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vw wheels and subie wheels share the same 5x100 bolt patterns, the vw wheels centre bore is larger than the subie so with spigot rings you could put vag on subie but not vice versa, off set wise, my speedlines were et55 and sunk in quite far in the arches, the silver ones i had on were 35 and were right on the edge in line with the arches but under hard cornering they were catching on the arch, the white WR1 wheels i have on now are et45 and are spot on, not stuck out a million miles but not sunk in looking lost either i've always used this site for wheel fitment info

the sti is rated at 44Nm so i think your kind of in the middle of the 2 :D

not sure myself but the classics look the same but have a very subtle difference, on a saloon the top black plastic bit goes up at an angle the wagon ones don't, not many people advertise for the individual cars so i'm guessing not many people realise it, i'd just check it's not the same scenario for the bugs

my mates running 2 maps on his and has fitted a second rear window demister that switches the maps, ones to run off normal V Power and the other to run ethanol, cams also supplies that in massive amounts for peanuts so if you can source the fuel it's cheaper to run better fuel

on the earlier fre facelift classics theres a way to do a diagnostics check as well as wiping the error codes stored heres how to check the faults click and heres a list of what the codes are click to reset the ecu the easiest was is to disconnect the battery for an hour, this will erase any old codes in there, best thing to do is wipe the codes first, after you have put battery back on drive round the block then check for fault codes, this way you know it's going to be fresh faults rather than an old one thats been fixed and not cleared, if you do get a fault and fix it make sure you clear the codes otherwise it may still show as an error despite being fixed

awesome cars in the snow, great for taking it easy or for giving it a boot full and having fun clicky for the best subie overtake i've ever seen

this is what i have in the garage, not sure what i did with the bearing to be honest, if i can find it i'll include it but can't promise owt just to be clear, that pic is not the exact one i have it's just one that looks just like the one i have with the red plate, have seen various other colours but the one in my garage is the red one, price wise they range from £90 to nearly 2k, if we say £20 plus P&P?

tis a pita just for the little differences you get, id do it if i was doing other expensive stuff to the car but i think i'll be getting rid of this at some point so i don't want to go overboard spending on it for someone else to enjoy the rewards

that's what the clutch is for, it came from a sport but is no good to me as i have the turbo

i said i wasn't modifying the subie when i got it at christmas last year, i said i was going to paint the gold wheels black and that's it, i am now on my 3rd set of rims and have upgraded the 2 pot brakes for the 4 pots and fitted a dab stereo and HUGE jbl basstube in the boot, that in fairness has been on about twice since fitting, if i keep it quiet i can't hear it over the exhaust, if i crank it up i can't hear the exhaust and i like to hear that, future plans are to now take the audio out and fit a 3 gauge plate in the din hole and some decent gauges in there instead as for sat nav units, i have just sold a pioneer avic unit that was £795 new and only used for 3 months for £200, i've always been a fan of sony stuff but after fitting the pioneer i can't recommend them enough, mine had parrot bluetooth built in which allowed you to sync all your contacts and dial them off the screen, it was made to work very well with the ipod/iphone with the usb connection, you could put your apple product hidden away and get the tracks from the screen, sound quality was immense, never heard anything from a car stereo so crisp and clear the sat nav aspect was almost as good as tomtom units, it was update-able via the software you get for the computer and register your unit, there was a range of colours for the illumination to match pretty much all cars available the unit i had was a AVIC F310BT it's no longer on the market and was sat in my garage for a while, you can still get them but if your not worried about leaving the unit in the car i'd go for a bigger screen version, mine was a face off unit so you lost a bit of screen size due to that, it wasn't a DVD player so i didn't find that an issue Pioneer units my old unit

if you had the later clocks with the temp and fuel dials both on the left i have a set of them in the garage you could have had, it means rewiring the loom behind the dash and replacing the dash for the later one too though i believe other wise i'd have done it to mine lol

yeh i'll sell it for a few quids, if your interested make me an offer, it's no good to me as i have a turbo and the sport clutch is likely to be different

the reason i did the meets for an old forum on there is because there is security there's no little pillocks doing stupid **** like that, you get the odd one driving in or out like an idiot but theres a non security car park on the other side of the dual carriageway with b&q and maccy d's that get all the tossers

