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I've ordered these.... http://www.subimods.com/hella-supertone-horn-kit.html and had some new style mud flaps arrive from performance creations on Friday for my car :)

^^ what he said. or get a back box made from exhaustsUK in sheffield, with not much wodding in the rear silencers to get it a bit louder. you might need a re map just in case though.

I dream about my car with scratches!! my wife says I have to get a life!! I've had three hours today trying to get the worst ones out using the Menz400sf. BTW, I've ordered some HELLA tones + wiring harness + bracket ... as it makes them Plug&Plug, from www.Subimods.com :) How To Guide will follow when they arrive ;)

done another of these today.. + another DA polish with Menz400sf I'm going a bit paranoid about the scratch I can see in my paint work.. not swirls as I've 99% got those out, these are more like polish scratches. You only see them in some light and if you look across the paint work at a certain angle. am I going OCD?

alloys are Prodrive GT2's 19". TBH I'm not that happy with the paint work on the car, I can see scratches in it, so will have to go over the car again with a dencer Hex Pad (orange) and a thicker compound, the Menz 400. and see if I can improve it. As last week I only polished up with a Black Hex finishing pad and Menz 4500 finishing polish. Think I might be going a bit OCD on the slight scratches I see though, but they do annoy me. when you think how clean and waxed the car is they are letting it down. DA Daz6Pro polisher off Detailing World at £99 is a great price Pete

the sunday was the final gathering, when you had teh polo shirts and stickers :) and sun

all STi's from a subaru dealer in the Uk with be TypeUK? Then you could have the option of PPP fitted to it. If you get a STi in the Uk thats not Type UK, you'll find it;s a 'dutch' import. As these cars have the same spec interior as a 330s.. but had a 18" multi spoke alloy (that looks like a BBS alloy) Obviously if you get a Jap import STi specC they'll have 2litre engines

news to me then. as I understand it.. if you bought a STi in the uk from a dealer they are TypeUk anyway (like STi v7 TypeUK etc - the first STi to be sold in the UK via the IM dealers), as it's not a JDM import STi. with the option of the PPP on the STi, some dealer tried selling them as a 330R. the 330s was a Prodrive 'tuned' officially branded car for/by Subaru. Rear Tints, push button entry + start. SatNav/DVD player, Recaro. When I rang for insurance they all said they have listed as 'standard' cars the STI & the 330s. If I said it was the STi with PPP they class that as a modification.

Pete DA polisher is the DAZ6Pro, goup buy on Detailing world... delivered £99. Then you need to buy the pads.. polish compound etc etc lol it's a mind field what's best to use lol bead shot

I say nine hours, but I did stop at lunch time to wax oil my dining room floor and have some lunch.. then got back to it lol (so say more 8 hours car cleaning). I snow foamed, rinsed, washed, rinced, clay bar'd, snow foam, micro fibre washed down, snow foamed, rinced, micro fibre towel dried, DA polished using Menz 4500, panel at a time and buffed up with micro fibre noodle mitt and micro fibre cloth then waxed it used MER (as I wanted something easy to apply and polish/buff off). AutoFinesse Finale detail spray on teh wrap roof, as its wax free and leaves a matt finish. 'Mothers' Tyre Shine. engine bay cleaned up and polished with AutoGlym Vinyl/Rubber spray cleaner. Really pleased how the R205 rear defusser spolier looks that I fitted on Monday last week. Plates back on.. ready for a drive :) thanks for looking

STi's came on 17's - 300bhp ish (you can have the PP fitted on this, it would be classed a modification for insurance tho) STi 330s had 18's - 325bhp ish if a UK car it will be a TypeUK On the link for the dark Gray car above, it looks like a non standard exhaust back box, would like to know if it's been changed.... if so has the car had a re map to allow for the change on exhaust.

not sure either, how about trying a breakers yard to get a replacement ?

Along with the R205 rear defusser ordered from JapanParts.com, I ordered the Black side trims like what's also on the STi R205 (JDM) cars and the ORANGE WRX & STi saloon (in the USA) Here's my idiots guide to fitting them. #1 (you might need to take off your mud flaps if fitted). Pop off the side trim panel, they snap off as they're fitted with those pop fasteners. #2 I used a shape bladed knife to carefully cut through the double sided tape that holds the Chrome STi trim on. #3 Double sided sponge tape will be left behind. #4 I used a flat blade screw driver to ease off the thick part ofthe sponge double sided tape. That leaves a thin layer of the sticky stuff behind. Petrol on a cloth softens this up and you can use your finger nail to carefully scrape if off, then keep wiping with teh petrol on the cloth gets rid of any last bits of the sticky glue stuff. Then I cleaned up the area with car polish ;) #5 The easy fitting bit now, remove the backing tape and line up the new BLACK GARNISH TRIM and stick in place. #6 Push back the side panel trim till all the poppers are snapped back into place. #7 Refit the mud flap (if fitted) then stand back and admire. Fitting time, about 45mins for both sides. It all depends how easy you can remove teh sticky stuff off the panel trim when you remove the old Chrome STi side garnish. I hope you find this of interest and not too sad ;)

