C_WRX

Glad i noticed this as was aiming for going along on Thursday. Just filled up, today only, 9-5 right enough, while stocks last. Ah, if only 93.9 normally !!

Been looking at getting a fast flow decat downpipe for my newage WRX and came across above post. Found an STI PPP sports cat pipe for sale, at less than the TSL £395, but looks a little short (maybe just the pic). Description is just PPP prodrive sports CAT, so thinking it is perhaps not the downpipe?? I've already removed the cat pipe so just the downpipe to go, but for MOT purposes needs to be fast flow cat. Also will the newage STI PPP sports cat pipe fit/work okay on a WRX newage - same year band ? (yes I am a novice to all this but it's the right place to ask!!)

If it's my wife driving it don't wave, prefer her to keep both hands on the steering wheel ! I'll keep an eye out for you, should be obvious with you having the best colour too - black !

Ah, not much use then ! I'm sure the last time they did v-power it was till 6pm ?? I'm outside Larkhall, nearest place for the good stuff though! Black Blobeye WRX with STi spoiler and mesh grill - wave and I'll wave back!

Thanks for the info. Both mine and the wifes cars should've just about ran out by then so will make the short journey to fill up ! Think the Larkhall garage is part of a group (not Shell before anyone points out the obvious! ) that runs the Hamilton ones also so they might have a v-power day coming along too - maybe closer to your work ? There was a Shell email address posted not so long ago that tells you when the planned days are...I'll hunt through and see if I can find it.

That last quote is interesting.....do you happen to park your car between a Ferrari and a Bentley during the night ? If you're hunting around for insurance renewal, not long since I did same, also consider Keith Michaels (ask for Gary) and A-Plan - they seem a popular choice.

As far as I know that is all for now in Scotland, I got sent the list for Scotland despite asking about for places in the West. I ask the question of my local shell station whenever I'm in just in case though.

Got it booked with Falkirk now after all the positive chat. 3year service (not quite reached the 30k mark yet!). Supposedly a 3 hour long service and been told it is £400 - normally I'd pass out at that point but it was cheaper than other Subaru garages I called - joys of owning a Subaru I guess. Normally I wouldn't go to Subaru garage but with it being the last one before the warranty runs out they may notice something during their 3 hour tour round my car that will justify it (method in my madness somewhere) !

About to put the car in for it's 3year service and want to use a Subaru garage this time round (last chance for any possible warranty work). I'm based fairly equal distance to Falkirk / Glasgow / Ayr. Quickly reading through previous forums looks like perhaps Falkirk is better to go too ? Thoughts / suggestions ?

Funnily enough Alyn said the red stuff pads were not too great, especially not in the company of Pagid or Ferodo. Mintex is a name I've also heard good comments on (just that Alyn didn't sell them is why they weren't mentioned!). Even price alone is a vote for upgrading, slight downside is supposedly they wear just a bit quicker ,only like 5% over life though.

Just been going through the brake pad change experience myself this week. Advice I got, which was good advice, was to call Alyn at www.asperformance.com/ . He's very knowledgeable on braking needs for each individual car....all depends on what you want from it -vs- £cost. His prices seem okay, I think, too. Quite possible you'll end up looking to upgrade the brake pads from standard dealer, and something along the lines of EBC Red, Pagid 4-2-1 or Ferodo DS2500 as next step up, it seemed a good one for me this time round. Alyn explained the reasons, pros and cons as to why very well.

Hopefully not too late to add myself to the list The List is: RS Grant Fivetide 360ste (end of Oct early Nov ) IainC Toby69 drb5 Rossco_ (Sent andy an email tonight, waiting to hear back) Power Junkie (Andy also fitting MD321H and injectors) Scooby222 Spooks Playsatan STi_Bandit (date & price dependant) Richie Cross (again date/price) Fai17 Chris_C201 (just a map tweak!) KINGHORN Fonzy ( Should be ready for October) craigwrx daves2rs (Map with ESL chip, Middle September) ImprezaPete Z1000 possibly emailed andy regarding proposed mods C_WRX

Spoke to Alyn, gives good advice right enough. Between him and the info received on here think I know what to do - thanks folks. OE discs and either Pagid or Ferodo pads should cover my braking needs and shouldn't break the bank.

