Hi all

As most of you are aware i am waiting for my White 04 JDM STI to arrive from Litchfields.

Anyway went to litchfields today to see the beast and tie up the paperwork with Iain.

It is MINT and i fell in love staight away

The only thing i was dissapointed about was it did not have DCCD
but after thinking about it, i would probably only drive with it on Auto most of the time anyway.

So to cosole myself i dicided to go for the Type20 upgrade:

12 point AST suspention
Handling pack (adjustable rollbars and Whitline antidive)
Miltek Exhaust
Uprated Boost control solenoid
Performance Air Filter
Braided brakelines

as well as all the other JDM goodies

so did not turn out so bad after all

Should be with me just in time for this months meet

one other thing is i bought a single din psi3 vfd data monitor a few weeks ago, but my new car has a double din stereo. Is it easy to convert to a single din stereo? or is there other options?

Cheers
Julian

 

Ah, a visit to the Holy Grail of JDM imports

Good Luck with the car fella, you sound well wound up for it

Surprised your car didn't have DCCD, especially being an MY04 model. But, as you said, auto most of the time so what the hell.

I haven't been to Litcho's for a while. Anything nice sitting there?

 

Julian how many miles away is this from the original plan that you had in mind

I'm looking forward to seeing the results of this

Well done that man

 

Hi mate

He had this beast in there:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...sti/ta_5_2.jpg

600+ bhp

A forester STI.

Julian

 

Hi si

Its the modding bug its got a hold on me.

I think thats it for a while now

cant wait to show you..

 

Drove it the other week, its way too fast

 

very easy to convert to single din also

 

Hi sam

Iain had a huge smile while telling me how fast it was and how he was reluctant to give the boys from Jap performance mag ago, because it was so good he did not want t get out.

 

cheers cookstar

 

I'm surprised it hasn't got Dccd but it ain't the end of the world, the handerling package you've gone for more than makes up for it.

I'm really looking forward to seeing this, I bet you can't wait? it should be a right rocket.

Don't worry about the double din, It's a peice of p!ss to sort out

 

Looking forward to a peep

 

there are two types of standard jdm sti's, GL models that have all the trimmings and another which name escapes me that misses out on one or two things like the DCCD.

Either way it will be a great car and speaking from experience i know the added mods just make it better.

If you want a hand coverting the double din give me a shout - might even be able to fit the splitter at the same time if you want Jules?

 

Cheers all

good idea Rob. we can chat about a date for fitting splitter and that at the next meet.

I also wanted to know how easy it was to fit your roof spoiler?

CHEERS

 

i think you have me mixed up with VC?

 

Hi Rob. I thought Si said you had one

Thats good then as i was thinking of getting one via a GB, and did not want to be seen as copying you all the time.

I will pm VC then.

Also have you got any Brake upgrades on you JDM?

Cheers Mate

 

I was wondering if Brembo's are up to the job on stopping a 350bhp car?

or do i need to upgrade?

I have had Braided brake lines fitted, is this enough

Julian

 

Oh come on now Julian.....we ALL know that Iain will gladly help you out with the brakes too!!!

Porsche brake kit anyone?

Dave

 

standard brakes have been fine up until now. Will be changing the front set-up shortly though as i got hold of ferodo pads and lines.

I thought about an AP set-up for a while but decided to invest elsewhere in the end.

 

Cheers Dave w and Rob

 

Calm down your not even in possession of the rollercoaster ride yet

 

I am understanding the Rollercoaster thing now i ythink!! and its expensive

I cant wait to drive Her for the first time but also a little scared of all that Power

 

you will get used to it and want more before you know it!