My Urban Grey STi

[Scott.T]

Well here goes..... this should hopefully document all that get's done to the new aquisition.

Day 1
Arrival home after 300 mile drive / 600 mile round trip to collect




Before the evenng drew in, a fresh set of Genuine Brembo pads were fitted to the front.
The car came with 12 months MOT, and a Front Pad advisory.
As I had a spare set it, they went straight on.

While I was there the wheels got a front/back clean.

[Scott.T]

Day 2
Time for a clean, and good chance to checkout the bodywork

Pressure wash arches:


Snow Foam :



Dry off and time for a few more pics :





Bodywork has been well looked after. A few little bit's here and there. And the usual couple that you didn't spot when vieiwing to purchase.

Overall Very pleased with how it's been looked after.

Door shuts and sills were already quite clean but gave them a going over too with the obligoratiory baby wipes, and found this :



As mentioned above the bodywork has been well looked after but thought I would start with a clay and was shocked at what the clay picked up.
This was just off the rear face of the boot :



Just goes to show that 'it aint clean unil its clayed'.

Weather then looked a bit dodgy and it started to rain, so retired it to the garage. Will contiue tomorrow if weaher OK and 'Mothers Day' don't get in the way LOL.......

[Steve_PPP]

So did all hawkeye's get a PPP which took them to 316bhp? More than the blobs got!

Looking spotless already, you'll have Jay worried soon

[Lucky]

Love it Scott, such a nice colour. It always amazes me how much crap the clay pulls out of the paint. I shall be attacking mine today so will hopefully get some pics up. I'll get those measurements for you too .


Steve, when the 2.5 had PPP added they went to 316bhp, although they reckon that that is actually quite conservative as most produced more. I know when mine was standard and simon remapped it, his road dyno was showing around 302bhp with no PPP (should be 275bhp).

[Steve_PPP]

Interesting that it makes more on the 2.5 than the 2.0

Looking fantastic mate, I think you have chosen very wisely.

However .....







........ your health and safety leaves a bit to be desired in pic 3

[Anger]

All cars will make more on the road tho Lucky

Cars looking good Scott

[Hongkongfooi]

Originally Posted by worzel

However .....







........ your health and safety leaves a bit to be desired in pic 3

I was thinking that! although has electrical cutout

[Lucky]

Originally Posted by Hongkongfooi

I was thinking that! although has electrical cutout

I laughed when I saw it, then this morning looked at mine, covered in snow foam!!!

[scooby doo]

Very very nice Scott, love the colour, be interesting to see how different it compares to your classic,

[Scott.T]

1st round of polishing complete :

[majorscooby]

Shes a real cracker but i can honestly say i liked your old classic a tad more fella

Wouldnt say no though, but this just hasnt got your stamp on it yet being so new and all.

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

Shes a real cracker but i can honestly say i liked your old classic a tad more fella

Wouldnt say no though, but this just hasnt got your stamp on it yet being so new and all.

I agree, a bit too 'factory' for me aswell.
But things will be 'tailored' in time. Just concentrating on getting it 'Scott Clean' as polish and elbow grease are cheap.

Shopping list is already getting quite long. But the quicker I do things the quicker there won't be anything to do.
That was one of the reasons the classic went, as ran out of things to do other then throw £7k at and engine/gearbox. I didn't even spend £7K (on op of the classic sale) to get the hawkeye.

[WRX_Paul]

Lovely colour mate, good choice!

[Tyler]

Beautiful!!!!

[AndySpecD]

Health and safety issue number 2 - keep your back straight and bend your legs!

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

Looks in nice condition, very smart looking car.

[wrx sti 320bhp]

it look lovely,i keep picturing black wheel and red mud flaps on it

[chris wrx]

Nice car mate, out of interest Scott where did u get the gold paint that u used on your discs on your classic , having trouble finding that nice deep gold.

Any thought's on suspention yet Scott? I found the Eighbach progresive springs worked well on my old Scoob.

[SpecB]

Looking great - I'll be getting my foam etc. out next week - about time mine had some TLC - what polish did you use and is it machined?

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by chris wrx

Nice car mate, out of interest Scott where did u get the gold paint that u used on your discs on your classic , having trouble finding that nice deep gold.

It was just bright gold plasticote from B&Q.
just mask off with insulation tape on the disk and paper on the caliper.

it is quite bright to start with but does dull down after a few weeks.

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by Nige

Any thought's on suspention yet Scott? I found the Eighbach progresive springs worked well on my old Scoob.

Very limitted choice for the Wide-Track 2005> STi.
Was going for Prodrive springs, but they are dicontinued.

Will probably get Tein S Tech (euro spec) springs.

I don't know of any other options.

Need to change the angle of my drive at the top 1st.

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by wrx sti 320bhp

it look lovely,i keep picturing black wheel and red mud flaps on it

Dark wheels, Yes. Red Flaps

[Greig]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

Very limitted choice for the Wide-Track 2005> STi.
Was going for Prodrive springs, but they are dicontinued.

Will probably get Tein S Tech (euro spec) springs.

I don't know of any other options.

Need to change the angle of my drive at the top 1st.