I also ordered the black STi side garnishes at the same time. the whole lot including Postage from japan and a paypal fee and the VAT/import duty + Handling fee from Parcel Force. just under £400. the rear spoiler is 37k Yen, if that helps ;0 (about £220)

I bought a genuine STi R205 rear defusser from Japan (JapanParts.com) for my STi 330s HATCH (08-10). It came, lovely quality but the instructions were in Japanese with some IKEA style pictures to show you howto fit it. My Japanese is only as good as saying YoSuShe. So I thought I'd do an idiots guide to fitting it to your car. If I can do it anyone can. Just make sure you have some WD40 and a socket set. ;) In the fixing kit you get a LEFT + RIGHT hand side bracket 4x M10 Nuts - (use these to replace the original Nut already on the car) 1x 'O' ring washer - (don't for get to fit this!!) 4x Black Bolts - (used to fit the R205 spoiler to the new brackets you'll be fitting) 6x Black Nuts - as above 10x Black washers - as above #1 Rear Bumper removal GET UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR AND LOCAL ALL THE PRESS CLIP STUDS - pop out the centre with a flat blade screw driver, then ease teh whole clip out the hole. The rear wheel arch has small holding clips, press the centre part way through then, ease the clip out.If you have mud flaps fitted like I have you may have other clips holding them on, ifthey need to come off, remove at this stage. Once all the clips are out, carefully pull the bumper from the rear wheel arch, one side at a time, then pull the whole bumper away from the centre clips that hold the middle in place (with two people it's a bit easier). RED dots are where the centre/middle of the bumper clips in place. #2 Removal of the centre support bar. Use your socket set to remove the THREE M10 nuts - on both sides. Centre bar now removed. In the bag of Nuts & Washers, there is one Larger 'O' ring washer. This goes on the bottom bolt on the left hand side (as you look from the rear of the car). This goes on before you fit the LEFT SIDE R205 Black Bracket. Fit the LEFT bracket and use TWO of the new M10 NUTS that come in fitting kit. Then fit the right hand side bracket. TIP: before fitting the M10 NUTS, line up the holes (one on the new black bracked and the other hole of the aluminium bumper support) using one of the Black Plastic fitting Clips, that you removed when removing the bumper. (I've circled it in RED). Don't press it in to fit it just yet! When you're happy they line up, you can tighten the M10 NUTS. Again use TWO of the new M10 NUTS to bolt the Black Bracket on. The original M10 NUTS can go back as before. #3 Re Fit the rear bumper. I found it easier to re fit the bumper by removing the side rear light clusters, as it allowed me to make sure the edge of the bumper had gone back into place. Put back all the black plastic clips you removed in section #1. Once all clips are back in place, go back under the car and have a look where the R205 fixing holes are on the newly fitted BLACK Brackets. #4 Fitting of the R205 spoiler Here comes the easy bit. When you're ready, offer up the New R205 rear spolier and have ready the smaller Black Nut/Bolt + Washers that come in the fitting kit. You'll need to use 2 Nut/Bolts + 4 Washers per Bracket (use one washer either side of the hole on the New Black R205 bracket, comman sense come in on this. Once you've fixed all 4 Nut/Bolts/washers.... you will now find you only have Two of the smaller Black Nuts + two Washers left. These are used to secure the ends of the R205 spolier (you will have noticed the R205 spoiler has bolts pre fixed at the ends. These go into holes already in the lower part of the rear bumper. So make sure the bolt lines up and goes into the hole. Put a washer on it and tighten up the Black Nut. DONE.. dead easy ;) You can fit the R205 spoiler with the Silver Exhaust Trims. I hope this helps people in the future, if they want to fit a R205 rear defusser like I have.

If you google Knighly car sales, you see what comes up.

It's fitted I'll do a write up on how to fit it tomorrow, when I get half an hour ;)

only thing wrong with it is where/who's selling it. They don't get a good rep if you google them

how about a STi http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-SUBARU-IMPREZA-2-5-WRX-STI-Type-UK-5dr-/281269004245?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item417cf067d5

insurance cost doesn't bother me at £413 FC lol tax next week at £495 is obscene though

it's off a R205 and fits/looks like this when on.. anyone know how to remove the rear bumper?

get one any colour.. at the right price. then get it WRAPPED by PWPro in Mansfield for about £1500 in Satin Black.. or any colour you fancy :)

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? I ordered this last month, from Japan, as Subaru UK are now out of stock as it's discontinued (so Nottm Subaru told me) had to wait as there was a back order of 30days due to STi being out of stock too. so while importing.. ordered these as well

out of interest, have you tried the main dealer to get a price, also check out some breakers. normally they are a awash with space savers

the 555 impreza did look good on those alloys