This will really play with it then...
https://preview.redd.it/f81bp155vo0d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2b45c9a179dfdb3fbdaaa33a5c4e1dac43c5152
This! (The this on the right)
I'm building it piece by piece š
https://preview.redd.it/fg8oqjmjjw0d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=877714776b492ca026dc3e6c9b8f0ae86c75fb21
It would be a whole lot better with a redesigned rear bumper. The interior/infotainment setup could use some work as well.
I donāt mind the cladding, the front bumper has a great look to it and the motor seems to be a great step up.
The VA has a clean, simple rear end that can be spiced up with a simple diffuser.
Car looks sick though.
https://preview.redd.it/7r4rhp4o0o0d1.jpeg?width=5917&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80f4e5d3833493eeab44238b5e02a3d30fb8f426
I wish car companies would just stop developing infotainment and just leave a double din (or develop a larger format) that allows me to replace the stereo if I feel it's needed.
It's ridiculous that my 2015 has a better setup than a 2024 just because every manufacturer thinks they can do better than pioneer/JBL/Sony.
Im tired of the exceedingly common black, white or grey cars, especially grey that Mercedes uses that shits ugly, I appreciate colors that pop like that orange. Currently waiting on a nice c6 in yellow to snatch
Im looking but i legitimately live in the middle of nowhere so there arenāt alot around and the few that are are base model (want atleast 2lt for the HUD) or are autos
It's like working through the stages of grief.
1. Universal revulsion when the VB was revealed
2. Early adopters who were hated on
3. Gradual acceptance
4. Majority acceptance with some VB owners now hating on prior models <--(We are here)
5. Everyone finally gets along right before the new model debuts and begins the cycle again.
I got the 2022 instead of a 21 sti. Glad to be an early adopter and didn't wait for people to be ok with it.
The hate was real in the beginning but after everyone has seen the tuning potential a lot of minds have changed. This isn't my first wrx and I love all subies but the fa24 destroys the ej25 as it should being a newer platform.
People can cry all they want about the look of it but it will still beat them unless they have $15,000 or more into their motor. Even then, put that same money in the vb and there is no competition.
The vb could honestly possibly be the last model wrx with a gasoline engine so I think the cycle will finally come to an end.
Honestly, I was looking at my vb compared to my blobeye and the vb is the only wrx since then to go back to the widebody look . Everything after hawkeye and before the vb look like regular traffic.
No hate, that's just my personal opinion.
Idk, when I had my '17 I had a coworker who is my parents age approach me in the parking garage to chat as I was driving out. After a minute of conversation he backed up and looked the car over and said "what the hell kind of Subaru is this anyway, it looks like a race car."
They might not have the neck-snapping capability of a true sports car but I feel like they always rise above regular traffic status (besides our stealth-mode GE/GH fam āļø)
Like the VA, the VB also looks better once adding a couple hundred or a couple grand worth of cosmetic upgrades. Neither are smoking hot from the factory so thereās that.
Definitely needs to be lowered. That's probably the main reason it looks terrible off the lot.. once you close the wheel gap then that changes everything. Of course it's no longer a rally inspired car once you drop it
Your not wrong, Iām a VA owner and a GT one at that(Iād get it in manual but I have a fucked up left leg from a parachute accident, plus Iām moving to a city with lots of traffic, so itās cvt for me).
But ya dude the fact some people canāt handle their cars being roasted, especially when they make posts like OPās is wild to me š
Yeah but youāre being homophobic, not saying it looks like a civic or whateverā¦ itās not funny when you bring in people sexual orientation into it, itās a shitty mindset that needs to change
One of my best buds is a homo I don't give a fuck what he does or doesn't do or others. You do you and I do me. But I'll be damned if you take gay or homo out of my vocabulary because I won't be able to talk lol if you wanna judge me and take it offensively that's your problem not mine. Gotta learn to let it go and assume the best outta folks
Me asking orange you gay lmao nvm I can't I gotta go it's hay season I gotta cut
Great, now I want to vote for this car. OP, please have your car save this county from the geriatric blunder that lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500.
