Well my car was delivered today, been sitting like a little boy at Christmas lol

Car was here at half 2 by half 3 it was up on the jacks for some new back brakes

In for its mot tomorrow so fingers crossed

Bit of a **** doing the back brakes and getting the disk off, the adjuster wouldn't turn and I couldn't get the right angle on it

Ended up using 2 bolts to push the disk off and a bit persuasion from my smasher (hammer lol)

Got it all done but I did notice there was no metal clips holding the sliders in on one side, I managed to make some up with a bulb retaining clip from an old headlight I had, works a treat

Also fitted my hks ssqv, it doesn't seem to dump unless really booting it, it's my first scoob so it could just be normal, no boost gauge ATM though

Here's some pics




The offending article, these were properly ****ed, pads fell to bits when taking them off, also my sliders were really rusty I cleaned them up as good as I could, can I get stainless ones?



Calliper a will be going yellow too with gold wheels


Tucked away for tonight


The other half, the only time she will ever be sitting in that seat lol




Also I made a post about my hks adaptor not fitting right, well it does sort of it needed a lot of grinding and filing to get it sitting right

It needed a good channel cut out of it beside the bold hole and the center hole so the case of the ssqv will sit right, ill get some pics, the adaptor I used was a non angled one from eBay

 

Another question


My clock display on the dash doesn't seem to be working, any idea which fuse it will be?

Also I received 2 keys and 2 fobs, standard scoob alarm

The buttons on the key don't seem to do anything, open/lock

The key fob does lock and unlock the doors, what's the buttons on the keys for?

 

You shouldn't really fit a DV without having the maps tweaked. It will cause the car to run too rich and cause issues. I would get the rust on the arches done ASAP it will spread like cancer on scoobys. I have brought cars with very little mot and haven't been stung yet due to checking everything out. I take it the car isn't decatted? Looks fairly oem

 

crap

map tweak or not it will run rich

 

WhAt do the keys look like? Stamped Subaru keys?

 

what the crapping hell is that white monstrosity with those lashes on the headlights? please for the love of all things holy tell me its not yours

 

Hahaha the Saxo is not mine don't worry


Yes both keys are stamped with subaru, yeah I know the downfalls of running a DV without a remap

All cats are still there, it has a cobra cat back fitted

 

And surely it's only gonna run rich for the second after changing gear and not all the time

 

yes it will overfuel after gear changes. can cause borewash.
mapping will do nothing as the car is running a maf and it fuels the car as it thinks the dumped air is going back into the intake

 

well mot time today, pass or fail they decide haha

 

finally got the car in the garage to get a good detailing session

pretty badly swirled which look ok untill the sun hit is

came out pretty well i think after a few hours polishing with my rotary and some compounds



















plans now are either refurb the alloys or buy a set my mate is selling and paint them gold, only thing is his are multi fit and i hate multi fit wheels

brake callipers will be going yellow

tidy the engine bay a bit, clean up and spray any rusty brackets

ive just won 2 smoked gauges off ebay for £6 lol, water temp and oil temp just need to find a matching oil pressure and those 3 will sit where the dash clock is atm in a pod

waiting on my boost gauge and volt gauge coming which will sit on the pillar

after fitting my new rear brakes i was getting a binding noise like they were sticking, i removed the pads and got the other half to pump the pedal, the outside piston moved but the inside didnt

i managed to free them off and the noise is gone, ill probably fit new seals and stainless pistons when i paint them

 

also having a good look underneath theres a few patches of rust appearing, im gonna clean the underseal right back and hopefully not have to cut and weld and only have to treat it

hopefully these to products will help, along with a wire wheel attachment on a grinder

 

Clocks - Common fault. Take it to bits and gently press on the 4 square shaped components. One if not more will be loose, issue when they were made. Get a soldering iron and just put a tiny blob on the ends of the loose ones. Plenty of how to vids about if your not sure.

Buttons on keys - Don't do anything, all works from the fob.

 

cheers, im not gonna bother about fixing the clock as im gonna fit a pod instead for oil temp pressure and water temp

why do they make keys with the buttons on then lol?

got a guy coming this week to fix my rear arches as well

 

well got the car serviced today

changed the gearbox and diff oil, engine oil, fuel filter and plugs

plugs are a bit of a nightmare are the not lol, i struggled a bit on the passenger side rear as the lead wouldnt sit on the plug which didnt help with the chassis leg being in the way

all done though, the oil was as black as the night so definitely needed it

i change my oil around 4 times a year regardless of mileage

bit of a problem i found though, when changing the gearbox oil i found these pieces of metal inside stuck to the magnetic plug

gearbox seems fine though no whines and selects gear fine



also does anyone know where i can get a 3 pin plug to fit this?

 

Good project mate.
regarding the plug can you not just insert the wires onto the pins using a small crimp on connector?

 

yeah i can maybe try that, you can get tiny spade connectors but i think they might be too big

ive got some pc parts lying about i might be able to get a plug from something there as they are similar

 

winner!

a plug from a pc fan works lol, tried it on my battery and it lights up fine

3 wire, 1 is the power the other is the earth but whats the other?

its a smoked gauge so isnt it illuminated all the time?

 

 

I now have a boost gauge and volts gauge, just waiting on my oil pressure oil temp and water temp coming

And I also need some pods to keep them in, 2 on the pillar and 3 where the clock goes

They all match apart from the volts which I can live with

 

Keep us posted on how you get on with the under body, I'm tempted to have a go on mine.

 

Will do mate I used to own a nova and done it to that, it's a messy job but worth it once its done

 

first have a tank of petrol used, roughly 19mpg lol

its a new car so fun must be had before the it wears off

 

Gave it another coat of wax while waiting on someone to come pic up thier car I detailed for them

 

looks nice that does mate

 

Its coming along well.
nice to see some care and attention on the old girl

 

Cheers folks, back arches getting fixed next week, also ordered a timing belt kit and water pump, where is the thermostat located? Is it an individual thermostat or is it bought in its housing?

 

done a bit more modding today

take yourself a pink micro fiber cloth and stuff it in the reflector hole

voila





my son and my gf's idea lol

heres the real mod, using some carbon fiber wrap and a hairdrier







just gotta wait on my gold sti alloys coming along with some fog light covers

 

Looks good, are those wing side lenses easy to get out?

 

Yeah thier easy enough, start pulling from the top and you'll see a metal clip, just push the clip down with a screwdriver and it'll fall out