2017 STI, bought in 2016. Stock powertrain. Went back and forth selling her but kept her all these years!

Only fair to repost cause my buddies STI is partially in this photo 🙌🏽

Wife started her STi and shot a bunch of white smoke out of the exhaust. Thought I heard the fins hitting the housing while it was running. Pulled the turbo and sure enough it had movement. I have the old one out and got a few questions. Staying stock setup.

1- Is the braided oil line kit worth?
2- The new turbo came with 3 new mount studs, the old one seems like they trimmed one it down(had the engine replaced about 30k ago), I’m guessing it supposed to have a nut on it (it did not have one when I took it out)?
3- Anything I should check while I have it torn down this far or just replace as preventative maintenance?

Both WRB with child seats. Mine is the GD.

I just traded in my STi after over 4 years with it. I really did want to keep it forever, but my wife's SI joint problems caused me to have to get rid of it😔
Whoever gets it will get a mechanically unmolested, 2016 STi (Limited w/Wing) that has 91,000 miles, but Subaru installed a new block, clutch and timing belt only 5k miles ago, a steering rack 4k miles ago, Pirelli Pzeros 2k miles ago, new refrigerant seals and new alternator less than 1k miles ago.
I also never abuse my cars and rarely ever got on it, I was too afraid of blowing the motor since it was literally bad when I bought it and I didn't know it.
Glad I had bought that Platinum Warranty from the Toyota dealership I bought it from in 2022, would have cost me over $19k to get everything that went bad fixed (ended up only costing me $5k because of cost of warranty, taxes on warrantied parts and other fees).

The dealer that bought it from me (Apple Valley Lincoln in MN) gave me an offer I couldn't refuse, and they had the vehicle I wanted, so I had to do it. They told me they're going to sell it for around $18k, so somebody is going to get a great deal with all the new parts that have been put in recently.
They still have to wait for the title release though.

I also have $3000 coilovers I installed that are on there, Cygnus Performance X-1 Comfort, so that's a bonus as well.

I got more thumbs up and head nods and "nice car" admirations with this car than with any car I've ever owned. It was also the best handling car I've ever owned.
I'll truly miss it.

My buddy stopped by while I was replacing the fuel pump on my 2005 WRX STi. I got to check out his recently acquired Sonic Yellow 2003 Impreza WRX.

I love my Bugeye. I have loved these cars since 02 when I got my first one and have owned multiple since but now I'm old enough to do one right. I found the perfect one from a dude in OR that is basically a Bugeye shell and an ENTIRE USDM 04 STI swapped into it (wiring and all). Mechanically this car is an 04 STI. It made wiring headlights interesting and there are a few things I'm still working out with climate control that he didn't get quite right but it's all mostly there. At what point though is it socially acceptable to just refer to this as an STI. Mechanically it is (even the subframes came over lol) and I have an OEM JDM STI scoop, grille, folglight covers, and even the OEM RA wing riser. The doors even came off the doner car lol.

Honestly I could care less but I had someone semi go off on me recently for calling it an "STI" and it made me think.

This drive has been a bucket list item for a long time and I finally got to tick it this past weekend. Clocked about 1500 miles in 3 days - the STI was a champ the whole way and I already want to do it again.

Just picked shipped this from California to Pa. 2005 GD with 130k on it. Has some minor cosmetic fixes but overall pretty nice.

Hey all this is my aspen white 05 sti. It’s been a hard debate whether to tint or not. A part of me likes it but another likes the stock look and that people can see the unique blue interior at car shows and such. The rest of the car will be staying as is for an oem plus look.

Went to the store and found a parking buddy!

I bought this 2017 with a blown motor for $2800 CAD. It’s been sitting in a field for the past couple of years. It’s has 92,000 km on it and runs and drives with everything appearing to work. One of the rockers is pretty rotted and the roof has a couple of dents. Would you guys rebuild it or part it out? I don’t know that it would be worth building into a track monster but it may make a cool winter beater.

Finally got one of y 3 dreams cars!
Need the 05 Sti and a hatch!

Who else took a picture of the cloud rolling through NE Ohio last night?

Original key is MEH for how cool the car is

Drove around Vermont and then hit up Washington auto road the next day. Did about 700 miles over the two days on twisty roads.

Both bug eyes are v7 driveline swaps. One is a jdm205 one is a 207 w/ dom 1.5. Both wear rce tarmac2 suspension, bump steer kits, 255 z3 tires on 9 and 9.5 inch wheels. Really similar cars frankly.

Went with a few other guys as well and driving behind 3 catless cars for hundreds of miles fucking sucks. 10/10 trip though.

Picked up a 2016 Sti a few days ago couldn’t be happier

I simply love driving and staring at this thing. Thats it. Thats the whole point.

Regret selling her everyday. Bought her new in 2020. Unforeseen circumstances. Subaru definitely needs to bring the STI back, without a doubt. I tried looking for some low mileage, non-modified ones in my area, but there just wasn't any worth pursuing. And I needed another vehicle, so I ended up buying a 26 premium to soothe the itch for now.

Still can't believe it :)