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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 10:04 PM
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In the next couple of months am going to be getting sum mods done to my impreza as far as am awear the cars standard.what would be the best things to get done to the car?
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what car is it ?
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what car is it ?
1994 import wrx
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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are you wanting to focus on tuning mods ? budget?

. full de-cat exhaust system
. high flow panel filter
. 550cc fuel injectors
. sti tmic or a front mount intercooler
. walbro fuel pump
and a remapped ecu will see nice results







and i bet it wont stop there either ??
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What year car you got? As you may well need a remap depending what your thinking of doing.....induction kit, front mount, dump valve etc etc
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by initialD

and i bet it wont stop there either ??
That's for sure
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What year car you got? As you may well need a remap depending what your thinking of doing.....induction kit, front mount, dump valve etc etc
1994 mate
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Ok bud il add them to the shopping list lol cheers IntialD
Il check out some prices.

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Yea maybe a couple of body mods I've got about £800+£1000 to play with?
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Wheels refurbished
Bodywork machine polished and treated and polished to perfection
Engine bay cleaned


If it's not allready done so
Then people can look at it and say that's a fantastic car for 17 years old

V5 rear spolier
Rear tints
Lowered eibach springs
Drop links
Geometry done

Jobs a good one and you will get respect

Don't drive through halfrauds and stick on loads of tat

And DONT put a dump valve on
Unless you have a rear facing baseball hat ( that I don't know where to buy ) and oversized trainers with White socks and ill fitting track suit bottoms and gold chains from Argos cos it's wicked
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Loool mate added it all to my list.
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Wheels refurbished
Bodywork machine polished and treated and polished to perfection
where? And how much?
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do what you want to, to YOUR car mate.

If stickies and Dump Valves are your thing, go for it. Haters gonna Hate whatever you do with it.

£1000 aint going to get you much, so spend wisely!
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where? And how much?

Not sure in your neck of the woods
Detailing world forum will open up your eyes to what can be done with cars especially older modles that want to look brand new

To be Honest £200 -£300 on good quality polishes and a daz-5 machine and you good do it yourself and the experience would be for life
All tips and guides on DW
Or you could get a local detailer to do it in your area

Totally transform the car
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do what you want to, to YOUR car mate.

If stickies and Dump Valves are your thing, go for it. Haters gonna Hate whatever you do with it.

£1000 aint going to get you much, so spend wisely!
When I say I've got £1000 to spend that's this month next month is another pay packet lol
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How many miles has the car covered ?
Has it ever had a engine re-build ?
What is the service history like ?
Has it been mapped since being imported ?

These are all major points to consider before increasing the power/torque on a 17 year old car. Last thing you want is to spend all your hard earned on Halfords modifications for the car to go pop and you can't afford a rebuild.
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You should really tell us more about the car. 1994 import WRX doesn't give us a lot to go on.
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How many miles has the car covered ?
Has it ever had a engine re-build ?
What is the service history like ?
Has it been mapped since being imported ?

These are all major points to consider before increasing the power/torque on a 17 year old car. Last thing you want is to spend all your hard earned on Halfords modifications for the car to go pop and you can't afford a rebuild.
The cars done apron 100,00 miles new engine goin in car sat there bit of history with the car not much I ent sure if it's been mapped since been in uk no paper work to say it has the engine was rebuilt in 2008 new engine gojn in has 70,000 miles on it runs well good compression
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You should really tell us more about the car. 1994 import WRX doesn't give us a lot to go on.
What else you wanna know bud
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Which engine?
What parts are on the engine?
Who installed the engine?
Who mapped the engine?
Wat supsension/brakes/gearbox/diffs are in this car?
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first mod to improve the look of any car imo , are a set of alloys hopefully not prodrive/redlines like everyone else !! id spend a grand on some nice 17s with quality rubber revolution alloys have some very nice wheel designs that suit jap cars at affordable prices . to be honest im one of the few that has nothing against dumpvalves as long as its a quality recirculating one such as forge motorsports as vta's (vent to atmosphere )can cause issues
dont worry about getting "respect"
your car , get what you like
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first mod to improve the look of any car imo , are a set of alloys hopefully not prodrive/redlines like everyone else !! id spend a grand on some nice 17s with quality rubber revolution alloys have some very nice wheel designs that suit jap cars at affordable prices . to be honest im one of the few that has nothing against dumpvalves as long as its a quality recirculating one such as forge motorsports as vta's (vent to atmosphere )can cause issues
dont worry about getting "respect"
your car , get what you like
Lool cheers mate I've got sum black alloys on the car ATM il upload a pic an u can take a look bud
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oh , i was expecting it to be standard ? its a nice looking car matey
as you asked advice this is what i personally would do "glad you didnt have prodrives by the way, lol "

. black calipers + black mud flaps + black nuts = nice and stealthy
. remove light brows
. add a chunky front splitter
. put bonnet vent back to standard
. carbon wrap the bonnet leaving the vents white . i love how effective it looks , hence why i done mine

also mate have you considered a face lift with lights ,wings ,bonnet and bumper ??

but your car does look nice as it is really maybe a nice clean though

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also mate have you considered a face lift with lights ,wings ,bonnet and bumper ??
Lol cheers mate this weekend there new engine goin in,V6 front an back
bumper an spoiler yea I have been looking into facelift bonnet an lights there next on the list with a front mount but yea like ur idea with wrapping the bonnet it carbon,the cars flithy just spent 3 hours outside getting the wind brakers of the car (they was cracked) took loads of time to clean the pissin glue off the bodywork yea the eye brows are coming off this weekend
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i removed my window tints myself "they were blue and chrome " and i used an aerosol can which was just called sticky labell remover!............"genius"
it was basically citric acid in a can ? and it worked brilliantly finally a product that actually works
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i removed my window tints myself "they were blue and chrome " and i used an aerosol can which was just called sticky labell remover!............"genius"
it was basically citric acid in a can ? and it worked brilliantly finally a product that actually works
Lol dose exactly what it says on the tin after the weekend il upload a new pic of the car with a bit of look it shud look a bit better(I hope)
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I would concentrate on getting the car running perfectly before even considering the looks chap. After all, how the thing drives is what's important in my humble opinion.
Most important thing for you to know is,,-
The car will need mapping to except whatever engine modifications you add. I've seen too many stories of young lads bolting on all their new bits without having the management set up for them, (I've even done it myself many moons ago).
Best thing I can advise is to get all the bits bought that you want to add, leave them to one side until you have everything you desire. Then bolt them all on when you have a mapping day organized. Racing around with stuff like FMIC, induction kit, exhaust, dump valve etc and no mapping will end in tears chap.
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Originally Posted by Spivscooby
When I say I've got £1000 to spend that's this month next month is another pay packet lol
£1000 a month, that will be one nice care in 6 months time.
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sort the sh*te brakes mate - theya re the worst ever. get bremebos or similar, id skip right past subaru 4 pots

thats first then , uprated front and rear arbs and drop links, good geometry set up and service, and a check on fuelling. - a good clean, polish/wax whatever. anditll drive and feel much better

next month get your "power" bits put by for installation and mapping.
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