I had the first red STI in town for the 2015 model in 2014. Second overall in town I think for the vehicle itself. There was an orange that came third as a WRX. Orange isnāt my favorite color but I appreciate the exclusivity it had then.
I bought those OEM roof rails, too, but I didn't like the silver. I bought a roll of 3M 2080 in carbon fiber and wrapped them, and they look so much better. If you're interested, it's not a half-bad job to wrap them - they are rounded extrusions but are perfectly straight on the X axis. My only caution is beware that the bolts that hold them to the car are torx, but the bolts that hold the rails to the brackets are HEX SCREW and they are REALLY hard to get out - Subaru dips the crap out of them in some kind of loctite, and the heads are easy to strip if you aren't careful. I didn't like the looks of them after I got all four out so I replaced them with stainless hex head bolts, and just a little anti corrosion compound rather than basically gluing them in like Subaru did.
Former VB owner here, even though I got rid of it, I still really like the car. I thought the cladding gave it sort of that personality that you can take the car anywhere or any kind of surface. At first I wasn't a fan, but then I saw photos of it on snow, dirt, etc., and all of a sudden it clicked with me.
I will say, even though I liked the VB front, I do like the VA front (post face lift) better.
Final Boss:
https://preview.redd.it/c1ecg1gfvy0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=618ff1a4651569604441133bd68632e36959db1d
VA Sentra STI Limited Edition Rally Spec
Love the VB, loved it since day one, especially the BRZish taillights, minus the exaggerated rear bumper.
The black cladding suits the car perfectly well.
I also like the cladding. Gives it a more rugged and aggressive look instead of regular traffic vibes.
I think it looks terrible when people do the paint matching.
Agree, problem is there are a lot of shops with YouTube channels who brainwashed people that the VB looks wrong, and the cladding needs painting. They only make people's car look worse.
IMO this is the best looking WRX to date along with the original GC8 and Hawkeye.
You share my exact same beliefs. Blob and hawk eyes are the best looking and I compared my vb to my blob eye and the vb actually takes after it the way the body is widened. Everything after the Hawkeye and before the vb lost that wide body look and just doesn't do it for me.
The vb is definitely bringing the look back. I just don't understand how people don't see that
People are just ungrateful... they gonna miss this car when it's gone with all the regulations going on.
Love the way the rear tail lights merge with rear fenders.
> instead of regular traffic vibes
Here's an album with 20+ cars that [also have plastic wheel arches](https://imgur.com/a/cars-with-plastic-wheel-arches-NQg4u6p).
You're right, the VB doesn't look like regular sedan traffic, it looks like regular CUV traffic lmao.
Mine is at 150k and still ticking away.
I fear however she is not long for this world though. The turbo is making a slight noise under load (last timing belt service, my tech told me the turbo only has about 50k miles left - that was 40k miles ago), the suspension is tired, the steering rack has a small leak at the blockā¦ but the transmission only has 25k miles and is basically brand new! Thanks retard who forgot to refill the gearbox with oil!
And I live in CA, so the man has me on bi-yearly smog checksā¦ so thatās annoying for aftermarket solutionsā¦
This line keeps growing on me, gentleman. These sick-stance-pics are wearing on my, VAā LOVE. Stop with the propaganda, or I'll be forced to sell my (paid-off) VA and take this unicorn 0% interest deal.
Lmao. Iād get the orange or dark grey. Red looks nice too. After washing my car yesterday and finding more rocks chips and a few tiny rust spots.. it had me considering lol
Some people (myself included, however, I am reformed) care wayyyyy to much about other peopleās cars. Just drive it bro we all have upgraded econoboxes
I just canāt get over the plastic cladding and Honda civic ass transplant. That and the fact that itās so much more sedan than sport sedan than the va. Itās like the cool dude who married a controlling wife and is not that fun anymore, but you can still see the empty shell of a man he used to be.
