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WRX Wagon,
Repair and Prepare for Rally
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2/2/03 The team's
been working frantically, trying to get this car back into new
condition, not to mention getting it ready to hit the rally stages.
I have to say that things are progressing fairly well... This past
weekend we have managed to repair most of the trim work, swap the
mirrors, fix the melted underbody entirely, install the Sparco
racing steering wheel, remove the airbags and the interior in
preparation for the cage, install the rear diff protector and
more... With the pieces falling into place, the next step is to
get that roll cage installed! :)
Installing a U.S. spec Non heated
mirror onto Canadian spec Heated harness - I had to get a new
mirror on the car as the old one was.. well... MELTED from the
original vehicle fire. As
this car is originally from Canada, it had the cold weather
package - aka HEATED side view mirrors, thus the harnesses from
new to old mirror were not going to match up.... here is what we
did.....
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US model non heated
mirror |
Non heated mirror harness |
removed damaged mirror |
heated mirror harness |
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comparing NON heated (white) harness
to Heated (black) |
completely removing
black heated harness end from the damaged mirror |
here it is
completely stripped |
now, we'll swap the
wiring from the non heated mirror INTO the heated harness plug end |
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strip off the white
non heated plug end. install onto those wires the black plug end...
and reconnect! |
installed, mirror is
now functional (although, no longer heated) |
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Rally Car Prep begins
Rally bits and pieces
arrive:
interior is removed,
rear diff protector installed, seats test fit/installed, pass side
airbag is removed, damaged melted roof trim is replaced.
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rally parts |
interior removed |
stripped interior |
rear diff protector
installed |
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pass side airbag comes out |
clean removal! |
test fit/install Sparco rally seats |
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removing melted roof gutter trim clips |
removing roof rails (bolts run through
roof and inside the car) |
melted trim removed |
new gutter trim installed! |
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Sparco 350mm racing
steering wheel install |
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sparco wheel and momo steering hub
adapter |
OEM steering wheel cover and airbag
removed (2 screws on either side of the airbag, pull back,
disconnect harness - done) |
17mm bolt for the steering wheel -
loosen bolt tug HARD and the wheel will come free. remove bolt,
remove wheel. |
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behind the steering wheel is the turn
signal cancels and the airbag harness. Disconnect harness, remove
entire wheel. |
Now we are ready for the install of
the aftermarket wheel and hub. |
line up hub over steering rack input
shaft, attach sparco wheel to hub using supplied hardware... and
you're done! |
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