Abx

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[QUOTE=James cleaver;11062548]The PPP boxes come up now and again on here and ebay so keep your eye out, expect to pay around £200, I took off all the paint from inside the tailpipes which made them look nice and a little different.

Cleaver92

Also is it ok to do this mod on the standard map!? And do you get more power out of it by doing this as the flow is increased?

Abx

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Mapwise I'd not like to advise on due to the 2008 engine issues, when I did mine I added the deres and PPP IIRC without a map and only when I removed the second Cat did I have it mapped, choice/risk is upto you!

Cleaver92

Ok that's great so standard map with deres and ppp will run fine?

sparkey67

well that's car MOT done for another yr no problems !!

Abx

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Should be but some MY08 engines seem to be fine with 50k miles a aftermarket catback, BOV and panel filter and some go bang totally standard at 5k miles so its a bit of a lottery.

I had mine mapped pretty quickly by Duncan (aka Dynamix) as for a few hundread £'s it gave me a lot of piece of mind, and about 345bhp.

Cleaver92

I see! That's a bit annoying. Did they fix the problem for my09?

Abx

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In one word, NO, and your's being an import (as was mine) will no doubt be a very early 08 car too even though it was registered as an 09 as they only brought 1 or 2 batches over when the MY08's were first released.

Cleaver92

How do you know wether it's an import or not? It's a good job I have a warranty lol!!

Abx

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They did not sell the MY08on STI in WR Blue in the UK, they all came over as parallel imports from a few specialist importers in late 2007 and were sold from early 2008.

If you look in your service book you'll proably see a dealer from Cyprus has stamped it.
You're car will most probably be spec'd on the inside better than UK car, if a base model may have heated seats or maybe a premium spec with push start, Recaros etc.
You'll not have a Subaru alarm or tracker but will have an aftermarket alarm, but will have a Subaru immobiliser.
No type UK sticker.
You will have heated mirrors.
Also you'll have better than the standard STI 17's.
And finally no Subaru locking wheel nuts.

Cheers
A

You'll also need to tell your insurance company as not all cover imports.

urban

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How did you do this if you don't mind?

thanks

urban

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Cheers

Cleaver92

Ok, it has a type uk sticker in the window and the standard 17 inch wheels. It also has a metasat tracker and no fancy stuff inside, so does this mean its not an import?

Abx

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[QUOTE=urban;11062637]It was a long painfully slow job but with a flat blunt screwdriver I chipped most of the paint away, a few scores (but not too much force) and then using the flat part it slowly chipped off, then went round them with some wet and dry until all the paint was gone and I was just left with metal, then finally wire wool to polish them up.

Maybe a better pic

Abx

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Hmm, I've known garages to put the Type UK sticker on imports but check the service book or as a last resort call IM (Subaru UK) on 0121 747 4000 who will be able to tell you if it was a UK supplied car.

Have you got a pic of the inside that shows the A pillars?

Cleaver92

I just gave subaru a call and it i a uk car. i gave her the reg and it showed up so did they do a few wr blue sti's for the uk? im confused lol

Abx

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No it was not an offical colour, maybe it was a press car, certainly not a colour available to the public so you have a rare colour there.

Cleaver92

Fair enough, well thanks for your help

DM1

Did mine last year Sean. Just used a round wire brush for my drill. It will give a duller look than the one above.

Burnett

Hello has anyone got a standerd turbo inlet hose they would sell or give me as looking to get one made

rob84

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I'm afraid to say on this occasion your incorrect. Wr blue did come over as an option in the latter months of 2008 & 2009. But not all that common. White was the most popular colour of these years.

salsa-king

cheers,
I wouldn't want a drop like that. The Prodrive/Eibachs have a 10-15mm drop. So should make too much difference.



Picking car back up at the dealer on Saturday afternoon

Abx

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I bow to thy knowledge!

Never saw it as an option on the Subaru literature and only ever knew of Stans old car in WR blue and a few that IIRC Motorpoint sold, happy to be corrected, god knows why they did not do it as a mainstream colour as it looks great!

rob84

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we sold 3 in wr blue, one now belongs to EthanRob on here as it was powerstaioned for the 1st owner, One was a ppp car and the other is currently a police intercept vehicle, Then the option disappeared into thin air


we also sold around 15 in wrx livery in WR Blue inc diesels.

fpan

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[QUOTE=Abx;11062573]Nice! How did you achieve this? I am thinking of doing my Genome like this but I imagine it is going to be a lot of work with a dremel and what attachment did you use, wirebrush?

Cheers!

BULLITT

Well got myself an official Subaru iPod interface. It's an option from the American market only but Subaru UK have just one in stock with a note of "test fit uk car" whatever that means, it'll be at my local dealer tomorrow morning

I tried to get along with the aux connector but its just dangerous trying to flick through playlists for songs.

It's a bit pricey but I've gone for an official Subaru one as it will connect with my stereo (no nav, no DAB) and it should mean no issues if I need to use the warranty for anything.

Don Clark

Would say it was bought in to see if it was compatible with UK electrics/radio options.

You could be the guinea pig

BULLITT

Could be but the US cars have the same head unit so not sure on that one. It only fits cars without Nav or DAB according to the requirements list so it's just the standard unit.

Yes it would appear I am lol Subaru can give me a discount if it works ok lol

Abx

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Post 10064 above.

Cheers
A

salsa-king

I didn't realise the prodrive back box was stainless steel. I may have a better go at cleaning mine now, the blinkin stones are a problem that get trapped though.