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Hmmmm, I quite like those morettes lights too but the angel eyes with black surrounds rather than chrome could look proper tidy!

Can I have a price for a sunstrip sized white one please? Oh and a PayPal address ;)

So with 5" of snow on the ground and the car in my carport I thought I'd take it easy today so I've put the grill on and I thought I'd slap some pics up And a before and after Gotta have the headlights "Fly-Eyed" now for sure :)

Yeah I'll strip using nitromors then smooth any curb marks with needle files around the lip, cut with 40, 80, 120 and 240 grit then respray. Mine are going satin black. Last time I did a set of rims it took 10 days but they did turn out mint. A quicker and still quite a decent finish is to use Smooth-rite hammerrite, thick hard wearing paint, tends to hide any deep sratchesbut it takes about 4 days to go off completely and you are quite limited to colour choice.

Postman arrived this morning with this for me Snow or not it'll be on by tomorrow :) Looking good can't wait to see it on. And like me just been outside well garage fitting some Hella horns :D

Mine came on the car, completely irrelevant to me and I'm seeing new brakes or half the money for coilovers :)

Yeah, it sounds awesome on chat even if quieter more of a deeper tone. As for the pup he's as much a petrol head as I am!! If you meet him on the lead he's very friendly but if he's in the car and anyone other than me approaches the car he goes nuts! Best anti-theft device ever!!!! I reckon once the top is painted up and it's proper two-tone it'll look a lot better, the spoiler and vent look a little out of place at the moment but it'll all come together. An "SOC" Sunstrip would finish it off nicely though ;)

I'll get a pic of it front end on, I gotta admit it does look proper sweet with the camber :)

My reg is R20 TJP and I found out mine is worth £450!!!!! Hell I'll gift wrap for them at that price!!!

Sunstrip size would be good ;)

Okay the latest update, still can't locate an OBD port so I gave up and instead got some camber bolts and a backbox. £20 for the zorst, £25 for the bolts First job was remove the existing pipework, No wonder it was loud!!! New pipe fitted in 10 minutes, it's so much quieter. Next step was camber bolts another surprisingly easier job, after a quick tweak with a ratchet I now have 1.75 degrees of negative camber. Corners like its on rails now!!!! So then I decide the spoiler needed to change colour along with the chrome "SUBARU" on the boot. Masking the lettering was gonna be a nightmare so I wrapped them instead as I had some carbon wrap kicking about I can't take all the credit as my dog decided he wanted to help too Then after spending 30 minutes trying convince Fosterdog he couldn't stay in the boot I removed the spoiler, sprayed it and bolted it back on Next on my list is the roof, a-pillar and c-pillars in satin black and the wheels/brakes still need painting!

So having posted the same question on FB I've been offered a 3" H&S style backbox, I'll be collecting it on the 23rd, gotta be worth a try :)

At the moment the config is headers, both cats, then straight pipe, no back box, no middle boxes. This is how it was when I got the car. Would I benefit from fitting a back box?? Apart from reducing the noise would it increase back pressure? By the way its a 97 Sport.

No it's not connected as my car doesn't have obd :( if it does I can't find the port

Kinda got a little distracted from the engine bay. I've been playing with my iPad, setting up in the car And I gotta admit I am waiting for warmer weather before I spend hour upon hour outside under the bonnet, I'm getting old now and us old folk feel the cold! Either that or I'm a wimp lol

I'm liking it a lot! Just can't wait to get the rest done. Then I'll start on the engine and bay :)

Ok so I did go for the flat black on the bonnet vent and roof scoop, the spoiler is staying silver and I even got shot of the strange spoiler thing on the wipers and sprayed the wiper arms to tidy them up too. Just got wheels and brakes left to paint On the downside I gotta work for the rest of the week so I'm hoping for at least dry weather this weekend but its looking like its gonna be about 3c and last time I sprayed a set of rims in the front room my Queen lost the plot(I never did understand why?!?)

Hmmmm I was debating between flat black or a BMW metallic called cosmic black

I think the wheels may have to be painted then, as for the bonnet vent I am proper torn :S

Depends on how loose it is but I'd try tightening it first if you can't get it proper tensioned then it'd be time for a new belt. That said check the edges of the belt for fraying, if its damaged then replace it

So quick before and after And some all round The blue wheels are actually beginning to grow on me! Still gotta sort that bonnet vent. Did manage to fit the seat covers too and throw a set of mats in there. Looks so much better now its been scrubbed inside and out.

Power steering belt?? Could be loose

I gotta tcut and wax to get the outlines of the vinyls off today then I'll get some pics up

So boys and girls, I have a silver 2.0 sport on a 97 reg. I've spent today disposing of the hideous blue Subaru sweeps and stars, now the only blue is the larger bonnet vent(turbo bonnet), wheels and brakes. The wheels and brakes will be sorted and go black. Now for my dilemma, the bonnet. The bonnet vent needs to change colour do I spray just the vent black, silver, or spray the whole bonnet black?? I'm thinking the spoiler, spats, grill and front lip will be black and I'm not 100% on which way to go with the bonnet. Opinions please

It's all back and working again!!!! No more walking to work in the snow :D Now time to sort the rest ;)