ImprezaResto's GC8 restoration
 

Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000/GT GC8 MY00 Restoration

Hi everyone, this is my restoration thread for my Impreza. Its a UK turbo first registered in January 2000. It used to belong to my oldest mate who bought the car after his first tour of Iraq. I bought the car from him in 2009 and have run it until last year. I've repaired cars for years, despite not being a mechanic, and I've always wanted to restore a car. Might as well make it a good one.

First I needed a garage...


Then once it had had a good clean...

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It ended up in the new garage and the restoration began.

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Lots of rust to treat and welding to do. Its got rust in the usual places, rear arches, rear chassis rails etc.

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Everything is being removed from the body, cleaned up and painted then replaced. I'm also planning to repaint the car once the bodywork is sorted. There is also a big long list of parts to replace from the last 19 years of spirited driving. I'm also completing much of this myself, whilst working full time and studying for a degree part time. Don't expect rapid progress :)

I've done quite a few posts on my own website www.imprezaresto.com, detailing the work completed so far. Please feel free to check this out.

I've also been busy making a few videos of my journey so far on You Tube. Please check out my channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8K...g0XNY_V9Dq5m4g

I will keep adding a few updates to this forum for those interested. Thanks for reading this.

Pete