@@MikeRaymond91 most bolts are steel since aluminum is soft, I can’t remember what he replaced exactly but either way, my original comment is a sarcastic joke lol
This episode had me on a whole rollercoaster of emotions. When Ben said he was going to paint… I thought “are you kidding me??” but the mix of paint and carbon actually looks great. Another great episode 👏
You guys killed it with this one. The first few minutes I was laughing my ass off. Love the new direction you guys are going in. Keeps the viewer entertained and educational at the end
While the full carbon hood and spoiler are awesome individually, painting them really made them more inclusive with the car overall. Great video as always.
@@vpkbYep, it’s too bad the shipping process damaged the parts. But great that they were able to get it replaced so easily. It’s cheaper for the company to not pay for return shipping and it’s also better for the environment since the company would destroy it upon return anyway.
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been looking for years since I’ve bought my 15 STI for someone who’s done a paint matched hood with exposed carbon vents and the wing exactly like that and only as of recent have I seen the hoods paint matched but not the wing. I’ve been waiting to see it done so I can justify buying them and someone finally did it! I’m fully convinced, buying the hood first next month. Great video, will be following this build! Great job guys! 👍
I remember Bucky Laseks VA STI had a similar looking wing, wasn’t carbon but it was the OEM white with the center wrapped black to match a wrapped black roof.
There are a bunch of companies that make carbon fiber parts and recreations. Most affordable CF parts will be heavier or around the same weight as the take-off aluminum bits unless you splurge on actual race engineered parts.
Pro tip from someone that's worked in the fright industry! Fragile stickers don't stop other boxes being put on top of it when being loaded in a truck. If everyone had a fragile sticker, something still needs to be on the bottom of the pile! Companies should pack their boxes with the assumption that their box will be on the bottom of a big pile.
I adore how much those little changes managed to round out the cars look! I too am someone who values little tweaks and details, so this has been incredibly satisfying! ^^
Ben your STI looks perfect. I to love the OEM + looks. But I'm not going to lie I was yelling at my pc when u dropped the spoiler. You really had me there.
Understand shipping problems, but Ben I still think there is a small dimple dent on the hood on the passenger side. You can see hitting the light at 5:19.
Thank you for painting the parts it looks soooo much better lol. Unpainted full carbon body panels always look like the cars been in a wreck and didn't finish getting repaired.
The reason for the weight of the CF not being significantly lighter than the OEM hood is that the CF is not “full carbon”. Meaning, that your hood still has a layers of other materials like fiber glass, then wrapped with a layer of carbon fiber around it then covered in gel coat. Basically, certain carbon fiber products or more for vanity and not being an actual functional part when it comes to weight reduction. The car came out really nice though overall, it looks awesome!
When Ben said it was shipped by Pilot Freight I said "No Wonder" in my head. Delt with them before through work and I can their reputation is less than stellar.
Build Series Idea: Bring back the SVT swapped Ford and return it back to its former comfort and glory. Put a new interior in it or put the old one back in if you still have it, A/C, B/T radio ect... . Be a fun weekend warrior and would influence the idea of taking a project you started and making it comfortable again.
The two-time drop of the carbon fiber wing was sad and hilarious at the same time. As someone who has purchased tens of thousands of dollars on automotive parts, this is bound to happen to a person, and piss them the f*** off. Great content thanks for showing it.
Many users of City Racer, an online racing game that has been in service in Korea for 20 years, said they would like to see the Subaru WRX STI model released.
It definitely looks interesting, but If somehow you can find carbon door handles, I personally think it would finish the look perfectly. Keep up the good work guys!
That car looks fucking fantastic. It helps that everything is so clean too but the culmination of parts that work so well together is something that I could only dream of achieving on a vehicle.
I am so happy when you revealed that you would paint the carbon parts. My man you have impeccable taste in cars. I look forward to the widebody conversion
Thorpe has reached that stage where you complete the build to your wildest dreams and then just start looking for any little odds and ends available for the platform. I'd love to see the gears and gasoline fleet show up to an hpde and autocross so we can see how all the different projects stack up against each other in different scenarios.
Watching this makes me wanna cry knowing I gotta get rid of my sti soon. Fully built with basically the exact parts as bens, yet can’t seem to be out of the shop for more then 2 weeks at a time :,( I baby the shit out of it but can’t stop chasing problems after problems. You’ve done every exterior mod that I’ve dreamt of doing. But maintaining it has drained all the money I had saved for exterior stuff
Looks great, I hope that it's just the camera playing tricks on me when it looks like the hood isn't paint matched exactly to the rest of the car (or that it can come closer with a buff). But I like it, although I prefer stock
Carbon fiber was always intended to be painted. It was just a means of weight savings when it first came into the race scene. The STI is looking sweet, btw! I’m not even a Subaru-guy.
