WRX 300 update

Hi all,

Well I've been 'lurking' on the site now for what I've just realised now is about 6 months! 2009 wasn't a great year for me, but it ended well! From being close to being made redundant and getting swine flu, I've managed to keep my job and in the middle of October my wife gave birth to our 2nd son who's doing really well now! So I've managed to get my laptop fingers going again now my head is above water lol! I promise to get more active on here again...

Anyway, I've had my impreza for just about a year now and I effing LOVE IT! Been tinkering with it here and there, so here are some pics in order of 'development'! Some of you my remember me, but probably only from pics of the car lol!























Did everything myself thanks to the guides on here and SN. Also changed my head unit and the rear indicators bulbs to silvervision as per the front, so I'll get some pics up of those soon!

I've a few plans for 2010 - watch this space!!! Gonna try and get to some meets and shows this year and bring along my two sons (Jordan and Jensen) one of which is already hooked on scoobies lol!

Cheers for looking...

Nice work.
Liking the rims.

Good job what other mods you planning

A wee drop would really improve her

Cheers guys - few things I'd like to do this year. Toying with a drop in suspension (good call scooby1929 lol!) and a short shifter. Depending how low I go, I've been looking at front splitters and have seen some varying designs so just need to pick one!

Although I love my white wheels, (as I was pre-warned) I spend longer cleaning them than it takes to do the rest of the car! So I'm thinking of getting them powder coated brake dust grey.

I've some other cosmetic ideas that I'm photoshopping, but if I think any of them look good enough I'll post them up for opinion!

Would like to get my brakes upgraded as the std front discs and pads are crepe! But I did notice a groove in one of the discs this week and I bought the car with new pads fitted from an 'unknown' source, so I'm presuming they were cheaper than McCains best!

This year I also plan to get some additional guages in, cos I always worry that I'm not running the car long enough in this weather for the oil to get up to operating temp. Coolant is up within two miles no matter how cold it gets, but I'm convinced the oil is still gloopy - so some of my short journeys I never get on boost!

Welcome back Shack, congratulations on the weeman and the car is looking well. Generally my oil takes around 20 minutes to get up to full temp

Cheers Stu - you've changed your username!?

Yeah, I always base the engine oil temp on how smooth my gearbox feels! Its a little stiff when cold and changes seem to be smoother as the gearbox oil gets warmer (about 20 mins as well). So I figure the engine oil will be at least as warm...

Another pic of the new front end (with free winter grime!)

Yes sadly 71/200 is no more, she is spread all over this forum lol. Car is looking well, be good to see the Bounty at a meet if you can make it Shak lol

May have a set of WRX pads brand new that would fit your car matey

Also be wary of powder coating alloys...think there was a thread here a while back about the temps used affecting the rim strength

On a more positive note wheel wise, I am currently getting my standard STI alloys sprayed gunmetal grey by Jimturbo, and you are more than welcome to get a gander at the finished results VERY competitively priced too and may end up saving you a few £££?

Car is looking very well, loving the revised mesh on the front, and the debadged grille.....

PS white alloys are a PITA to keep looking fresh LOL

Originally Posted by Stu

Yes sadly 71/200 is no more, she is spread all over this forum lol. Car is looking well, be good to see the Bounty at a meet if you can make it Shak lol

Aw lad, sorry to hear that! Well at least she lives on as an organ donor!

Cheers, yeah I think I've managed to make it to one meet and two shows in the year I've been a member on here

Jordan is nearly three so is becoming a little more self sufficient but Jensen is only 3 months, so I'll probably wait till the weather improves before bringing him along!

Originally Posted by brocks

May have a set of WRX pads brand new that would fit your car matey

Also be wary of powder coating alloys...think there was a thread here a while back about the temps used affecting the rim strength

On a more positive note wheel wise, I am currently getting my standard STI alloys sprayed gunmetal grey by Jimturbo, and you are more than welcome to get a gander at the finished results VERY competitively priced too and may end up saving you a few £££?

