Well guys,

Back again in another impreza,

The k1 was stunning, quick, fully loaded. But I really missed my Subaru.

I thought this time buy white, so I don't have to do it.

Rough spec,

2003 (53) spec c limited,
Has some creature comforts, electric Windows and air conditioning.

35k with extensive service history.

The interior is mint, as is the mechanical.

The body needs addressing but that's my job,

Plans are to make it oem goodness.

Pics

The car itself


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Currently sat on new Pirelli winter tyres

This is what came with.


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A full size spare, the oem space saver then these


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17" rare bbs spec c wheels wrapped in re070

Few inside pics


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And the mileage


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Like I say it needs my touch to get it to the level and standard I'm happy with,

One thing though, did think it would be quicker, it's only mapped for uk fuel. And is all oem engine wise bar a heywood and Scott de res section, app rr 312 bhp,

The k1 actually felt a lot faster.

Jake

 

Beautiful car Jake!

Glad to hear that you're back in an Impreza.

 

Excellent car in the best colour Looks in mint condition!

Love the BBS wheels too..

Might be worth investing in a Milltek exhaust, remap should see you to around 350 bhp and 375 lb ft.

 

Great looking car mate, I'm very envious.

 

Very very nice

 

About time you bought one Looks nice, best colour too!!!

 

Yeah, it's got potential, the pics make it look better body wise than it is, few pin dents about, needs a good polish and clean up,

Not many stone chips though.

Decat fuel pump and map, would be nice, need to research twin scroll, app the decals different lol

 

Love these cars, my mate has just bought a Widetrack Spec C Ra, https://www.scoobynet.com/wales-26/1001246-latest-addition-to-the-sws-white-ra-sektor.html

Proper drivers car. Good luck with it :-)

 

Very nice jake.

 

Very nice, great choice of wheels but anthracite would look even better

 

What you doing with the wheels Jake?

Lovely car by the way, seeing a lot of spec c lately, thought they were rare

Where are you based as well buddy paint shop wise?

Cheers

 

Lovely jake... This one a keeper this time lol

Martin

 

Got to try and outdo me don't you lol. Picking mine up in the morning then you can work your magic on it

 

hey guys

so with the new car, comes the start of cleaning,,,,AGAIN.....

so here we go, the car was in a genuine condition,

some of the dirty pics

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inside the boot,some one had fitted the normal grey boot carpet and side panels, however the spec c doesnt have the attachment tabs lol
so it looked a mess, so ripped them out haha

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all the shuts were cleaned with near neat g101, this is very good at stripping crap off,
i also used brake cleaner to get the hinges sparkling. using a good brush

the outside i used a mix of shampoo and g101 so it would hang and soak well,
i stuck this through my snow foam gun, cos im cool and all..

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all the trims, rubbers edges were brushed again,

leaving me with this...

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i did the wash before work, started at 7am, and finished at 9am shocking!! i did under bonnet too, but not the engine
so ill save those pics for now,

at lunch i stuck the car on the ramp, took the winter wheels off and cleaned the bbs, sadly i messed my iso up and you cant actually
see the pics i also did under the arches with g101,

 

That was sooo dirty beforehand

Are those door latches original or have they been replated as I want mine to look that clean

 

one thing i mentioned was the paint in the boot, it had something spilt in there and tony had some one refresh it, sadly
done wrong, so

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this is what i did,

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once clean i used a factory primer, followed by gloss white, i then redid the sealer and once dry tomorrow this too
will get a dusting of white overspray, speaking of over spray i need to clean my jack now, tomorrow i will fit the factory spare
when i start cleaning the paint and seats...

here are the final pics on the bbs wheels, tomorrow im machine polishing, wet vaccing and sealing, ready for some pdr.

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...and those wheels look great

 

Carbon Fibre S202 spoiler on this would look cool

BBS wheels look very nice, suit the car well

 

thanks,

the plan with this one is to get it looking like new, ill prob remap it and thats it,

few niggles ive found so far,

heater has a hiss noise when blowing
theres a vibration around the headunit at 2500rpm
the brakes feel a bit wooden

im debting decatting, app they are different on these??

jake

 

id love the spoiler or a rep but there silly money

 

I had a scott lowe s202 spoiler on my old blob
My mate just picked one up on e-bay last month for around £250, and im pretty sure 53 on here is stock piling them.

 

I picked up my Kakumei copy for about £350

 

Good buy jake and yes decat it and remap it and leave it at that 360bhp/380lbft and max torque at 3800 makes for a great point to point car

PS, how much for a machine polish!

 

Lovely!

 

Stage two is finished all the cleaning of interior and under bonnet

Pics soon


Also found out why the brakes feel hard. They have performance friction z pads in. I'm guna get rid for some oe prefer the feel. Is there a market for lightly used pads.

 

so,

the contiunation of the cleaning, er continutes

todays focus, the interior

i started of by using an air line and blower, to get rid of loose crud, after this
i used a steam cleaner on all the plastics and upholstery, this sanitizes all the surfaces, this
followed by a wet vac, with a atomized interior shampoo...

the interior was then blown clean to remove excess water, all plastics cleaned with g101 cleaner
and then dressed with autosmart pazza, this dries satin finish, the windows were cleaned with autoglym
window cleaner, and then sealed with gtechiq g1 glass sealent,then fitted new aero wipers

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here are a few pics of inside

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i also turned my attention to the boot, heres the finished sealer, with white overspary.

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then the space saver cleaned and put back in.

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alittle creature comfort, cant have my fresh paint scratched ny the little lads pram

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next was under the bonnet,

before pics, not too bad just general grime, note the scruffy bonnet insulation.

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the under bonnet saw me remove the liner, cover the engine with poly mask and then soak with near neat g101
and aggitated with a 2" soft brush,,

the engine was lightly washed again with g101 and a stif brush, dried and then started to make sure id not
killed it lol, this was then dressed with autoglym dressing

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next on the list is the exterior, the paintless dent guy comes mid week.

jake

 

Well timed that jake, I was just over on 22b looking at your project thinking damn that is a bloody lovely car. Credit to you mate clearly you know what your doing when it comes to the cleaning side of things. I really like it mate. Please don't start modifying it. Don't get me wrong it's your car, but I think in the long run you would regret altering such a cracking car!

Keep up the good work
Joe

 

Looking great, that engine looks mint now

 

Ps if you could keep posting up the products and methods in which your using I'd find it really helpful. Sure many others would too.
I not that clued up when it comes to the cleaning side of things.
Cheers pal

Joe