From South Africa - My Subaru 2005 Impreza WRX STi
 

Hey guys!

I recently bought my 05' STI.... but before I show you that one, I will show you my other two cars.

First car #1

1998 Nissan Sabre 200GXI
Jive Yellow
SR20DE

Exterior:
Violet electronics HID's in the fogs and headlights - 6000k
Gordons Customs Front new spec Nissan Sabre\Sentra replica lip

Interior:
JVC frontloader
Targa TG18D amp
Targa 2000W amp
JBL splits
JBL co-axils
2 Farad capacitor

Engine\Power:
SR20DE engine
Walbro fuel pump
264/268 cams
63mm TNT exhaust system
Wildcat branch
Polyutherane engine mountings
Thermal spacer

1) Walbro fuel pump, CAI, Wildcat branch, 57mm bosal system, stock cams, stock ECU: 129kw/235nm (93 wkw/ 169nm) - 26/05/13

2) Everything above but added: 264/268 cams and 63mm TNT system: 139kw/ 246nm (100wkw/177nm) - 30/11/13



Suspension\Brakes\Wheels:
Lenso D1RR matt black rims
Yokohama R1 tyres - 205/40/17
ATE discs
LUK clutch

She was really fun, and I loved driving her down to the coast, I would not have sold her if I stayed at the coast... Awesome first car!

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Second car #2

I had always dreamed of having a Subaru, since I was little.

I wanted the iconic blue one with gold rims, I wanted specifically the Blobeye/Peanut eye one...

And my wish came true!

I bought an 05' STI on the 18 May 2014 (she was the 2.0 litre with DCCD)

Specs when I bought her:

She had 110 000km on the clock
Stock standard besides a lowering kit (30mm drop)

Latest specs:

2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Version 8
World Rally Blue
EJ207

Exterior:
35% Smash and Grab Window Tint

Interior:
JVC frontloader
Prodrive Gearknob
Starsound amp

Engine\Power:
Stock VF34 turbo
Stock EJ207 motor
Mishimoto Aluminium radiator

Suspension\Brakes\Wheels:
Stock ENKEI 17x8J STI gold 10 spoke wheels
Lowered springs (American make)

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Very sad for me to say this :(

On the 5th Feb 2015, on my way to an office lunch on, a lady at a stop street pulled out in front of me!

I could not stop in time. Unfortunately, my BlueBlob was written off.

Fortunately everyone involved is ok, thank goodness!!

The car was written off, just did 7000km on her - she was so neat - i will miss her - she had 117 000km on her.

There is good news though.

I got another Blob STi.

Third car #3

I took delivery of her on the 16 September 2016. I took her for a service on the 17 September 2015, and she went for a tune on the 23 September 2015.

Specs when I bought her:
05 STi
118 000km (roughly 73 000 miles)
Full Brospeed exhaust system (I thought)
Aftermarket BOV ( I will be changing this to OEM)

Some pics of the day when I got her:
http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/...pshy3jyne4.jpg
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My wife was very excited!
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She has slight hail damage on the bonnet, and the bumpers need some TLC, but the interior is neat and it still has the stock OEM radio.

Over time I will fix her up bit by bit, and get her looking great!! :D

Latest specs:

2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Version 8
World Rally Blue
EJ207

Exterior:
35% Smash and Grab Window Tint

Interior:
Stock Radio
STI JDM red hazard switch
Lamco Boost Gauge

Engine\Power:
Stock VF34 turbo
Cosworth Bearings
Cosworth Oil Pump
Cosworth head gasket
JE forged pistons
ARP rod bolts
HKS Cambelt
HKS Uppipe
Brospeed Exhaust
Tuned to 1.2 bar by Chett Meyer
Stock Blow off valve

Suspension\Brakes\Wheels:
Stock ENKEI 17x8J STI gold 10 spoke wheels
225/45/17 Evergreen

Looks great

All the times I went to capetown and Table view I never saw many Impreza

good luck with this one :)

Good for you,:thumb:

can't say remember seeing any scooby either, plenty mercs and beemer. We been joburg surrounds 3 x, back there in couple weeks!

We just bought an old golf there , a really old citigolf, cost a small fortune for an old car, relative to here. Goodness knows how much a scooby must be

congrats on the new blob, and the pretty wife

Thanks!! Yep we don't have many running around our part of the world, but if there is something Scooby related, they will all come out in quite a few numbers :)

There are quite a few scoobies in the Johannesburg area, last year November we had a mass gathering, and we had 189 Scoobies gathered in one spot.

Yep cars are quite expensive in our country. For my 05 STi, I paid R175 000.

Thanks!! :D My wife and I got married on the 22 Aug 2015

Updates:

My Blob went to Mintrams Auto Clinic for a service, he changed the following:

Oil
Air filter
Fuel Filter
Coolant
Rear diff oil
Gearbox oil

Thanks to Antony for a great service!!

She went for a tune as well :)

Very happy with the results, she is sitting at 1.2 bar, and she goes very well!!

This past weekend, we went to Nelspruit, and it was a good test for the Blob on the open road.

This was at the Machadodorp toll gate:

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The cops pulled me over right after the toll .... which i can expect, since its blue, has gold mags and a big wing :D

I got to Nelspruit on one tank :lol: ...

Now we know Scoobies arent known for their fuel economy, but I don't think my Blob did too badly, I arrived in Nelspruit with the gauges looking like this:
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She hit 267km on half a tank... which means i she would have gotten +- 534km on the open road.

