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I'd get the stuff off ebay or any local b&q etc. sells it

Luckily she's not very techy and never knows much about whats going on with the car under the bonnet :P 'famous last words'

Bagged a 3" de-cat downpipe from a breaker today and got something else from a spec-d hawkeye sti which was a massive impulse buy... my girlfriend will kill me if she knew how much I've spent this last few weeks

No more nasty deathly noises? :)

When I get it off I'll check it over if it's all in good condition then I don't see why not :) It pulls great now just as it did when I bought the car with no smoke or nasty noise :)

This sti inlet has the ported tgv delete along with the ported headers and de-cat up-pipe so much better unrestricted flow :) Still got a fair few things on my list to collect before fitting it all, doing one massive overhaul, will have the car off the road for several days fitting it all and learning it at the same time and gaining many ponies in the process Will have to book somewhere for the re-map too.

Anyone shed any light on what holds these bits of trims that go round the rear windows? I want to repaint the rear section but don't fancy snapping them as not sure what holds them on

Few bits arrived in the post in the last few days, still got plenty on the list to obtain before doing a major upgrade all in one go :)

is that a banana with wheels?

Washed and waxed mine and decided I want an electric buffing polisher, it's a real choir doing it manually it takes ages especially with a black car as it easily shows up any marks you've missed or if you haven't buffed it in enough! Was mumbling to myself the scene from Karate Kid 'Wax on wax off' I need a beer after spending the afternoon getting it clean the black car curse means it will probably rain and all ym efforts will be wasted in a matter of hours

Bagged a two week old vf35 for a great price today can't wait for it to arrive! Also got ported headers, a de-cat up-pipe and tgv delete sti red inlet on the way too.

Enjoy if you need and pointers give me or Stants a shout as I think I remember you saying you bought the same gauges as mine :)

Purchased a tgv delete inlet and ported headers with de-cat up-pipe and spent £100 on 6 litres of engine oil and 10 litres of coolant! Awaiting a reply on vf35 turbo too fingers crossed :) Psshhhhh

Been looking at new exhaust systems for my blob wrx and just seeing what you guys have experience with and any to really avoid my ideal spec is more based around performance gains than noise as I would like to be able to go for track sessions without breaking the sound limits they enforce. I did see a second hand Blitz Nur spec R at a fair price but fear it will be too loud although it does sound lovely so it is tempting! I seem to be leaning towards something more like one of the Milltek sport cat back systems though - resonated or non-resonated? Also seen the full japspeed decat systems with downpipe but heard the quality and fitting isn't so great after being warned about various other japspeed parts not fitting well feeling like I should avoid them?

Yeah jay they are the proper hub centric ones that sit on the hub rather than putting the weight on the bolts, those blue ones I posted look like some nasty ebay rubbish not even fitted with the right nuts

For the track time does the club have it's own time slot so we would all be together on the track or is it just book your slot and mingle in with the rest of the people on track?

I'm really tempted by this!!!!

opie oils techy recommended the Motul Inugel Optimal over the Fuchs Fricofin, they said it's a best quality one to go for with the impreza so gone for that in the end thanks for all the suggestions guys! :) http://www.opieoils.co.uk/showproduct.aspx?ProductID=903&SEName=motul-inugel-optimal-ready-to-use-cooling-liquid-anti-corrosion-and-anti-freeze&

Ahh right so with the fiddly part of the interior wiring mostly done then that's definitely shaved a few hours off! :) The only thing I don't have is ptfe thread tape I think. Got ring connectors and male/female connectors, plenty of wire, all usual tools, soldering iron etc. Going to order new coolant too as assume it will spill out when putting the water temp adapter in and it needs doing anyway.

Prime example of using cheap non-centric spacers so just be careful if you do use spacers to check them regually or pay the price and get some good quality ones from a well established brand

It is quite time consuming to try do a nice job of the wiring I agree! I haven't permanently connected anything yet just made sure they work. Received a new oil press sensor today in the post as a replacement for the broken one in the box which they did at no extra cost which was good! I sent the wiring from the pillar gauges to the clock behind the speedo gauge cluster to keep everything in the same place. For the sensor wires when feeding them out to the engine bay separately along with the turbo vacuum but unsure where to send them from the clock. I have to work till 3pm a week on sat so that's more than likely a no go unless 3 hours of day light is enough? I have the that sunday free though. Glad you got yourself a clutch sorted! Who's fitting it?

if it needed welding/repairing along with painting then nothing wrong with the price there for the size of it

Here's a few pics of my progress with the five gauge install, half way there all the sensors need wiring up.

In a similar boat if I put a set of brembo's on with my current alloys will need at the minimum 6mm spacers to clear them, depending on the type of spacers some are a lot less likely to cause issues or dangers. Buy a well designed and quality hub centric spacer and you shouldn't need worry, it's those cheap nasty universal ones which cause issues I used to get them coming into the garage I worked at on some tyre jobs and those universal things are extremely nasty - unbalances the wheel and puts the weight of the car on the nuts and studs which is ill advised. Eibach do hub centric sets I'd advise something similar to this design. Not cheap but I wouldn't want to use anything cheap or nasty when pulling at speeds when it comes to wheel fitment.

Made a little more progress with the gauge install this evening, most of the interior wiring is in place now after fiddling in the dark with my torch and made sure the gauges lit up. :) After sending the oil press gauge back the first time for having scratches on the face this one had a broken sensor in the box so grrrr... waiting to hear back from the supplier if they will just replace the sensor if I send the broken one back to them third time lucky!?