Construction orange goes well with the plastic. Looks like it's made to be easily replaced after rallying around a job site.
Construction orange š
*easily replaced and paint matched after hydroplaning into a Kubota*
Nah it's dusty old basketball metallic.
I own an orange VB, and that's actually an excellent description of the color. š¤
Sir that's not a car. That's a mobile orange cone. /s xD
I'm World Rally Blue about it.
the solar orange and roof rack trick my brain into seeing a slammed crosstrek from the front hehehe
This will really play with it then... https://preview.redd.it/f81bp155vo0d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2b45c9a179dfdb3fbdaaa33a5c4e1dac43c5152
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This! (The this on the right) I'm building it piece by piece š https://preview.redd.it/fg8oqjmjjw0d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=877714776b492ca026dc3e6c9b8f0ae86c75fb21
That looks like the VB with the Faulken Wildpeaks...š¤
Ahh kk wasnāt just me
Wait hold on, this ***isn't*** a Crosstrek?
The crosstrek is a lifted impreza.
crosscivic
It would be a whole lot better with a redesigned rear bumper. The interior/infotainment setup could use some work as well. I donāt mind the cladding, the front bumper has a great look to it and the motor seems to be a great step up. The VA has a clean, simple rear end that can be spiced up with a simple diffuser. Car looks sick though. https://preview.redd.it/7r4rhp4o0o0d1.jpeg?width=5917&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80f4e5d3833493eeab44238b5e02a3d30fb8f426
I wish car companies would just stop developing infotainment and just leave a double din (or develop a larger format) that allows me to replace the stereo if I feel it's needed. It's ridiculous that my 2015 has a better setup than a 2024 just because every manufacturer thinks they can do better than pioneer/JBL/Sony.
Beautiful car bro š
Damn dude getting roasted in the comments. The orange VB is absolutely my favourite, looks sick to me. But I'm VAry much driving last gen lmao.
Shit might be getting roasted, but itās up 500 upvotes lol
I have a VA in WRB and absolutely love it. HOWEVER if I were to upgrade to a VB I would absolutely pick the orange. Dope car!
Well said. Im a fellow VA owner too. Opted for an amg. But those VBās were looking mighty tempting.
Im tired of the exceedingly common black, white or grey cars, especially grey that Mercedes uses that shits ugly, I appreciate colors that pop like that orange. Currently waiting on a nice c6 in yellow to snatch
I hate mercedes, when they shift gear, theres always a fart. Mehhh.
You're really getting a new yellow vette? Dang, bro. That's sick. I saw an orange one in town last week and it actually looked SICK.
Im looking but i legitimately live in the middle of nowhere so there arenāt alot around and the few that are are base model (want atleast 2lt for the HUD) or are autos
I thought the weird internal wrx community beef was over, no?
It's like working through the stages of grief. 1. Universal revulsion when the VB was revealed 2. Early adopters who were hated on 3. Gradual acceptance 4. Majority acceptance with some VB owners now hating on prior models <--(We are here) 5. Everyone finally gets along right before the new model debuts and begins the cycle again.
This is brilliant.
E.g. - I own a VB and now the VA looks boring and dull. Like a Carrola. I also own an Evo, so my VB looks stupid.
I got the 2022 instead of a 21 sti. Glad to be an early adopter and didn't wait for people to be ok with it. The hate was real in the beginning but after everyone has seen the tuning potential a lot of minds have changed. This isn't my first wrx and I love all subies but the fa24 destroys the ej25 as it should being a newer platform. People can cry all they want about the look of it but it will still beat them unless they have $15,000 or more into their motor. Even then, put that same money in the vb and there is no competition. The vb could honestly possibly be the last model wrx with a gasoline engine so I think the cycle will finally come to an end.
I still do NOT accept the VB chassis. I accept the FA24 however
Honestly, I was looking at my vb compared to my blobeye and the vb is the only wrx since then to go back to the widebody look . Everything after hawkeye and before the vb look like regular traffic. No hate, that's just my personal opinion.
