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Turbo 2000 refresh
Thought its about time I added a progress thread for the refreshing of my Impreza turbo 2000!! Shes been off the road since March 2008 and after two house moves was starting to look a little neglected. First phase is to straighten and refresh the bodywork. Second will be suspension and brake work, and the third and last phase will be to up its power, so let the work begin!! :norty: Bear in mind this is by no means a big spend project, most if not all of the work is going to be completed by myself on what is probably going to be a very tight budget. And squeezed in round my very busy family and work life! :D
Heres a pic when I first got her. (i've added the clears and my reg plate!!) https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...ss/bucket1.jpg on the move (for the second time!!) :Whatever_ https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...ss/bucket2.jpg How she looked before going into hibernation for the winter https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...ss/bucket3.jpg https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...ss/bucket4.jpg Started to strip her down in preparation for her respray, the white circles show the accumulation of car park dings over the 12 years of her life!! https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob004.jpg https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob006.jpg https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob005.jpg https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob003.jpg https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob002.jpg Start of shortened number plate mount, all plastic welded up. Piece taken from a bumper I paid 99p for!!! :thumb: Good ol fleabay!! https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob001.jpg Headlamp washer jets removed, and plastic welded up https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob007.jpg The stripping will hopefully be finished this week with the prep work starting in earnest (hopefully) next week!!! Thanks for looking and comments/suggestions welcome. :) |
good on ya, tackling it all yourself, would love to have soom room to even do the little jobs!!
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Cheers :thumb: Made sure the latest house we bought had a garage so i could crack on instead of waiting on the weather all the time!!
Managed to finish stripping off the passenger side, no less dents here then!!! :Whatever_ https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/.../random358.jpg https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/.../random359.jpg Welded up all the bodykit holes on the drivers side Before https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/.../random357.jpg After https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/.../random361.jpg Even had a chance to roll the drivers side rear arch whilst I was at it!!! https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/.../random362.jpg |
looks like it's been shot at!!! :)
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i like the number plate aperture work...good luck :)
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Can I ask what make is that rear exhaust box please ?
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Originally Posted by fastmike
(Post 8898332)
Can I ask what make is that rear exhaust box please ?
Cheers Trails, took a bit of patience cutting the new surround to the correct size, and an age plastic welding it. Think it'll be worth it in the end!! Small update. Had a small rust repair to do at the back of the sill where all the crap had sat under the skirts, but thats sorted now. DS is all straight and flatted off in preperation for sealer and a few coats of primer, which will then give me more sanding to do!! https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob009.jpg |
Subscribed!
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Put me first in the queue for that back box IF you sell it please .
And good luck with the rebuild (Y) |
Originally Posted by DJ_Jon
(Post 8899565)
Subscribed!
Originally Posted by fastmike
(Post 8899573)
Put me first in the queue for that back box IF you sell it please .
And good luck with the rebuild (Y) |
Had a couple of hours to play with today.
Fill, sand, fill, sand, fill, sand............. :freak3: https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob012.jpg Just a quick dusting of primer to make sure its still got that 'factory look' to it https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob013.jpg Still a bit of work to be done here but its getting there!! |
looking very tidy ;)
impressed witht the work ethic!!! |
your doing a great job there especially the rear number plate surround:thumb:
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Cheers guys :thumb:
Completed all the welding, inc the boot lock Piece cut for welding https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob014.jpg Welded https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob016.jpg Ground back https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob018.jpg Skimmed https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob021.jpg And finally primed https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob025.jpg NS Rear arch rolled https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob024.jpg Just the passenger side to flat off now then its nearly ready to have doors, wings, boot, and bonnet removed for sealing and priming!! Slowly getting there!! |
Its looking good mate
are you gonna paint it yourself or do you know a tame painter ? |
Love the work on the rear bumper. :thumb:
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Looking very good fella. Really hate not having a garage.
You'll appreciate her more when she's finished knowing that you've done most of the hard work. :thumb: |
Originally Posted by fastmike
(Post 8905094)
Its looking good mate
are you gonna paint it yourself or do you know a tame painter ?
Originally Posted by mneame
(Post 8905852)
Love the work on the rear bumper. :thumb:
Originally Posted by S1FU
(Post 8906019)
Looking very good fella. Really hate not having a garage.
You'll appreciate her more when she's finished knowing that you've done most of the hard work. :thumb: |
Good work mate. Although it will be abit of a pain in the a*se when you go to sell, and the new owner wants to put a regular plate on it.
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Originally Posted by joey_turbo
(Post 8906091)
Good work mate. Although it will be abit of a pain in the a*se when you go to sell, and the new owner wants to put a regular plate on it.
Doubt I'll be selling it so don't need to worry :D If I do though, it'll get a square plate ;) |
Originally Posted by blu-scoob
(Post 8906118)
Doubt I'll be selling it so don't need to worry :D
If I do though, it'll get a square plate ;) |
Originally Posted by blu-scoob
(Post 8906118)
Doubt I'll be selling it so don't need to worry :D
If I do though, it'll get a square plate ;) |
Originally Posted by trails
(Post 8906131)
or sell me your bumper :D
Originally Posted by mneame
(Post 8906261)
It always makes me wonder why the jap models have the huge plate apperture but a square plate. On my last 2 classics I've cut the bracket off and put a normal plate on. But this would look so much better and keep the square plate.
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Originally Posted by blu-scoob
(Post 8906381)
:lol1: :lol1: Maybe I should make a few and flog em!! :lol1: :lol1:
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Get a mould made. Speak to ABW he may be interested in taking a mould from it to be able to use it as part of his kits. :thumb:
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Originally Posted by mneame
(Post 8906447)
Get a mould made. Speak to ABW he may be interested in taking a mould from it to be able to use it as part of his kits. :thumb:
Well I've been busy again!! Most of the PS is completed ready for primer. Thought I'd attack my front bumper today. When I first fitted my front mount intercooler it protruded slightly from the bottom of the bumper by about 1". I initially got round this by putting a P1 style splitter on the bumper. When I decided to remove the bodykit, for the 'RA' look this became a problem. As I had removed the skirts etc putting the splitter back on would have looked rather odd so I had to come up with another plan, made harder by the fact I want it to look factory, the kind of mod only seen when its either pointed out to you or when you really take a close look!! The soloution really was quite simple! I decided to extend the bumper down by approx 1.5" :idea: I marked up where I needed to split the bumper with red tape. https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob026.jpg And removed the bumper, ahhhhh naked car :o https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob027.jpg I then cut the bumper in half :eek: https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob028.jpg Made some spacers and plastic welded these to the bumper https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob029.jpg I then plastic welded the piece back on in its slightly lower position. https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob030.jpg After it was in place I filled the gaps, plastic welding in pieces of my remaining spare rear bumper. :lol1: https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob032.jpg It took me about 2.5 hours to fully weld both inside and out :Whatever_ Got there in the end. This is how it stands now, all welds ground down ready for a skim of filler and more sanding :Suspiciou https://i291.photobucket.com/albums/...s/scoob033.jpg It now hides the bottom of the fmic perfectly but still imo looks factory (well will once its finished!!) Comments? ;) |
that is ace!!!
definately sell those, i'd lovemy front bumper that bit deeper and then add one of ABW's TA splitters :) |
looks like a fine job u are doin there fella . pretty quick to :thumb:
looking forward to the finished result best colour car to imo |
that looks sweet :top:
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This is a good project, fair play to you doing the work yourself :thumb:
I cant believe how many parking dings you had though! |
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