Cheers Neil I will take a look, good job I ordered two sets of overlays incase I messed a set up so that was a bit of luck.

Cheers mate

 

Hi Mick


ye I'm absolutely luvvin it!!! thanks




Don, shame I missed you on Saturday, was messing around with Petter

 

Nothing like forward planning!

Here's a pic of Rob's car from earlier in the thread, same overlays, JDM cluster.

Cheers, Neil

 

available here
http://www.just-subaru.com/lighting-hatch-72322-0.html

 

Getting a few tips on the new Ford then

 

lol not the way he drives, i've just put some new tyres on lol

 

New tyres allready

 

there was a chunk out of the side wall and when car was up in the air we noticed inside of otehr rear had chunk missing and down to canvas

fuking potholes - letter of disgust and complaint been sent to the council and pictures where i think they happened

 

I ended up joining Mark and getting an RS recently that has 20k on the clock. Fronts had just been replaced as running from new and put on the rear and the original rears now on the front with 5mm left. So not bad at all for 300bhp FWD imho. I think I will probably try some Vreds for comparison to the standard Contisport 3’s (£200 a corner) when the fronts need replacing. Seem to get some serious praise.

 

Damn that’s not good esp at the price of 19" tyres on the RS. I find the ride on the RS way softer than my CTR even with the eibach springs fitted but I still do the pothole/manhole cover slalom out of habit 

From memory my local council (Wokingham) even had an online pothole complaints form on their website so maybe worth checking with yours.

Getting my RS detailed next weekend. Was going to use that Heavenly chap off FocusRSoc.com but sorted out a more local guy in the end.

 

19's no more then 18's, £140 a vred

 

avons £100 a corner, they are fitted to an RS we have up for sale at work, I would say they are great but sadly fwd it just drives like a pig with old lead foot here lol

 

£100 - where??

 

cheapest avons i can find are £150

 

Denton tyre center in carlisle mate

 

trade prices then?

 

Could well be mate, I didn't source them. it was our parts guy that told my mate martin with his green RS, Thats How I know

 

bloody cheap, like a 1/3 off

 

best prices I find are here..
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m55b0s336p...5_19_245_35R19
then get price match with the retailers.
19"s

245/35/19

what's those Maxxis Tyres like.. they rave about them for drifter etc £118 a corner

 

drift car likely only does a couple of laps then there Buggered mate lol

Once got told you only get what you pay for or buy cheap buy twice in some cases.

Dmack Track tyres are a very favourable option at the moment, tried and tested in the scottish rally championship.

http://www.dmacktyres.com/dmack-trackday-car-tyre

 

Just got to say a big thanks to Rob for sorting my second year service, well worth the trip to Carlisle.

I was shocked to find the ECU update had not been done on my car, despite asking both at the time I collected the car new (July 2010) & when it had its first service (July 2011). The supplying dealer & the local dealer both said it had been applied.

I would highly recommend a trip to see Rob so that you know the person working on your car knows what they are doing!

 

^^

glad to here it's been sorted now

How can you tell if Updates have been done or not?

 

Apparently the update was claimed to have been applied in late 2009 by the company which manages new vehicles on behalf of IM at Gloucester docks.

The dealer who sold me the car obviously didn't check that it had been applied by putting a laptop onto the ECU and reading what version of software was on the ECU, neither did the dealer who serviced my car last year, despite being asked if the update had been applied.

Rob put the laptop on just to ensure the update had been applied, guess what it hadn't!

Also I asked Rob to check wheel alignment whist he had my car, that was out on a couple of corners, despite never being kerbed or heavily run through pot holes.

I suspect PDI was a bit lax at the supplying dealer.

 

No problem at all Only too happy to help where I can.

I cant abide dealers who do a half arsed job of things it's frustrating to me I like everything to be right

If you need anything in the future don't hesitate to call/email/pm me

 

As David rightly said, the only way to check for sure is to plug the SSM3 diagnostic laptop in the car and check the PAK files on the flashwrite system.
It's no good relying on dealers saying its been done at the import center as often this is overlooked

 

just had my 60k service dont by Rob couple of wks ago !!

i always take my car over to Rob for service or parts fitting & always a cracking job done

 

Anyone got photos of a 2010MY STi hatch in Plasma Blue? Shame they done offer the STi in glazier or ice white, having seen Robs, white would be my colour of choice.

Now the price has dropped a bit £26995 is it for an STi? I could be temped by Recaro seats, standard engine map which seems not to destroy the engine, keyless entry, pushbutton start, 18" rims etc.

The face lift front end also looks better than the cluttered front of the 2008MY

Come on show me some pictures to temp me.

Mrs is saying that her Fiesta needs replacing with a new Skoda Yeti, but I have already told her the wait is too long for a new Yeti!

 

US versions.........

 

Yes the sti is really £26,995 otr. Taking orders now


Pure White FTW!! shame they dont offer it anymore

 

Rob I notice on the 2010 4dr STi you have for sale at work it has the windscreen heater element, does the 2010 hatch have that + heated door mirrors?