Tim Victor Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Hi all. I’m Tim. I live in Thailand and I’m an XV owner. Reason I’m posting is because I’m seriously considering building a Factory Five Racing 818 kit car (see https://www.factoryfive.com/818/ ), which requires a WRX (or the STi model) donor car. According to FFR the most suitable model is a 2006 WRX (or Sti). It’s not possible to pick up a decent condition WRX in Thailand at a reasonable price to use as a donor vehicle. So my plan B is to possibly buy a suitable WRX in UK, strip out the required donor parts and ship just those parts to Thailand. But here’s where my plan B fails. With me being based in Thailand, I need someone in the UK to strip the donor vehicle and crate the donor parts and ship to me in Thailand. I will come to UK to look for and purchase the vehicle etc but I can’t stay much longer than about 2 weeks. Here’s my question for the club. Does anyone know of a reliable Subaru workshop that could be trusted to strip the required parts out of a WRX , crate them and ship them? The workshop can keep the left over parts (and there will be many usable spares left over). Of course I would pay for this service. Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Wotcha and welcome Tim - I believe from memory it is the WRX you need not the STI - there is a thread on the forum about it. There are a few shops that strip and service subaru's, weither they will ship I do not know - Pole Position is one I know of, is it not possible to source a JDM model or one from Australia or is the shipping the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Victor Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 22 hours ago, Tim Victor said: Hi all. I’m Tim. I live in Thailand and I’m an XV owner. Reason I’m posting is because I’m seriously considering building a Factory Five Racing 818 kit car (see https://www.factoryfive.com/818/ ), which requires a WRX (or the STi model) donor car. According to FFR the most suitable model is a 2006 WRX (or Sti). It’s not possible to pick up a decent condition WRX in Thailand at a reasonable price to use as a donor vehicle. So my plan B is to possibly buy a suitable WRX in UK, strip out the required donor parts and ship just those parts to Thailand. But here’s where my plan B fails. With me being based in Thailand, I need someone in the UK to strip the donor vehicle and crate the donor parts and ship to me in Thailand. I will come to UK to look for and purchase the vehicle etc but I can’t stay much longer than about 2 weeks. Here’s my question for the club. Does anyone know of a reliable Subaru workshop that could be trusted to strip the required parts out of a WRX , crate them and ship them? The workshop can keep the left over parts (and there will be many usable spares left over). Of course I would pay for this service. Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Victor Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 Thanks for feedback Jay. I guess Australia could be an option but I do travel to the UK occasionally so to organize a trip for this purpose would not be a problem. And the shipping part can be arranged by an agent I would hire in Thailand. I need then someone to strip and crate. I will try to contact Pole Position. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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