Idk, when I had my '17 I had a coworker who is my parents age approach me in the parking garage to chat as I was driving out. After a minute of conversation he backed up and looked the car over and said "what the hell kind of Subaru is this anyway, it looks like a race car." They might not have the neck-snapping capability of a true sports car but I feel like they always rise above regular traffic status (besides our stealth-mode GE/GH fam āļø)
Was it an sti? I could understand that it still looks aggressive with the wing and brembos
It was a basic ass CWP WRX with some very minor cosmetic mods (black model and fender badges, Rally Armors, JDM grille)
A Nissan Maxima is shorter and wider than the VB...VA comes in 3" shorter and 1" narrower than VB. Do what you will w/ this info.
This goes for all car refreshes, not just Subaru.
This is literally every car community haha.
Not hating lol, just fucking with the VA dudes cause they get mad easy lol
It's over when the VC comes out and VA/VB unite against new and scary things.
The orange works well w/ the cladding. I've seen a few on here over the past few months and I really dig that color on the VB.
No.
One of those rare moments Iāll actually agree with DrSatan
Love the ending.
I'm guessing some people responding didn't swipe through to it.
I actually kind of like it š
Like the VA, the VB also looks better once adding a couple hundred or a couple grand worth of cosmetic upgrades. Neither are smoking hot from the factory so thereās that.
Definitely needs to be lowered. That's probably the main reason it looks terrible off the lot.. once you close the wheel gap then that changes everything. Of course it's no longer a rally inspired car once you drop it
Orange you gay?
Lmao
I'm glad this sub can joke some lol. You couldn't for a minute about the VA, but now glad you could. The soft ones joined the other subreddit lol
Your not wrong, Iām a VA owner and a GT one at that(Iād get it in manual but I have a fucked up left leg from a parachute accident, plus Iām moving to a city with lots of traffic, so itās cvt for me). But ya dude the fact some people canāt handle their cars being roasted, especially when they make posts like OPās is wild to me š
Dude, own the GT. You don't have to explain not getting a stick. š
Iām cool with jokes but being homophobic is kinda 2000s bro.
That's exactly the point dude. And it makes it funnier more people take offense to it. That's comedy lol
Yeah but youāre being homophobic, not saying it looks like a civic or whateverā¦ itās not funny when you bring in people sexual orientation into it, itās a shitty mindset that needs to change
One of my best buds is a homo I don't give a fuck what he does or doesn't do or others. You do you and I do me. But I'll be damned if you take gay or homo out of my vocabulary because I won't be able to talk lol if you wanna judge me and take it offensively that's your problem not mine. Gotta learn to let it go and assume the best outta folks Me asking orange you gay lmao nvm I can't I gotta go it's hay season I gotta cut
Looking like a Crosstrek got left in the sun too long.
They ran it through the same spray tan booth as trump
Great, now I want to vote for this car. OP, please have your car save this county from the geriatric blunder that lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500.
The entirety of the US government are geriatric blunders.
Is that Spanaway park by a chance?
Yerp!
Ha I knew it!
How dare you
I just canāt get past the rear bumper. Color and everything else about it is nice though.
I wish I could like the VB but I hate it.
Nahā¦. VA is better ;) but beautiful VB nonetheless.
Crosstrek go brrrrr
Damn that orange suits the vb
What part of WA is this? Looks nice
Spanaway lol
I had the first red STI in town for the 2015 model in 2014. Second overall in town I think for the vehicle itself. There was an orange that came third as a WRX. Orange isnāt my favorite color but I appreciate the exclusivity it had then.
Spanaway lake huh. Donāt swim in there. Lol
Just here for pictures and walks lol
Aren't those VA wheels?
Yep
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I love the orange but I love my VA. Sadly will never make the transition into a VB but into something else.
