AP3491

New to the site, recently purchased 97 wagon completely standard this is my first scooby and believe I had a bit of a steal with this car for picking it up for next to nothing, all comments welcome Thanks Aaron

The Trooper 1815

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Nice GF wagon

AP3491

Nice one cheers mate we have had 2 European championships since this car was last MOTd and on the road, so not bad mileage either.

ossett2k2

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Don't think I've ever seen a white classic wagon,very nice

AP3491

Thanks, iv been told the type uk 2000 wagon is even more of a rare find,unless it's an STI, I'm still in two minds about what mods to carry out yet.

ossett2k2

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Upgrade brakes,upgrade ARB and drop links,Geo setup.
Then probably the best performance upgrade would be ESL.
Just my opinion

jaygsi

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Very nice, looks really clean. What miles does it have.

AP3491

Yeah I'm on the hunt for an ECU, I have sourced some dimpled and grooved discs with new calipers, what droplinks do you suggest? I'm due to go see my scooby mate who's got loads of bits for me so hopefully he has some shiny suspension bits for me.

AP3491

Thanks mate appreciate that, Around the 100 mark less than my 2007 A4 b7 cab

ossett2k2

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24mm rear ARB,22mm front ARB,solid drop links whiteline/superpro etc..That and a good Geo set up should see you rite.
No need for an ECU as you can add the ESL to yours and either get a 'pro' remap or have some fun and DIY

AP3491

Oh right so if I ever change the turbo I can remap the ESL is that correct?

ossett2k2

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Yup
Once you have ESL and the cable then you can tweak for any future mods.

AP3491

Thanks ossett2k2 for all the help top man, i was in two minds weather to join the site as iv been part of car forums before and people usually correct grammar and spelling more than actually helping with the matter in hand, Thanks for all comments

AP3491

Debadged today

ossett2k2

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No worries,I think most of the grammar police have been banned,still a few trolls floating about but most on here are very helpful.
Enjoy the car mate,looks very nice.

jaygsi

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As long as you don't start speaking American I'm ok.

AP3491

Cheers Ossett i hope so i can not stand that when your asking advice or infomation and somones just corrects your spelling '' Cheers (y) '' I dont speak american btw

Going to pick up some goodies today for the car, will update this thread when i am done thanks for the comments.

mickywrx

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FB smiley shortcuts don't work on here. It's : thumb : without the spaces.

AP3491

Yeah cheers for that...I don't use Facebook but I remember it from msn messenger

I picked up 3" exhaust system today along with P1 interior, front bumper, crystal head and fog lights, intercooler piping without the core but cheap enough on its own, STI clocks or dials, front grill, couple of BOVs, brake discs, calipers and meaty pads, bonnet inserts, one is like a mini scoop not sure the correct terminology for that, STI big bonnet scoop

TypeR99

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stick with the standard recirc valve, dont start adding chav trumpets to it. Decent brakes, suspension, decat, 255 fuel pump, 3 port boost solenoid and ESL map will perk it up.

AP3491

Is BOVs throwned upon in the scooby community ?

AP3491

Donor car

TypeR99

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A standard recirc valve wont cause running issues and will make enough noise once the car is remapped. Theres several things that are classed as lowering the tone on here, vta dump valves, stickers, stick on roof vents, basically anything associated with the lower I.Q owners.

Good, clean, well maintained or quality modified win brownie points in the community, but at the end of the day its your car and you shouldnt give a shizzle what other people think.

AP3491

Yeah i know what your saying i was listing the bits i got in the job lot i picked up yesterday, i wasnt aware of any performance loss of a BOV, thanks for that, appreciate all comments. Thanks Aaron

trails

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Nice clean looking wagon there...don't mess it up with a massive sti scoop


Don't waste your money uprating both ARBs; just slap an adjustable 22 on the back. Have a butchers at my old shed thread; cheaper to learn by others mistakes

AP3491

Yes mate I'm making my way through that thread it's like a novel though, but when I'm on the toilet and things like that, I'm on page 22 it's a bit inspiring, the whole recycling of old bits and making them look pukka, good work pal I'm sure you'll eventually get there. Thanks for the comments.



These definitely won't fit btw the fronts would not a problem but the rears I can tell just won't so need to keep an eye out for some decent interior, these seats are probably going to send up being sold.



Still got a **** load to sort through though. Thanks Aaron

TypeR99

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Saloon rear seats wont fit a wagon. I was very lucky to find an STI wagon interior for a customer that we swapped out for her old tired wrx interior.

A very nice upgrade is a blob wrx wagon interior. Front/rear seats both fit, theyre cheap and feel nice. Downside is the driving position is a lot higher but you get used to it.

TypeR99

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PS, the seats you have there are out of a P1, so if clean and rip/burn free are worth good money

AP3491

yeah i have always got my open for sti wagon interior or wagon stis being broke on ebay, there seems to be loads of them on that JDM parts uk, but when you ring them they say they have not got any wagon stis till december :S i may go down the blue blob sti front seats and get the rears re-clothed?

can i sell the seats on here how do i go about that?

TypeR99

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