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could do, time will tell. hubs are pretty solid chunks one side done, other side is waiting on a bolt. wont know if the sensors are ok untill they road test it.

Bit of an update, Rear end of the car has been stripped down. Given its a 13 year old car its in pretty good condition, surface rust but nothing that wasnt expected. Replacement parts list, Rear backing plates Rear wheel bearings Rear lower bolts (shall show in pic below as im not sure what the exact name for it is) Wheel speed sensor tbc (i spoke to them sat and they hadn't tried to get them out at that point) New handbrake assembly parts (shoes, etc) New rear brake pads New rear brake disks Rest of the parts are being given a dam good clean. I was thinking about painting the hubs but water can get under the paint when it gets chipped and make the rust worse so they are just being cleaned up. Few raw pics as they stripped it down. Nice and crusty rear hub, just needs a good surface clean but nothing wrong. Bolt between the two bars on the other hand does need reaplacing (as mentioned in the list above). The backing plates are delaminating in layers with rust and as expected need replacing. Rest of the parts are borderline needing to be done so make sense to do it all while its appart and just the cost of the parts. Shall update with some mroe pics as it's put back together

Not been much of an update for a while now as it's hardley moved for 10 months. Been dropped of at scoobyclinic (again hahaha) for a few bits. Rear brake backing plates are rusting through, unfortuantly this is a bit of a job as it also serves as the back of the hand brake, so it's a pretty major overhaul including bearings, possibly the abs sensors will need replacing as well. Rear bootlid neds painting as it rusting around the badge fixings as they all eventualy do, so thats been sorted and blended into the wings. Last thing is the front cross member/bumper carrier is also doing the usual thing fo rusting so thats being replaced. At the min not sure what route im going with that, maybe just put on a replacement one, or might have a front mount put on as this replaces it anyway, this is dependant on where the bills stands with the rest of the work. Shall be a few weeks so shall update when i have more news.

the sti wagons didnt come with brembo's from the factory 😮 im not even sure if they came witht he sti seats. post bug the uk sti got proper forged engines up to a hawk where as jdm where hyperutectic, so uk sti engine was a better spec 😮 i only found that out a couple of weeks back

Forged engine build, suspension set up, brakes, aftermarketecu, etc etc. 450 is a big build so yiur gonna be £20k+ if yiu want to do it roght and reliably.

Wrx is alot more similar to UK spec than the sti's. You also don't get many jdm wrx's brought over as they arnt worth the extra cost over a UK one.

Welcome

Gonna get alot of opinions on this. I use scoobyclinic for all my work. I would seriously advise staying away from racedynamix, aka duncan gayham. Total cowboy.

As above, i would seriously recomend not using one in something that will crash if it packs up.

oof, royal steering wheels do recovering if you fancy going that route. no idea on price but they do look dam good when they are done

haha yeah. tbh if your planning to keep it a while and wanting to tune it then it might be worth looking at getting the engine sorted. Not cheap (well prob will be compared ot bmw prices haha), circa 5k+ for proper closed deck forged build.

aye, unfortunatly i dont know any friendly MOT stations your way who can help 😞

Yeah, any new subaru i buy i drive it like miss daisy till i;ve had it given a one over and run on a dyno

Mine passes on sports cats no problem, and you know how tuned mine is hahaha

no no its fine dude, im by no means any sort of expert or have any real knowledge on the subject so its all based on my understanding from what i've heard, which alot is prob BS lol.

i know some folks who havn't had issues and some folks who have. it's better to get it checked and it be fine than not get it checked and cost you an engine.

Importcarparts is good for new parts. failing that try some of the tuners/breakers. Personaly i would want it mapped for uk fuela dn dyno'd to make sure all is ok before drivign it hard

ah, torque is a bit lower than i woudl expect for a 2.1 :S

noice, what are your plans for modding it?

main thing im looking at is fuel/boost but its hard to see whats what. What turbo is it on? im guessing its a 2.0?

got any other graphs?

welcome, looks tidy. bit of a wait that 😮

nah, whouldnt give a positive covid test

one of the guys at wifes work may have gone to hospital with breathing difficulties this monring, havnt had it confirmed, but hes mid 40's. tbh im not too worried about me and gem having it, its more if i pass it onto my mid 70's parents. Cheers folks 🙂

NP, how far you want to go on spending is totaly yup to you. there becomes a point where its just worth saying 'sod it' and trading it in against something else, that point is up to you and what you want to do, Might be a good time to think about upgrading in all truth.