My donor arrived today!!!

[2006 WRB 818]

I have been searching for a donor since the day I came back from touring Factory Five about 3 weeks ago, and finally found one on Copart. It was located in New York and had been hit down the right hand side but was confirmed to run and drive. You have to be a dealer or broker to purchase from New York, so special thanks to Brandon at ALLPRO Subaru here in Alpharetta, GA for assisting me in brokering the deal. It only had 76k miles on it and runs great. The wheels on it are in pretty bad shape on the right side, but I'm hoping to run wider wheels on the rear of the 818 anyways.
Im going to try my hand at photobucket, lol. For 28 years old, I'm a little behind the curve when it comes to forums. I'm more of a professional lurker. Here is the main link to all the photos I have taken so far, and also a video of it running.

http://s1148.photobucket.com/albums/o570/2006_WRB_818/

Engine coming out:



Pulling the dash:

[riptide motorsport]

Congrats!!

[NicksPapaw]

That is a GREAT looking donor. Good find.

[Etos]

Rear suspension is damaged. Looks like links are gone and possibly trailing arm.

[2006 WRB 818]

Rear suspension is damaged. Looks like links are gone and possibly trailing arm.

I know, kinda stinks. I'm planning on trying to find STi stuff to replace it since all the STi stuff is aluminum. Compared to most of the other possible "donors" I saw at the insurance auctions, this was by far the nicest and also the lowest mileage.

[wooward]

How much did you end up paying if you don't mind.

[2006 WRB 818]

How much did you end up paying if you don't mind.

$4605

[shinn497]

Perfect for a wrx. Methinks.

[VD2021]

Cool! You gotta love Copart.

I purchased my GTM donor from one of the Miami locations using the broker service. 2000 coupe, 60k miles, ran perfectly with no MIL, New Mich run flats( had to have less than 500 miles on them), $4500.

[Mechie3]

Looks to be an 07 wrx? I have extra trailing links from an 06 I can sell you cheaply. Think, $20 plus shipping cheap.

[RM1SepEx]

very nice, looks like a great source of parts!

I've had to find a few parts to replace damaged ones on my Copart 05 with 70k miles too... It isn't hard to find them...

[2006 WRB 818]

Looks to be an 07 wrx? I have extra trailing links from an 06 I can sell you cheaply. Think, $20 plus shipping cheap.

It's an 06. I may have to take you up on that offer, thanks.

[Zodiac]

yea i've been checking auto auction sites as well. looking for that good deal myself also i'm glad we have a decent amount of time before the release haha

[2006 WRB 818]

Bump for new pics added.

[timmy318]

Lucky, I've been looking all over sites to find a decent wrx that isn't to high, about 5-6K is what I'm looking for. You sir, are a lucky man! Congrats on the steal!

[2006 WRB 818]

Lucky, I've been looking all over sites to find a decent wrx that isn't to high, about 5-6K is what I'm looking for. You sir, are a lucky man! Congrats on the steal!

Thanks. I think I got pretty lucky also since I didn't have to look very long and one fell into my lap. I am, however, a little disappointed the unusable parts are selling slowly, I have it listed on craigslist and nasioc. But what can ya do...

[rhenry01]

$4605

When you sell all those extra parts on craigslist and Subaru forums you can get the price down another $1500 or more which makes it kind of affordable. I paid $2140 for my donor and I have sold off $600 worth of extras. I still have another $600-$800 of things to sell.