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After parting with the 197, I had no clue what to replace it with but then took a notion for an Impreza. With it going to be my daily commuting car, the WRX made more sense to me as it is a bit easier to run over an STi. It also had to be a blobeye! I went and seen a few real dogs (both WRX's and STi's) and at the same time had been poking @GazEP3 about his.
We arranged a viewing for one evening, he fired me a text at 5:30pm saying he was home from work and was just giving it a clean. I arrived at around 8pm and he was still cleaning it.. so first impressions were good, a man as fussy as myself. The car did not disappoint and was by far the cleanest and best kept example I had seen thus far.
So took it for a quick drive, bought it there and then and took it home! For a moment I wasn't sure Gary was going to let me drive off
I could sense he was having second thoughts! It's an 04 blobeye WRX (225), standard barr a scorpion backbox, baileys BOV, down a touch and strut brace. Here is the night I picked it up (Gary had it sitting immaculate).
With work being so busy, I didn't have a chance to do anything but knew I'd have some time this weekend so bought some oil, filter and air filter (little did I know it already had a K&N panel.. but I changed it anyway)
So yesterday it got a service
Whilst I was doing that, the old man did the plugs and also took it upon himself to drill out and replace a few headless/sheared bolts that were knocking around the bay (in his Saturday attire).
I'm going to change the discs and pads at some stage as one is slightly warped, but in the meantime to take to rust away, I cleaned them up with a drill/wire bit and sprayed them with VHT matt black. When buying the car, Gary also threw in new Prodrive center cap inserts so fitted those too while I was at it. Definitely tidied it up!
Finished bay after a tin of WD40, a toothbrush and some elbow grease
How it was sitting yesterday evening
I have new plates being made and also have a black Subaru grille badge coming too to replace the pink one.
To be honest, I don't have many plans apart from drive it and keep it clean. Still toying with the idea of getting the front end sprayed to tidy up some road rash and a few bits on the bonnet. If the bug takes hold I might also go for a JGM map at some stage too but I'm more than happy with the way it sits now. Took a run out on the charity cruise today and had great fun!
We arranged a viewing for one evening, he fired me a text at 5:30pm saying he was home from work and was just giving it a clean. I arrived at around 8pm and he was still cleaning it.. so first impressions were good, a man as fussy as myself. The car did not disappoint and was by far the cleanest and best kept example I had seen thus far.
So took it for a quick drive, bought it there and then and took it home! For a moment I wasn't sure Gary was going to let me drive off
I could sense he was having second thoughts! It's an 04 blobeye WRX (225), standard barr a scorpion backbox, baileys BOV, down a touch and strut brace. Here is the night I picked it up (Gary had it sitting immaculate).
With work being so busy, I didn't have a chance to do anything but knew I'd have some time this weekend so bought some oil, filter and air filter (little did I know it already had a K&N panel.. but I changed it anyway)
So yesterday it got a service
Whilst I was doing that, the old man did the plugs and also took it upon himself to drill out and replace a few headless/sheared bolts that were knocking around the bay (in his Saturday attire).
I'm going to change the discs and pads at some stage as one is slightly warped, but in the meantime to take to rust away, I cleaned them up with a drill/wire bit and sprayed them with VHT matt black. When buying the car, Gary also threw in new Prodrive center cap inserts so fitted those too while I was at it. Definitely tidied it up!
Finished bay after a tin of WD40, a toothbrush and some elbow grease
How it was sitting yesterday evening
I have new plates being made and also have a black Subaru grille badge coming too to replace the pink one.
To be honest, I don't have many plans apart from drive it and keep it clean. Still toying with the idea of getting the front end sprayed to tidy up some road rash and a few bits on the bonnet. If the bug takes hold I might also go for a JGM map at some stage too but I'm more than happy with the way it sits now. Took a run out on the charity cruise today and had great fun!
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