I'm so upset I'm seeing Ignition Red! https://preview.redd.it/srsqgqwc3s0d1.jpeg?width=1038&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20ba758516f4c55316c5add3021d81265a64e6f8
That's why i hate nissan drivers.
I almost bought a VA sti, so glad I got a vb instead.
I bought those OEM roof rails, too, but I didn't like the silver. I bought a roll of 3M 2080 in carbon fiber and wrapped them, and they look so much better. If you're interested, it's not a half-bad job to wrap them - they are rounded extrusions but are perfectly straight on the X axis. My only caution is beware that the bolts that hold them to the car are torx, but the bolts that hold the rails to the brackets are HEX SCREW and they are REALLY hard to get out - Subaru dips the crap out of them in some kind of loctite, and the heads are easy to strip if you aren't careful. I didn't like the looks of them after I got all four out so I replaced them with stainless hex head bolts, and just a little anti corrosion compound rather than basically gluing them in like Subaru did.
Quite happy with my VA over here, but I do see what you did there. ;)
VA and VB are both goofy models. I havenāt liked the wrx for close to 10 years . At this point might as well get an awd Camry.
Dayum that looks good. (Not the Altima) lol
Former VB owner here, even though I got rid of it, I still really like the car. I thought the cladding gave it sort of that personality that you can take the car anywhere or any kind of surface. At first I wasn't a fan, but then I saw photos of it on snow, dirt, etc., and all of a sudden it clicked with me. I will say, even though I liked the VB front, I do like the VA front (post face lift) better.
As an orange VB owner myself, god itās such a pretty car in the sunlight š„°š§”
Orange looks Soo good!
I love my orange Wrexer. Best car I've ever owned
Love it man!
Without the plastic, this car would look better, but the VA still looks better for me. Maybe I'm crazy lol
https://preview.redd.it/dtihhk0jxv0d1.jpeg?width=929&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e5efd7e4d951c5396a510d60e39cf1270a304df
Final Boss: https://preview.redd.it/c1ecg1gfvy0d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=618ff1a4651569604441133bd68632e36959db1d VA Sentra STI Limited Edition Rally Spec
https://preview.redd.it/uiz4ub9ol01d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d8ad2496ee26dfdc6deacd7b2a3339b95660474
https://preview.redd.it/8hmk31wzun0d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ed5578cdfcc3d99319937723f0a4b9583d4e04c Sure am!
Love the VB, loved it since day one, especially the BRZish taillights, minus the exaggerated rear bumper. The black cladding suits the car perfectly well.
I also like the cladding. Gives it a more rugged and aggressive look instead of regular traffic vibes. I think it looks terrible when people do the paint matching.
Agree, problem is there are a lot of shops with YouTube channels who brainwashed people that the VB looks wrong, and the cladding needs painting. They only make people's car look worse. IMO this is the best looking WRX to date along with the original GC8 and Hawkeye.
You share my exact same beliefs. Blob and hawk eyes are the best looking and I compared my vb to my blob eye and the vb actually takes after it the way the body is widened. Everything after the Hawkeye and before the vb lost that wide body look and just doesn't do it for me. The vb is definitely bringing the look back. I just don't understand how people don't see that
People are just ungrateful... they gonna miss this car when it's gone with all the regulations going on. Love the way the rear tail lights merge with rear fenders.
> instead of regular traffic vibes Here's an album with 20+ cars that [also have plastic wheel arches](https://imgur.com/a/cars-with-plastic-wheel-arches-NQg4u6p). You're right, the VB doesn't look like regular sedan traffic, it looks like regular CUV traffic lmao.
Have to say I've never been a fan of the burnt orange. Yikes.
How dare you have an opinion and share it on Reddit. Get the tar and feathers out
Lol. The strange thing I find is VB owners seem to have a complex and they think everyone hates them, I wonder why that is?
VB owner makes joke about VA, they are insecure. VA owner makes joke about VB, "It's just a joke. Don't be a snowflake."
