Winter Wednesdays: Built for this

Feb 2, 2011

As I sit and type this (Tuesday night) I wait in anticipation for 30 predicted centimeters of snow to fall between now and the morning timed perfectly to make my morning commute hell. Times like these make me wish I had an awd car so I could be as low as I wanted and not really have to ever worry about getting stuck.

Subaru owners like Jason don’t have to worry about things like this because their cars were made to tackle dirt, mud, and snow fast and with no problems.

The most obvious mod on Jason’s Subaru is one that came straight from the Subaru factory, an STI front end swap, in addition to that he’s also got a 3 inch turbo back exhaust, blow off valve, short shifter, and tein flex coilovers.

Jason has his suspension set at a height that gives him the aesthetic and handling advantages of a low ride while maintaining enough ground clearance to be able to drive this Subbie daily through the streets of Vermont dry or snow covered.

winter_subaru_2 — Snow problem.... I know, bad pun

winter_subaru_3 — Jason needs a Mr. Plow sticker 😉

winter_subaru_1 — Jason's wagon looks sick with the STI front end swap

winter_subaru_4 — I bet that 3" turbo back lets that boxer burble

winter_subaru_5 — Jason's got more plans for his Subaru and I hope he shares them as he does em

Thanks go out to Chris (sent in the pictures) and Jason for contributing to this post.

If you want to send in some pictures of your dropped ride in the snow just shoot me an email at [email protected] (remove the dots).

I might post up later today how I fared in our snow ‘storm’.

Update:Made it to training, no big deal.

9 COMMENTS

Joe Feb 2, 2011 At 9:46 am

I need AWD right about now….freezing rain sucks.

Jason Feb 2, 2011 At 10:18 am

Big thanks to Chris for posting my car for me. The car isn’t on springs though. Its on Tein Flex coilovers and has a few other small suspension parts to go along with them. Thanks again to Chris for posting my car for everyone to see.

- DaveT Feb 2, 2011 At 10:20 am
  
  Sorry Jason I’ll change that up 🙂
  
Will Northrup Feb 2, 2011 At 10:50 am

awd…. i wish…. lol looks deadly man good job!

Chris Feb 2, 2011 At 1:04 pm

Awesome to see this up today!! Thanks again! love the site!

zach Feb 2, 2011 At 4:40 pm

While everyone else in Indiana has been staying home from work, I’ve been trucking through freezing rain and snow in my 9-2x. Snow problem indeed…

DaveT Feb 2, 2011 At 5:03 pm

Saabaru!

Jason Feb 2, 2011 At 5:10 pm

I actually just ordered the plow king sticker for the wagon after seeing them on the site haha! Thanks again!

SamH Feb 14, 2011 At 1:40 am

You were thinking of me when you wrote this weren’t you?

I got my WRX the night it started to snow lol