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🙌 The custom lip is officially one piece.

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I have no idea what happened to today, but it is almost over already. Went for a little backroads drive to a friend's house to drop off some old Subie parts. FWIW, TN-62 from Oliver Springs to Clarkrange (Nashville Hwy) is a fun little road. Also, Wilder Road, which might be appropriately named, is not that far away. The sanding chronicles continue. 😂😭 Apparently, it is "Drive Like a Complete A-hole Day" and "Compliment the Bugeye Day" today in Knoxville and I am fine with the second one. 🙂🙃😁 Still working on this custom lip. I have cut this thing apart so many times now but I think I am finally happy with the basic shape. Now I have years of sanding to do. 😂😭 I am the cause of all of my problems. 😂 I'm hella early for an appointment, so I try to burn some time by taking the long way there. And of course I catch nearly every green light, and traffic cleared out of the way. I gave up and accepted my fate. 😂😂 Is this a real Japanese plate? No. Was this necessary? Also no. Will I do it again? Absolutely. 😂 The lip is still a work in progress. There are some things I might change, but overall I like where this is going. It might be a tad bit aggressive though. I'm not sure I will be able to make it out of my driveway. 😂 😂 Better pics of the custom lip out in the daylight. I also made a blog post about how I made it if you are interested.

Project +Lightness

Project +Lightness is our goal of reducing weight in a balanced manner and maximizing ~300 whp to produce a reliable mountain pass machine. Weight reduction not only improves straightline performance, but it improves braking and handling as well. A lighter chassis should be easier on the engine and transmission, and a balanced chassis is more responsive to steering inputs.

About the Bugeye

This is my 2003 WRX in World Rally Blue with practically 200k miles on it. I bought it from the original owner who did the EJ207 version 8 swap after the EJ205 spun a bearing at around 100k miles. I bought it as a replacement for my 2005 STi in 2016.

2016 v 2021

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A Good Drive

Exploring good drives around East Tennessee

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