hello! quite new to this forum, joined when looking for a classic. got one a few weeks ago and thought id start a little thread.

bought this as a little 25th birthday present to myself, insurance was £400 cheaper as soon as i turned 25 so i picked it up on my actual birthday! managed to get it cheap, it failed mot on a lower arm bush, still had 3 weeks ticket left so got it home and the bolt was loose. tightened it up, replaced a brake light bulb. took it for another mot! and it passsed with no advisories! :P well chuffed with it so far. have always liked these. probably from playing the old playstation games. haha

here it is as i got it

first of many fuel fill ups!!






**** plates gone! and sti/import style pink badge. not 100% on this yet.


notice the silver wing mirrors, got them on ebay for a tenner! mint, complete with glass, brackets and motors!



got the standard back box for a tenner off ebay and the decat centre pipe also off ebay from the guy with the mirrors for £40
the new (to me lol) exhaust against the custom powerflow/proflow stainless exhaust. will be up forsale soon, not sure what to ask for it????



standard twin pipes. a lot quieter (bit too quiet for me now lol)



thats it for now. loving it apart from the fuel costs! hahaha not sure where to go next really, wheels and suspension are hexpensive. got a mk1 golf project that's forever draining my funds...
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let be the first to welcome you to the fold. Enjoy the ride

 

Welcome and enjoy.

 

looks clean
nothing better than an unmolested classic

 

Looks a nice example of a classic, enjoy!

 

Is that petrol station the Rupeyel takeaway?


Looks nice mate. Welcome along

 

cheers guys!!

 

im not sure mate!! lol i bought the car in stoke-on-trent. not sure on the actual area though.

 

Looks tidy matey welcome to scoobynet any advice u need you are guarantee'd to find it here keep us posted on your car

 

Looks rather nice, welcome to SNet

 

Nice one mate, car looks nice and neat, enjoy many hours of pure fun

 

Tunstall

Welcome aboard SN mate, enjoy the ride

 

Nice one, looks a nice tidy example. Welcome

 

"Its naice" (Borat Voice)

 

Tasty! Welcome matey

 

Clean Classic .......

 

same as mine when i got it , but i changed a lot now

welcome to the fold

 

Welcome to Snet, clear car too.

 

Welcome! Nice example, many hours of good fun ahead. The refuelling costs are quite large but if you look after her, Subarus are generally reliable, (apart from the water leaks....doh!)

 

a little update! havent been on for a while but made a few changes to the scoobs!:

red laminx'd the rear clusters! i think they've turned out sweet! gives it a much more cleaner look imho

started by trimming off the raised lettering using a stanley blade.


then sanded with a fine grit to smooth where i had trimmmed the lettering. degreased and washed the lights


cut the vinyl to a rough shape, i find it easier to work with than a massive sheet and applied using a soft cloth and an old hair drier smoothing it out from one side to the other.


then cut around the edges with the stanley blade leaving enough to mold the vinyl round the edes of the light so no edges can be seen. used the hair drier and an old bank card for this.

im really pleased with it, looks slightly more jap. also havent seen another classic with complete red rear lights. the indicators still flash orange as well!

 

Looks good, shiny shiny!!

 

decided to start refurbing the wheels one by one as well. theyre not quite profession standard but theyre 100 times better than what they looked like before!! so far done the two fronts as they were really starting to flake. sanded them back and feathered all the edges back, primed them


then flatted them and sprayed them with a can of wheel silver from good old halfrauds!!


then laquered them! forgot to get a pic of them before they went on the car, so here's a slightly dirty pic of them from today! the drips are just water not my terrible spraying!! haha

 

haha you've editited your post!! yeah i like it! and its totally reversible if i change my mind, bar the lettering, that wouldnt really notice though.. yeah licence is still clean! did ironically get caught speeding in the 1.9tdi works laguna!! but just had to attend a speeding course so no points!!

 

also bought some cheapy fog light covers and sti stickers off ebay, not to everyones taste but i like them! got halfrauds to mix me up some paint, £17 for the tiniest can! good match though!

here's the finished product!

 

while i was busy showing the car some attention i changed the following:

air filter
oil
oil filter - genuine subaru
sump plug
spark plugs - NGK 6's
fuel filter
cleaned the MAF sensor
Cleaned out the boost solenoid!

didn't manage to get pics apart from the air filter though which was last...

 

looking good mate, you're just down the road from me, i'm in wellingborough but from northampton

 

funny thing, i noticed the garage in first pic and said to wife thats stoke way lol...shes a stokey and i drive her down there reg to see her mum, i know ive filled there before lol...anyways welcome and enjoy

 

Were you in milton keynes today? I saw a very clean V reg near the A5 roundabout..

 

ah cool! what you driving might have seen you around, in moulton so wellingborugh side of northampton!

cheers dude!!

it weren't me mate! been flying round northampton today but not mk!

 

A very nice unmolested Classic, Im liking those rear lights. Welcome to SNet