It.s not grey mate, had it painted black same colour as car, looks loads better

 

doh!!!

my bad!!

sorry


looks perfect

 

does anyone know why the intercooler water spray was omited from the hatch STI?

 

think it was white grease off the latch on the bonnet i sprayed lol Honest

swapped it all for this Aem wing type induction kit


i ran it without a remap for a while but then got it mapped by andy forrest, hopefully going back to see him shortly for a few additions and to run on 20% methanol mix

 

My bad!

Enjoy your break and watch out for those dry stone walls!

W

 

Cannot work this out at all, how the heck do you leave your parking lights on when keys out of the ignition, can't see anything in manual?
Cheers
A

 

just take the key out of the ignition and then turn the sidelights on,

 

Cheers Rob, did try that but the interior is also illuminated like a Christmeas tree, my old Hawk had a seperate switch on top of the steering column cowl which just lit the side lights, perhaps a cost saving effort for the Hatch, must have been a list a Yen!!!

Cheers
Arron

 

Probably becuase there is no room for IC water spray tank in the boot (fold down rear seats) and because the impact on performance of removing it is marginal (unless you are on track a lot). There are aftermarket kits about if you want/need one, but a few I have seen use water from the windscreen washer bottle which would be no good for me...

 

Rally Armour Flaps.

Mine should be here in a day or two and I keep seeing cars with them fitted where they stick out loads from the arch, perhaps its just the angle of the pics I have seen but can anyone who has a set please confirm, I've gone for black and if they do infact stick out more than I want I may have to mod them sligyhtly if possible,
Cheers
Arron

 

This was my concern and they do stick out but you don't notice it - to be fair though mine is dark grey with black flaps. You can trim them but the advice I received was that you want them to protrude to stop the stones hitting the panels in front of the rear wheels. If you have gone for the expensive ones Posty might ask you for some more money - import and handling charges (rip off).

 

They are meant to stick out to protect the side of the car from stones.

 

Having gone over from the Tein lowering springs on the standard dampers to the AST's a few weeks ago now I can report as follows:

1. The spring rates and ride height look and feel about the same but the quality/feel of the rebound and damping is superior...they still give quite a 'hard' ride though
2. General handling/control in fast corners has increased making the car easier to drive faster point to point
3. Overall has improved the handling, but the standard dampers with lowering springs look and feel very similar for day to day driving (i.e. when not on the raggedy edge)

So to sum up I would definetly recommend the AST's, but have to say with a decent geo and supporting Whiteline parts the lowering springs still offer a good value for money while you are saving up for some coilovers...

 

Here's a couple of pics of my rally armor flaps when i was fitting them






hope these help with how far they stick out

 

Think this car is based on the Daewoo/astra bodyshell LOL

 

Cheers Rob, much appreaciated, hoping black on silver is subtle enough, yours look good though, some I have seen look huge but as said it could be the pics.

 

It is common knowledge that the hatch STI is the end result of a Mazda 3 and a Vauxhall Astra VXR having a drunken night out, that ended up in the corner of a dark pub car park

 

where did the AWD genes come from Dave P

 

You know how much I love it mate when people come in here to just say 'I don't like the hatch, it looks like a ..........' (insert any crap hatcback car). I don't think they have worked out we don't really care becuase most of us had this sort of fun when the bugeye first came out and we bought one

 

I've always said the MY08/09 were the result of a 1 night stand between a focus and a leon

 

So where did the power come from

 

Focus RS, ST, Leon FR, Cupra. Not to mention the rally versions.

 

Looks like the hatch had a love-child of it's own as well


YouTube - GYMKHANA 2.1, BLOCK vs DYRDEK


I bet you've seen it already but it's worth another look

 

I so want that little car lol that would be so much fun

 

Buy a gokart n stick a body on it then.

 

What did you do with the wheels / tyres the car came with?

I avoided getting the 18"'s as I would have to pay near £2000 and have a new set of 17's I had no use for!!!

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i have by a lamp pod to my! a prodrive HID pod! only test fited!

 

I'm sorry but Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Mog

 

go on be the first """

we have got to get the new hatch 08/09 to apeal to the masses """

the more people watch the Ken Block videos the more interest is shown in the 'best looking subaru '

alrady there is some great looking hatchs out there

Next year at the NBO 8 Im thinking of havine a best new hatch section as a show piece for new Subarus to get the antque road show crew around to our way of thinking

 

What are you thinking of

That has got to be a non starter