my Aspen White Bugeye
28 May 2012, 09:02 PM
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my Aspen White Bugeye
Here is my Scooby Progress so far.
This is picture from the Advert on Autotrader that started it all off I fell in love with before even considering selling my Lexus that made me want to sell it and buy this beauty. it was owned by a little old lady as her disability car in stockport who had it for around 4 years and had a new engine fitted just after buying it 4 years ago and only covered about 5'000 during her 4 years.
added a Scanguage 2. which shows me all fault codes, mpg, average mpg, bhp, volts, rpm, air intake temp, water temp, boost level, throttle position and many many other things, already proved very usefull as you will see.
after fitting the scanguage it was aparent that some muppet (before the previous owner) had cut the engine management light off the dash and damaged the fuel gauge. (old clocks)
fitted some new clocks from a newer 'Blobeye' Scooby. which solved a few problems, it did however make it obvious my idle valve was knackared as the EM light was forever on and even on resetting it with my scanguage it was back on in a few hours. (new clocks)
old idle valve removed and new idle valve fitted.
thats the car ticking over nicely now, and added a little touch of carbon to get rid of them hideous orange side markers,
Up on the ramps at Scoobyworld Loughborough 30/03/12
and this it what I went there for. it sounds lovely
Bailey dump valve fitted
I must be mental to cook my headlights, 160 degrees for 8 mins should do
It was all worth the effort, 1 down 1 to go
Spent the morning soldering my broken clock and its all fixed.
Car as it sat washed, polished with srp then top coat egp and new plates fitted
daft 1980's Robin Reliant ariel removed.
Added smoked Crystal Side repeaters.
side skirts painted white and side repeaters replaced with black crystal ones
standard rear lights, a bit dated looking.
10 minutes later after fitting Blobeye rear lights, much better. suprisingly just a straight swap despite them looking a slightly different shape
just a quick one, removed the WRX impreza logo as it was looking old and most of the Blue outline was peeling off.
Old Interior, headrests? scoobys are not supposed to have headrests, from new this crappy astra-looking interior would have been an optional extra, the mind boggles why anyone would prefer this.
New £41 ebay special Interior Fitted taken from an 04 Blobeye, what a nightmare, i had to cut the airbag wires to the old seats and solder a 3.3ohm resistor in the way to trick the ecu in thinking the airbags are still there, unfortunately the useless spotty geek in maplin sold me what he though were 3.3ohm when in reality they were 2.2k ohm, i found out the hard way after fitting them. after a second trip and a lot of soldering later its sorted and no airbag light on.
and finally an arty one to finish, needs updating though.
any comments welcome.
This is picture from the Advert on Autotrader that started it all off I fell in love with before even considering selling my Lexus that made me want to sell it and buy this beauty. it was owned by a little old lady as her disability car in stockport who had it for around 4 years and had a new engine fitted just after buying it 4 years ago and only covered about 5'000 during her 4 years.
added a Scanguage 2. which shows me all fault codes, mpg, average mpg, bhp, volts, rpm, air intake temp, water temp, boost level, throttle position and many many other things, already proved very usefull as you will see.
after fitting the scanguage it was aparent that some muppet (before the previous owner) had cut the engine management light off the dash and damaged the fuel gauge. (old clocks)
fitted some new clocks from a newer 'Blobeye' Scooby. which solved a few problems, it did however make it obvious my idle valve was knackared as the EM light was forever on and even on resetting it with my scanguage it was back on in a few hours. (new clocks)
old idle valve removed and new idle valve fitted.
thats the car ticking over nicely now, and added a little touch of carbon to get rid of them hideous orange side markers,
Up on the ramps at Scoobyworld Loughborough 30/03/12
and this it what I went there for. it sounds lovely
Bailey dump valve fitted
I must be mental to cook my headlights, 160 degrees for 8 mins should do
It was all worth the effort, 1 down 1 to go
Spent the morning soldering my broken clock and its all fixed.
Car as it sat washed, polished with srp then top coat egp and new plates fitted
daft 1980's Robin Reliant ariel removed.
Added smoked Crystal Side repeaters.
side skirts painted white and side repeaters replaced with black crystal ones
standard rear lights, a bit dated looking.
10 minutes later after fitting Blobeye rear lights, much better. suprisingly just a straight swap despite them looking a slightly different shape
just a quick one, removed the WRX impreza logo as it was looking old and most of the Blue outline was peeling off.
Old Interior, headrests? scoobys are not supposed to have headrests, from new this crappy astra-looking interior would have been an optional extra, the mind boggles why anyone would prefer this.
