Spent a bit of time cleaning the car last Monday, it was sorely in need of it and it got scrubbed top to bottom. Everything apart from the engine bay (this will be getting addressed shortly) is now to a fairly respectable standard. Sadly it has covered some 600 miles since and isn't quite as clean...

Big thanks to Andy C and the other kind chaps who offered advice on how to photograph a white car properly. I waited till evening before taking the pictures so that the sky wasn't as bright as earlier on in the day. The light seems to have caught the left side of the car fairly well, shame i didn't have time to move it around and get some decent snaps of the right side...

Anyway, the pictures! Enjoy.













And just to prove the car does actually have 2 sides....




Modifications;

PPP
PIAA Driving Lamps
Prodrive Quickshift
Prodrive Gearknob
18" SL's with Toyos - thanks to Wendy at Scoobyworld
Eibachs - ditto above
MY99 front bumper - second hand
Clear front and side repeaters - Scoobymania
Silver front and side indicator bulbs - Silverfusion
Intercooler Splitter - Fabbed myself
Philips headlight bulbs (free sidelights) - Powerbulbs
Numberplates - FancyPlates


And my latest purchase.



Thanks to David Reid



Edited to add the Prodrive bits, d'oh!

[Edited by Carl Davey - 6/15/2003 9:12:25 AM]

 

Looking good mate

I can't believe I still haven't seen it yet

 

noticed the table grew a spoiler when i got home this morning. i like it ser!

 

That's what I call a white car, not that greasy-yellow-full-off-black-spots type, but real clean WHITE, excellent.

PS : Good luck whit the cleaning...

Creepy

 

Thats really nice!! I love em in white!!

Andy

 

Carl - The cars looking great!!

 

Hey Crush! I dearly wanted to get up to the SIDC trackday last month but ended up in Inverness for a mates birthday. I presume you'll be at the next KH meeting?

Andrew (whitelaw), yup, hopefully it will look a bit better on the car though eh?

I'm really starting to feel kinda satisfied with the cars paint now, like you say Creepy, it's actually white nowadays rather than manky beige with a tar spot or 10,000. Unfortunately it doesn't stay like that for long!

SiDHEad, so do i now mate lol!

Doug, nice to hear from you, i managed to a spoiler in the end lol! How are you getting on with the blue beast? Did the new spoiler ever come through for you?

 

Very nice mate!



Cheers

Dan

 

Some new pictures with the spoiler on and STi grill badge fitted.







Kinda in two minds as to whether or not debadge the boot or not, i always thought i would once the spoiler was on but not so sure now...

 

nice car, white cars are the nads

 

There's something about white Imprezzas....Cooool !

 

When I first looked I thought, sweet motor, just needs a big spoiler and colour code the skirts, now you just have one thing left to do

 

Keep the badging it will look plain without it. That looks so much better with the spoiler done now and looks very nice

Paul

 

Thanks guys for all the comments guys! I want your grill btw Micky , wasn't sure whether to wait till i got a MY99/00 one before putting the badge on but in the end i couldn't resist!

Andy, i do plan to get it colour coded (gotta replace a certain restrictive box first ) but i'm not sure how far to go with it. At a minimum i'll get the handles and mirrors done UK MY00 style, still undecided about the skirts atm.

Will mock up a Photoshop of the car without the rear badges later on to see how it looks.

 

I know it's crap but it was done quickly

 

Thanks for the try Paul, convinced me to have a go myself!

Before:



After:



Thoughts? Still undecided myself, and it'd be a pest to stick the badges back on in the right place!

 

Nicely done but I'm not sure which looks better.

 

Looks sweet debadged mate, very clean - and lets be honest no one should need a badge on to work out what it is!! It is amazing how much difference the high level spoiler makes your motor look - its the nuts mate!!!

Bet its a beatch to keep clean!

 

I kinda want it to look as far removed from a UK car as poss so will remove them the next time i'm polishing, they're a magnet for the residue afterall...


It doesn't stay clean for long Dave no...

 

what a difference a spoiler can make, can't wait to see it in the flesh now. sti badge is a nice touch.

 

The spoiler on the table in your house looks a bit sad mate. Couldn't see a photo of the screwdriver that you fitted it with either...that would have been nice. Hope you kept the packaging. You never know when you might need it.