Car is looking very well, loving the revised mesh on the front, and the debadged grille.....

PS white alloys are a PITA to keep looking fresh LOL

Cheers Brocks. Scubbay is pricing me a set of Carbone Lorraines at the mo, but if I decide not to go the uprated pad route I will give you a shout if thats ok

My Rota's appear to be powder coated as new, but I guess they can control the process more effectively. Wasn't aware that powder coating them might affect the strength, but I guess lightweight alloy could be prone to becoming brittle due to excess heat. Appreciate the heads up about your own getting resprayed by Jimturbo - would be great to get a look at them when they're done. The Carbone Lorraine pads are apparently very dusty (Scubbay uses them on his track car) so I'll definately need to rethink my wheel colour lol! I do love white on blue, but I'm losing days over the year I've been cleaning them - as you say a real PITA!!!!

Thanks for the comments, trying to do some subtle changes to give my scoob a bit of a cleaner look! The oven was freed up from the 27th Dec this year, so the headlights went straight in lol!

PMSL.....hard to book the oven prior to that, damn turkey gets in the way LOL

Will have a look and see what make/model the pads are that I have ...donated by another member who moved away from scoob ownership

Originally Posted by brocks

PMSL.....hard to book the oven prior to that, damn turkey gets in the way LOL

Will have a look and see what make/model the pads are that I have ...donated by another member who moved away from scoob ownership

YEAH! I had to tell her weeks in advance so she didn't have a turkey when I put carparts in there lol!!

Cheers much appreciated, don't go to too much trouble though mate - I've ordered grooved discs off Scubbay and I think I'll need to upgrade the pads too tbh...

Jenson, cool name for your weeman, named after the Jenson Healey by any chance?

button the champ ,he knew in advance

Cheers Stu! Actually. we spelt it like the Interceptor lol! But we had actually picked the name ages ago and fate had it that Jensen was born on the 19th Oct - the day after Button picked up the World Championship - so my wee boy's fate was sealed with that one! Of course, as Big Red says, I totally am claiming that I predicted the win and thats the reason lol! The wife only realised about a month after he was born that our boys both have names that have links with F1 and she was in awe of how I managed to sneak that past her lol! Jordan and Jensen - they just go together so well!

Some more pics after a wash, polish and wax this weekend - roll on more sunny days this year pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeeeeee! !!





















I know these aren't the most popular products around at the mo, but its what I like and have tons left to use up as well lol!

sssswwwwwwweeeeeeeeetttttt!!!

looking well bud....think a lot of scoobs got detailed at the wk-end

Originally Posted by Jason @ Pacenotes

sssswwwwwwweeeeeeeeetttttt!!!

Originally Posted by Daza555

looking well bud....think a lot of scoobs got detailed at the wk-end

Thanks lads! Yeah Daza, I couldn't wait to jump on the opportunity!! LOL!

Looking sparkly, but it was far to nice to be cleaning it, wee trip to groomsport for icecream was called for...

Anybody fancy giving mine a wipe lol. Looks well Shak

Originally Posted by J_MC_G

Looking sparkly, but it was far to nice to be cleaning it, wee trip to groomsport for icecream was called for...

Cheers John - I did wonder after 6 hours, what the 'ell I was doing lol! But the boys were both busy and I had a free morning so I knew it wouldn't happen again too soon!

Originally Posted by Stu

Anybody fancy giving mine a wipe lol. Looks well Shak

Cheers Stu, I can lend you stuff to wipe it with lol

When you bringing yours out again dude?

Looks really well mate and its nice when you get a chance to get stuck in and see the finished result gleamin

Originally Posted by ye ha

Looks really well mate and its nice when you get a chance to get stuck in and see the finished result gleamin

Cheers chum! Yeah its not often you get an uninterrupted day to spend waxing the motor! The finished result is such good paydirt for me lol!