For 02 - 07 STIs there was a Japanese aftermarket company called SYMS that made spoilers and other aftermarket parts and would leave the middle/top bar of the spoiler in carbon or black whilst painting the rest of the wing like you've had your man do here and I agree, it's a much better aesthetic imo. Glad to see you didn't just leave it carbon, I think that's one of the worst aesthetic trends in the automotive community as of late (which I get, painting right is hard/expensive) but I think you've reached an excellent middle ground here!
So glad you painted the hood and it looks like the color match is pretty good, which seems to be difficult for CWP. - You're staying classy with this build! So many STI's are ruined by their owners doing tacky mods. - Be great to see you do some Dragy testing, we all know 500whp is a lot on a dyno, but what does that mean in the real world? - More driving videos of the STI.
I know this is just for content, but if I had to guess Ben prefers the car with the white hood and spoiler. Either way, G&G posts a video and I'm tuning in. Edit: Spoke to soon. Tasteful paintjob 👍
As an employee of a large shipping company I loved seeing the damaged auto parts. It always makes my day when I get to see my craftsmanship
bruh hahahhaha
Get a real job 😂😂
@@hashybrowns bet you don't even have one lmao
😂
This build has become the definition of Ben going "...and its finally done! However.."
This build is definition I need content for my youtube channel /will trade for a dirtbike*
As all good builds should be lol
@@anzelcanete435 good build shouldn't be perpetual money pit, instead move on to a next project.
_" _*_Well yes..._*_ But no...."_ - Ben Thorne (Probably)
@@alphaenterprise2232but some cars are forever cars and this seems like Bens
With the titanium bolts and now the carbon parts, Ben is really pushing the limits of weight reduction
he kinda lost the gain he made by adding paint to it...
Titanium is usually heavier than aluminium
@@MikeRaymond91 most bolts are steel since aluminum is soft, I can’t remember what he replaced exactly but either way, my original comment is a sarcastic joke lol
@@FbeauvilliersThey used a few ounces of paint at most lol
It's amazing how trying to add flare to the car made it look more stock 😂
Stock is good tho
yeah
This episode had me on a whole rollercoaster of emotions. When Ben said he was going to paint… I thought “are you kidding me??” but the mix of paint and carbon actually looks great. Another great episode 👏
You guys killed it with this one. The first few minutes I was laughing my ass off. Love the new direction you guys are going in. Keeps the viewer entertained and educational at the end
While the full carbon hood and spoiler are awesome individually, painting them really made them more inclusive with the car overall. Great video as always.
Man 😂a few minutes into the video and it hurts to watch the carbon fiber getting destroyed
the linus tech tips of car parts out here
What a waste
@@vpkbYep, it’s too bad the shipping process damaged the parts. But great that they were able to get it replaced so easily.
It’s cheaper for the company to not pay for return shipping and it’s also better for the environment since the company would destroy it upon return anyway.
@@NazarKalinyukbetter for the environment except they chainsawed it creating loads of carbon fibre and resin dust that went… into the environment 😂
@@TheRZBMdon't worry I think Ben ended up breathing almost all of it into his lung filters😂
Ben has reached the car guy version of ," I'm not an alcholic, i can quite whenever I want."
I got an Sti recently because of this series. Thanks for the inspiration!
I decided to join the show love from uganda Africa
Love it! I have a very similar STI to yours; white with bronze BBS wheels and I really really dig what you did.
they do call them evo-eyes fora reason
If you didn’t spend 100k in mods then it’s not similar..😅
Thank you for making this video! I’ve been looking for years since I’ve bought my 15 STI for someone who’s done a paint matched hood with exposed carbon vents and the wing exactly like that and only as of recent have I seen the hoods paint matched but not the wing. I’ve been waiting to see it done so I can justify buying them and someone finally did it! I’m fully convinced, buying the hood first next month. Great video, will be following this build! Great job guys! 👍
Glad you painted them. Now it actually looks good. Well done. 👍🏻
That’s probably the best intro to one of your videos that I’ve seen yet Keep up the great work.
I did the same for my wing a few years now and i still up to this day think it was the right move for a wing! Looks great man!
I remember Bucky Laseks VA STI had a similar looking wing, wasn’t carbon but it was the OEM white with the center wrapped black to match a wrapped black roof.
