Opinions needed on a type R...
 

Yeh, I saw this. Looks nice.

Looks like front mount not straight to me.

Was posted on FB the other day asking for £15k Its a nice looking car.

I think that's a different car you saw. There are 2 of these currently up for sale, the one in the link above which is relatively standard with a funny fitting FMIC and Banny's old car.

Banny built a lovely white type R a few years ago with single scroll setup, 2.35 engine, the works running circa 600bhp in the end. He built it as a tribute to Simon as they had discussed the project before Simon died. Banny eventually sold the car for a fraction of what it cost to build. Someone got the car and bolted a wide arch kit to it and sprayed the car WRB in their own back garden. It's a terrible job. Mechanically great car, bodykit and re-spray done incredibly un-sympathetically.

This one is:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Im...BXqm:rk:2:pf:0

They totally screwed it up. Was such a lovely car when Banny had it.

Banny's thread.

https://www.scoobynet.com/1000913-ba...-scoob-14.html

Yes to me it looks like the intercooler is wonky. But quite honestly don't know how you'd fit it wonky. Most bolt to a support bar that picks up on the front panel and bolt on dead straight and true to the chassis every time. Would have been more difficult to fit it wonky. Unless it really is the bumper fitted badly, but it's quite a way off. If you go look at it just take lots of measurements and have a really good look around the front of the car to make sure nothing is bent. Could well have been built from a crashed car.

It does look good though that said. Love the look and the wheels. Depends on the history of the car and condition of the chassis. Check for rust in the usual places. The kit could be hiding all sorts.

I'd say up to £10k max if it were me.

The bumper support bar on a classic is really thin and is easily bent if you tighten the intercooler too hard. I actually replaced mine because of that. It never was as bad as in this picture but it made the whole bumper fit like crap. One of the lower brackets between the chassis and the intercooler could be more bent than the other perhaps. It could also be the piping rubbing against the body on one side pushing the intercooler down on that side.

I think the fit around the rear lights is quite bad with many of those kits.

The kit fitment from the pictures doesn't look great, for one the the rear wheels look lost in the arches and the spacing on the front wheels is way out. It may be better in the flesh so if its not to far go and have a look.

The car in the ad is still registered as white - R261UDD.