Indeed - mine too

330s never came with gt2s as standard they were only ever available as an accessory.

The 330s came with 18" Lustic Silver alloys as standard. The GT2's being 'standard fitment' I'd imagine they mean they are a dealer fit option, not after market and bolt straight on without any clearence issues.

330s came with standard STI suspension setup/springs, however I'd imagine many were fitted with the Prodrive springs when new as a dealer fit option, at a cost to the original owner.

As I have and 08 STI with/without 330s wheels and Prodrive springs please see below.

Week I collected, 330s wheels and standard springs


330s wheels and Prodrive springs and geo settings




Without Prodrive springs


With Prodrive springs



18" ET35 Speedlines with Prodrive springs, its the lower offset that gives the lower appearence IMO.






IIRC, the Prodive springs dropped the front between 10mm/15mm and the back only by 5mm, however the overall effect was it looked a lot lower.

Hopefully the above gives you an idea as to what the stance is with various wheel and spring setups.

Cheers
Arron

right well deals done - picking up Saturday



http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4035159.htm


those that say I am mad - maybe but I have always wanted one and dealer made a great p/x deal on the hatch

over a grand more then subaru dealers were prepared to.

like for like the RS's are holding their value by 75% as to the hatch at around 30% so if I do get bored or turned off I wont loose any money.

I dont feel comfortable driving the hatch any longer but sad to see the car go but not the pain and anguish that the back up services deal with me as a customer.

Good luck Mark, this will not be the first time I've admitted to wanting one of these, looks a cracker, motune kit anytime soon?

Good you chose Blue, and not attention seeking Green

Good luck with your new toy

thanks guys,

Abx, welcome to pop over and drive it - will be in kent in august anyway hopefully moved!!! signed contracts today.

no tuning just yet, Debs will be main driver daily thank god rear parking sensors lol
need kerb sensors for wheels tho LOL

do fancy a miltek later once all finance dust has settled

Yep, good luck with the other blue oval

Was my car of choice before I found Subaru .............

Fair enough mate. Can’t blame you after recent events. Blue is nice - white better - green awful Will be interesting to see how you get on. The FRS was one of the other hatchbacks on my shopping list but a bit too in your face even compared to the scoob and the interior is a bit basic. Certainly sound good though. Did you actually manage to get a decent test drive in before buying?

You are not wrong about the depreciation difference (although surely not 30% for the scoob ??) but that doesn’t help us 2nd hand buyers. Your road tax will be about £200 cheaper a year as well

not driven this one but i have driven over 10 now ranging from standard to 450bhp

mountune 400bhp conversion is crap compared to the Jamsport equivalent.
Changing the lower air pipe to a full 3" bore all the way thru and a K&N cone filter.

jamsport power is through entire rev range and is stonkingly strong - the mountune is very weak in comparison and only starts higher in the revs when boost kicks in.

a change of tyre from the contis to dunlop sport also gives much more grip and lastly a Whiteline anti lift kit and 24mm rear ARB completes the handling


all this for £2k & no engine worries


I bought my hatch with all extras at £34k give or take new, 3 years later book price is £13k, so ok, not 30% but close.

and yes insurance and tax is less and there are ford dealers everywhere rather then a few dotted over the country!!!

ok so, pending sale of the hatch these are for sale

brand new, wrapped/sealed, never used

Uprated rear anti roll bar - Whiteline BSR49XXZ: http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1

Rear subframe bush insert kit - Whiteline KDT902: http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1


Steering rack bush kit - Whiteline KSR207: http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1

retails @ £300, I paid £250


anyone interested??

still got the below for sale, these were all removed prior to car leaving dealers with me so have no more then 10 miles use:

STI springs
standard 17" STI wheels with rubber
unopended set of STI floor mats
standard gear linkage
standard headunit
set of wiper blades


custom made foglight covers, finished in grey undercoated ready for spraying.
STI cap (bought from RoB on here)
set of rear light clusters (had bought to tint red but not got round to it)

Are the rear lights both the inners and outers?

OK well I may of been miss sold then, time to go back over my emails from the dealer.

also out of curiosity to any one who has had a failed engine. If it was replaced under the warranty do you receive any information, proof that this has been carried out?

Cant say mine does, quite stable in fairness

yes, all 4 pieces

looks good mark

i must admit they look good in blue !! my sister has one in green nice cars was 2nd chose after scoob

Is it the JDM clear fog type and how much you looking for?

I think you have done the right thing Mark. Be good to hear what you think of the RS after it settles in.

A new toy to play with !!!

Best of luck Mark with the new car, must admit those Fords are nice


A massive FAIL for Subaru UK for losing such a dedicated owner especially with all your past history with Subaru!!!

just UK lights i'm afraid

thanks Strike

mick: have to ask the wife, she'll be driving it lol

i'll be driving a derv focus tdci

hi mark
how much for all the whiteline bits? have to agree does seem a massive fail for subaru uk to loose another dedicated customer! but the focus imo is the best looking hatch on the rd so fair play to you. anyway let me know a price for those bits an i will pp you cheers

Uprated rear anti roll bar - Whiteline BSR49XXZ: http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1

Rear subframe bush insert kit - Whiteline KDT902: http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1


Steering rack bush kit - Whiteline KSR207: http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1

want £250 what I paid

Fancy pulling the sti quickshift out mate ??

If u wana *** and do it rob then ok

I wouldn't have a clue where to start

I still haven’t driven one as when I was looking every ad had comments like “sorry no test drives unless deal agreed”. I thought that was just an issue when they were first coming out and dealers not wanting every tom dick and harry test pilot turning up for a blast.

Must admit those Jamsport 400 kits do look pretty impressive and the torque figures of 435lb/ft make the CS400 look tame.

The depreciation factor does make good sense. I’m surprised how good 2nd hand RS prices are considering how many are for sale. You could probably run one for a year and not lose much at all. Didn’t realise the incoming ST has dropped to a 2 litre engine. The T5 2.5 is the majority of the character in the current ST and RS. Next they will be playing sound effects of the old 5 pot into the cabin ala BMW

After a bit of a discussion at last nights club meet about harnesses with Mark, He mentioned there was a fella who used to deal with them in carlisle, Anyhow I searched the internet and found a chap called Steve Bennett of sabelt uk so I dropped him and email and found he was closer than first thought North lakes industrial estate just out of penrith at Flusco.

So I got a price and ordered them this morning & said I'd send mother & father in armed with cash to pick them up. Job sorted by 1.45pm today we had them.





First stumbling Block, No-one makes m10x1.25 pitch eye bolts. Anyhow by a bit of handywork with a die wrench we were at m10 from a 7/16 unf thread



Anchor points fitted on the seat rails to the floor



Rear anchor points fitted and clipped in



set up ready for fine tuning and adjustment



Job done

Looks good Rob, but you absolutely must fit a harness bar!!! The STi seat frame is nowhere near strong enough on its own and will collapse in the event of an accident rendering the harness null and void. Safety first matey!

I dont plan to smash it up but, just fancied a set to see what there like day to day

Those rear mounting points are through the floor into the chassis the seat frame is just in the middle of it, so technically its not to the seat base, I assume your meaning the rear of the seat not being rigid enough to stay upright. The rear mount points are bolted through the cars chassis section on the main strengthening points. seems all rigid enough and the eyebolts are torqued down to spec.