New £41 ebay special Interior Fitted taken from an 04 Blobeye, what a nightmare, i had to cut the airbag wires to the old seats and solder a 3.3ohm resistor in the way to trick the ecu in thinking the airbags are still there, unfortunately the useless spotty geek in maplin sold me what he though were 3.3ohm when in reality they were 2.2k ohm, i found out the hard way after fitting them. after a second trip and a lot of soldering later its sorted and no airbag light on.
and finally an arty one to finish, needs updating though.
any comments welcome.
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28 May 2012, 10:58 PM
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cheers for the replys guys, am really pleased with how its looking so far, the next plans for the near future are have the words WRX stiched in red into the seats in the same position as the STI would be, replace the wheels with hawkeye wrx alloys that have been re furbished in a kind of dark gunmetal grey(darker than the standard blobeye alloys but lighter than black), lowered a little perhaps tinted windows and replace the centre console with that from a 05+ blobeye/hawkeye. oh and do something with those rusty excuses of calipers.
28 May 2012, 11:10 PM
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cheers for the replys guys, am really pleased with how its looking so far, the next plans for the near future are have the words WRX stiched in red into the seats in the same position as the STI would be, replace the wheels with hawkeye wrx alloys that have been re furbished in a kind of dark gunmetal grey(darker than the standard blobeye alloys but lighter than black), lowered a little perhaps tinted windows and replace the centre console with that from a 05+ blobeye/hawkeye. oh and do something with those rusty excuses of calipers.
28 May 2012, 11:17 PM
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Oh if you change the centre console for a Hawkeye one get a Hawkeye handbrake too. WRX or STI will fit. I got mine from Grade A Subaru (google them), there very good. Hope this helps buddy 
28 May 2012, 11:38 PM
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nice mate, same as my old bug.
when i bought it
when i sold it
white uk spec wrx with full history,
(security)
Cat 1 alarm and immob
Tracker monitor 24hr
Disklok
Engine/Drivetrain Modifications:
Full Turbo back decat Blitz Nur Spec S
Ecutek Remap (JGM) 272/278
Standard Discs
Kevlar Performance pads
Goodridge Braided Brake Lines
Dot 5.1 Fluid
Zero Sports Air Intake
Forge Oil Cap
Custom Roger Clark battery clamp
Suspension Modifications: KYB Ultra SR shocks
Tein S Tech Springs 30mm/25mm
Strut brace
Whiteline Rear 22mm Adj ARB
Whiteline Rear Droplinks
Scoobyclinic fast road Geo set up
Wheels/Tires Modifications:
18in Rota GRA's in Gunmetal
Interior/Exterior Modifications:
(interior)
Full JDM spec seats (non airbag)
Flocked Dashboard
(exterior)
Colour coded side skirts
HT Auto Splitter (colour coded)
Carbon wing inserts
V7 STi bonnet scoop
black Scoobyworld mud flaps
De badged
De tangoed
Flocked dash and door cards
if i can give you any advice though, please ditch the Baileys dump valve and refit the standard one.
when i bought it
when i sold it
white uk spec wrx with full history,
(security)
Cat 1 alarm and immob
Tracker monitor 24hr
Disklok
Engine/Drivetrain Modifications:
Full Turbo back decat Blitz Nur Spec S
Ecutek Remap (JGM) 272/278
Standard Discs
Kevlar Performance pads
Goodridge Braided Brake Lines
Dot 5.1 Fluid
Zero Sports Air Intake
Forge Oil Cap
Custom Roger Clark battery clamp
Suspension Modifications: KYB Ultra SR shocks
Tein S Tech Springs 30mm/25mm
Strut brace
Whiteline Rear 22mm Adj ARB
Whiteline Rear Droplinks
Scoobyclinic fast road Geo set up
Wheels/Tires Modifications:
18in Rota GRA's in Gunmetal
Interior/Exterior Modifications:
(interior)
Full JDM spec seats (non airbag)
Flocked Dashboard
(exterior)
Colour coded side skirts
HT Auto Splitter (colour coded)
Carbon wing inserts
V7 STi bonnet scoop
black Scoobyworld mud flaps
De badged
De tangoed
Flocked dash and door cards
if i can give you any advice though, please ditch the Baileys dump valve and refit the standard one.
28 May 2012, 11:44 PM
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That looks gorgeous mate
I know what you mean about the dump valve but my standard recirc. Was not dumping and this was very cheap off ebay. Once I get a working one its coming off
Mick
I know what you mean about the dump valve but my standard recirc. Was not dumping and this was very cheap off ebay. Once I get a working one its coming off
Mick
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29 May 2012, 08:26 AM
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Nice bug mate, got a white one myself. You just need to remove the foam pad from the back of the light and they will fit no problem. Got some on mine. Looks miles better.
29 May 2012, 09:04 AM
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