There are a bunch of companies that make carbon fiber parts and recreations. Most affordable CF parts will be heavier or around the same weight as the take-off aluminum bits unless you splurge on actual race engineered parts.
Pro tip from someone that's worked in the fright industry!
Fragile stickers don't stop other boxes being put on top of it when being loaded in a truck.
If everyone had a fragile sticker, something still needs to be on the bottom of the pile!
Companies should pack their boxes with the assumption that their box will be on the bottom of a big pile.
I adore how much those little changes managed to round out the cars look! I too am someone who values little tweaks and details, so this has been incredibly satisfying! ^^
Love that you keep the motor clean as well!
You had me when you first dropped your wing. I truly felt bad.....then you got me. Good Stuff!!
Ben your STI looks perfect. I to love the OEM + looks. But I'm not going to lie I was yelling at my pc when u dropped the spoiler. You really had me there.
Understand shipping problems, but Ben I still think there is a small dimple dent on the hood on the passenger side. You can see hitting the light at 5:19.
Seeing Ben holding and talking about the wing reminds me of how Linus drops PC items like crazy
Thank you for painting the parts it looks soooo much better lol. Unpainted full carbon body panels always look like the cars been in a wreck and didn't finish getting repaired.
Magnificent!!! Perfect amount of "added aggression" with the look and depth. Love it. The white and carbon working in unison with those wheels! 👍💯
The reason for the weight of the CF not being significantly lighter than the OEM hood is that the CF is not “full carbon”. Meaning, that your hood still has a layers of other materials like fiber glass, then wrapped with a layer of carbon fiber around it then covered in gel coat. Basically, certain carbon fiber products or more for vanity and not being an actual functional part when it comes to weight reduction. The car came out really nice though overall, it looks awesome!
Sometimes it is even worse- Its a single layer of CF over an injection plastic part. Most of your cheap chinese parts are almost always just skinned.
I'm just ticked that my '02 WRX has an alu hood but my '13 STi has a steel hood that is noticeably heavy. So FHI went back to aluminum in the VA.
I've been having that center carbon fiber wing like that on my STI for years..... It looks great!
The content quality is always top notch.
Love the choice of mods as usual. Very good call on the painted parts.
When Ben said it was shipped by Pilot Freight I said "No Wonder" in my head. Delt with them before through work and I can their reputation is less than stellar.
Build Series Idea:
Bring back the SVT swapped Ford and return it back to its former comfort and glory. Put a new interior in it or put the old one back in if you still have it, A/C, B/T radio ect... . Be a fun weekend warrior and would influence the idea of taking a project you started and making it comfortable again.
Dropping that spoiler feels like I'm watching Linus.
i like how you guys don't spread something like this out into a bunch of videos like a lot of other youtubers do.
The two-time drop of the carbon fiber wing was sad and hilarious at the same time. As someone who has purchased tens of thousands of dollars on automotive parts, this is bound to happen to a person, and piss them the f*** off. Great content thanks for showing it.
Many users of City Racer, an online racing game that has been in service in Korea for 20 years, said they would like to see the Subaru WRX STI model released.
It definitely looks interesting, but If somehow you can find carbon door handles, I personally think it would finish the look perfectly. Keep up the good work guys!
That car looks fucking fantastic. It helps that everything is so clean too but the culmination of parts that work so well together is something that I could only dream of achieving on a vehicle.
DROPPED IT TWICE 🤣🤣😭
Pretty glad my Seibon carbon hood came to me without any issues.
the outside scenery shots on the wet Road...
Magic.
MA-GIK!
I am so happy when you revealed that you would paint the carbon parts. My man you have impeccable taste in cars.
I look forward to the widebody conversion
Thank god great choice on painting the carbon pieces 🫶
Amazing additions. Can’t wait to see the final episode!
cant wait for him to sell it after all this great work!!
This has got to be my favorite build in the whole world! It looks so good!
The beginning of this was so unhinged and I loved it. And painting the carbon seriously looks so good!
I felt a sudden heaviness in my chest when the wing dropped, great job! haha
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So happy you painted the parts, oem plus all day
Ben’s taste in cars is what i call clean. Not too much not too oem.
At 5:18 you can see the carbon fiber hood has a deformity from what I would guess is adhesive to the under side of hood skeleton. Sad
I would wrap the roof piano black too and the look would complete
I bet Linus from Linus Techtips is so happy he's not the only TH-camr dropping expensive parts, tech or otherwise 😂😂
The acting is just chef's kiss.😂 Like watching DiCaprio and Bale in a new feature.
