Little Dave

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I stopped in jap parts today as I do most weeks and see they have taken delivery of a bugeye sti wagon which looks smart there's a dent in the front wing they are currently repairing but once that's done its going up forsale which is cool as there pretty rare cars

Bit of a heads up really

modrich

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That's 2 fresh imports in the country ATM, Hurst cars also have a white one in

hedgecutter

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Dave, any details available about the Japparts one. Hoping to see the Hurst one on Tues.
Would my Milltek system on an 05 wagon transfer to it ?
Cheers

modrich

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I've decided that even a Bug STi wagon can't temp me away from my Blob wagon ATM, but was looking through the pics of the one at Hursts, appears to have Blob/Hawk front seats fitted instead of the original Bug versions, shame as I prefer the originals, first thing I would change if I was interested, also noticed on the original dockside pics that it had coilovers which aren't mentioned in the (very poor) description, another negative for me unless they are very very good ones.

yabbadoo4

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hurst has some nice cars atm.

Little Dave

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Well I spotted it when it was tucked away so the owner was a little shady about it but from what I could see it was a tidy jdm car my suggestion would be to call the boys up if your flashing money and seriously interested I'm sure they will tell you everything
Other than the dented panel which is being replaced it looked pretty stock well from what I could tell

Dave

jameswrx

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Best car I've ever owned, great all rounder. Had to sell mine when I was off work awaiting an operation!

modrich

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Lovely car that, I'd downloaded all the pics and info from your old forsale ad James, for future ref.......

ditchmyster

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First mod I'd do is the Prodrive front bumper, I think that makes them look a lot better.

ZX-TT

None for ages so I make my own and then 2 at the same time bloody typical

AWG

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Did they only STi the classic and Bug wagons?

stealthbomber

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The bug was the end of the line for the sti wagon, shame. I'm sure I read somewhere that on the bug sti wagon, some of the parts were optional extras eg brembos.

ZX-TT

As standard the bottom end was the same as the sti saloon and it had the 6 speed but as above it didnt come with Brembos etc

RAF1

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A few years ago I saw a Blob wagon being driven by a lady in Halifax which looked EXACTLY like an STi (was an 04 reg I think). It was parked at a petrol station and I was 100% sure it was a genuine blob STi wagon but obviously not!
Interior / Exterior was as per STi's with bodykit, Black and Blue interior etc.etc..

Eitherway it looked nice and was one heck of a look-a-like.

Raf.

jameswrx

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AVCS big port heads too.

modrich

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Yep, exactly what I'd do, but not sure it would fit the profile/shape of the non 'flared' wagon front wings?

forgedmarco

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Put the saloon wings on too loads better

ZX-TT

My wagon with prodrive front. Its just in the bodyshop having saloon rears and abw arches fitted

TECHNOPUG

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Want.


Probably cheaper to build one, than source & ship one from Japan. Won't hold it's value as well of course.

Although I guess, unless you plan to mod the STi wagon, a WRX with remap, nice suspension and brakes will give you 95% of the performance (minus an extra cog to swap). They don't come with DCCD I presume?


I did look for one originally and couldn't work out why they didn't produce Blob/Hawk wagons - surely couldn't have cost much more to produce. A bit like when BMW stopped making the M5 Wagon for the E39 (or no M3 wagons at all) - its not even as if THEY had a racing pedigree/heritage to preserve.

ZX-TT

Thats exactly what I did, she's happily running 360bhp now and has all the same if not better upgrades then the factory STI wagon.

modrich

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Yep, definitely needs the rears doing ZX-TT, looks a little bit like a Ford Blazer in reverse otherwise. You not had them completed yet? How do the ABW arches differ from the HT Autos ones? The fuel filler cap design really spoils the HT Autos ones.

ZX-TT

You will see in about two weeks mate but its basically a saloon rearch arch conversion with the Blob/Hawk arch extensions fitted

hedgecutter

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I went to see the white one at Hurst`s yesterday; it seems mechanically sound, but was not the one for me. It has a new wing, poorly matched in colour, and the seats have been replaced with uk ones as there was a recaro in there. The seat rails were heavily corroded, and it didn't look like it had been pampered in its life, although it did have a rear strut brace, some sti pink suspension, and coilovers. The front discs have quite a lip on them. It made me appreciate my 05 SL wagon interior more.
However, my journey took me from near Southampton to Caterham, then up to Hurst in Bedford, then back to Southampton, and I managed 367 miles on a tank full, brim to red light, 70 to 80 mph, except M3 50 limit. I had already done 30 miles or so locally before the journey....bet a Sti can`t do that !!

modrich

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That's a shame although give me a year with it and I'd have it looking like new! I've spent ages getting my 05 SL wagon looking factory fresh and love how it looks and drives now (with genuine PPP kit fitted and PCL dynamics (Prodrive) springs and a few extra bits!) so would have to start all over again if I changed now, I like doing it all mind, but am going to enjoy my blob wagon for as long as I can before getting itchy feet again...