Everything posted by Scooby Pete
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2008- STi rear RED OVERLAYS
Ahhh I see now :D Can't say I've noticed them on any HB Scoobs, and I know Salsa's supplier does carry them in stock. They also have a red overlay with smoked insert for the smaller lenses.
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2008- STi rear RED OVERLAYS
I've never seen smoked lenses, the only option I've seen is for the clear Fog light replacement like mine and Salsa's, means you need a red LED bulb to use it.
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Very poor performance in damp conditions - Noob help
silly question, but when you say the back kicks out are you coming off the accelerator? at the time? Scoobs suffer from liftoff Oversteer. As has already been mentioned tyre pressure, the only other thing I can think of is Crap tyres TBH, if they are a budget make I think that's the most likely cause. If you can go for a better make of Tyre like Falken, Goddyear, Vredstien, Toyo, Yokoham etc.
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Subaru Owners Club Show Plates
I think I have 1 set left. Will have to check when I get in after work.
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Remap to erase OBD light?
Buy an Obd 2 connector from Amazon about £15 both Wifi and Bluetooth versions available, then down load an app to your smart phone. Connect to the reader an clear fault codes. There's a few threads about them on here. A few of us are using this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DYOVXZ0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Works with any wifi smartphone.
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new shocks and springs for WRX STI 8
Shocks= dampers You can by a complete set of coil overs which is both springs and shocks. Or you can buy just shocks or just springs.
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new shocks and springs for WRX STI 8
There are basically 2 parts to suspension, springs dampers both these together are a coilover, as the spring (coil) sit over the damper. You can lower you car just by changing the springs keeping you original dampers or you can change both the dampers and springs which would allow you to adjust all aspects of the suspension. How hard it is, camber, rebound rate and loads more. Helps if you know what your doing with these set ups. It depends on what set up you are looking for. If it just looks over adjustability I would save some cash and just lower it by changing the springs to Eibach or H&R.
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new shocks and springs for WRX STI 8
There's also Eibach, Bilstien, Koni plus quite a few others all depends on budget. http://www.just-subaru.com/suspension-blob-eye-69509-0.html Give ome of the Subaru specialist a call and see what they advise for your budget. As Performance have a good rep. http://asperformance.com/contact/
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need some new clay
Only thing with the megs is that you have to have the quick detailing spray to lubricate it. The Bilt Hamber works with just water so saves you the £16 for the spray and the B&H clay cost just under £11 so it better value for money. They also do 3 compounds regular medium and soft. So for the price of the megs kit you can get a regular and soft. http://www.bilthamber.com/clay-bars
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TIMING BELT HELP PLEASE
Did you replace the pullies and tensioner? If not then there is some slack in the tensioner which puts the teeth off slightly. As Savage said ut could be ok, however I would rather replace the tensioner and pullies as it much cheaper than a rebuild if all goes wrong.
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need some new clay
I'd stick with B&H tbh. I have migures at the mo and will be switching to B&H when this one is dead.
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window wind deflectors
There a polish company make them both salsa king and I have the same ones. Can only find 08 onward though http://stores.ebay.co.uk/J-J-automotive/SUBARU-/_i.html?_fsub=630846010&_sid=89134890&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322 This is the companies web site no earlier than 08 again. http://www.e-heko.com/en/Marka/SUBARU/ Not really helping much am I? :(
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Radar detectors - Does anybody still use them?
I remember trying one once, everytime you went past a shop it would go off having detected the security things at the door. They've prob moved on a bit now and aren't as bad. Still you don't seem to see many threads around the forums these days???
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What have you done to your Subaru today ?
Ditto early to mid 40's still think I'm a teenager, which end of that scale varies depending on what im doing at the time
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What have you done to your Subaru today ?
Just ordered some gold carbon dipping stuff, going to try and do the A pillar bits of my wing mirrors this weekend.
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What are people's thoughts on this STI?
The helicoils wouldn't bother me, I know from experience that the steel bolts tend to chew up the alloy thread in the calliper. I had to get mine helicoiled when I swapped discs. It's quite common with alloy callipers.
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slight break judder at high speeds
Ive used EBC turbo grooved and Turrox, Turrox warped on me EBC have not missed a beat imho.
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slight break judder at high speeds
Regards the warped discs. It's hard to see by eye they only have to be slightly warped to cause judder So an easy way to check is to jack the car up off all four wheels if poss. Take the wheel off and hold something like a pencil or the end of a pen against the disc, get a mate to spin the other front wheel and see if the disc moves away or pushes the implement. If it does then I'm afraid you've got a warped disc.
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slight break judder at high speeds
If you fitted them yourself did you clean the hub properly? If there a bit of crud on the hub the discs won't seat properly and will be crooked Possibly causing the wobble. Also have you checked all the bushes and rubbers on the front track rod arms and wish bones? May even be a bearing issue altough both these should be pretty evident weather breaking or not. Wheel balance issues generally only show up at a small range of speed. Say between 50-60mph they either smooth out or get worse depending on how bad out of balance they are. The same as buckled wheels both these issue manifest weather breaking or not.
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slight break judder at high speeds
Warped discs seems the most likely cause especially if it's when brakes applied.
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JapShow Finale Sunday 12th October 2014
Booked for Sunday only will be doing RYB aswell.
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Surrey Scoobies Monthly Meet - Sun 14th Sept 2014
It's Monthly Meet time again! As ever, it's at The Fairmile in Cobham. Sunday 14th September Full address for the pub is: The Fairmile Portsmouth Road Cobham Surrey KT11 1BW Kicks off from 13:00pm onwards! Eveyone with a Scoob is Welcome. Your welcome even if you don't have a Scoob, you just can't park on the grass :) As with the last couple of months, before adding your name to the list, please ensure that you read the following:Meet rules: 1. No idiotic driving on the roads surrounding the Fairmile 2. No damaging the Fairmile grass 3. No leaving litter/cans/pint glasses on the Fairmile grass 4. Do not partake in any other idiotic behaviour that gives Scoobies a bad name In addition we ask that only Japanese cars park on the grass please. Members are more than welcome to come down in non-Jap cars (or bring friends) but please, Japanese only parked on the grass (there is a second car park to the rear of the Fairmile if you don't want to park in the main area).
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Classic Sti rear lights
These are quite rare now not many about best bet would be Jap performance parts £175.
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What have you done to your Subaru today ?
Bit pee'd off, got to the car and notice FNS tyre was flat. There's a dirty screw sticking out the tyre, £101 lighter now :(