well thought id show you all my family car. the civic wasnt really practical so got an impreza.
last year i bought my impreza r sport 2006. it came with full leather trim, an official prodrive spoiler, prodrive side skirts and rear splitter. prodrive gear **** and tinted windows. all as standard so was well happy. i wasnt planning on doing anything to this but as time went on so it got modified





i then went to tiptop performance near star city to get a custom made cat back exhaust all s/s done whilst i waited and very cheap and sounded great




i was then totally bloody stupid and went to what i thought was one of the best audio installers in the country l and j audio, well what a mug i was, got totally ripped off and what a **** job they did. i paid 1200 quid for the doors to be trimmed in alacantar and have a full boot build and this is what they did. i supplied all the audio equipment, edge speakers, amps and vibe subs




the build rattled when turned up and when i took it apart i was shocked. the custom built sub box was the same type twin 12 inch box you can buy from motorworld. all as i can say is thanks L AND J for a **** job
i then bought a bonnet scoop as i love the scoops on the bonnet lol




then cut the hole so much fun

 

painted the bonnet




i then bought some zun sport front grilles and my new wheels white lenso rs5 18inch




i then decided to rip the ****ty boot build out and went to west mids customs and paid 600 quid to have a proper custom boot build done. fully ported box tuned, led lighting and perspex over the amps

 

and it sounds awesome. i upgraded the front door speakers to hertz hi energy speakers, tweeters and cross overs. and 2 new mb quart subs which i reverse mounted. i also started to retrim the interior myself



heres some more of the interior and i have to say a huge thank you to my mom for helping me with the sowing and teaching me how to use a sowing machine. i started of with the gear lever and hand brake gaitor





then i went onto the rear doors, all pillers, dash sections and roof lining

 

then as winter was upon us i took my white 18's off and put my old standard wheels back on but i didnt want then silver so i found some left over hok kandy orange paint from my civic and painted them orange




then over christmas i fitted cusco coilovers with pillow ball top mounts but sadly i think one of the rear top mounts has gone so there being fixed at the min. i will get pictures of the coil overs and when its lowered with camber

also just bought a new backbox ready to be fitted, going to install a plasma plate in the boot install and going to paint a few bits on the dash so its all nice and shiny with lots of lacquer
well started to re do one of the boot trims and mount a plasma plate in there. i took the trim out removed the leather and started to cut a bigger hole


made some brackets

trial fit

 

i ordered a trial piece of carbon fibre vinyl and well its great stuff so going to be getting more but heres what i did for the first trial bit


finally managed to lower it at last



then tinted my rear lights

 

then fitted new backbox




then to finish a few bits of the interior off like the sunvisors



then tinted the side repeaters





then at fast show i bought some more carbon fibre vinyl ready for more bits of the interior

 

well after buying some carbon vinyl last week at fast show i got cracking this weekend and finally have finished my interior at long last. took over 7 months but im really happy with it



centre console dash


wing mirror and dash vent trim



then decided to do the exterior piller trims




then took some final photos since the weather wasnt too bad

 

well before mod nats my original cusco coilovers collapsed so ordered new ones and slamed the car even more. 100mm on the rear and 80mm on the front



then after mod nats i decided to smooth the rear bumper so there was no more damage. no please remember im a technician not a body shop work or paint sprayer. so heres what i did





my dads wheels came in handy as my new work bench lol



then decided half way through doing the bumper to take the spoiler off and smooth the boot lid



then got my mate to make me a stencil for the back bumper


since i had loads of kandy orange left from the civic i used that on the stencil and it made it come out black with a slight orange sparkle to it


then lacquered



then before i fitted the bumper back on i fitted a new 5 inch performance back box and then fitted the back bumper

 

then decided to tint the headlights and the fog lights in jdm yellow just to be different


interior trim that surrounds the dials





boot lid primered and flatted





then ordered a new front splitter from nicedeals and waited 6 weeks for it to arrive damaged and not a good fit





splitter should look like this


then decided to get proper subaru 4 pot front brakes stops better now


then had a change of heart on my wheels so a trip to wheel mania and the owner did me a wicked deal on a set of 19 inch black mani racing savoys with a 215/35 19 tyre




then whilst the weather was nice a a full valet and polish



then in a few weeks im going to paint the chrome strips subaru blue

 

Some good work, what was the material you used to cover the roof-lining and can you get it on red

 

i used leatherette to do the roof and where i get my material from they do loads of different colours. from a fabric warehouse called fabric uk. glad you like what iv done. thanks mate

 

Cheers for that, I'll have a look. It's not all to my taste, but then it's not may car - it's just good to see people willing to get their hands dirty and achieve their goals

 

lot of work gone in to this mate good job,although did like it with the spoiler

 

fair play for all the time and effort you have put in. some nice ideas and some not to keen on but all that matters is that u likes what you have achieved. sounds like you are based in the west mids area?? may see you at some west mids impreza meets in the near future.

 

Cheers for all the comments guys. I'm just trying to make it different and be the same. I will turbo it one day when iv researched more into it and can afford a new engine.
Yeah I live in tamworth, I'll try and pop upto a meet some time :-)

 

looks really nice mate keep up the good work

 

awesome car bud love it

 

looking sweet m8 ive never seen somebody change there back boxes so much lol but looks sweet and love the wheels just need 500 brake now lol keep up the good work

 

wow impressive work mate!

 

thanks guys

 

Looks good, as said above some good bits, some not so keen on, like the tan leather... but as long as you like it, that's what matters!

 

My car is now for sale. If doesn't sell will strip it and sell the mods :-(