HKS Blow-off valve.... Yes or no?

 

No chav valve mate

 

i like your motor mate really growing on me now

 

great car m8, id marry up some prodrive Gt2s next in Black

 

Cheers for the comments guys. Not a fan of the GT2's though, think 19's are a little too big considering the coilovers that should be going on next week.

Finally got my hands on the Jap Prodrive front mudflaps. Quick 5 minute fitting before the rain came in and the result is as below:

 

Looking great. - red calipers stand out nicely against the grey.
If only they'd stay looking that clean/shiney after a few miles down the road !

Engine is looking amazingly clean as well - I've tried (toothbrush/degreaser + loads of hours) & failed - don't yet know the secret

 

The wheels get so dirty so quickly! Compounded by the extra brake dust generated by the larger pads. =(

I clean the engine with some Gunk degreaser from an aerosol can and then pressure wash it off. When I first got it, it had all the wax-type sealant stuff on it. Took a fair amount of work with the pressure washer but the majority has gone now. Right pain the ***** it was.

 

The wax was a major pain to remove - still a few bits left, but its the difficult to reach bits that I'd like to clean.
Used Autoglym degreaser but only gentle hose spray to remove, having covered alt + anything else electrical/expensive looking with clingfilm then ali foil on top !
May try yet again with slightly more pressure...

 

I tried the Autoglym as well but it wasn't really strong enough. Highly recommend the Gunk/pressure washer combo. Just need to be brave with it! =D

 

The brakes look superb.

I'm with you on that, the design is horrid and 19s are just too big.

 

Will give it a go when I'm back from the McRae weekender.

 

see you there stan

 

+2, especially in that new two tone combo I've seen on the new saloon, much prefer 18's with a low offset! ;-)

 

That combo was a special order according to I'm group they bought the gunmetal then had them ground on the edges hence why they look as they do

A one off

I agre though they look a bit pants

 

I'm up on Sunday - hope your car is up to its usual standards of shine

 

2nd year service

CHelmsford are quoting me £300 to do it
Slipend have quoted me £252 with my club 10% discount thats £225

any1 else find big differences from subaru dealers

 

I paid £300ish at SG Petch in Richmond for the same service a month or so ago.

 

Petch's in Richmond used to service my classic back in the 90s and they were charging £300 plus for services in those days. Is Mark still the service manager there ?

 

£225 from us with full service valet

 

It's gleaming now but I've gotta drive down this afternoon so it could be a fair mess by the time I get down today

 

Coilovers and rear sway bar went on yesterday. The job took a lot longer than expected due to p*ssing about for ages trying to get the right ride height on the rears (way too low initially).
In the end I couldn't be a*sed, gave up and have booked it into Revolution in Newcastle this afternoon for a four wheel alignment and adjustment of the the rears.

Wait out for pics tomorrow when I get home and give it a good ol' clean.

On another note, I've now got 3 weeks off from my insanely busy job. Any good Scooby meets coming up during August that anyone is aware of?

 

Be interested in what you think of the coilovers... out of interest why did you go for the RMs over the BRs? Are the inverted dampers more prone to knock?

 

Finally, after a long hangover-laced day of cleaning and polishing, I can finally upload some pics of the car with the BC coilovers and Whiteline anti-roll bar fitted. Apologies that they're not the greatest, but about 10 mins after I finished buffing the wax off, the heavens opened and the car was soaked.

I fit the coilovers and sway bar on Friday, then took it for an alignment/suspension set-up on Saturday at Revolution. I asked them for a 'mild' fast-road setting and they recommended a similar set-up to the PPP settings. have always been pretty happy with the service and help they provide there.

After getting it home and having a close look, I reckon I could do with fitting some 10mm spacers as the camber has pushed the top of the wheel into the well a bit more than I'd like. Some spacers would probably rectify the problem and give it more of an agressive stance.

Anyways, here we go...

Before:



After:

 

So far, I'm impressed with them although I'm yet to give them a proper B-road run-in. Haven't read about any knock issues with the inverted damper. Think the idea with the inverted version is to reduced the unsprung weight and keep the gasses/oil a bit further away from the heat generated by the brakes.

 

don't drive with FOG lights on.... unless its foggy... or you drrive a corsa!




lol

 

Nice little Subaru convoy planned on sunday 14 th august
Starting at washington services

Fantastic route and fetch your camera

Join www.tyneteesscoobies.co.uk for full info

And I will be there with my hatch


Great looking car
It will look good wherevwe are going on sunday

 

Size isn't everything, it's the little things that count, etc.

New Perrin 2" Shorty aerial.

Before:


After:

 

Whats the signal like?

Whenever I have changed for a shorter areil in the past I have noticed a significant drop in signal quality.

 

Will tell you when I get back in in an hour or so!

 

Ok, was gone longer than an hour. But I can tell you the aerial is so-so. A little bit fuzzier on some channels in certain areas, but overall not that bad.