,well that should save you a few quid then,

So your a painter and your in my town, where about's are you, i'm in Arnold.

 

I am indeed and I'm in Cotgrave but work in the city centre

 

I used to work in Cotgrave many moons ago @ Northern lifts between the pub and the petrol station, think the name has changed now though.

So are you a decent painter? as I need some work doing and would prefer someone local so I can give them some **** if it's a crap job.

 

Im wollaton

o im headed up to clinic tomorrow if anyone fancies a run up

 

That's three corners of the square all we now is someone from Saint Anns.

 

scoob in st anns?


prob a few having said that, all with busted door locks for soem reason? hahahahaha

 

Yea I wouldnt lower a car again,unless I could buy whole setup (shocks etc) and only then if I researched that it wouldn't scrub.but wouldn't be surprised if a kit that worked properly would cost ££££s

 

If you want someone to do head gasket etc. I know a great subaru mechanic and probably the cheapest you'll find. Pm me if wanna know more

 

does he do the crank bearings jim?

 

He does it all! He's a proper top bloke. The Only thing is he doesnt remove engines himself,just works on engines on a bench. He does use a garage near him if you cant get it removed yourself. Also he arranges courier if you dont want to (which helped me)

 

for £1200?

 

Cheers guys but I like to do the work on my own cars then I know it's done right and exactly what's been done

 

I've never had any complaints yet

 

Gotta ask, how did you know it needed a head gasket from the photo?

 

Mate he was gonna do a total standard rebuild on my wrx for around a thousand pound. I ended up having uprated con rods,teflon coated pistons,acl race bearings,reseated new valves,drilled & ground crank,timing belt (tensioner,rollers etc. water pump,oil pump,oil modine/cooler,headgaskets,head bolts,had block converted to semi-closed (he found a company to weld lugs the same as scdb) he done the lot! Aswell as picked up and delivered for less than 2k. Think it was £1700+£150 for oil modine.

 

If it's a 2.5litre im sure they're prone to it,thats probably how he guessed lol

 

Also stidara mentions in another thread it needs headgasket lol. Just see its a 2003 so I think its 2.0 litre so my other post is probably wrong

 

Lol, I was looking at the photo thinking how the hell?! Definitely makes more sense that he saw it posted before!
I'm easily confused!!

 

When I first see pic/post I was looking at the back for smoke,wondering how he knew it was head gasket lol. I then read the other thread

 

i did that until my gearbox(6 speed) went, rad and 3 hoses mine was sti prodrive

 

Sti insurance is slightly cheaper due to the WRX being quicker on UK roads.

 

posted on op's other thread (couldn't resist lol)

 

Are you sure about this

 

was it not 1900 with a fooked headgasket i would want a blob straight car for that