Nice, I too went with Konis and H&Rs recently. Very happy with the look and the ride quality. A little jarring over some bigger bumps, but I went 1/2 turn from full stiff on both front and rears.
My pooch had a playmate for the weekend: http://i.imgur.com/nyHtGET.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9vkiJHi.jpg
They certainly had an interesting dynamic - My dog probably outweighed the smaller one (Zoey) by 3x, yet was very gentle and always let Zoey win their "games ...
my TAP-chipped 20V avant has no problem hanging with STis... Seems people badmouth TAP a lot but I get 30mpg on the highway and the car hauls ass in 2nd-5th. No complaints from me!
Great writeup magellan. I too am planning on bigger turbo, injectors, etc... looking forward to see what route you ...
If you're looking for any kind of dimensional accuracy - I would not suggest 123D Catch. There is another product called AgiSoft Photoscan, but it is about $150 (not too bad IMO).
If you really need accuracy, you could laser-scan, but of course that is $$$. I use all of the above on a day to day ...
I'm not a huge fan of the color matched bump-strips. I think they serve a good visual purpose of breaking up the mass of the car.
that said... I REALLY like the other-than-black side view mirrors.... was thinking about chroming mine (a'la s4/6) and I think that picture convinced me.
Bought this 200 20V Avant a year ago and have slowly been getting it up to snuff over the past year.
When I bought it: -awful paint (Lago) -shoddily done timing belt that left the belt eating into the case cover -dead A/C -All stock except for a Total ...