STI version ????!
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STI version ????!
Take a look at the car in the link. My pal is interested in it but it just doesn't seem right to me.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290704816021?redirect=mobile
The seller swears its an original STI and the applied model code comes back as an STI, but there is no numbered plaque in the bay for starters according to the seller.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290704816021?redirect=mobile
The seller swears its an original STI and the applied model code comes back as an STI, but there is no numbered plaque in the bay for starters according to the seller.
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I'm sure early STI's had the same applied code as the same year WRX - they got the plaque added as you have shown. This was because they were taken off of the production line and then built up as STI's.
That cars applied code is GC8B48D = WRX (STI's of the same year would have had the same code though).
Later STI's would have had the last '8' swapped for an 'E' in the applied code.
I would think the guy has got confused with the applied code and that car is actually just a WRX.
That cars applied code is GC8B48D = WRX (STI's of the same year would have had the same code though).
Later STI's would have had the last '8' swapped for an 'E' in the applied code.
I would think the guy has got confused with the applied code and that car is actually just a WRX.
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black slanted intercooler no water spray,no "tuned by STI" decal on the alternator guard,wrx interior(not red stiched steering wheel or gear ****) plus like said before no plaque(though can sell you mine 150/200 plaque if you want,only thing i have left of mine)
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It wasn't for me buddy. A pal showed some interest and sent me the link. I think he thought if it was a genuine STI and could come for a few hundred quid it would be a bit of fun until it blew up.
I knew it wasn't an STI but the applied model code threw me to be honest, didn't know they had the same code as a WRX.
I knew it wasn't an STI but the applied model code threw me to be honest, didn't know they had the same code as a WRX.
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As said - the early STI were hand 'built' by taking WRX's off the production line and giving them the STI treatment. They were then given the STI plaque on the suspension turret hence why the applied code is the same. In later versions STI's were mass produced on a production line so where given their own applied code.
Without the STI plaque there is no way of proving it is an STI and not a tarted WRX being called an STI.
Without the STI plaque there is no way of proving it is an STI and not a tarted WRX being called an STI.
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defo not sti and as previously said shouldn,t ariel be on the back? my mate rapid sti on this site has an L reg sti wagon and that has sti plaque with build number on drivers suspension turret
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