Nice one and good luck @ SRR.

Are those ST2's 17" on standard springs?

Do you know how roughly how the parts are for the PPP conversion?

Cheers

Yep, suspension is standard at the moment and the wheels are 17".

Think you were after the cost of the bits for the PPP, not exactly clear:

ECU: £100-£150
Backbox: £100
Downpipe: £75
Intercooler Pipe: £25-£50

All prices are second hand obviously and are for MY99/00, not sure if it was available for earlier UK cars.

Shane

Sorry mate was a long day, lol.

Mines a MY01 so hopefully still compatible!

I think that's quite reasonable, if its all plug and play.

Thanks for that

Original PPP brochure from Subaru and Prodrive

http://www.subaruclub.net/foorum_pic...mpreza-PPP.pdf

Is yours a 2001 Bug eye or last of the classics?

Last of the classics mate and trying hard to keep it standard but I see things like this and the mind wanders....

Well I'm toying with getting my original ECU remapped in the future so if my current PPP one turns out to be original I'll let you know. Need to save my pennies to get the body work sorted first though.

Couple of minor updates, finally had the old rust bucket dynoed at the SES rolling road day and was chuffed with the results for 15 year old car, running spot on and it's found over 30bhp since leaving the factory.

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Since then it's all been cosmetic other than an MOT

Zero Sport slam panel and a set of bonnet lifters

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And then today some silicone coolant hoses that I've had kicking around for months and some fresh paint on the alternator cover and radiator brackets

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Next stop, rusty wheel arches!!!!

Sell me your wheels :whistle:

Looking good now. Have you one bonnet lifter or 2?

It's a pair Nick, not enough strength in one to hold it up, may get away with one on an alloy bonnet. Have noticed there's 2 types available for the Classic, the ones on Scotts are shorter and mount on the next wing bolt back which means you can keep the rubber bump stops on top of the wings.

Wheels are staying I'm afraid, don't want to go to 18s and not nothing else in a 17 that I like. Not only that, I'm lucky enough to have a spare ST2 in the garage in perfect condition in case I damage one.

I've never driven it in the fog anyway so a splash of paint and some eBay stickers and all sorted.

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Can I be a real member of the gang now?
 

Honestly that looks much better dude ;)

Ps. Re your last post, I always thought the classics drove much better on 17" rims ;)

They came out ok.
Just needs a Silversurfer splitter ;)

Can't put the fog lights back in now anyway, the tin plate mounting rings disintegrated as soon as I touched them :-)

Hello Bro. Looks much better with the covers. We can probably make some fog light brackets if you cant find any or they are expensive. Is that a mini grille on the wall at the back?

Might be, there's a new rear valance and a radiator back there somewhere as well

Definitely looks better with the covers on it, nice job :ok:

My latest modification, 1 weeks worth (600 miles) of winter dirt, hoping it will help to hold the rear arches together for a little bit longer :) Glad to have the Civic back, cost me over £100 in petrol last week.

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There's something about a dirty scoob! :lol:

What would you know??? :lol: :getmecoat:

Well I washed it, dried it, spent an unhealthy amount of time polishing an exhaust pipe and the made the mistake of having a quick run up the road to dry the brakes out before putting it back in the garage. The heavens opened and now it's dirty and wet again.

I get that everyday Shane so I've gave up trying to keep mine clean .

Spot the difference
 

Well I finally bit the bullet and went for it, only taken me 2 years to get it sorted.

Before

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After, and this is a long time after, they'd deteriorated a lot since those photos were taken

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It had also started to bubble up round the rear of the sunroof so had that cut out and sorted along with some crispy bits round the rear jacking points on the sills.

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Think that's enough expenditure for a little while.

Shane

Looks like a good job!

Looks a good job done there mate :10:

A few bits of over spray to sort, it was never going to be concourse without spending thousands as the labour costs involved in removing all the little bits of trim and subsequently replacing all the broken clips would have been a considerable amount of labour. Saying that, he went above and beyond by spraying waxoil down all the sills and around the wheel arches on the inside, he noticed the paint was a bit thin up the rear pillars so sprayed those and when he blended in the rear doors he repaired some small dents first so can't complain. As for the repair itself, youd never know where it has been cut out and welded in. Just need to get rid of the smell of paint now, gives me a headache driving it, even my Poorboys air freshener can't beat it.

I can confirm, after I had a look today, that it's a very tidy job on the tin bashing considering how much was cut out.

Just noticed this shot showed how bad the passenger side had got

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Looking good again Shane .

looks good work

You can stop moaning at me now.

Thats really nice in red. Who's doing the bodywork?

BW Coachworks who are based in Brede about 5 miles from Hastings.

Another one of those little jobs that I've been meaning to do and ideal for a miserable wet day.

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Just waiting for my "Genuine" Cusco battery clamp from Hong Kong now :-)

looks very clean shane:ok:

It's coming together slowly, I have a full set of black silicone hoses I may fit and get rid of those white ones, those pulleys need sorting too. The classic engine bay is a lot more exposed than the newage so takes a bit more work to tidy up.

It's certainly tidier than it was when I was considering selling it this time 2 years ago.

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What paint you using Shane as looks a lot better think you need to do the battery tie down just to finish it off .

Whatever was on the shelf in the garage, will have to see how it copes with the heat from the header tank, as for the battery tie down, see the comment after the last photo, just waiting on ebay.

Out with the old

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In with the new

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Had the ARB and drop links in the garage for over a year so though it was about time I did them, especially as the drop links were mentioned on the MOT this year. Still got the front drop links to fit but it started raining so called it a day.

Should notice difference with that change