JDMSTI Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Hi people,Dropping in to introduce myself and my new car, took a long time coming but it is here...eventually! Took the step and bought my first Subaru.......a 2002 JDM WRX STI in WR blue. Loving the car and it came with a couple of quality upgrades which was nice. Coming from a string of various fwd hot hatches, a bmw hack and finally a 5th Gen Prelude Motegi the Scoob is my first 4wd turbo'd car. I was looking at various other machines but I guess an STI was just an itch I had to scratch I only do limited mileage so the trips to North Anderson Drive's finest V Power supplier shouldnt be too often Engine wise the car is pretty standard with the only thing changed under the bonnet being a Greddy BOV. HOWEVER the car has HKS fully adjustable suspension and 17" Racing Hart CP035's (unmarked) wrapped in sticky Yokohama's. Did a bit of research on the wheels and they seem to be very very sought after due to them being significantly lighter than oem rims, iirc each wheel in 8 x 17 only weighs 13.6lbs, do any of you Scoob experts know how this weight compares to the oem wheel? The ride/handling is certainly very tight with the HKS setup but it is still reasonably complient but I guess half the fun will be finding a set up which will suit Aberdeens shall we say varied quality of surface! The car has covered 46k miles so was coming up for a belt change, part of the deal before I took the car was for a 50k service to be done and for new pads to be fitted all round, this was done but the pads that have been put on are EBC Red stuff, seem to work very well but squeal at the rear when using them gently, hopefully will go when bedded....has anyone has exp of these pads on a bug eye? The car is spotless inside and out with only a couple of stone chips needing touched up to be perfect. Prior to getting the car I did my homework (months of forum browsing!) and realised that these car must be fed correctly and/or remapped to our weaker uk fuel. I have been in touch with Andy F and Wallace Performance to get their thoughts on fuel/remap issues and they have recommended that the car is fed V power and 1/2 bottle of NF Race per tank, I will probably look at getting it remapped/uprated fuel pump next month. Up til then it will be V Power and octane booster all the way! I will be spending the next couple of days detailing the car with Meguiars 3 step polish to get it looking and will try and get some pic's/video's up so you can have a squint Hope I havent bored you to death, I look forward to keeping you up to date on the progress of the car, Cheers, Dave. Update after a fair bit of sweat got the car looking ok, still need to put the 3rd step of polish on but it looks ok. Sorry about the crap pics, they were taken on my phone...
JDMSTI Posted July 5, 2007 Author Posted July 5, 2007 Cheers Mate, away to wash the car but the sky looks[st] Might just be the interior that gets done!!
STi_Bandit Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Hello and welcome to the forums mate, looking forward to seeing pics of the car all fully detailed up. On the brakes side of thing ive just fitted EBC reds to my car even when they were all copper slipped up they gav a wee squeal under braking but that all gone now so it should just be them beddding in Bandit
frank c Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Hi Dave, Welcome the forums buddy. ..[Y] Nice choice of Sti too []
RA Dunk Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 baaa ba ba , baaaaa ba baaa ba ba? [] only joking welcome along [] sign up on www.aberdeenscoobies.co.uk were all (mostly) paid up members on here but use that site for talking sh**e []
dougster Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 I was just about to post and say watch out before AciD hits out with the sheep jokes............... Looks like SIDC's personal abuse member got in before me. [] "sign up on www.aberdeenscoobies.co.uk were all (mostly) paid up members on here but use that site for talking sh**e" What site, this one or that one? [<)]Welcome.
cullenmin Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Welcome to the forums min Hope you enjoy your stay, very good choice in first scooby [Y] Rich
dipsy Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Your Jdm sti will run fine on V-power and octane booster.I use V-power and millers octane plus in a 05reg Jdm sti and no problems. Have done since buying the car in November 05
RA Dunk Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Hi people,I have been in touch with Andy F and Wallace Performance to get their thoughts on fuel/remap issues and they have recommended that the car is fed V power and 1/2 bottle of NF Race per tank, I will probably look at getting it remapped/uprated fuel pump next month. Up til then it will be V Power and octane booster all the way! Dave. M8, if yer going to remap it Andy.F would be my first choice, and everybody elses on here []
colzo Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Hello and welcome mate. Can`t wait to see your pics, get cleaning! []
JDMSTI Posted July 6, 2007 Author Posted July 6, 2007 Your Jdm sti will run fine on V-power and octane booster.I use V-power and millers octane plus in a 05reg Jdm sti and no problems. Have done since buying the car in November 05 Yeah I have been told it will be ok, might just use NF race to be safe. Glad to hear yours has been running ok without a remap.
RA Dunk Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 never been a lover of those low level spoilers but it actually seems to go quite well with yours though [:|] looking rather nice if i might say so myself, theres not alot of newage JDM STI`s on here TBH, i (THINK [[]) theres a guy called Dipsy has one though []
JDMSTI Posted July 6, 2007 Author Posted July 6, 2007 Cheers for the comment, Got the bigger spoiler in the garage if I want to ever put it on, but I think at the moment I will leave the low level on. Seem really pleased with the car, very quick in gear and the brakes are [:|] however I am quite surprised with how quiet it is, think I will be looking for an exhaust when it goes in to be mapped[] Guess any car would seem quiet compared to my old Prelude[:$] Need to de tango'd though, does anyone know where the best place to get clear ones? Cheers [Y]
upsoluteSTi Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Cheers for the comment, Got the bigger spoiler in the garage if I want to ever put it on, but I think at the moment I will leave the low level on. Seem really pleased with the car, very quick in gear and the brakes are [:|] however I am quite surprised with how quiet it is, think I will be looking for an exhaust when it goes in to be mapped[] Guess any car would seem quiet compared to my old Prelude[:$] Need to de tango'd though, does anyone know where the best place to get clear ones? Cheers [Y] Welcome mate. im from aberdeen also. where about in aberdeen you based?
fai17 Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Real nice and sweet. Welcome and there will be a local meet near you soon
JDMSTI Posted July 6, 2007 Author Posted July 6, 2007 Cheers for the comments guys[Y] Based in the city so you will prob see the car driving around.
RA Dunk Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 we usually have a get together at asda portlethen everythursday night around 7 (ISH) []
clutdav Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Welcome to the mad house Gibby...............if there is anything to want to know then give me a shout. BTW the car looks really good. Dave
glen_cadwallader Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Nice looking motor bud, welcome aboard, good choice.
scoobyiain Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Welcome to the forums mate, nice looking motor. Any help needed with geting your paint sorted out give me a shout.
johns Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Welcome! Hope to see you around at some of the events. John
oobster Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Welcome to the forum - very nice car, especially those wheels [Y]
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