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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 08:15 AM
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Hello everyone, I thought I'd share my project that I have now finally finished of my much loved 2005 blob eye Subaru Impreza WRX STi currently running at over 850bhp.

A little bit of background history of me and my super fast cars.

When I first passed my test my mum brought my Renault 5 1Litre and it was nuts, I could get to 0-60 in about 3.5 minutes. I sold that after a year or so.

I swiftly moved on to a Fiesta Mk 3 (with flames on the doors) luckily I crashed that and it caught on fire. (not my fault)

I then got a Fiesta Mk4 - Crashed that (not my fault again)
Peugeot 106 GTi (sold that)
Fiesta MK6 STi (sold that)
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2005 UK Version and this is where my story begins.

I had been searching the net for months looking for the perfect car to start with, I found this little beast which had a few mods complete already.

Before picture:


So I then stripped it down ready for paint:


Masked the beast up:


Used my years of experience of bodywork to paint the beast:





Let it bake for a while:


Time to refit and upgrade:




now the beast is finally finished!


Before and after:



My actual car:





Thanks for looking!
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 10:52 AM
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I swiftly moved on to a Fiesta Mk 3 (with flames on the doors) luckily I crashed that and it caught on fire. (not my fault)


haha made me chuckle
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 11:05 AM
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Lovely job there mate is it me or does a couple of them alloys look damaged
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 11:08 AM
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Sadly the wheels were glued on so had to carefully pull(snap) them off! Least now they are black, its not so noticeable!
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 11:35 AM
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It's so small, however will you get inside? (Looking for a 1/10th shell Hawkeye to go on My Tamiya R/C Mazda RX7 drift car chassis, hopefully can do something similar)
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 12:00 PM
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haha! I'll find a way to fit!

I did find a spot on kit which came with the STi stickers and looked perfect but was £140 so I went for this cheaper option! Quite enjoyed painting it, first time I've ever used a spray gun!
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