Painted it flat green last winter: Bronze Side: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/The%20Forester/DSC01473JPG.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/The%20Forester/DSC01473JPG.jpg) Flat Black Side: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/The%20Forester/DSC01469JPG.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/The%20Forester/DSC01469JPG.jpg) And this winter flat black: Green side: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1829.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/100_1829.jpg) Yellow side: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/The%20Forester/100_2229.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/Letchworth%2009%20Impreza/The%20Forester/100_2229.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![upstateclipse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/upstateclipse/32/7348_2.png) [@upstateclipse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/upstateclipse)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/2 "2009-12-06T20:56:37Z")
Wow you like your cars low. Welcome to the site ---
**Author:** ![slammdaltima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@slammdaltima](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slammdaltima)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/3 "2009-12-06T21:40:14Z")
welcome to the site… i bought that white civic off you a very long time ago… ---
**Author:** ![shimamike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@shimamike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shimamike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/4 "2009-12-06T21:47:12Z")
Not sure why I just love lowered cars, a lot. Haha. How’d the white civic work out for you, get the swap all done? ---
**Author:** ![slammdaltima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@slammdaltima](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slammdaltima)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/5 "2009-12-06T21:51:47Z")
> [@shimamike](#): > > Not sure why I just love lowered cars, a lot. Haha. > > How’d the white civic work out for you, get the swap all done? put the motor in a ef hatch and sold what i had left over… did drive the car for a little but was way to low for around here… just banged shit up every where lol ---
**Author:** ![shimamike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@shimamike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shimamike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/6 "2009-12-06T22:05:09Z")
Haha, yeah that car was pretty low but it got me used to driving really low cars. I rarely scraped the civic and now I just put coilovers on the RS so it’s back to driving around a low car. If my Forester wasn’t a winter car I’d probably slam that too. ---
**Author:** ![slammdaltima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@slammdaltima](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slammdaltima)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/7 "2009-12-06T22:07:46Z")
> [@shimamike](#): > > Haha, yeah that car was pretty low but it got me used to driving really low cars. I rarely scraped the civic and now I just put coilovers on the RS so it’s back to driving around a low car. If my Forester wasn’t a winter car I’d probably slam that too. the rs looks sick love it slammed ---
**Author:** ![shimamike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@shimamike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shimamike)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/8 "2009-12-06T22:13:06Z")
Thanks only 5 more months till I can drive it again, haha. ---
**Author:** ![NeOn9787](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neon9787/32/7466_2.png) [@NeOn9787](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NeOn9787)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/9 "2009-12-06T23:03:36Z")
good stuff man ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/10 "2009-12-07T03:50:12Z")
welcome 👋 ---
**Author:** ![Mankthetank19](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mankthetank19/32/5295_2.png) [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/11 "2009-12-07T04:23:33Z")
Wow, welcome to the site Love the rides you have and had but like forester white! ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/12 "2009-12-07T06:51:07Z")
that RS looks great, you should get clear turn signals for it or something welcome I Would love to get a subaru wagon for the winter, they seem like the perfect vehicle ---
**Author:** ![shimamike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@shimamike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/shimamike)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/13 "2009-12-07T07:18:59Z")
Thanks all. The Forester was okay white but I always wanted a car I could just mess around with plus there were a ton of paint dings and minor rust starting so I figured might as well just play around with different paint jobs. The green I would have liked if I had painted it all one color and more of a olive green, military style. The flat black I love though, brings out the body lines more I think. The RS actually came with clear corners but I love the contrast the amber corners bring to the front of the car. Here’s a pic of the car when I bought it with the clear corners, original grill, unpainted headlights and before the coilovers: ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/CIMG2198.jpg](http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/CIMG2198.jpg) And Subarus plus snow is just awesome, I wouldn’t want to drive anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/14 "2009-12-07T08:42:42Z")
You have fantastic taste. Welcome ---
**Author:** ![dsizer89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@dsizer89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dsizer89)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/15 "2009-12-07T09:21:50Z")
yo u the one that live down the street from me ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/16 "2009-12-07T09:24:33Z")
Welcome 👋 ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/17 "2009-12-07T09:28:12Z")
hullo 👋 ---
**Author:** ![Sansone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sansone/32/4970_2.png) [@Sansone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sansone)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/18 "2009-12-07T14:34:21Z")
> [@dsizer89](#): > > yo u the one that live down the street from me I dont think he is going to know who you are unless your mailbox says dsizer89… Welcome to the site, Im loving that RS. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/19 "2009-12-07T14:41:38Z")
lol ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962/20 "2009-12-07T15:28:50Z")
> [@shimamike](#): > > T > > ![http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/shimamike/CIMG2198.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/1/91e456d9004ff77db61beba4255940532f95ea49.jpeg) Nice! I love Impreza coupes but a WRX swapped one makes me cream. Very nice and clean. Weclome 🙂 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-rochester/76962.md?page=2)