My Subaru's

Hello!

Thought i would share my current cars.

My Impreza Sport, its a 1999 2.0AWD.
When i bought it in September 2011, it was looking a little basic & sorry for itself, but a lot of work & pennies later took it from this:
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to this:
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Amongst many other things it now has a Genuine borla UEL Manifold, 4 Pot front Brakes & Rear Disc Conversion.

As far as im concerned, other than maintainence, this car is completed.



Now last month i came across this for sale, its a 2000 Impreza Turbo 2000.
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Very low mileage!
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Bought her with a short MOT, which it failed instantly, but only on 1 Tyre & a Lower Ball Joint, i took this as an opportunity to change the wheels of course for something more desireable...

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Shes also had a full machine polish, full service including all fluids changed too. Have some HID headlights here ready to fit, a Zerosports induction hose & a dashtop triple gauge pod, just need to get some gauges!

Very nice motors Mike   

I also have 2 subarus, a Blobeye sport wagon as a daily driver and a hawkeye WRX   

Very nice!

Love the change of wheels on the 2000   

nice   

Classics always looked good in the dark mica blue

Thanks guys, as you can tell im certainly a classic fan lol its the car i always watched as a kid & wanted for about 13 years. Was a very happy man when i bought that Sport, my first Impreza.

Done over 50K miles in that in less then 3 years lol

The 2000 also passed her MOT yesterday morning too so its certainly playtime now

:-) :-) :-)

Two nice classics you have there mate, I'm a fan of them wheels on the turbo 2000 :-)

Nice collection of scoobs there, are you going to the NBO this year?

Maybe, havent been watching the events calendar much so far. There is an Event on in Scaborough on the 26th May.

I'm going to the Custom & Modified show at Yorkshire Autodrome on 18th May,
The Yorkshire Modified Show in Pickering on the 8th June and then the
Northern Big One on the 29th June. I might be able to squeeze another one in though,
and Scarborough is not too far away really.

2 very nice classics you have there :-)

Bought a couple of new bits for the Turbo.

Bailey Dump Valve
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New Wheels, Inovit Redline's
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Fitted the Dump Valve & it sounds perfect, clear sound but not too loud. These wheels are the ones i originally wanted but could find any, wanted white too, managed to get these for just £170 delivered.

They are also 18s and the tyres are dead so im taking the tyres off my current wheels next week to put onto these

They will look very nice   

Got the wheels fitted this week, had to modify the rear arches a little bit though as they were catching rather badly. Gave her a clean up yesterday & took some pics whilst the sun was out.

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Update time, since i last posted here i have been very busy with work commitments but a couple of things have been done on Mia.

Gave the engine bay a good clean up, took a while but well worthwhile
Before
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After
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Then picked up a Strut brace locally at a nice price too
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Then came across some STi clear rear lights for just £80, couldnt miss out on these as i wanted some anyway, a lot happier with them over the standard lights, also picked up some colour coded side skirts & rear bumper spats for £20 (spats not fitted at this point)
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Making good use of a beautiful car
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Then last week i got my 3" sport cat downpipe & fitted the full turbo back system, rear spats now fitted too.
Old System
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New System
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Love the sound of this system and because it also has a removeable bung, my neighbours love it too!

Also fitted silicone turbo hoses & clear side indicators but dont have any pics of these yet.

Got a set of silicone coolant hoses to fit & refresh the coolant before winter too

Good work mike. Looks tidy.

Good ongoing project
Engine bay looks good now

What backbox is it mike as i wouldnt mind 1 that comes oit the rear end on that angle. Looks better than straight.

Thanks guys, really proud of this car & its a pleasure to work on.

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Been fanycing one of these exhausts for a while but couldnt resist on this car will make a video of the sound one day

Nice classics you have mike....

Thank you

Front crystal indicators were fitted this week & made a major improvement so me & my good lady took her out for some pics...

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Looking smart mate, the rear lights make a big difference.

Car looking good there fella.

Does the mrs know you cut her head off in those photos and cropped in close on the car ??