March 2025 - Stephen B. // Southern Adventure Wagon

by Rally Innovations February 28, 2025

Hey everybody! My name is Stephen Bailey, I live in Jonesborough, TN, and this is my 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX! This car has been my baby for a little over 5 years now. I'll be the first to admit that it is starting to show its age, but I'm still keeping it alive. My wife and I take this car on road trips, it gets daily driven, goes down trails every once in a while, and goes to all kinds of shows! I absolutely love the people and experiences this car has brought us.

The car itself is pretty tame, a few bolt-ons, tuner, Forester struts, lift springs, etc. It currently is about to roll over 235k miles with the original engine being swapped out at 228k miles due to the heads being cracked. One of my favorite things I have done to the car was redo the interior! I swapped out the steering wheel, put 04 WRX interior in it, dyed all the gray carpet and painted all the gray plastic, had the headliner redone to be black, and it's just generally cleaner inside!

It has been one of the greatest, most fun vehicles I have owned besides the 2004 Forester I owned, and my wife and I will continue to enjoy it until the end of time, hopefully!

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Photos by Pierce Sams @disi.shot