Blob eye or Hawkeye STI
 

OK guys which would you advise to go for. Whatever model must be standard running, no mods

general rule of thumb would be best you can afford, low mile hawk

unless of course you particularly want a certain shape, then the cleanest lowest mile example of ur chosen shape, that is within ur budget.

i dont think there is much diffenece in the driving experience of a blob or hawk, so relly its just gonna be down to what you want/can afford.

Also depends on 2.0L for the blob

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2.5L for the hawk with the higher tax bracket too, unless you go JDM then they are all 2.0L

have to agree

or try and get a 55plate hawkeye with the lower tax bracket. lol

or a 05 blob so you get the DCCD and wider track

Hawkeye every time.

Nah - blob over hawk

Thanks for the replies, Budget of about 10K so open to either. A bit of a mixed reaction on model choice. In N. Ireland what is the tax band difference of 2.0 against 2.5

Its based on emissions is it not

I know the UK is roughly £240 for pre 2006 and £400 for anything after but not sure of the exact cut off date for registration, Your gonna be paying roughly £150 a year more depending on which one you decide on, If this applies in NI i dont know though, lol.

Get a JDM instead, My Spec-C is cheaper to tax than our Saab 1.9 TDI Sport, Only by £20 a year but i know what i prefer to drive.

Spec C cheaper - yeah, but you live on the mainland.

We get royally shafted over here

2005 blob eye STi. last of the 2.0l, wide track and DCCD 6 speed. Cheaper tax too.

Difficult really, i was in teh same boat and decided to go for a blob eye with the wider track, mainly due to the tax.

I do prefer the front end of a hawkeye so i may get my front end hawked up in the future :)

Ive heard the 2.5's can be quite unreliable but how true this is im not sure.

Think it's pre March 06 for the lower tax bracket......

Biased opinion, but the wide track Blob STI with DCCD seems to be popular :)....only slight niggle is they changed the wheel PCD, thus making all previous 5 x 100 rims unsuitable for the newer PCD of 5 x 114.3...slightly limits choise in 2nd hand sets of Subaru alloys, but does open the Honda/Evo fitment option :)

Registered before 23 March 06 for the tax bracket change, regardless of what model it is.

I got a late 05 blob last January, widetrack and one of the last of the 2.0 litre engines....love the car to bits and its a great all rounder tbh, i just still have an inkling for a white hawkeye sti, only thing slightly worrying is the higher tax again and the 2.5 engine which can give trouble, but sure you can get a bad model of any car and whatever will be will be lol :)

They're both great cars tho, and such great value for money....i have a set of coilovers in my blob and i could still get into it and drive to Cork without even a second thought :thumb:

Seen a white STI hawkeye at Moyway motors a few weeks ago, looking big money for it though. 05 or Hawkeye would be my preference so far.

AFAIK the white hawk @ Moyway has already sold .....good cars dont sit for long as the old adage says :)

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Sorry should have updated this before christmas, ended up with an 05 widetrack blob, STI PPP, well pleased

Right choice. It's more to do with choosing the 2.0 litre over the troublesome 2.5 litre imo rather than blob or hawk.

You would say that you have something against the 2.5's

No, just their chocolate std pistons!!! :D
But saying that an ideal setup upto 450bhp (on std open deck 2.5 litre block) would be to drop in uprated forged pistons into a 2.5 litre block, just as you have done. This would give the best of both worlds: Stronger engine internals & with greater torque than 2.0 litre due to it being a 2.5 litre. :thumb:

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blob cheaper tax
go for the lates ones 05-55 plates etc better parts and stronger

Blob every time. Best looking Scoob! :)

55 plate sti blob eye for sale in my area. Don't know what price. How would I know if it is wide track with dccd. And can I ask what it is? Sorry for the ignorance, wanting to upgrade the rb5.

The DCCD refers to the driver controlled centre differential. Basically it allows you to move power between the front and rear axles.
The centre diff uses a series of electomagnetically controlled clutch plates to control the amount of slip.
Using the in-car dial you can go from open centre diff like on a non DCCD car which splits the power 35/65% front to rear (I think that is the correct figure for the MY05 cars with the MY06 onwards being 41/59%) with the dial at the rearmost setting to a 50/50% lock which will make both axels turn together at exactly the same speed.
If a car has this then next to the handbrake you will have a dial and a rocker switch which allows you to switch between automatic and manual control.

As for being a wide track car this refers to the distance left to right between the wheels being wider. Essentially the wheelbase is wider than the older STIs. Im not sure how you would check this if you are looking at the car without a reference point but I think its a fair assumption that a Blob STI on a 55 plate will be a wide track model. Im sure someone will correct me if thats incorrect.

If it has the rear arch extensions and a wheel pcd of 114.3 (and not the usual 5*100) then its the widetrack.