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Just looked at the closer up pics on the website. That's a lot of money for not a lot of plastic. Looks incredibly flimsy, may make something up myself.
Last edited by BrownPantsRacing; 08 April 2020 at 05:02 PM.
It is quite expensive for what it is, however it's made of metal, not plastic, so is very robust.
Can't really see it fitted as it's behind my zunsport scoop grill.
I've left the underbonnet scoop ducting off for now and put some more heat shielding, but more as a precaution against water coming in contact with alternator, will do a pic later.
Just looked at the closer up pics on the website. That's a lot of money for not a lot of plastic. Looks incredibly flimsy, may make something up myself.
A friend some time ago suggested that the faded STI emblems were letting the car down.
So I've had the new emblems patiently sitting in their packaging.
Rear STI emblem was looking sorry for itself. Very happy with the replacement, although fiddly to fit as it comes in 4 pieces. Front emblem was faded as well, but i had a mesh grill i wanted to install for airflow reasons. Love the more agressive look.
Bit of a fail with the grill though, used plasti-dip and glossifier. The finish was ok, but was slightly tacky and now all bit of dust etc have stuck to it, so will have to come off again and get painted properly.
It seems to be a bit hit and miss, normally good for up to a couple of weeks. Normally let's you down when you need it most. The killer is journeys under 20 mins.
Love my ctek; it renovated a battery that had sat in the yard dead for 6 months
Last edited by hedgecutter; 23 June 2020 at 07:52 PM.
Been under the car today (on ramps not really high enough) rust treated the rear subframe as much as i could with Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80, also refitted the scoop delete with some weather strip to prevent any water ingress.
It's too hot for this though, so giving up for today.
Looking forward to using this to relocate the ACT sensor so it's not so subject to heat soak.
This hose will replace the joiner just in front of the throttle body, being silicone it should not conduct heat towards the sensor as it does mounted in the boost pipe.
Recently upgraded the Mishimoto cooling fans to 12" Spal items, much more puff and hopefully they will contribute to fixing annoying issue where temps go up when aircon is running and ambient temps are 25c plus.
Also fitted KillerB upper resovoir. The orignial upper resovoir had developed a small leak, this one is a neater design and it no longer pinches the turbo inlet.
Ongoing is swapping out the in bay Bosch 044 which had become quite noisy for a DW350iL, hope to get that finished in the next day or so, just waiting for a check valve to arrive.
Covid permitting the car will be off to Engine Tuner in November for some more upgrades.
08 April 2020, 03:25 PM
