Jamie_uk

spent a few hours the other day cleaning out the engine bay, whole thing was coated in thick black gunk was well chuffed when it came out that clean. couple hours a day since trying to get in all the awkward gaps and cleaning it off the electrical connectors aswell. dont think any previous owners did out with this car. sadly didnt take a before pic, there was no silver anywhere. dropped my socket under the engine, still havent found it lol.

i use shell vpower in my 2.0 non turbo, runs nice and smooth with better mpg. recommends 95 but its lumpy and hesitiates so i dont use it. despises sainsburys unleaded and superunleaded.

i use simonez shampoo and carnabu wax, it does a decent job of getting the bits off and sudding up thick, then other than that all waxes and polishes etc are meguirs havent had any problems with them so will stick to them. the plastic restorer takes a few coats but turns all the worn out grey trims black and smooth again. havent used a great deal of other makers products, tried some autoglym, engine cleaner, tar remover, plastic restorer, all rubbish for me even their snow foam shampoo was a let down at its price. wheel cleaner was well and truly beaten by a cheap one i found in a matalan. hoping to come accross more as didnt get the name.

sorry to jump in on the post but is there any manuals for the hatchbacks? found the latest one but it was pretty vague on what was actually included

!Removed! irritating isnt it. sadly i liked the car too much to walk away when bought it from subaru they said it was fine and no movement, checked by their technician apparently. i saw somewhere online saying there was a fix by changing the bolt type inside the mirror but subaru cambridge told me it there was no such thing.

ill do it tomorrow,but its quite shallow. lots of space with it removed and seats folded down though. which model are you looking at? love the car just wish i had the cash and low enough insurance for the 2.5.

which cleaner are you using? i put redex through and it made no improvement and i noticed the hesitation more with it. might just be me though only had the car since feb. going to get a full service and new plugs etc in next couple month see what happens then

My 2010 Impreza 2.0rx does that at the same rev range, anything over 3500 is spot on. Found changing to super unleaded stopped that problem but don't know what causes it. Subaru recommends normal unleaded for my car but it seems to respond and perform better and smoother on super

welcome, very friendly and helpful people here. helped me out with any questions i had

Are they the standard silver? Look darker than mine, !Removed! Audi took up the road and stopped dead on narrowest bit. so ripped an alloy to bits. Not a happy bunny lol

search for subaru impreza hatchback parts it brings up a couple that are getting broken down. might be the same seller

are all imprezas 10 gallon? my handbook says 60 litre. but can only get 54.6 in even with needle completely on the bottom and the range showing ---. bit of a sod when it says you have 20miles to go then randomly disappears as you pull onto the motorway lol

Completely standard 2.0 Impreza hatchback, surely can't have similar mpg to some of the cars here? Traffic jams I saw it go to 11mpg :( round the doors 27mpg Running it round backroads 23mpg. Driving to London at 70 on cruise control 36mpg. 363 miles to that tank. But find the computer is about 3mpg higher than it is everytime.

Thanks look forward to seeing them

Put the car to bed, went out to get a steak ended up doing a 50 mile drive about the county instead. Great fun gonna end up on first name terms with the local petrol station staff

Nice looks easy to change aswell, haven't had much Experiance with working on cars though pretty sure that's obvious lol but keen to get started. What was it like before you removed the mid silencer? How loud is it? Drive to London in it so 4 hours on a motorway love a good noise but don't wanna go overkill

ill take a look cheers. just think it needs a bit of a growl to it and a bit more low end pull. ill send some emails out and see what some of the sites say about fitment or other parts.

Ok cool I'll get a filter ordered just gotta pick between pro r and k&n. Had a look for exhaust but all the parts I can find are for wrx and sti not alota info on standard models. Same with suspension or braces etc thanks for the help I appreciate it

Has the k&n made any difference or change of noise? Mpg or throttle response? Even if slightly for now I think I'll pass on the lowering see what the braces do when I find the right ones. If I caught the underside on a speed bump I would probably get upset and there wouldn't be a speed bump there anymore lol was as going to change tyres, came with ovation winter tyres XL but have decent tread on and the grip is surprisingly good considering budget winter tyres. Haven't slipped once

ok cheers ill bear it in mind can anyone shed some light on these please, looking at the pro r filter, is there a difference between that and the pipercross? pro r gives no measurements http://pro-r.co.uk/products?filter[brand][0]=6&filter[brand][1]=1&filter[model_year][0]=&filter[order]=0&filter[per_page]=5&page=2 http://www.thepipercrossshop.co.uk/pipercross-rectangle-performance-panel-filter-length-220mm-x-width-218mm-pp1577_p22540506.htm thanks

What's the height like for speed bumps? Got some pretty nasty ones about that come pretty close already. Did you get much body roll before? I haven't really noticed much atall unless I fly round a tight corner and even then it doesn't move much . Though I'm comparing it to the Clio I had and the vans I drive which roll a lot

that would be my luck, gonna go give it a kick about, is there anything i should look out for or anything im able to check?

thanks, got it from Cambridge subaru. love the colour havent seen another yet, has gone a bit deeper since waxing but imo it looks even better

same thing happens on my 2.0 RX. i was wondering about this aswell before topping the oil up

thanks for replying, ill take a look for one of them air filters. http://www.scoobyparts.com/suspension/strut-braces/m2-hatch-saloon-front-strut-brace had a quick search for reviews some saying it improves cornering and stability alot and one that said it makes the back end slide out. http://www.scoobyparts.com/sti-style-lip-front-spoiler-08-10-hatchback been looking for one of these, is there any benifit aside from looks?