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[Matt]

Brand new 6 Gun 05+ STi front knuckles and bolt in hubs modified to suit early struts, and hubs drilled and trimmed to suit 5x100 rims

These things are god damn solid!!! The bearings are huuugggeeeee!

Because RACECAR!! lol


PS big thanks to Mark (cruisn) for being my parts mule and bringing these across the border!

[GNGBNG]

Bloody Mexicans smuggling their goods over the border.

[El_Freddo]

^ That sounds like a complaint against all that juicy goodness I see above!

Cheers

Bennie

[Matt]

So its been a week or two since an update...

Not much at all has happened to the old girl, after all the effort put in to get it all ready for HVC i (the missus) thought it deserved a break lol

So spark breakdown issues and the fix aside, not much has been done, aside from cleaning up the R180 rear end bit by bit before install...with all new axle seals and rear cover gasket installed on diff....shafts stripped, cleaned and waiting for rebuild....hubs had brake dust covers removed and are waiting to be refurbished asap. Lots of surface rust removed...lots lol




Had an issue after not starting it for 2 weeks yesterday when after starting, it had a stupid quiet idle...then threw a 1507 (idle fail safe) code at me .....and proceeded to idle like shit and fairly high

Pulled the IACV out which i only cleaned a few weeks back and found the flapper gummed up...cleaned it and got it free and she idles like a champ again...took her for a good run to blow the cobwebs out....insert stupid smile here lol

Think i better run the engine atleast weekly to stop anything gumming up!

Also got sick and tired of bumping the cruise stalk that has no use anymore...so tore it out and chucked it in the bin...mucho better!



and last but not least, i am finally representing the club...albeit a bit stealthily lol (sorry Aek!)

[Liberty]

Awesome progress with this thing. I like the stealth look on that sticker too. It's a nice touch.

[Matt]

Oh almost forgot!

Big thanks to Matty Mc/street cover, Morgz! & Alex Toson/speed nation for some tasty photos of the old lady out for the day at HVC...cheers guys

[Matt]

Awesome progress with this thing. I like the stealth look on that sticker too. It's a nice touch.

Cheers mate!....slow progress as always...but half the fun is the the refurb and building of the car

And the stickers actually much more stealthy then the pictures show it to be...as the flash highlights everything

I actually cant see it at all in the garage without a torch lol

[Liberty]

That's right man. You've done really well and the cars looks awesome. I dig the stealth look on a lot of cars actually. And you're not wrong in saying you're keeping with the theme but still supporting the club.

[Matt]

Cheers


On another note i finally got around to updating the first post with the current modification listing

Im sure ive left a few things out, as i was just going from memory...wil update as i remember more stuff lol

[TittySprinklez]

looks tits man, really feeling how stealth this thing is

loving that gold on gunmetal grey color scheme (hope i got that right haha) 

[Matt]

Thanks mate!

Its more of a charcoal i think...but same same

[TittySprinklez]

ah yea charcoal is probably a better description on another note tho man this is my first time looking at your build man, checked out your mods list and fork me this has some effort put into it.

jealous as man. wish i checked it out on the cruise.

[Matt]

Haha all good mate, lots of the bits have just popped up over the 2 years making it more and more complete

It all works together so well and makes it a blast to drive!

[TittySprinklez]

..........i said man way to many times in that last post lol

[Matt]

Hahaha whos counting?....1....2....3...lol

[RX25SE]

Just caught up in this from a few weeks back.......

 

 

 

 

 

Big numbers, well done Matt. 

[Matt]

Just caught up in this from a few weeks back.......
 
 
 
 
 
Big numbers, well done Matt. 

Thanks Jason! I was pleasantly surprised at the numbers

Now to just drive it and do the little things as the time presents itself

[allpaw4]

Hey Matt, how much did the new front hubs and knuckles set you back? I'm interested in doing something similar to my lib.

[Matt]

As in the 05 sti ones?

They were $1000...they are second hand, but never used...cost the dude well over $2000 a few years back

You need the alloy rings that move the abs tone rings in more to suit them aswell

6 gun is no longer in business...but lic over in the us does them aswell

The gd ones i got in atm were $195each though...refurbed and fresh bearings

If you want the normal gd wrx hubs in a month or so theyll be up for sale


But if you get the LIC ones, i have the rings and dont need them (no abs ) so hit me up

[allpaw4]

Ok, sounds great. I'll certainly be interested. Pm me before you put them up. Don't really want to miss out on them because I'm sleeping on nights or something.
 
Are the R160 Axles/CV's the same diameter on the spline? Basically I'm asking will my R160 axles bolt up into these, or will I need to source some R180 CV's to go onto the 160 axles? (If such a product exists)
I suspect they won't, but at this stage I'm looking at moving into R180 gear anyways. Sorry for the questions, just want to make sure I understand what is required before I go bolting them in and things not fitting correctly. If I know beforehand, it means I can arrange the parts before wasting time trying to bolt it all up and things not going to plan.
 
Cheers,
Ben

Edit: just had a look at the LIC ones, expensive stuff. 2k US for the basic kit. Good bit of gear, but not sure I can justify that one...