My v5 impreza

Matt85
Junior Member

38

15-11-2020, 02:55 AM

#1

after two v4's and a v2 i wanted a facelift in mica blue, i looked at 3 lemon saloons that were all ragged to death and poor things were dying

then one night i stumbled across a advert pretty basic but covered all the main points but it was in kent and wanted shot by 20th july.
my best mate took me to the station for the half 7 train to kings cross then hopped over to maidstone in kent where the seller picked me up from the station. Fantastic guy chatted for ages was a fellow petrol nut and this had been his girlfriends run about for the last 3 years. expanding family and finances ment it had to go for something cheaper to keep so advertised it with no offers but after a few emails i agreed the sale price if everything was as described.

Panic set in about half way thinking if its **** getting home and i was going to give up.... But nope was as described and had a few supermarket car park knocks and marks and not been serviced properly in years but overall im happy

car was filthy tho . hate it when sellers dont bother washing it or a quick hoover. So a sunday with my mate who took me to the station spent a couple hours washing and polishing, treating scratches and adding bits i managed to find from previous cars .

The car has some of the prodrive performance pack included which the seller didnt even notice!

first up is some servicing and bits and bobs then few subtle changes to the outside before hitting the power / handling

making a start

dash pod

minging boot

then some trusty autoglym dye

added buddy club caps

speedline prodrive alloys

and washed

next up she was serviced up by my local scoob expert and given it a once over and all good , diff still a bit Whiney but not as bad as before so hopefully the new oil will work it's way in next few miles

Had some bad lacquer peel on bonnet vents , after top gear decided to cover them up

Kitchen work top ruined lol

Then got this , all in jibber ish

Get them back on the car tomorrow after work

Matt85
Junior Member

38

15-11-2020, 02:56 AM

#2

Cusco rear brace in

Then with load cover in nice and stealth

Quick tint of rear lights till I fix my Sti rears I had for wagon01

Inside view of the scoop

The wheels are the best change I think , has a hint of blue in

Matt85
Junior Member

38

15-11-2020, 02:57 AM

#3

but here she is waiting for upgrades after xmas leading up to march time

Matt85
Junior Member

38

15-11-2020, 02:58 AM

#4

Bigger newage intercooler

better pic of fog covers now horrid PIAA lamps are out

Matt85
Junior Member

38

15-11-2020, 02:59 AM

#5

Took bit extra lunch break today as I got my splitter

Just putting front end together , cheap p1 splitter , got a ocari one too but prefer this

Matt85
Junior Member

38

15-11-2020, 03:01 AM

#6

Wasn't gonna spend any more but

Well got this japspeed exhaust

Also got some Sti lower arms and polybushes

Sparkystav
Administrator

14,683

15-11-2020, 03:16 AM

#7

Some nick tweaks mate. Keep them coming!

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Matt85
Junior Member

38

15-11-2020, 03:21 AM

#8

Yeah been a bit slow on this one as I'm doing up my house too

Performance wise I'm only going bigger turbo with exhaust , injectors and maybe meth mixed 20 % and a ecutek map should hit 330 - 350 bhp

reganlives
Posting Freak

1,230

15-11-2020, 03:30 AM

#9

Nice car mate. Why did you decide to go for a newer top mount intercooler instead of a front mount? I've seen a lot of people get much better results from changing to a front mount.

dimis
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15-11-2020, 03:37 AM

#10

nice impreza

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