@@vanishingeyefilms All made possibly by viewers like you! Haha man I would love to have a show like top gear or the grand tour. Come up here and let’s shoot!
I had a 92-X Aero while I was in college, same color, but mine had the leather seats and (almost) completely rust free. I really wanted one and it took months to find one as they don't come up for sale often. It didn't come with the stock wheels, and I was unfortunately never able to find them so I had Legacy GT wheels on it. It had a downpipe and some other minor mods on it when I bought it, and a tune that ran 21PSI of boost with the redline upped to 7500RPM. Which I took advantage of it every chance I could, it was a nuts car for a 20 year old college student. That little car gave me everything it had, I drove it as my daily during the school year, autocrossed it in the summer, even drove it on Road America once! And when a dump truck blew a stop sign in front of me on a back road my senior year, it saved my life. Badly bruised, but no broken bones from a crash that probably would've been fatal to the driver of a lesser car. I ended up buying a built 2008 STI to replace it, which was better in every way, but it's not the same. I really loved that car. There are more differences between the Saabaru and a regular WRX than just the body panels. They have ~100lbs more sound deadening material in the cabin, and a steering rack exclusive to this car with a ratio that sits between the WRX and STI ratios. When my rack died at like 175k, I had to get it rebuilt instead of buying another one since they're basically unobtanium (every part that is specific to this car is). The WRX or STI rack will go in no problem, but I wanted mine to stay original. Some advice - check the front part of the front lower control arms for rust. I ripped a control arm in half during an autocross run (twice!) because it was rusted on the inside and I didn't know. - Don't let the tank go less than a quarter full if you live somewhere with hills, the fuel pickup is in the front of the tank and you can starve the engine if you sit on a hill with low fuel for too long. - If you're gonna do any more suspension mods, get some good sway bars. I would recommend 22mm in the front and 24mm in the back. - get some exterior plastic restorer to fix the plastic hood scoop insert. Makes it easy since the car is black I hope you enjoy the car as much as I did mine, it looks great!
Right on man, thanks for the advice, and loved hearing your story! I have certainly grown to love this little car. This video was shot over the course of a few months so I’ve definitely learned a lot since buying it. Some of the things I said there aren’t completely accurate but I left it in there anyway! Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more updates. The Saab is about to go into storage for the winter, but big things happening in the spring!
Hey! Nice video man, cheers from Latvia! Makes me wanna get a Saab 9-2x here in europe, im a big saab fan.. Scared to get a boxer though. ALSO OMG I LOVE THE LAST PART OF THE VIDEO, GIVES ME NEED FOR SPEED VIBES!
Cheers brother! Big Saab guy here too. Used to have a 9-3 and was very attached to it. I was in the market for a new car and wanted a Saab, but didn’t want a fwd car. I’m happy that this is what I ended up with! How is the market for parts (and motors) in Latvia? That would be my biggest deciding factor.
@@Dolphingirl2013 thank you!! I had a lot more that I wanted to have done by now, but next spring I will be doing a turbo, and exhaust upgrades with supporting mods and a tune as well! Just a little blooper at the end! Battery terminal connector broke and came loose
@@willieyac they’re in better condition than I expected! Won’t be driving this in the winter either so I’m hoping to keep it on the road as long as possible. Timing belt and head gaskets were done about 12k miles ago
Digging this episode. You need your own TV show.
@@vanishingeyefilms All made possibly by viewers like you! Haha man I would love to have a show like top gear or the grand tour. Come up here and let’s shoot!
I just replaced the clutch on a linear version last week and it drives great definitely an enthusiasts car
I had a 92-X Aero while I was in college, same color, but mine had the leather seats and (almost) completely rust free. I really wanted one and it took months to find one as they don't come up for sale often. It didn't come with the stock wheels, and I was unfortunately never able to find them so I had Legacy GT wheels on it. It had a downpipe and some other minor mods on it when I bought it, and a tune that ran 21PSI of boost with the redline upped to 7500RPM. Which I took advantage of it every chance I could, it was a nuts car for a 20 year old college student. That little car gave me everything it had, I drove it as my daily during the school year, autocrossed it in the summer, even drove it on Road America once! And when a dump truck blew a stop sign in front of me on a back road my senior year, it saved my life. Badly bruised, but no broken bones from a crash that probably would've been fatal to the driver of a lesser car.
I ended up buying a built 2008 STI to replace it, which was better in every way, but it's not the same. I really loved that car.
There are more differences between the Saabaru and a regular WRX than just the body panels. They have ~100lbs more sound deadening material in the cabin, and a steering rack exclusive to this car with a ratio that sits between the WRX and STI ratios. When my rack died at like 175k, I had to get it rebuilt instead of buying another one since they're basically unobtanium (every part that is specific to this car is). The WRX or STI rack will go in no problem, but I wanted mine to stay original.
Some advice
- check the front part of the front lower control arms for rust. I ripped a control arm in half during an autocross run (twice!) because it was rusted on the inside and I didn't know.
- Don't let the tank go less than a quarter full if you live somewhere with hills, the fuel pickup is in the front of the tank and you can starve the engine if you sit on a hill with low fuel for too long.
- If you're gonna do any more suspension mods, get some good sway bars. I would recommend 22mm in the front and 24mm in the back.
- get some exterior plastic restorer to fix the plastic hood scoop insert. Makes it easy since the car is black
I hope you enjoy the car as much as I did mine, it looks great!
Right on man, thanks for the advice, and loved hearing your story! I have certainly grown to love this little car.
This video was shot over the course of a few months so I’ve definitely learned a lot since buying it. Some of the things I said there aren’t completely accurate but I left it in there anyway!
Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more updates. The Saab is about to go into storage for the winter, but big things happening in the spring!
Hey! Nice video man, cheers from Latvia! Makes me wanna get a Saab 9-2x here in europe, im a big saab fan.. Scared to get a boxer though. ALSO OMG I LOVE THE LAST PART OF THE VIDEO, GIVES ME NEED FOR SPEED VIBES!
Cheers brother! Big Saab guy here too. Used to have a 9-3 and was very attached to it. I was in the market for a new car and wanted a Saab, but didn’t want a fwd car. I’m happy that this is what I ended up with! How is the market for parts (and motors) in Latvia? That would be my biggest deciding factor.
Before and after is amazing! So what’s next, was the jumper cables at the end a clue?
@@Dolphingirl2013 thank you!! I had a lot more that I wanted to have done by now, but next spring I will be doing a turbo, and exhaust upgrades with supporting mods and a tune as well!
Just a little blooper at the end! Battery terminal connector broke and came loose
Did you check the rear strut towers?
@@willieyac they’re in better condition than I expected! Won’t be driving this in the winter either so I’m hoping to keep it on the road as long as possible. Timing belt and head gaskets were done about 12k miles ago
@@kvtnink Do you mind tell us how much you paid for it?
come buy me a beer and I’ll tell ya anything you wanna know!