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[allpaw4]

Mmmm. Not great news, but what can you do I guess... Certainly waiting... I wanna know how this ends!

Cheers,
Ben

[Barbbachello]

How’s a chopped GTB going to help you? Don’t you already have all the good bits to make a turbo wagon??

I’m sure there’s method to your madness, just I don’t understand it but I’m keen to learn!

Hope you’re doing well knowing there are active cases in your community mate

Cheers

Bennie

Have bits for a turbo gen 2 wagon yeah, not for a gen 3. Going full 2009 RS Liberty Club spec, AUDM local shit box and a halfcut and swapping it all over. 

Plan is to buy matching colour shell so i can use as many of the jap panels as i can so only need to worry about tidy rear quarters and roof paint for the local shell

[RX25SE]

Do you mean a 2009 Impreza made of halfcut bits plus the GenII wags bits?

 

I'm confused.... 

[Barbbachello]

Nah nah. Doing it old school with a halfcut and swapping it all over. Hence 2009 RS Liberty Club forum spec. Backyard conversion etc

[RX25SE]

Ahhh, right.

Cheers.

[El_Freddo]

yeah! So game plan is to buy the half cut then find the same colour Gen3 body to swap all the bits into? Or buy gen3 then find same colour half cut?

So many options!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

Ideally buy the halfcut first as thats going to be the most expensive part

[allpaw4]

Are suby half cuts expensive these days Barbs? Last I was looking, admittedly a few years ago, they were sitting around the 3 to 4k mark. Pretty sure I paid about 5 for my engine package back in the day. If you're doing that, buy a spec C front cut if you can. That way you get all the fun stuff, and you're going to need a loom splice with whatever you go with anyway.

[Barbbachello]

Ive spoken to import monster and the rough quote if gotten is cost of the car in japan + 4k. Expensive yes but theyll take the time to strip everything properly instead of just cutting the car down the middle and cutting everything in the way. The most perfect candidate was up all last week but the auction ended with 0 bids and hasnt been relisted. Hopefully it didnt sell privately as its the only white, aero'd, top spec manual wagon for under 5k ive seen so far

Aiming for a manual D-E wagon. Tuneable ECU, top feeds, reasonably modern without the headaches of 20 year old AVCS.

Single conversion for sure but a straight loom swap so no dicking around with a loom splice

[El_Freddo]

Fingers crossed it comes back online for you mate!

Cheers

Bennie

[allpaw4]

Damn. If you can get the complete loom (and I mean complete, including door looms etc) it will make your job 1000 times easier! If you don't want the upmarket Mac stereo stuff, it'll save time and therefore money. Getting an 02/03 donor car here shouldn't be overly difficult. Just remember to make sure they grab ALL the fruit off the wreck, including alloy lower arms etc. It's amazing how much gets missed. ABS modules, anything electronic, get them to grab. You won't need the actual abs unit, but the brains on the side that the plug goes to you will need, as the auto and manuals had different units. Even the fuel pump loom is different, right up to the actual pump itself. The list is stupid long. PM me on Facey if you want dude, I've got a bit of a list I'm compiling for my conversion of the gen2 race car from the gen3.

[NQRSoobee]

Dang Barbs,

  So sad to read.

  Good luck with the search.

[Barbbachello]

Damn. If you can get the complete loom (and I mean complete, including door looms etc) it will make your job 1000 times easier! If you don't want the upmarket Mac stereo stuff, it'll save time and therefore money. Getting an 02/03 donor car here shouldn't be overly difficult. Just remember to make sure they grab ALL the fruit off the wreck, including alloy lower arms etc. It's amazing how much gets missed. ABS modules, anything electronic, get them to grab. You won't need the actual abs unit, but the brains on the side that the plug goes to you will need, as the auto and manuals had different units. Even the fuel pump loom is different, right up to the actual pump itself. The list is stupid long. PM me on Facey if you want dude, I've got a bit of a list I'm compiling for my conversion of the gen2 race car from the gen3.

Ill be getting the entire car. Everything, just not the rear sheet metal. Hence why i want a colour matching car so i can use the jap doors and tailgate etc. The only thing Australian delivered will be the body shell, cargo glass and windscreen if all goes to plan

[RX25SE]

Ill be getting the entire car. Everything, just not the rear sheet metal. 

 

Sounds more like a 3/4 cut than a 1/2 cut!

 

Are you able to choose where it gets cut while still in Japan?

[Barbbachello]

 

Sounds more like a 3/4 cut than a 1/2 cut!

 

Are you able to choose where it gets cut while still in Japan?

Gets cut at the Import Monster HQ i would assume

[allpaw4]

Rodgie, is this a we cut it in half so it can't be used as a car when it gets over and you get both halves? I've heard of this in the past. Make sure the guys don't cut the rubber seals if possible, the rear window seals on the body tend to perish over here, so try and get them to salvage them if they're any good.

[Barbbachello]

Rodgie, is this a we cut it in half so it can't be used as a car when it gets over and you get both halves? 

Correct

[duncanm]

Gen3?

 

Somebody say "outback shell" ?!

 

You know you want to.

[allpaw4]

Only downside about new car being early 00's is you can't use the shiny new plates in theory.

[Barbbachello]

Gen3?

 

Somebody say "outback shell" ?!

 

You know you want to.

 

 only acceptable outback shell is an all white H6 one, but im not a big fan of the outback front bar and you cant swap to a non OB bar without plastic welding on the flares

Only downside about new car being early 00's is you can't use the shiny new plates in theory.

meh, gen 3 was still designed in the 90s lel