That's two for the OE discs, sounds like possibility of staying with....do you just get them from Subaru garage or is there a better alternative. Been trying to get Alyn but no luck all day. Will keep trying. Does the braided hoses and Dot 5.1 fluid really make a noticeable difference ? Considering adding my name to the AF remap list so want to get the brakes done right while they are cause me an issue.

Been surfin about this afternoon checking prices etc : Goodridge hoses - £61.10 to £68. 5.1 fluid about £5 Pagid pads around £125. EBC red pads £78 to £89. Ferodo DS2500 £125 -to £165 (not sure if the £125 was right??) EBC discs were around £200. Subaru discs were around £200 to £235. Who are you using for mintex1144 pads blue dragon ? Think Mintex do discs too??

Looking to gather info from those in the know..... On braking getting vibration through the steering wheel - getting the brakes checked out later this week but reckon it's warped discs (which on a 22k miles / 3 year old car seems kinda soon to me). I have a 2004 WRX, standard set up. In advance want to know what can be fitted in their place. I am not heavy on the brakes and it's for road use only. Should I go with : New Subaru discs with uprated pads ? or Uprated discs with uprated pads ? What discs and pads would be best option, budget needs to be kept in mind (just forked out for insurance last week!) Cheers in advance

Insurance is approaching - likely often asked question, but other than these company's any other suggestions ? Bell, KeithMichaels, Admiral, Aplan, Elephant

ooooh, very nice, that'll turn heads. Although I'm sure you missed a bit cleaning it....I'll get back to you if I ever find it ![]! Black looks lovely all shined up.

Looking very nice. Think no spoiler is a bold step, one of those things perhaps get used too after time ??? Quite a big back end with Scoobs, spoiler helps break that up a little. Always liked my cars to look just a little different from the norm, nothing wrong with being different (well that's what I tell myself when people point [:'(]) !

A lot comes down to cost too - PC and pads/polish/etc ain't exactly cheap all in, and the guage I saw advertised a while back was around £450 if I remember right (main reason I don't have one!). Sure plenty of folk have good experiences of using it (me for a start), but they'll likely be a couple who've had a bad one no doubt. Polished Bliss have a good section that explains a bit more about them and also hand -v- machine polish if it helps any. On the other hand paying someone with experience means you don't need to spend a whole knackering day on it and as you say they'll have the experience.

I don't/haven't used a guage. Very possible you could take the paint off and that's why the guage exists, but I've not met any issues by not yet. No expert on this kind of thing, just what I've read/told and limited experience so far. Suppose you could say personal choice and if you wanted to be completely sure should use one. With the PC best advise I found was to practice, perhaps on a scrap piece or even a company car (obviously not me that did that!), and start off at slow speed and work up using minimal amount required to correct. On my car i only plan on using the PC twice at most a year, exception, as I found recently, after someone put 4 small scratches in my rear bumper - PC near but completely removed it, unless I pointed it out never know was there.

The polisher will help get out light scratches and swirls where as that's difficult to do by hand. If it is just a shine then polish by hand, if it correction and a fantastic shine go mechanical. You can get 4" or 6.5" (I think that's the sizes) pads, the 4" for slightly harder to reach bits, but yes there are areas you can't get the machine in to - I found behind the door handles a pain to get too.

Hi there. Just joined myself this week, and in same area just a little bit further down the M74. If you get some pics on, I'll give a wave if I see you.

Just like new - very nice job.

Yip, fitted the grill myself. Made a small mistake [:$] by mis-interpetting the instructions but should be easy to hide that. Kit comes with a template which gives you a very good idea as to where to drill - I found the middle hole a bit of a guess but it turned out fine. Very happy with the result, very different looking front now, almost seems as if the bumper sticks out more. I'd say go for it, just take your time (oh, and the two screws are unusual - a star shape but have a bump in the middle so standard star screw drivers don't work??).