The carbon accents instead of full carbon is the perfect balance 🔥
Thorpe has reached that stage where you complete the build to your wildest dreams and then just start looking for any little odds and ends available for the platform. I'd love to see the gears and gasoline fleet show up to an hpde and autocross so we can see how all the different projects stack up against each other in different scenarios.
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looks nice. I loved my 2015 STi was white too. I foresee a March Composites CF roof replacement coming next!!!
1:18 Ben's Tech Tips
Bro the first wing drop I actually thought was real
Thank god you painted it!!!! I was already shouting here 😅😂
11:49 I definitely see a few paint drips and rough masking lines😢
A Sti owner that keeps the upkeep🎉
I got so upset when you added all of that carbon fibre… then you thankfully fixed it! This car looks so good!!
Rollers at the end were amazing
This Subi is awesome!!! My Outback is quietly crying 😅
Been waiting for these STI episodes cause i need some inspiration 😂
Always felt this age of sti look like the next Evo. Wing looks great in Evo spec.
Watching this makes me wanna cry knowing I gotta get rid of my sti soon. Fully built with basically the exact parts as bens, yet can’t seem to be out of the shop for more then 2 weeks at a time :,( I baby the shit out of it but can’t stop chasing problems after problems. You’ve done every exterior mod that I’ve dreamt of doing. But maintaining it has drained all the money I had saved for exterior stuff
The intro killed me! Such a good episode. 😂
Paint matched hood is the way to go. I was happier when I got mine painted.
I really like the accent carbon. It was a good choice.
Looks great, I hope that it's just the camera playing tricks on me when it looks like the hood isn't paint matched exactly to the rest of the car (or that it can come closer with a buff). But I like it, although I prefer stock
Would love to see the weights and length in metric units too. Thanks.
Carbon fiber was always intended to be painted. It was just a means of weight savings when it first came into the race scene.
The STI is looking sweet, btw! I’m not even a Subaru-guy.
Painting the hood and wing were money!
Very smart very kewl paint carbon white looks so great 👍should have left the hood scoop carbon to match the hood vents
man gravity really loves that wing as much as you do
If you ever have an Extra 5k laying around you should look into the VSC(Vermont sports car) wing it's an absolute work of art
"I thought it was a funny looking shrub" had me rolling
loving the content. Always a good laugh.
Now it needs some Subiespeed JDM Style Tail Lights. Just got some for my 17 white sti 👌
The paint was done so perfectly
Thats some clean masking work by your paint guy
Not gonna lie. I was dying with the intro of the carbon wing.
Finally some sti content !
The STI look sick bro
holy crap. My heart just shattered when you dropped the wing. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
CARBON FENDERS !! WILL MAKE IT PUUURFECT
Oem+ baby🚗💥💨🔥
The biggest difference is in the small details🚀
Bro you got me with the sti wing the first time you dropped it hurt my soul
Got the same WRX Seibon hood for free because the shipper put it in the trash. Only a slight knick by the scoop.
If you were to have it repaired, is it possible?
3lbs lighter and the hood panel gap is finally straight! worth it!
For 02 - 07 STIs there was a Japanese aftermarket company called SYMS that made spoilers and other aftermarket parts and would leave the middle/top bar of the spoiler in carbon or black whilst painting the rest of the wing like you've had your man do here and I agree, it's a much better aesthetic imo.
Glad to see you didn't just leave it carbon, I think that's one of the worst aesthetic trends in the automotive community as of late (which I get, painting right is hard/expensive) but I think you've reached an excellent middle ground here!
Really cool looking right now!❤
clean as fuck, when you get bored of it send it my way. I love this build!
So glad you painted the hood and it looks like the color match is pretty good, which seems to be difficult for CWP.
- You're staying classy with this build! So many STI's are ruined by their owners doing tacky mods.
- Be great to see you do some Dragy testing, we all know 500whp is a lot on a dyno, but what does that mean in the real world?
- More driving videos of the STI.
Those wind deflectors from a soccer mum van for sure suit the look😂
My heart completely dropped when the spoiler slipped out of Ben’s hands 😮😮😮
At 1:19, 1:49, AND 1:59 my heart sank to my feet. 😢
EDIT: 2:25 WHYYYY?! 😱
EDIT 2: 3:29 Okay, but it still hurts 😂
LOL SAME!
Immaculate taste w the wing, i was hoping the whole episode you would wrap the end caps white😂
I know this is just for content, but if I had to guess Ben prefers the car with the white hood and spoiler. Either way, G&G posts a video and I'm tuning in.
Edit: Spoke to soon. Tasteful paintjob 👍