In early December we attended the Florida Subaru Mega Meet.  It was an outstanding event (besides the heat) with lots of well-done Subarus.  We got to make some great connections and meet a bunch of really cool people.  One of them is Miguel, who owns a 2015 Subaru WRX.

The car caught CJ’s attention while shooting photos of other cars around the event, which led to CJ asking the owner, Miguel, if he would be down for a quick photo shoot of his WRX.  Ethan and I were chatting with someone else while this was going down, so we weren’t around to talk with Miguel about his car, unfortunately.  We reached out to him a few weeks later via social media and were able to ask him a few questions about the car to learn more.  This is Miguel’s second car, but his first jump into Subaru ownership.  He got the car about 2 years ago, originally wanting an ’08-’14 hatch but couldn’t find one he really liked.  “I’ve always been a fan of the brand.  One day I came across the car I have now.  The price and color are what really hooked me.”  I love the way the Dark Grey Metallic looked with the black wheels.  At the time, Miguel had Work Emotion Cr-Kai’s but has recently swapped them out for a set of MB Battles – some of my favorite wheels.  Ok, I have a lot of favorite wheels but I like them a lot, the struggle of being 5×100 is real.  With a push of a button, Miguel can tuck the rear wheels up into the wheel-wells as desired with the Airlift Performance V2 system, and shortly after our shoot he installed the front air struts to be able to do the same with the front wheels.

“What I really enjoy most about my Subie is mainly driving it.  I love everything about it honestly.”  Miguel’s current modifications consist of a Mishimoto intake, full Invidia cat-back exhaust, Cobb AccessPort with an OTS map, custom headlights with LEDs, Megan Racing control and toe arms, and aero pieces all around the car.




Just by talking over Instagram DM’s, I know he has some major plans for his WRX in the future.  He’s mentioned going wider in addition to some carbon goodies that could really change the whole appearance of the car.  Some three-piece wheels are planned, along with a wing, pro-tune, “go fast” parts, a color change, and he even considers doing a rear-wheel-drive conversion later in the year.  A RWD Subaru would be so fun – not a bad idea, my friend.  Mega Meet was definitely one for the books.  We appreciate Miguel greatly for letting CJ get some photos of the car and talking to me over social media.  Someday soon we will definitely have to meet up for some more car hangs and shenanigans.  To see more of Miguel’s ’15 WRX check out his Instagram @boofaru.  Thanks Miguel for letting us feature you as our Driver of the Day!

By Zach Osborne – @momentum.rs