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Nopd not really lol ! Ciuld be anything from a wheel bearing to worn bush, does it sound internal or external? My passenger seatbelt knocks against the door trim if it's not retracted fully drove me insane for a week or two before i worked out what it was

Standard ones only seem to last 3-4years, mishimoto do a fancy all ally construction rad with a bigger core it's 200+ if i remember

Looks really nice mate [emoji106]

Suonds like he doesn't know what he's doing, i'd get some legal advice and ask to see all the parts he's bought, old enhgine new one etc etc, recipts for the gaskets and what not, he's either incompetent or trying to pull the wool over your eyes

Don't forget to budget fo a thousand miles worth of running in oil and filters, i know it's not much but easily overlooked

Forged pistons & rods ?

Yeah mate don't bother with uprated pads on the rear tge padgid ones you can get are pretty effective, the fronts handle a lot more of the braking anyway go uprated fronts then if your still not happy change the rears later

I do indeed however my 2nd map is for emergency supermarket fuel if i ever get stuck without shell garage, it's an esl board which is only usable for cars up to 1998 so may not be of any use to newer members, have to look at the other options, what year is your car mate ? Carberry open source mapping may be worth checking out, mfnick has it on his sti, think you can have twin maps and will be about 300,

Screamer pipe if you really want to **** your neighbours off

Blanking plates mate, forcing the turbo to stall puts loads of undue stress on it,

Hi mate welcome, feel free to have a poke aaround and get involved, all friendly here and we have a few 'new sti' owners too. A load of members from your neck of the woods,

Jmget a system with a resonator in the centre section that way it won't be overly loud, if you decide it's too quite you should just be able to get a non res section made up cheap enough

Mine showed no signs of going started her up one evening was warming up when it started to **** out of one side, couldn't actually see where from or replicate it when I filled it with water so the pressure must have been forcing it out, Www.importcarparts.co.uk will have a new one for around a ton should get it next day too

Haha I'm being enterprising 5 of us watching at my house everyone chipping in a fiver saves us all buying it

Hello & welcome [emoji3]

Pre map 20 round town 29-30 long run, post 28ish round town saw 34mpg last weekend 257mile from 33 liters

20 quid sky box office ! Say no to piracy ! Haha

Just a guess as the pics won't load for me (at work) has the plastic end of the rad developed a pinhole or crack ? May not be able to see it, they are notoriously week and a crap design

Oh heck not good I managed to get some on the manifold last time I diy'd stank and looked like the car was on fire for about 2 days till it burnt off !

Yo ! Have a look at www.underbodyprotection.co.uk No idea where they are in the UK compared to you buy it will give you a rough idea, there are others out there that may be more local

Normally 'proper' sti's have other performance bits, different interiors firmer suspension etc, if you open the bonnet and yours has a red manifold it's a full blown sti engine, they also have badges in the cabin & on instrument cluster. But with yours being an import the Japanese love to customise them and there's a chance the original owner ticked loads of sti extras on the options list. so if it's not a factory sti then it's got some expensive goodies on [emoji16]

Www.importcarparts.co.uk good for a range of things, also scooby world & scoobyparts.com Most things list3d for impreza will fit just double check

Very bad for turbo life !

I've just put on 4 Goodyear efficient grip. Bought them as they have a rated wet grip and low resistance, i'm happy withbthe plenty of grip when pushing on. The Michelin cross climate that are due out in the next month May be worth a look too

Mate following that xr2 gave me such a headache. Talk about emmissions !