After a brief ride on the Darkside I'm back on the thumper side.

I'll try to keep this thread updated with any fresh modifications.

2004 STI PPP 305BHP
74,000 miles
Standard apart from Prodrive mudflaps and paintwork swirls.



When I got the car





And the swirls







As I was getting rid of the swirls the first mod took place.

Bootlid was de-badged. I removed the SUBARU lettering and WRX Impreza lettering as everyone knows what it is.

Before





After



Next up was the headlights for a de-tango and darken.

Headlights removed



Heated and separated, orange indicator plastic removed and Silvatec bulbs installed.






Finished lights

 

Foglight covers were removed, old decals heated and peeled off and new silver/grey decals fitted.





Will get another few jobs done in the next few weeks
(Stance and noise).

 

very nice, imo the wheels are a let down tbh could look so much better, but then again im not a fan of the gold wheels tbh

 

The car looks awesome.

The headlight close up pic could win you a photographic award tbh

 

Looks stunning. Its amazing how simple things make all the difference.

 

Yep, not too keen on the wheels either, I have a set of 18's that I am currently refurbing, so I'll stick up a few pics soon.

Im still undecided on which colour to go for on the rims, had originally planned satin black, then thought matt black, then thought gloss black but now Im thinking a metallic charcoal black or very very dark bronze ?

 

Thanks, is the pic that good ?

 

Cheers,
Anything done so far has cost very little, just takes a bit of time and patience.
Also removed the badge from the front grill, more pics to follow too.

 

Which method did you use to debadge the back??? Do u wanna do my lights. Yours look top!!!!

 

Looks lovely mate, the lights are awesome. Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do with the wheels

 

I'd go for gloss charcoal black wheels. The gloss finish will match the (no doubt ) highly polished paintwork. Seen a few black cars with very dark / black wheels and they look the part.

 

Looking good mate

 

What sort of paint did you use on the inside of the lights?

Did you polish the face of the lights?

 

look forward to see what the Charcoal looks like against the black, Im thinking of painting myn a gun metal colour

 

Got a set of these last week, and got some paint today.




I went for a Honda colour "Romanesque bronze" its a very dark bronze colour and slight metallic content.
Have the rims sanded and primed etc. so will get stuck into them at the weekend and plenty of laquer on top.

 

I used a matt black paint.
When I was detailing the car I removed all the minor swirls from the lights as well.
Will get a few de-swirled pics up too

 

Hairdyer to heat the badges and then some tardis to remove any adhesive and then eventually followed up with the paint corrected with the DA polisher.
Lights are handy enough done.

 

Front grill was also debadged.
No finished pics though



Badge was cut out, then filled, smoothed, primed and sprayed satin black



I'll take another few pics this weekend of the grill

 

Been doing a bit of spraying this evening, decided on a very dark bronze colour, its a Honda colour, Romanesque bronze.
Will throw some pics up tomorrow

 

Some stunning work there

 

cant wait to see the colour of the wheels love what you have done to the head lights, top work pal

 

Car looks gorgeous mate really like what you've done with the headlights top work

 

Heres a pic of the rims getting painted.

Used the tried and tested method of balancing on a bottle of Buckfast and turning the rim to get the inner edge of the spokes and inner lip sprayed









I'll build up a good few layers of laquer and let them sit for a week or two before the tyres get fitted









I thought the silver centre caps would look a bit out of place, so I masked off the Inovit symbol and started to spray them. I'll see what it looks like when the masking tape comes off tomorrow.







primed











Finished pic of de-badged front grill

 

some nice touches there!!

like the bronze wheels too, make a change from black/anth etc..........

 

Can I ask a really noob question? How do you de-badge the scooby (Or any car I guess). I am looking to do this and im petrified of taking the paint off etc. Do you need to use filler from where the holes are?

 

Do you mean the badges on the bootlid ?
If so, just heat them with a hair dryer and get some fishing line behind the badge, use a sawing motion with the fishing line and remove each badge, then some Tardis or adhesive remover to remove the left overs.

On the grill the centre badge has to be cut out, smoothed, filled, smoothed again, primed and painted

 

Thanks,
liking the colour too, but most people will still think they are black

 

Got the rims finished, I applied numerous coats of laquer and left them to dry for a good few days, then wet sanded the spokes and then worked at them with the DA polisher 3M pad and 3M extra fine compound to get an even better finish. After a final polish they were coated with Collinite 476s wax.

pics were taken on phone so theyre not the best


Wet sanding in progress





Laquer on spokes flattened down




All polished up







Just need to get the tyres on now and fitted to the car

 

love the wheels mate,

all the small touches uve done have made a very big difference

car looks stunning now

 

You have done an outstanding job on the wheels mate. Can't wait to see them on the car :