i have been for a ride in Richie001 sti with similar set up its a firm ride also.Its put my mind at rest i thought i had a problem with mine.
Now onto the next improvement,more work for Ryan.

 

gotta say Ryan your respray work is amazing, top job

 

Thanks mate appreciated

 

Quoted for truth

 

Taking my car over to Ryan Saturday afternoon to have the underside of the bonnet sprayed and a powdercoated header tank fitted.He is also going to sort out a cv joint and have a listen to my noisy clutch.

 

Header tank all sorted and ready to fit
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Is that a Smurf holding my header tank?

 

 

How you getting on with the rest of the jobs??

 

Tbho mate the mechanical boys didnt have chance to get her back in today with a lot on so she's back in again tomorrow to find that bleeding vibration!

 

Just bought a set of morette lights.
Ryan will be fitting these at a later date

 

Nice.

Ryan what paint did you use on the grill? Isit Matt black or Satin, can I get something like that in a can?

 

Ryan...you got a number I could call you on please??...pm me if you like.

Alan...

 

kas it's in between actually lol,it's called egg shell effect which can be achieved with adding less matting agent than that to achieve full matt.
Its all done on measured amounts mate but I'd say the best thing would be satin black spray can paint to get a some where near finish mate.

Alan my workshop number is 01568611991 and I'm there from 7:30 until 6:30 most days mate

 

Got cracking with the jobs in hand on Dave's car,first of which was pulling off the intercooler which requires sanding back and repainting after Dave's attempt at rattle canning
Next was removing the header tank as it's being replaced with a gloss powder coated item[i did have a tank already done but it turns out sti tanks have the outlet onto the engine water pipes in a different location so a quick ride to the coaters with Dave's tank has now got it being done in rapid time}
Lastly I removed the bonnet as Dave wants the underside painting in body colour because it looks terrible in that matt dark blue from the factory,all the rubbers etc have been removed along with under tray as that's going to be painted gloss black.BFE8E001-5B55-48F9-A1C2-48D916A7512E-230-0000000CBB588271_zps545abfc4.jpg?t=1360609728
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Got the underside of the bonnet/under tray and intercooler prepared and painted today.
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Looking good.

 

looks great another thing to add to my list

 

So it was time to put the intercooler/bonnet/undertray and bonnet rubbers back together,I must say it has made a massive improvement and looks top draw!
Just the headers tank to put on now.
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Top job as usual,morettes next job Ryan...

 

off to collect the car later.If we get some sunshine photographs will be taken.

 

Pleasure as always Dave,glad you are happy as I am.
Looking forward to the next round of upgrades in May

 

Looks absolutely stunning!

Its refreshing to see a WRX with a splitter and no sti-winglets.

Do you have a link for this splitter?

 

I bought it from HT autos,originally I had it blue but when Ryan sprayed my car he sprayed it black.
For some better pics look in my albums

 

Nice one! Cheers Dave..Keep up the good work!!

 

This is where i am up to now.As soon as we get some sunshine i will post up some engine bay pics.


Car sprayed by Prodriverules aka Ryan
including underbonnet
inlet manifold powdercoated yellow
turbo heatshield powdercoated yellow
headertank powdercoated black
rallytech s/s bolts
air intake & alternator cover o2c blue
oz ultraleggeras 18"
bilstein coilovers
geo setup by Litchfields
Summit front strut brace
perrin front & rear arb.
cdf droplinks
Sti black brembos,godspeed grooved discs,kevlar pads
exedy pink box clutch & lightened flywheel from Lateral.
braided hoses
rally armor mudflaps
hta front splitter
detangoed headlights
zunsport grill
sti rear spoiler.debadged & delocked bootlid.
piaa horns
defi genome gauges
Hertz front speakers & tweeters
rear windows tinted by Top Tints
retrimmed steering wheel
sti scoop & undertray
sti intercooler
alloy rad
forge recirc valve
prodrive 3 port boost solonoid
Harvey Smith uppipe and ported headers
Afterburner vortex backbox
walbro fuelpump
sti injectors
green panel filter
pfr7b plugs
VF48 turbo
A visit to Mr Bob Rawle
Thanks to Ryan for his input and workmanship.



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Very very tidy fella

 

Cheers Winston i have a couple of bits & pieces to get done before Japfest at Castle Combe
then i will be doing some serious saving for an engine rebuild and gearbox upgrade at the end of the year.

 

Looking good Dave

 

Engine bay pics as promised



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