little update.
took off my coilovers today and fitted some better ones, also dropped off sti decals for fog light covers on hawk , sti door decals and new rear sti badge in post, need to order the rear centre subaru hawk boot badge, as said jake has ordered square hawk boot lock, also dropped off a carbon fibre chargespeed front splitter which is slightly damaged so a quick repair and then painted either matt black or gloss black to match my wheels ? cant decide

 

I'd go gloss to match the wheels I think.

Hawk front panels will be welded on for lunch. Then the car can be jet washed ready for prep.

Also started cutting my roof lining for the vent.

 

It's coming along a treat but I honestly think the prodrive look is so much nicer than a blob any day of the week

 

andys scooby first,

all the front panels were trial fitted and then the slam/headlamp panels were welded into place

so its now ready for prep

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onto mine,

lastnight saw my front panels welded in and me start cutting the roof hole in the headlining, also flatted the rest of the panels and then washed the care

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6282565709/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6282565709/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

so tonight the front panels will go into primer/colour and then the rest of andys can be built up for paint, mine will see the wings go on ready for polishing

 

tbf its only a little bit on the scoop n harness, but it all thinners off easy enough before build up,

onwards n upwards.

dint have much time today so have been limited to dinner hour and overtime,

andys car is still over in the other shop, the front panel has now been painted along with the front cross member, his wings and bonnet have been repaired where needed and primed, sorry andy no pic, ps for anyone doing this the blobeye bonnet catch is different to the hawkeye one, need to ring andy about that,

mine came over to my bodyshop side, were i masked it up and got the bonnet and wing tips buffed up,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6286579091/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6286579091/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6287098296/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6287098296/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6286580225/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6286580225/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr


and tried my little plate on too lol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6286581167/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6286581167/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

this is the first inital polish, while the paint is still very fresh i can only hit it so hard, after a few weeks i will give it its final polish and detail, this is something we do with all cars, and it allows us to get a good finish.

jake

 

looks a treat mate

 

Great job!

 

put a late stint into night.

got quite a bit done, i was going to leave the coilovers till after winter, but it looked like it was on stilts, lol

subaru coilovers are alot nicer to do than golf ones and it went pretty easy up untill i snapped one of the top mount studs!!!! luckily i had a spar coilover to pinch one out of, just meant taking the strut out,

also go the bumper fully built up too and added a few accesories

andy's car saw his rear bumper get fully repaired aswell as a few final adjustments to the panels, so his is now ready for prep too.

here are a few pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289375759/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289375759/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289895398/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289895398/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289377643/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289377643/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289378731/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6289378731/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

to add:

my spec c vent arrived and also hawkeye bonnet catches are different to blobeye ones

 

Awesome now mate. Bet your really happy with the way it is lookin mate

 

a few more pics

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292170920/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292170920/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292170042/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292170042/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6291648127/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6291648127/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr


today i finished off the polishing, and got a ew bits stuck back on the car, id say im about 85% done now.

here are a few pics of andy's car,

the front panel going on as well as the headlamp panels

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292168362/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292168362/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6291646267/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6291646267/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6291644659/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6291644659/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292165300/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6292165300/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

 

Coming along great guys, which I had put mine into a bodyshop now get done now!

Ricey

 

here's a pic of the arch with the tape off

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6295644396/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6295644396/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

im also looking for new wheel nuts as mine are dire, and a splitter, but think that can go on the christmas list.

 

Looking really good Jake, the finish looks spotless

 

Very good Jake them wheels and coilovers finish it off a treat

 

cars done, roof vent installed also

really crappy pics haha:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6298765463/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6298765463/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6299297792/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6299297792/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6298763519/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6298763519/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

the paint starts on andys car tomorrow, and his xenon oem headlights have gone away for wiring

i have stickers and badges to go on, but there waiting for the final polish to be done first

jake

 

Looks top. great job!

 

Brilliant work mate

 

Can we see some progress on my car pls mate.

 

last two days work:

andys car all prepped up, put into the booth and painted, all the parts will be going through over the weekend. i also put a sti on my intercooler

pics:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6310192594/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6310192594/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6309673599/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6309673599/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6310193120/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6310193120/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6309674147/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6309674147/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6310193614/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6310193614/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6309672937/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6309672937/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

 

Looking good, some great progress on these 2 cars

 

Blimey, that's shiny, good work mate

 

Can't believe you have bought that version 8 intercooler, when I am selling my version 10 one mate

 

I didn't lol it's a red painted stencil on my wrx cooler lol.

 

Oh, sorry just had quick look on phone. Looks good

 

We're are you based mate car looks awesome I need my front end painted

 

Awesome. You've made the conversion look sooooooooo easy

 

Greater manc mate. No pics as I'm on my phone but all Andys parts are now in primer. So tomorrow they will all be flatted and painted.

 

weekend update,

this is andys car on the ramp out of the booth,

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6318791142/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6318791142/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

it was then denibed, blocked and then 3m trizact on a da, panelwiped and left to breathe over the weekend,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6318791618/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6318791618/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6318271447/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6318271447/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

all the parts are ready for paint tomorrow, so tues will see me buffing the full car ready for build up over the next few days

on a side note, i managed to bag a set of carbon mirrors for mine, and i have remebered how bad imprezas can be for freezing inside haha.

 

more updates,

andys car has had the first full polish, ready for the next stage next week

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6326050141/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6326050141/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

the bits are all painted now too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6326801832/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6326801832/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

my carbon mirrors turned up, but im not a fan so there forsale, £100 if any one wants them,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6326050313/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6326050313/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

final pi$$ take though, my roof flap latch from japanparts has hit the uk, and the customs department, the item inc shipping was £30 give or take, her majesty's finest have seen fit to charge me £20.90 imprt duty, £7 vat and the rest is an handling charge, to say im annoyed is an understatement!!!!

 

great job on both cars.i had some of them mirrors on mine some time back,couldnt see a god damn thing through em.