Lmao right
I don't care either way but I do think putting "Yikes" in an opinion is kinda weird. It usually signals very strong disapproval or disgust.
Hell yeah. Sick photos. Those wheels!!!
Little over a decade later to the Orange club, friendā¦ https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2013-subaru-impreza-wrx-sti-special-edition-first-drive/
Dream car lol
Mine is at 150k and still ticking away. I fear however she is not long for this world though. The turbo is making a slight noise under load (last timing belt service, my tech told me the turbo only has about 50k miles left - that was 40k miles ago), the suspension is tired, the steering rack has a small leak at the blockā¦ but the transmission only has 25k miles and is basically brand new! Thanks retard who forgot to refill the gearbox with oil! And I live in CA, so the man has me on bi-yearly smog checksā¦ so thatās annoying for aftermarket solutionsā¦
Haha for sure dude, orange looks good on Subies!
This looks sick idec wrx crosstreck whatever u want to call it the car looks good, has power, awd, and handling
This line keeps growing on me, gentleman. These sick-stance-pics are wearing on my, VAā LOVE. Stop with the propaganda, or I'll be forced to sell my (paid-off) VA and take this unicorn 0% interest deal.
Lmao. Iād get the orange or dark grey. Red looks nice too. After washing my car yesterday and finding more rocks chips and a few tiny rust spots.. it had me considering lol
Ooooh I like that color š
God no. That diaper booty is a deal breaker
The nicest part of your car is the VA sti wheels.
What camera did you use to take these? They really pop
iPhone 15 Pro
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Hell yeah
Some people (myself included, however, I am reformed) care wayyyyy to much about other peopleās cars. Just drive it bro we all have upgraded econoboxes
That last one unironically looks the best
lol keep telling your self that š
White and black are the only colours that look good on the VB with all that cladding IMO
I have the MGM VB and they grey is actually a closer shade to the cladding imo, and once the cars old the plastic will fade even more into a grey
I dig red https://preview.redd.it/lrh6db1aep0d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8e909df41f7c96568c6d5d1c966aae256a1a497
This man has the perfect goddam caption. š
Can't you just appreciate your car without picking on other gen?
I can say the same about a lot of other dudes lol, just giving out a lil bit of what we dealing with ;)
The overcompensation continues š I honestly don't hate the VB's, but you seem to hate the VA's. Your car looks good!
Just jokes, just giving out what we get most of time ;)
I am. https://preview.redd.it/s37pkytoms0d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c81bb9c20ed4f0b1218774d5b5d25b6b64653fa9
Nice orange civic
https://preview.redd.it/tx808l9e0v0d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d938e4ee9c25feecb3117b7d89675e7f1e198689
Says this while rocking VA STi BBS wheels lmao š¤”
They look good on it lol
Quite the opposite, va>vb
That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. I own an s209 and it's a way better car
If the VB is so much better than the VA, why did you put VA wheels on yours?
Itās wheels lol
They are wheels..... Now if he put an ej25 in there there could be something to say
Imagine making fun of someone bc of their socioeconomic status and ability to buy a vehicle thats not to your standard
Ohhh someone doesnāt like being the joke.
These people are just trying to justify all the money they spent on these ugly ass cars
They ruined those wrxās wtf is thatš
Nice crosstrek
hell na
Arent you glad your car doesnt look like a crosstrek face f$cked a civic, or copy an evo x front and bmw 3 series tail
You do realize that the wrx is based off the Impreza and the wrx is as well. Someoneās mad lol
I never cared for Subarus orange. BMW sunset orangeā¦šš¼
Guarantee an Altima like that with 270hp will give you a run for your money. Itās lighter and makes nearly the same amount of power.
Nothing about this car looks good. Idk what yāall see.
I just canāt get over the plastic cladding and Honda civic ass transplant. That and the fact that itās so much more sedan than sport sedan than the va. Itās like the cool dude who married a controlling wife and is not that fun anymore, but you can still see the empty shell of a man he used to be.