stubaroo

A ha.....never noticed that Looks spot on. And yes you have the balance just right.

Love the car by the way. The yellow is unique and I like it. What about these bad boys.... Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2S I know you are refurbing the wheels you have and from your photos I prefer the silver with the anthracite in 2nd place. Once you get the wheels done mayby go for centre caps with a touch of yellow in them or new yellow wheel nuts or maybe paint your caliper yellow with black letters............if its kept quite subtile it will remain a beautiful car indeed.

I ain't no expert but I have used the claybar and it really does work. If you have the time then it is well worth the effort. Here's some info about preparation before polishing including using a claybar. Before polishing And here's the kit that I use, which can also be purchased in the likes of Halfords. This is a good one for beginners because it ain't too aggressive and as long as you keep the paint work wet with the spray you will not do any damage. Clay bar kit Polished Bliss has an excellent website for learning about all aspects of detailing your car and they also stock everything you would need to do any detailing work. They are super helpful if you ever feel the need to give them a quick call and ask any questions. Delivery on all goods is pretty good too. Hope this helps.

I wave to all Subaru's with a bonnet scoop.

Me (Stu aka Stubaroo), Lindsy and my sons Adam and Ricky The car from the front The car from the rear

Fantastic job done. Looks amazing.

Beautiful, just beautiful.

Thanks for all the reply's there people. Tam (Mystery Machine), most excellent reply, thanks for taking the time to put your thoughts down. I am now wondering if this is a task that a noob like myself could actually pull off. Bring on the 'how to' guides. I will now go and sample some HU's and speakers and see what is what. I have just ordered an 8GB USB flash stick, so I will load that up with Abba and Kylie Minogue's greatest hits and take that with me to see how fast the tracks load up.

I am looking for a wee bit of advice, from anyone in the know about upgrading from the standard Subaru stereo. I have £200, maybe £300 at a push to spend on upgrading the sounds in the car. I still have the standard set up, which you all know is pretty garbage. Now I really don't have a clue how to make the most of the money I have available. Is it better/cheaper to buy stuff online and fit them yourself, compared with letting a company do the whole thing, like Halfords or another specialist? I live in Glenrothes by the way. What do I want? Well I mostly have CD's but I am going to get me a USB flash drive and start downloading music, so I guess I am looking for a car stereo that will allow me to do that. I also like the the radio so that is essential. Do you get DAB radio's built in to car stereo's? Slap me if I am just being stupid!! Also I already have a hands free parrot thingy that currently works through the stereo. Will this still work through the new stereo? Are the standard speakers worth upgrading? If this is a must then I basically have £300 to cover both stereo and speakers. Remember, I ain't looking to win any competitions with the new sounds, just looking to get a wee bit quality sounds in the car (other than the lovely burble), or certainly better than what I have right now, surely that ain't going to be too difficult. I would like to gather some opinions/knowledge before I just plump for........ 'x' head unit and 'y' speakers. Any help very much appreciated.

Lovin it, lovin it, lovin it..........

Saturday late afternoon 14th March. I spoke to both you and your wife just before you left the retail park. Didn't properly introduce myself or even ask your names. Well it was nice to meet you and your wife and we might catch up again sometime at a SIDC event.

There we go! Now that looks very indeed. Another great job by our man David.

1. John St's coilovers 2. Playsatans Gearbox 3. Squiggle's bodykit off the fat banana!! 4. PlaySatans Gearbox (after I fight off Grant for it!) 5. Welsho's pink anti roll bar 6. Higgy's Engine. 7. Playsatan's wheels ( his spare set would do me nicely ) 8. Any SW engine thanks , there must be at least 1 or 2 to choose from here 9. PlaySatans whole car!! (Yes i am greedy! ) 10. Wilkys whole car ( i am also greedy ) 11 Paul555sti's wheels (in silver) 12. JohnSt's wideboy bodykit 13. Cusco Kids PFF7 S 14. Bravehearts Bride Bucket seats, the rest of the cars just too scary 15. ShellyScooby's old ironing board spoiler - as my shirts need some serious attention. 16. Shellyscoobys flaps. 17. Porsche Brake Calipers of that fella's grey Litchfield Type 25 (cannot recall his name) 18. Playsatans turbo so that i can make mine's a twin turbo jobbie! 19. Wulsey's engine bay.

with the comments above. Good write up, good information.

Absolutly fantastic transformation. Top marks. Sir I salute you.

Liking that. Very nice indeed. I take thats one for a WRX? Like the graphics on the fog light covers too.

I would start of with her face to face. She can maybe fool others but surely not herself in front of you. If she continues her foolish ways, invite her out into the car park and Kung Foo her!

I love this one. Its my desk top background at work.

Most excellent example.

Congratulations to both of you. All the best for the future. If my memory serves me right I think me and Lindsy were chatting to you and your good lady Julie at the Falkirk Wheel just recently.

I have just had the front end re-sprayed on mine. There were two significant stone chips on the bonet from when I bought the car. I scuffed the bumper one day reversing out the driveway. I bought second hand fog light covers and they were covered in imperfections. Then to top it off I was de-tango-ing the head lights and I managed to do a little bit of damage to one of the wings. That last bit needed immediate attention so I got quotes for that on its own and a quote for the whole bonnet, the whole bumper, both fog light covers and both front wings blended. I went for the works and the car looks fantastic now. For anyone interested in my area it was Glenrothes Coachworks that did the work and the whole job was less than £500. They also cleaned and waxed the whole car for me on collection. When I come to sell the car I have the quotation before the work was carried out and I have the reciept for the work carried out, so no worrys.

Before buying my current car I had briefly looked at what MVM had to offer one weekend just by chance really as I passed through Cairnyhill. Wasn't overly impresed with them at all. Overall the quality of Subaru's at that time weren't great, in my humble opinion. However one car did catch my eye. It was noted that there was a rather nice Blitz Nur Spec back box fitted. Anyway I asked for a price on the car and was told that it was new in and they hadn't priced it up yet. Fair enough. Phoned during the following week but was still given no info. Their website wasn't updated all that week either. Went back in the next weekend for a second look and the backbox had been switched for a standard STI effort. Mentioned this to the owner who point blank told me that no swappies had been done on the backboxes! I pointed out also that the back seats looked a bit dirty/muddy. Was told that the 'young lad' at the garage had been using the car to 'deliver tyres'!! On that bomb shell I turned and left never to return. Now that was almost 1 and 1/2 years ago, so can't comment on today's service.

Don't sell them wheels, they look fantastic on the car.

I've said it before but that car is............ beautiful.