well thought id introcude myself, matt age 38 from the rhondda, bought the 97 sti wagon in the classifieds on here yesterday, train to reading to fetch it and grinned all the way home! had a classic wagon prevoiusely but was an auto, blown away by the sti motor and larger turbo on this car!

looking for a few bits to add my stamp on her, anyone running 18"s on a classic and how harsh is the ride?

also would fitting a 99-00 bumper be a tough task - as tough as finding one haha

cheers

 

Welcome mate!

Get some pics up when you have a chance

 

welcome mate!

 

welcome fella .....good to have another scoob up in the rhondda

 

Looks good mate and a good price

 

Looks very nice,

Changing the bumper is very easy, should only take about an hour max

 

cheers the hunt begins then..

 

welcome nazt might see ya plodin about the pot holed rhondda roads

 

yea? im the one doing 1 mph into asdas all the time lol

 

Welcome mate I'll let you know about the bumper,im hopefully fitting mine this week.

 

Welcome, enjoy the ride

 

Welcome aboard

 

cheers all feeling very welcome, @wrx287, where did u find one? cheers

 

welcome to the forum

 

Welcome to the money pit mate
I've got a set of 18"'s for sale if you're interested, black with a chrome lip. PM me for details. They're the ones on my bugeye in my pic.
Would look cracking on a wagon

Phil

 

18"s dont make the ride that harsh mate

 

Welcome.

Front Bumpers from Awesome Imports.

18's on a Classic need 215/35's any bigger and they rub.

We'll spend you Cash........................

 

Hello from another 38 year old (until Friday that is). Nice choice of Impreza

 

that must be according to offset. cos i am running 225 35 18" and they dont rub. but i have solid suspension lol

 

Awesome imports have them aswell as Scoobybits. Both around £180 but they are genuine Subaru parts not copies

 

Nice one thanks, they do look the biz eh

 

You still trying to give these away Phil?

 

cheers all for the nice comments and volunteering to help me spend lol

 

Nice pics mate, i love the wheels you have on there to be honest, it reminds me of hours of game play on Gran Turismo.
Looks like a good example, i will keep an eye out as i tend to be around your area quite a bit

 

Welcome and enjoy your Scoob

 

Welcome to scoobynet

 

welcome to sn fella im from the rhondda too and hope to see you around and at one of the meets one day

 

You've got a nice base to start with and if i was going to mod my car again i would do it the following: Wheels and brakes, the standard STI suspension is pretty good and I wouldn't change that unless it's broken but I would add uprated drop links, ARB's, anti-lift kit, bushes etc

These should be addressed before thinking of upping power

I've tried all sizes of wheels on a classic over the years and find 17" give the best ride. both for comfort and handling

I'm currently running 17" work emotion CR Kai with 215/40/17 dunlop tyres and finds this a very good set up

18" wheels look nice on a classic and as said should have 215/35/18 but some jap models can get away with 225/35/18 (Two door type R's etc) but I found the ride a little to harsh, ie you feel more bumps and stand more of chance of damaging the wheel if the pressure drops a little and you hit a big pot hole

 

hi dannyboy, any suggestions of good retailers for up rated drop links? renember having to change some on my old wagon before mot time

 

Whiteline are very popular and very good, loads of dealers sell these, Demon tweeks used to offer 10% discount for Scoobynetters. worth asking.

Just make sure you get the Alloy ones instead of the cheaper steel ones, the steel ones don't look very good after a winter in this country!!!!!!