I had tein springs on my classic and they were redicilously hard

[Lucky]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

Very limitted choice for the Wide-Track 2005> STi.
Was going for Prodrive springs, but they are dicontinued.

Will probably get Tein S Tech (euro spec) springs.

I don't know of any other options.

Need to change the angle of my drive at the top 1st.

Out of interest, how much are the teins and are they lower than the prodrive springs?

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by Greig

I had tein springs on my classic and they were redicilously hard

The previous JDM Spec Teins where very hard. But later euro sec ones are supposed to be alot better for UK roads.
A guy on s'net replied to one of my questions and reckon they are not alot firmer then standard.

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by Lucky

Out of interest, how much are the teins and are they lower than the prodrive springs?

I think they are a little lower then the Prodrive Springs.

Spec and Alyn have quoted 30mm Front and 15mm Rear.

my car is currently sitting at :

690mm Front
670mm Rear

So would drop it to approx :

660mm Front
655mm Rear

Yours mesured :

670mm Front
660mm Rear

So as expected and 'IF' as quoted a tad lower then the Prodrives..

[andy-m]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

Day 2

This was just off the rear face of the boot :



Just goes to show that 'it aint clean unil its clayed

i guess we all underestimate the amount of air turbulance at the back. thats probably air tubulance blowing exhaust gasses on to the back of the car.

looking realy nice btw.
am jelous lol

[Scott.T]

Week 2

As with many Scoob's the engine seems to attract alot of muck, even on low mileage cars. so tme to break out the cleaning fluids.

images so before and after.
The before shots don't really so quite how mucky it was.

Before


After



Close-Up

Before


After


Before


After

[Hongkongfooi]

Bloody hellnthat engines clean! What did you use?

[Steve_PPP]

Nice job!

How much did you have to take out to clean it that well?

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by Hongkongfooi

Bloody hellnthat engines clean! What did you use?

Started with White spirit and tooth brush on the air-con hoses, alternator, air-con compressor, fuel pipes turbo housing and hose.

Then get the engine warm and spray good old 'Gunk' over everything else. Worked it in on some areas or hard to reach areas with a medium sized paint brush.

Cover the battery with a carrier bag and spray the hole lot off with pressure washer. Taking it easy around the electricals, and keeping the engine running all the time.

Keep repeating with the 'Gunk' and paintbrush on area's missed and cleaning off with pressure washer before 'Gunk' dries.

Once done let it idle for 30mins to let it dry out.

Then a quick dress-up with some rubber/hose/plastic cleaner. All in, took about 2 hours. Well worth it and now easy to keep clean.

TBH could of probably skipped the white Spirit bit as the 'Gunk' really shifted the grime. Will just have to put up with the smell now for a bit. Will probably still smell at the meet next week (the car, not me...although I can still smell it).

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

Nice job!

How much did you have to take out to clean it that well?

Nothing, see above.

[majorscooby]

Good old Gunk, cant beat the stuff!!! Nice job Scott

[chris wrx]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

It was just bright gold plasticote from B&Q.
just mask off with insulation tape on the disk and paper on the caliper.

it is quite bright to start with but does dull down after a few weeks.

Cheers Scott

looks mint, love a shiny engine bayr

[Lucky]

Nice Scott. I was lucky enough that Brent did mine when he serviced it, so all I had to do was dress it. As you say, much easier now to keep on top of it.

[SUBARMAN]

Awesome Scott!!

[AndyWRX]

Looks good mate

[Scott.T]

Had a few visits from postie this week ......hope to post some updates over the weekend .

[ralliart didz]

that engine bay looks so nice silversufer do you ever sleep

[SpecB]

The postie keeps bringing me things too - there seems to be some kind of relationship between the posties visits and my bank account!

[Chunk]

Looking good mate

Was nice and shiney before, but looks brand new now

[ralliart didz]

silversufer,shame you didnt video your engine cleaning with jet washer as i would like 2 do mine but scared of ****ing it up.

[Scott.T]

This weekends efforts :

TSL Grp'N' Rear Box


Miltek entre link Pipe (Un-resonated)


STi Splitter

[Scott.T]

Don't u just love aftermarket parts......

TSL Grp N comes with easy fit hangers that previoulsy used 'P' Clips. This current design is no different, but had no 'P'Clips, so a trip to the hardware store was required.

MilTek centre comes with bolts/spring fixings that are too big for the flange fitting on the OE cat pipe so the cat pipe needs drilling. They also come without nuts to fit on the end of the supplied bolts (how bazaar,not even on the packing list). These are a different size to OE so unless you have a draw of nuts (like me) that will be another trip to your local hardware store.

However don't bother as they end up too short, the spring mount prevents you from getting a nut on the end. So resorted to plain old M8 nuts/bolts and washers as I had done on my last scoob.....easy job made long and frustrating due to supplier not providing the correct hardware.

[Scott.T]

Next weeks project :

[Steve_PPP]

Taking shape nicely

Hawkeyes just *need* a splitter, makes it look ten times better. And with some Prodrive springs, the arch gap will be gone too.

Good going

[ralliart didz]

where did you get splitter from silversurfer.how much 4 backbox

[Hongkongfooi]

Looking good Scott.....exhaust sound loud enough for you?