Must say as we got nearer to Nelspruit, the drive was very nice, especially in the twisty roads, see some of the pics Amy took:
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Spotted an S edition Foz on the road:
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Arrived!!
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Spotted a new Fozzie in town:
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My friend Renier, with the 02 STi also came through to Nelspruit:
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Spotted a couple scoobs around town:
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Met up with some of the Nelspruit scooby fans, their cars were very clean, and had low mileage!!

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The drive back was awesome, we took the tunnel route, I will upload a video a bit later. Here are some of the pics.

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Must say I really enjoyed the drive there and back, nearer to JHB on the N4, quite a few people drive terribly on the highway, no wonder we have some many accidents on the road.
I will definitely take my Blob on another road trip, was great fun!!

Due to the bad traffic leaving Nelspruit my fuel consumption wasnt as good as before, but it wasnt bad when I got home:
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My friend with his stock bug did really well:
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Me in the tunnel on the way back:

Looks good :D

Is it nice and warm , well be there couple weeks

I can vouch for the driving , the people seem to weave in and out , no lane discipline . !

And drive like mad . We saw several big impacts on way N1 and in the mountains ( Magoebaskloof)

stunning country with great roads, as for the driving ... well... they don't even have licences lol and it shows :)

Very enjoyable post Blueblob,
Pictures are very small though.

Very very warm, car doesnt really like it haha!

Yeah you have to be very careful, people have no idea how to drive here.

Yeah awesome and beautiful country side!

Yep they buy their licenses....

Thanks very much! I am unsure how to make them bigger on the post - but you can click on the pic and it opens in a new tab? :)

UPDATES

I found out yesterday, she was at NXGEN for a full engine rebuild, and she had some goodies fitted last year :)

Cosworth Bearings
Cosworth Oil Pump
Cosworth head gasket
JE forged pistons
ARP rod bolts
HKS Cambelt
HKS Uppipe

Nice car...now stop posting pics of it and post some more of THE WIFE!:D

Don't think that would be a good idea! ;)

Update: I have added better sized pics ;)

What du get for speeding now ?

We were stopped at road blocks twice on way to mountains , thankfully it was the police , and let off twice not having functional drivers door ( from inside ) . Might have helped girlfriend is ndebele born and breed :D

Another thing we noticed , very nearly no estate cars of any marque !

No need speeding ticket problems on Autobahns over here :luxhello:

It might be a good idea to buy back the first car that crashed , I doubt if you will find a better source of spares in SA otherwise.

But you had best fix the door so it won't open from the outside either,
as I am sure some will try to steal your wife after all the photo's :thumb:

No they pulled me over right after the toll gate, hehe i wasnt speeding :P

Wow you lucky!!

Very few hey, more of them are in the city of Johannesburg


I would love to go on the autobahn!!

We bought back my original Blob STi, we stripped it and sold it for spares, made some good money :)

Haha true :P

Plans for my car, let me know what you guys think :)

-Fix up the small cosmetic issues (Rear bumper damaged from first owner, hail damage on the bonnet)
-Remove Aftermarket BOV (Fit OEM one)
-Get some cool JDM goodies (Wait and see)

-I want to fit these Rallytech mudlaps.

http://www.rally-tech.com/collection...nk-s-t-i-style

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Also there are these mudflaps:
http://scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog/pro...oducts_id=2632

http://scoobyworld.co.uk/catalog/ind...t5as9390ehcog2

Which are better quality if anyone has them, plus I like the fact that it says STi on it. I know I could order the Rally Armor ones, but i like these more.

-Some gauges in the future (Perhaps Defi, or Genome)
-Impreza GDB Sti front lip Polyutherane

Where is the best place to go to?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/04-05-SUBARU-IMPREZA-WRX-STi-STYLE-FRONT-PU-BUMPER-LIP-BODY-KIT-/111096840484?fits=Year%3A2005%7CMake%3ASubaru%7CModel%3AImpreza&hash=item19dde34124%3Ag%3AHwYAAOSwuMFUdT3i&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fit-04-05-Su...O0MrFA&vxp=mtr

Some other ideas:
Walbro 255lh fuel pump
- Blue Lug nuts (Still looking for ideas)

I would also love to get the JDM strut brace, any ideas?

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I like the OEM look, and don't really want to steer to far from that... :)


Keep in mind I am in South Africa, and I will need to ship the parts.

Go for the scoobyworld ones have more of an edge and gives your car a more aggressive and lowered look

Thanks bud, I will think about it.

Some updated pics:
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Took the car to Mintrams Auto Clinic, for an engine wash, BOV change and some piping to be redone.

She is looking nice and clean:
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Looking good Gaz!

Thanks buddy!

Spotted this today:

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Cant say saw many imprezas in SA ( travelling around outskirts joburg) , but did see several legacys in Zim and one , i think type r , in Bulawayo :)

Update:

Got the rear bumper fixed up and resprayed
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Front bumper was resprayed:
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Whole car was polished:
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I will be getting the STi stickers soon

My wife was very happy that I let her drive the scooby!
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Dude you are brave I wouldn't let my Mrs hold the key never mind drive mine:lol1:

Haha we are taking baby steps ;)

Update:

Got the front stickers fitted, as well as a 35% smash and grab tint done.

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Got my JDM button as well:
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Met up with some of my Scooby friends:
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ah the Calabash !

Updates:

I got the hail removed from my car, luckily no paint work was needed. I was able to get some new door beading's as well for some of them.

See the pictures below, she is looking great.

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I also ordered a new set of matts from Subaru, I got a boot matt as well.
I sold the current matts that were in this blob, and then ones from my previous blob I packed away, as they are in good condition:

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And I got myself one of these, looks way better then the rusty bracket.
P.S. Yes my engine needs a clean :)

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Updates :)

My car went for a full detail before the photo-shoot, they did a really good job, I am quite happy.

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