craigo

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evening guys,
wondering if my Type R is a 555 ltd? i have the 555 seats and correct door cards (it seems) is there anything more i can look at to find out more ? and in what ways it was different? oh its a V3 in white. its chassis is GC8D2DD. looking at this chart the engine 300, i thought all the imports were 280.
craig

CLASSIC JDM

22B JDM GC8E2SD 300 Wide bodied 2.2 litre special edition
WRX GC8A48D 240 4 door First Impreza Turbo
WRX V1 GC8B48D MY95 260 4 door
WRX V1 GF8B58D 220 First appearance of 5 door
WRX V1 SA GF8B58D 220 5 door Auto transmission fitted after production
WRX V2 GC8C48D MY96 260 4 door
WRX V2 GF8C58D 220 5 door
WRX V2 GF8C58P 220 5 door AT First production automatic transmission
WRX V3 GC8D48D 280 4 door
WRX V3 GF8D58D 240 5 door
WRX V3 AT GF8D58P 240 5 door AT
WRX V4 GC8E48D 280 4 door
WRX V4 GF8E58D 280 5 door
WRX V4 AT GF8E58P 240 5 door AT
WRX V5 GC8F48D 280 4 door
WRX V5 GF8F58D 280 5 door
WRX V5 AT GF8F58P 240 5 door AT
WRX V6 GC8G48D 280 4 door
WRX V6 GF8G58D 240 5 door
WRX V6 AT GF8G58P 240 5 door AT
Sti V1 GC8B48D 250 First appearance of STi, modified from production WRX
Sti V1 GF8B58D 250 5 door modified from production vehicle.
Sti V2 GC8C4ED 275 4 door First STi full production
Sti V2 GF8C5ED 260 5 door
Sti V2 GF8C5ED 260 555 5 door Special edition
Sti V2 555 GC8C4ED 275 555 4 door Special edition
Sti V3 GC8D4ED 300 4 door
Sti V3 GF8D5ED 300 5 door
Sti V4 GC8E4ED 300 4 door
Sti V4 GF8E5ED 300 5 door
Sti V5 GC8F4ED 300 4 door
Sti V5 GF8F5ED 300 5 door
Sti V6 GC8G4ED 300 4 door
Sti V6 GF8G5ED 300 5 door
Sti V1 RA GC8C47D 275 4 door Modified from production
Sti V2 RA GC8C47D 275 First full production RA
Sti V3 RA GC8D4DD 300 4 door
Sti V4 RA GC8E4DD 300 4 door
Sti V5 RA GC8F4DD 300 4 door
STi V6 GC8G4ED 300 4 door
Sti V2 RA V Limited ? ?
Sti V3 RA V Limited ? ?
Sti V4 RA V Limited GC8E4DD 300 4 door V-Limited Special edition
Sti V4 RA V Limited GC8E27D 300 2 door Special edition 2 door RA
Sti V5 RA V Limited GC8F4DD 300 4 door V-Limited Special edition
Sti V5 RA V Limited GC8F27D 300 2 door Special edition RA
Sti V6 RA V Limited GC8G4DD 300 4 door V-Limited Special edition
Sti V3 R GC8D2DD 300 2 door First 2 door coupe
Sti V3 R 555 ? ?
Sti V4 R GC8E2DD 300 2 door
Sti V5 R GC8F2DD 300 2 door
Sti V6 R GC8G2DD 300 2 door
Sti V3 R V Limited GF8D5ED 300 V-Limited 5 door Special edition
Sti V3 R V Limited GC8D4ED 300 4 door Special edition
Sti V4 R V Limited GC8E2DD 300 2 door Special edition
Sti V5 R V Limited GC8F2DD 300 2 door Special edition
Sti V6 R V Limited GC8G2DD 300 2 door Special edition
STi V6 V Limited wrc GC8G2DD 300 2 door Special edition
WRX RA GC8A47D 240 4 door
WRX RA V1 GC8B47D 240 4 door
WRX RA V2 GC8C47D 260 4 door
WRX RA V3 GC8D47D 280 4 door
WRX RA V4 GC8E47D 280 4 door
WRX RA V5 GC8F47D 280 4 door
WRX RA V6 GC8G47D 280 4 door
WRX RA V Limited GC8G27D 300 2 door Special edition RA

