Up for sale is my ’98 V4 Type R Impreza.

After several months of searching I bought this car earlier in the year.I now have however the opportunity to buy a car I’ve always had a hankering for, sadly meaning this very good example of a Type R needs to go.

The Car is on barely 58,000 Miles which will go up gradually due to occasional weekend use. You are looking at an extremely honest and well maintained example of what is well on track to be a future classic!

MOT Untill May. (No Previous Advisories)
Cambelt replaced 10,000 Miles Ago, Clutch 2,000 Miles ago.

The Car has been considerably modified over the years enhancing it into what is now a very capable fast road car. The majority of work has been documented and retained neatly in an A4 folder alongside service history and various other receipts going back to when the car was first brought into the UK!

To give an idea how well this cars been cared for and documented, I have receipts for oil services (among plenty of other things) at the following intervals:

• 55,337 August ’12
• 54,019 March ’12
• 53,659 Sep ‘11
• 53,343 Mar ‘11
• 52,400 Jul ‘10
• 48,283 Mar ‘09
• 44,967 Oct ‘08
• 41,153 April ‘08
• 38,021 Jan ‘08

The Car benefited from a respray in its original colour around 3 years ago, This was done by the owner at the time who sprayed cars for a living and is fully documented with photos in the service history.
You will therefore find the paint work to be in extremely good condition for a ’98 car.
The inside is also in very good condition with no wear marks on the seats or plastics.

Car was serviced with fresh oils about 1200 Miles ago, Tyres have done less than 500 miles.

The Car will also come with the Original Cat for MOT time.

I’m located on the Isle of Wight, but willing to meet prospected buyers in Southampton subject to a small deposit, otherwise it’s about £15 to come over on foot from either Lymington Southampton or Portsmouth where I can meet you off the ferry Island side.

Price will be £8,350

Engine
HKS mushroom Filter
Zero Sports Intercooler Spray Panel
STI v8 TMIC
JAW TD05 18g Turbo
Denso 550cc Injectors
Fuel lab Fuel Pressure Regulator
Waldro 255 Pump
Simtek ECU with Antilag & Launch Control most recently mapped by Andy Forrest.
Knocklink Sensor with warning lights inside.
Magnex de-cat down pipe and Harvey Smith Ported Headers – heatwrapped.
3” Scooby Clinic Cat back system
Oil Catch Can
Autobahn 88 coolant hoses
Lateral Performance Light weight Pulley set
Exedy Stage 2 Clutch ( ~ 2000 Miles old)

Suspension
BC Racing Coilovers Height and Rebound adjustability – BR Series
Whiteline Adjustable Front & Rear ARB’s (24/22mm)
Whiteline ALK
Whiteline Rear Drop Links
Front H Under Brace

Brakes
Front and Rear Brembo Brake conversion (326 / 316mm)
Ferodo DS2500 Pads All Round
Goodridge Braided Brakes hoses All Round

Wheels
17 X 7.5 Rota Torques (Bronze)
Federal 595-RS 215/45/17

Interior
Standard V4 Interior
Delfi Link Gauge system (60mm Oil Tem, Pressure and Boost Gauges)
OMP Corsica Steering Wheel
Tracker

Exterior
Full Respray circa 2011 (Standard Colour)
P1 Front Lip
22B Adjustable Rear Spoiler

 

Superb looking car this. Wish I was in a position to buy and tuck it away for a weekend toy.
You won't need luck to shift this....

 

Really want this but too high for me doh

 

I'd love another Type R... And one in white would be perfect... Just can't atm...

 

Your old black one was stunning



Cant be many Type R's left in this condition, nice motor id hold out for the asking price purely on condition!!!

 

Alright mate,have you a dyno print out an if so what are the figures.an have you any pics of the underneath of the car.is there any rust showing on the arches or bad spots.lovely looking car by the way

 

That is stunning! Perfect in many ways!

 

Hiya mate,

How do you get on with this not being insured as a type r import?

Thanks,

Tom.

 

Nice ..

 

It makes no difference Mate, I declared it as the car it is.

Does mean you could play ignorance and insure it as whatever model its been registered as but not worth the risk tbh.

Its not uncommon for the DVLA to get imported cars registered incorrectly, I have a civic hatch registered as a 4 door saloon once!

Thanks for all the messages folks, all PM's replied to.

 

Ahh I see, so as it's a Japanese import does that mean there is technically no standard car to compare modifications too as my dad was once told about ours when it was written off?

Thanks,

Tom.

 

Great looking motor

 

All classics are imports except turbo 2000s rb5s p1s catalunyas and the 555s,all type rs wrx's sti's RA's are imports

 

If I didn't just buy a classic white wagon I'd have this,nice motor glwts

 

Yes, but as they're imports, doesn't that mean technically there is no standard car to compare modifications to, so technically every import is standard and insurance wise all have no modifications.

Thanks,

Tom.

 

Really nice this mate is it still for sale?

Martin

 

Hi Martin

Still for sale!

 

No! Insurance companies are not stupid. If you want to insure it as a gl, they will happily allow you too, if you crash or if it's stolen, they will rightly laugh at you. Basically you will not be insured.. Honesty is the best option, a decent insurer won't charge you much more for mods (moley)

 

Pm sent mate

Martin

 

are you open to offers on this?

 

This is phenomenal! Good luck with the sale! this is exactly what I was looking for 18 months ago before I got my Widetrack STI. If I didnt have a car I'd be running down the road to meet you at the ferry terminal!

I must admit I did do a quick "How much is my car worth? How much do I have in the bank...." when I saw it! Lol.

 

Thanks James,

Have picked up its replacement now so needs to go.

 

Deposit sent

Martin

 

Wooo, we have a winner!

 

Very lucky man!!! I hope you're very happy with it!!!

Tom 😜😜😜

 

I owned this about 5 odd year ago. Lookin even minter then when i had it. been trying to remember where i bought the 22b spoiler from as it was a very good replica. Dont suppose receipt still in history is it???

 

DR Motorsport did them - was it from them?

Are they still going (forget the owner's name)...?

 

Judging by the comments on this thread I've acquired a very nice car. It was a pleasure dealing with Toby and thanks to Martin (My mate) for taking the time and effort to pick this car up for me - Even though secretly he's buzzing to drive it himself ;-)

 

Deal fallen through due to unforeseen circumstances at the sellers end. Still on the lookout for something similar so any heads up would be greatly appreciated. Ta.

 

Eh? Something wrong with his car, then? Or he doesn't like you lol

Gutted for you.