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scouk

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Trust me to be bored on boxing day... ;)

Never mind, went for a quick run round past Lochindorb (about 30mins away), only reason being, I've never been there before and I'm contantly on the lookout for new driving roads.. :frosty:

Conclusions? Nice scenery! but not really an ideal "drivers" road, 80% of corners are blind and tight so cant get a good rhythm and it'd be dangeroud goign quickly.... Close it off for a day and put together some pace notes and we'd have a different story! :thumbup:

Meanwhile here's some photos of the area (& the car):

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looks nice there tho...I love to combine going for a nice drive and then getting somewhere to spend some time taking pics, whether it be the car or scenery :frosty:

I love this time of year, I traditionally go for a drive in between xmas and new year but today the wife wanted to go to Ikea so we did that but only if we took my car :thumbup:

Went round the back roads to get a bit more of a feel for the car (only had it 3 weeks) and really appreciate the acceleration for overtaking on A-Roads like the A71 etc....my FTO was no slouch but the low down torque was half that of my WRX ;) Great fun altho the kids were in the car so was taking it fairly easy.

Looking forward to the first meet of any of the car clubs I am a member of - type R scotland, FTOOC or here....also hinting at a KH novice day for my birthday in January so I can get the WRX on track....

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We went a wee run today as well, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Glencoe,Oban, Lochgilphead, Inverary then back to Glasgow.

Spotted a few en-route, Silver wagon Loch Lomond, Black stickered up Glencoe, Blue newage stickered up Oban, UK 300 Tradeston when nearly home.

No photos as it pishhed down all the way.

scouk

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Went round the back roads to get a bit more of a feel for the car (only had it 3 weeks) and really appreciate the acceleration for overtaking on A-Roads like the A71 etc....my FTO was no slouch but the low down torque was half that of my WRX :P Great fun altho the kids were in the car so was taking it fairly easy.

Heh ! Nice to hear your enjoying the new car! I've got a soft spot for the FTO's They have the look of a real sports car *drool*

BTW - I believe I have the origonal side skirts off your car :D Dontcha just love the SIDC...

We went a wee run today as well, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Glencoe,Oban, Lochgilphead, Inverary then back to Glasgow.

Spotted a few en-route, Silver wagon Loch Lomond, Black stickered up Glencoe, Blue newage stickered up Oban, UK 300 Tradeston when nearly home.

Nice!

Good point.. Spotted a Blue Hawkeye STi in Lhanbryde at around 12:30pm today.. Not seen that one before.. Got a nice friendly wave, so all is well :D

on the flip side, got a wave from a silver Evo 7 as it flew past me, and another 6 cars on the A96 just outside Elgin.. ;) Nice to get the wave but the overtaking was questionable... ;)

did you fit the different Headlights in the end then? they look a little darker, unless its the angle...

I do love that colour, but perhaps I'm biased.... ;)

LOL! Yeah Red defo the best colour (eeep!) Actualyl I think more and more people are starting to like it..

As for the headlights, got them wired up so they are functioning at the moment.. need to have another hash at it and put in a relay in so the dipped and high-beam lights are on at the same time. At the moment it switched to either or but would prefer both lit up on high-beam.. I think that's how it's supposed to be.. (BTW - if anyone want's a set of brand new Bugeye Eye-lids let me know ;) )

The STi lights dont have as much silver in them so it's looks darker & meaner!, that and I sprayed the mesh grills black instead of the silver I had before.. I admit it took a couple days to get used too.. but the way they light up is much better, they give a better view of the road and really suit the darker colour of the car.. Although I'd like to try and mod them a bit so the high-beam is higher.. It's not adjustable :( And it's a little too low for my liking...

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l2 nrm

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Lovely pics. I wish one of you guys would have alerted me when you went a run. I have been more s****less all day...

is that the one with the castle in the middle cant really see in the pix?looks similar! ;)

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Lovely pics. I wish one of you guys would have alerted me when you went a run. I have been more s****less all day...

