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[l2eeFer13]

Haha thank you for that, I never actually bothered to ask the guy who i bought the seats off and hes only just over an hour from me

[l2eeFer13]

So this happened on my second last day at being at home

 

 

Cars manual and im not changing gears. Just letting foot off accelerator when she starts to slip. Will be getting fixed when i go back over xmas. Quote was about $1240 with rear main seal and fly machined 

[l2eeFer13]

Have just purchased these goodies off Yahoo auctions and cant wait to go home and fit them. RFRB Grille will definitely be my favorite

 

Now to keep an eye out for a STi Genome muffler straight fit for my BE. So many for BH but none for BE =(

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[l2eeFer13]

So after waiting a couple months for my xmas trip home i have finally been able to get back to work on the Subaru. New clutch was all fitted while i was away. Went with Exedy. 

 

Before and after pics of engine bay with new parts fitted. Also gave her a quick clean as she was pretty grubby under their

 

 

Before

 

After

[Liberty]

A clean engine bay is a healthy one.

[l2eeFer13]

Also as originally planned i wanted to give her a cut and polish as i dont think the previous owner knew what clean even meant. I was pretty shocked with the results as the car came up amazing. Was like brand new again

 

 

First stage was just a wash

Then a buff with cutting compound

Followed by a claybar

Then waxed

Then a beer 

 

 

 

Before

 

After (Ignore the touch up paint on bumper. Will get front and rear bar resprayed)

 

Also RFRB grill fitted

 

A clean engine bay is a healthy one.

Haha yes. When i get a spare day im going to get in their and give her a proper clean

[Hypnotic]

Damn dude, that engine bay came up nicely.

[l2eeFer13]

Damn dude, that engine bay came up nicely.

Cheers mate. Looks a lot better with the new shiny stuff

 

Sweet.

 

Should have clay barred before the cut and polish.

I just followed what this guy done here. The second part with the kitty stuff. I actually bought the scratchX but i only used it on the bonnet and boot as i was to lazy to do the rest =)

 

http://www.meguiarso...utting-Compound

[CRUISN]

Came up a treat! Although I would be necking beers at every stage of the process.

[l2eeFer13]

Came up a treat! Although I would be necking beers at every stage of the process.

Yeah the fact that prior to a clean their was no gloss at all. Definitely makes me a lot happier walking back to my car now. I tried that with the beers but it was a warm day and after a couple she was getting a bit weary 

[l2eeFer13]

Now it was time for the 4pot preparation

 

Ive always been told that the cleaning part is always the main part and should always take up most of the time. So off i went to get a few cans of degreaser, a wire brush and some heavy grit sand paper

 

 

I forgot to take a photo of them at the beginning but they were filthy. Covered in a thick layer of grease. Took me a lot of scrubbing and sanding, then the came out like this

 

 

 

Prep

 

 

First coat

 

Final coat (1 full can for both)

 

Close up

[Jimbo]

What a result, looks so much better! Get yourself some chrome finish indicator bulbs to get rid of the melted Cadbury Creme Egg out of your headlights

[l2eeFer13]

What a result, looks so much better! Get yourself some chrome finish indicator bulbs to get rid of the melted Cadbury Creme Egg out of your headlights

I had a read over you post the other day and seen that you changed yours. I must admit it looks a lot better ae without that queer orange tinge. Do you have a link from where you got yours from Jimbo and the size

[Jimbo]

I got them off-the-shelf from Autobarn. They were Narva "Phantom" Globes. I probably paid too much for them but I think Supercheap do them in their own SCA brand but they were out of stock when I looked. The SCA ones would probably blow after a month anyway. May aswell pay the bit extra for a good brand like Narva. They were about $20 a pack of 2.

Just normal twist offset bayonet ones. I don't think they come on any other arrangement.

The pics don't do it justice. Looks much better in the flesh.

Fark, wish I had seen this earlier

http://www.ebay.com....=item339a7a0db8

[l2eeFer13]

Yeah f*** the SCA ones. Cheers for that mate. Just clicked the "Buy It Now" button. I actually just remembered i have my old spare cracked headlight behind me in the "parts" box

 

So this is the little ugly corporate 

[l2eeFer13]

New 4pots in and all brakes bled. Ordered some calliper decals but they were way to small so i will measure them up and get some correctly sized ones ordered

 

Also on goes the subyclub sticker as well as the hellatones to match the colour 

[aekOne]

looks awesome mate. 

[AB501UT!0N]

New grill and brakes look awesome well done on doing the brakes yourself and nice back drop by the way!

[Bumpty]

...but i have always loved my subarus and i like to have a car in NZ for snowboarding trips and visiting family etc and this will keep me busy for a while
 

Nice progression without any messin!

Where are you in the Sth Island, and are you hitting the slopes (which ones) this season?