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Tommykaira M20b (1994-2006) (inoff. Model)
Operetta (1995)
Gravel Express (1996)
WRX STi Type R Signature (1997)
Casa Blanca (1999/2000)
Electra One (1999)

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MattyB1983

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276bhp standard.
Same as V3 type r with fancy seats.

craigo

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nothing more?
only seats in a 555?
nothing more to confirm a 555?

MattyB1983

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I believe Subaru made 555 of your car in total to celebrate a rally title, other than the seats and the badge on the back Im pretty sure it is identical to any other V3 type R.

craigo

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been looking into this for a few days now myself. it does have the correct badge on the boot also.
you reckon i can give it a new title - WRX STI 555 Type R ?

MattyB1983

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Also available at the time was a STI type R signature edition. Again, same as any other V3 type R but with yellow paint and dark anthracite wheels.

sonic93

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I got a 1997 v3 type r with these seats ect but mine was yellow what colour was the 555 ment to of been in these type r s?

craigo

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get a pic up mate, love to see it in yellow...

MattyB1983

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Also, I may be wrong but I thought the 555 special editions were all blue.

craigo

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I thought that also mate but it seems not....

sonic93

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I thought blue . Silver now mate sprayed before I brought it

MattyB1983

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Well I'm not sure, maybe all V3 type R's have the 555 branded seats then. I know all the cars I've seen advertised as '555' have been blue.

Where's Tony when you need him, lol.
Probably making love to his spec C again.......

craigo

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an old sti i had years ago. never seen a 2 door !! shame it was painted silver.

craigo

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TONY.........

craigo

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it really only matters if this is a rare model you see. in the chart i posted up, i wasnt the one who put the ????? next to the 555 V3 type r. so seems someone has came across the model before ! i never knew it existed myself. think it came off scoobypedia.

type-ra

Craig,

The first Type R's all had the 555 seat logos.

HTH

craigo

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and the boot badge ?

type-ra

That was std on them

ditchmyster

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no boot badge.

type-ra

To clarify the boot badge:

A scan from the official brochure for the car.



A rough translation of number 10:

World champion emblem rear Memorial ® '96WRC a target a WRX STi (certified FIA)

HTH

ditchmyster

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On the v3 sti type r i have sat on my drive there is no boot badge, just 555 logo on the seats.

Now some later models have it but mine does not and i have seen at least 2 others that have no boot badge, and mine is a blue 97 model.

craigo

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it would be great to get more clarification on this......

type-ra

What would you like to know?

craigo

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you say all early V3 had 555 seats and badges, our friend there knows of several that dont. have their badges simply been removed? or was indeed there a limited run on that model year ? or are those cars without the badge slightly later cars?

type-ra

The MY97 Type R was built to order from Jan 1997, so I cannot help with numbers manufactured.
They all had the boot roundel celebrating the 1996 manufacturers championship victory & 555 seats.
HTH

craigo

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confusion lessens
so i have a my97 not a my96

type-ra

Yes.

I'm currently in the process of scanning all my brochures & will be uploading them on the RA site once I've finished. This should hopefully help clear some of the confusion.

Don't hold your breath - it will take a while!

craigo

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thanks for your help on that. im on the r-ra owners. couldnt get a definitive. arent the ecu different on those model years? as a remap might be on the horizon. is there any other way to tell the exact model year?
cheers

MattyB1983

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The STI V3 type R was built from September 1996 until August 1997.
The cars built in 96 are no different to cars built in 97, they are all MY-D series cars.

Your car is not a 555 special I don't think, from more research it appears the limited run of 555 cars were all blue.
The yellow cars were signature editions.

craigo

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shall i change model year back to 96?
sure i looked into all this couple of years back.
all 555 ltds were 4 door and in 555 blue.
i cant explain the seats and badging, but if all were meant to have them...
so what is my model year?