Hi all,

Thought I should document my small but impacting project. Its a version 5 Type R limited which means it has the roof flap, R180 rear LSD, quick rack steering and short ratio gearbox.

The car has lived between the UK and Guernsey for a few years until it was sold to a trader, I took ownership while it was still registered in Guernsey.

I saw this in October checked the car over, realised the trader did not know it was a genuine Limited model and struck a deal there and then

Pics of when I collected it








They had troubles with registering it in the UK mainly down to the MOT as it had an uprated exhaust on it and failing the MOT on emissions - so a stock system was sourced which meant it passed the MOT straight away, the trader then sent wrong docs off to the DVLA a couple of times. All those problems meant I ended up collecting the car in December But it was all good, patience is a virtue and I was so chuffed to get the phonecall saying the car is ready to collect so I made the train journey to just outside Southampton to collect it and bring it home. Prior to this the last performance car I owned was about 2/3 years ago which was a bone stock Focus RS mk1. The drive home was frankly scary in the Impreza lol I just took it easy and soaked up the JDM goodness I had wanted for years.

First night at home next to thefamily bus. I jammed the car right in as we know how easy these are to nick without an alarm. Neighbor parked his car and blocked both cars in


I love my mondeo

My plans were simple, put all the wrongs right. The engine and drive train are in great order thankfully. List of things I have planned

Fit a Toad Ai606 mk2
Refresh the coolant as it was rusty water which was done immediatley
Remove the fishpond from the spare wheel well and rear quarter pockets
Valet interior as it stank of damp and the dashboard was what felt like it was wiped with engine oil
Add gauges
Replace the manky cracked lights around the car
REMOVE DECALS!
Buy the foglight covers
Have the outside detailed
Tidy up under bonnet
Address the minor paintwork that needs doing
Mini service
Add stick decal kit

Only mod on the car is an ECUTek map done by Triton Motorsport - I guess this was done for mainly mapping it to UK fuel.

After refreshing the coolant and cleaning out all the water in the boot I wanted to tackle removing all the decals - this took me about 4 weekends, bare in mind it was winter and theres me outside with the hairdryer carefully peeling back the hideous vinyl...

I will update as I go along but happy to say all the graphics are now off but it has revealed some more work...

 

Great stuff.

 

Nice car but it has a UK front bumper, its the perfectionist in me

 

Nice find! Must have been a tense few months waiting for the all clear to collect knowing you had bagged a bargain!

You're attacking the job list in the correct order as well, rally decals are the ultimate fail!

Looking fwd to some uptodate pics

 

Cheers guys

Banny how can you tell? I wouldn't know lol know of one for sale?

 

headlamp washers weren't on JDMs, have they been connected-up?

 

Nice, will look better with plans you got, btw it doesn't have a quick rack like some think.

 

Just checked the Type-RA site and the ratio is the same as the regular type R

interesting !

Cheers

 

As mentioned above has the headlamp washers and foglights. In regards to the quick rack believe it was an optional extra and cars fitted with it had a sticker at the right bottom corner of the rear screen

 

Fair plays, mine probably doesnt have it then

 

Was only on the earlier sti RAs as a optional extra but standard on the limited sti RA.
No type r had a quick rack.

 

These were the state of the side skirts close up - they were well past it and passenger side was damaged




So I bought a clean set of a P1 that was braking, note the drivers side wing mirror in the wrong shade lol i got hold of a matching door mirror:

 

not sure what the difference is between the vlim and norm v5, mechanically as far as i was aware they are the same, colour, badges and roof scoop are the differences arn't they?

 

You get a victory limited which means a limited run after a win etc or you get just a limited which is a limited run before a particular win which kinda means homologation.

Rear diff and a shorter ratio box/gear linkage are other differences. Don't think there's such thing as a v ltd in a v5

 

yeah there is a v5 v lim, rear diff is the same, r180, gearbox is same ratios, not sure if it has shorter shift or not though.

http://www.type-ra.com/impreza-my99-...-r-v5-limited/

http://www.type-ra.com/impreza-my99-...version-specs/

 

Looks like a slight difference in gearbox going by the codes on those pages

Maybe this pic:



shows the differences of the ltd has?

 

Are 2 door skirts different to 4 door?

 

I was told they are all the same but can not confirm, maybe someone else can

 

All graphics are off leaving more work needed

I dont know how they put the side graphics on but its as if they applied them then lacquered over it all as its left indentations and lines in the paint. Also in other areas the paint has faded due to age and shows where the stickers were.

Pics of lacquer and sticker fade issues:




The passenger side was hiding dents and other sh1te under the vinyl, I thought FFS and 'no wonder...' when it was revealed



Fading:



Damage on the bonnet:


Time to get it booked in to the bodyshop...

 

I am hoping with wet sanding/machine polished it will all level out. Any experienced bodyshop guys/details able to confirm that?

 

Other bits ready to be fitted are crystal clear front side lights, better rear original lights and also have an exhaust to go on it

Sidelights waiting to go on



I thought I would have a go at doing an STi logo on the I/C




Went online to get the logo and adjusted it in photoshop, then I printed it on card and used an arts blade to cur the logo out



Masked up ready to paint



Hmm............. not sure about this so I may do it again haha!

 

How she currently looks




She is now booked in to the bodyshop

 

looks naked! Will look perfect with some TLC and OEM stickers/badges

keep it up!

 

needed to straighten the fins a bit before spraying!!!!

 

Just dropped her off at the body shop. Can't wait to collect in a week

 

Last few jobs before I dropped her off


Take off that manky rear fog light, such an eye sore



Remove the single cracked wind deflector - not sure to get new ones or not?


Fitted the foglight covers properly


Full decal set

 

V Limited stopped at V4, later cars are just limited's

 

Really good thread. Great to see one of these being restored instead of being broken. Good luck to you!

 

Cheers Stu

I should be getting it back today hopefully

 

Some progress shots from the paint shop







Will get some pics of it how it turned out - they done a great job but Im thinking to send it back in for some more paintwork - i know, crap project manager on my behalf lol