Welcome aboard fella, nobody will take the **** here pal, it's all friendly as, nice choice in motor, look forward to the photos

I don't think there's any big ones available but if they have a resident vinyl maker I can't see why they can't make you one

Aye, maccy d's and KFC, there's a nandos and an all you can eat chinese

I've been thinking of getting shut of the wagon and getting a white saloon, every time I see a white saloon I want one more and more, that's next on my wishlist lol

If you have used him that long surely your on friendly terms with him, pull him to one side so no one else an hear you and just say that all your gonna do is for the cat, really test, then de cat again when you get home, tell him there is a couple of pints in it for himMy tester knows if he failed mine on all the illegal parts all I'd do is swap email over for a retest and then back again when it's done, not only does that waste my time but it wastes his time and costs him money as a retest is free within 10 days and that's money he could be making from other customers

I'd have said synchros on the worn side myself, unusual for a low miler like that, could be a previous owner ragging through the gears, I have a nearly new sport clutch in the garage, also have the better half of a sport box at the side of the house, I started taking it apart for weighing in the alloy then the weather changed so it's just sat there, if there's anything you want that I might have just ask

I'm 6'5" so it's a major issue having the seat quite far back for me, the problem getting out is the lowest to the floor means your leg position getting out is more horizontal than vertical so it's tricky, top that to the boxed in !Removed! scenario and it takes some getting used to, Dogma had the fixed part of the lap belt going through the lower side hole in the seat If you have a habit of putting your mobile in between your legs you'll find it drops through the hole in the seat base lol As for comfort there are cushions you can get for search seats to make it better for each driver, I can't see why you couldn't use them with cobra seats I've got 2 brand new reclining bucket seats in the back of the garage, the wife bought them for me 6 years ago and I refused to pay over £100 for each subframe to fit them :-(

I bung my tester another tenner and he ignores it

I'd think it'd be a connection issue myself, I took the green caps off so I have brighter clocks, one of mine is slightly dimmer but as there's no caps it's not bothering me at night, also I go up under the dash for messing with the clocks

The thing is they will hide whenever they get chance as. most people will just pay up, if the van is not sat a certain distance between speed camera signs you don't have to pay, if the van is not at least 75% visible from the direction in which you got photographed you don't have to pay, if there is a car in the same shot in which they have your plate going in either direction they can't prove it was you doing that speed and also the calibration on the equipment needs to have been up to date at the time of the alleged offence, and the best one, if you don't receive the 1st letter from them before 2 weeks of the date of the alleged offence they can't prosecute, the wife hates it when I see them out and about because I. Will go and kick off with them to try and get them to do their job properly, we get them round here every now and again and the last time I saw them was about 2 years ago, before that it was 3 times a week, I parked up and took over 40 pics at drivers height all the way to the van then shots from the side of the van for his view and pointed out all the things he was doing wrong

Dogma had a set in his first classic wagon, standard belts wee a pain to get clipped in but they were very supportive, not the comfiest for long distance journeys for me bit I do suffer from a bad back, they do sit a lot lower to the floor than stock and getting out can be er interesting but I'd happily run them in a road car as a daily A word of caution regarding harnesses, you can't have them bolted downward behind the front seats, they must be bolted straight back or 45 degree angle, also if your using a harness bar on the b pillars make sure you don't need the seat to be that far back or you'll end up either wasting a harness bar or a very a quashed driving position

Welcome aboard, first things to do would be filter, exhaust (without cat is better depending on mot tester) brakes, then stuff like turbo, injectors, remap