I wish you had said you wanted to come earlier we needed someone to make up the sandwiches ;)

scouk

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is that the one with the castle in the middle cant really see in the pix?looks similar! ;)

Yeah that's the one.. although there's not much left of the castle these days..:

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scenery and scooby lookin good Al. ;)

Cheer mate! Scooby will look even better once the nicer weather comes round and the salty roads are reduced. Got myself one of the new Meguiars DA polishers recently and I'm dying to give it a whirl! Far to many cobwebs on the paint for my liking.. :P

Other than that, that's me finsihed with the outside of the car... Just need to concentrate on the interior.. Hopefully get some proper WRX bucket seats off eBay this week, also want to find a proper aluminum border for the gear stick (non STi branded) then final project is an in car PC to not only work as a media center with wireless LAN but also control the ECU! Yeehaa!!! Well that's the plan...

Somewhere along the line need to get the front camber sorted out.. damn thing jsut wont "bite" the corners the way it should... ;) Oh and better brakes...

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Heh ! Nice to hear your enjoying the new car! I've got a soft spot for the FTO's They have the look of a real sports car *drool*

BTW - I believe I have the origonal side skirts off your car ;) Dontcha just love the SIDC...

Nice!

As for the headlights, got them wired up so they are functioning at the moment.. need to have another hash at it and put in a relay in so the dipped and high-beam lights are on at the same time. At the moment it switched to either or but would prefer both lit up on high-beam.. I think that's how it's supposed to be.. (BTW - if anyone want's a set of brand new Bugeye Eye-lids let me know ;) )

I think it is supposed to be individual lighting, I think it is to do with the amount of heat produced. As when I fitted the Morettes using the standard wiring (from those lights) that is how they came on. I know I got a load of wiring with them, that was meant for fitting them to the WRX but ripped all that out. It was a pity that I could not swap the adjusting motors over so we both had the adjustment.

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Other than that, that's me finsihed with the outside of the car... Just need to concentrate on the interior.. Hopefully get some proper WRX bucket seats off eBay this week, also want to find a proper aluminum border for the gear stick (non STi branded) then final project is an in car PC to not only work as a media center with wireless LAN but also control the ECU! Yeehaa!!! Well that's the plan...

Somewhere along the line need to get the front camber sorted out.. damn thing jsut wont "bite" the corners the way it should... ;) Oh and better brakes...

And eyelids!!!! ;):P;)

scouk

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I think it is supposed to be individual lighting, I think it is to do with the amount of heat produced. As when I fitted the Morettes using the standard wiring (from those lights) that is how they came on. I know I got a load of wiring with them, that was meant for fitting them to the WRX but ripped all that out. It was a pity that I could not swap the adjusting motors over so we both had the adjustment.

Ahh ok.. I wasn't sure how the STi/JDM lights light up... should of asked.. I know the hawkeye lights illuminate all bulbs on full-beam.. I was concerned about overloading the wiring on the WRX but I hear the prodrive lights have a built in relay so both bulbs are illuminated on full beam so assumed it would be ok.. I'm more concerned about them operating the way they should operate don't want it looking odd.. So if anyone can remember how the standard STi bugeye headlights light up on full beam lemme know ;)

The origonal WRX is set-up to come on seperately as it uses a twin filament H4 bulb and just enabled either filament but not both..

And eyelids!!!! :(:P;)

I still 'kinda' like the eyelids.. they are very popular in the US but as I said before it seems it's not accepted over here, but that's probably because no one is wearing them.. Also now I've got the STi lights on the eyelids are pointless and they will just cover the full beam so if anyone wants them make me an offer ;)

We should keep this location in mind for a wee photoshoot Al.

Some great scenery and hopefully when the sun is out.....or snow ;)

Aye it's not bad... The road basically runs between the Dava and the 1st decent road we took the other week.. Map Clicky

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