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There are a lot of Evo X-isms about the new car, but I don't see that as a bad thing, as the Evo X was a great looking car (in my humble opinion). Be interested to see the spec of it. Will they be sticking to 300 BHP again, or are they going to give it a bit more?...

The new STI looks a bit like this... ...and will make its official debut at the 2014 Detroit Motor Show on the 14th January.

Not sure how I missed this line on my first read through the thread. The onboard videos from McRae on the '95 RAC are some of the few I've watched where you can clearly hear the sound of the crowd inside the car: must have been incredible to have actually been there!

Love that picture and the video clip of the cars coming through there: one of those little clips that demonstrated just how aggressive McRae was at the wheel. Although the die-hard rally fans rubbished the X-Games rallying thats still one of my fave clips of McRae in action. The car control is sublime (up until the point when he rolls!) and there isn't a moment of hesitation when he lands: quality! Its not exclusively McRae, but this clip would be my choice... ...I prefered the look of the WRCars that followed, but the sight and sound of McRae in a Group A Impreza is what sold rally to me as a youngster. As for picture, its this one... ...its a pretty rubbish picture, but I took this on the Saturday at the Festival of Speed 2007 (McRae's last public appearance). Myself and the girlfriend got absolutely pelted with rocks as I took this, as McRae was taking the corner way faster than anyone else (how unusual!): the day after the fence had been hastily moved back about 6 feet!

Finally got round to calling Scoobyparts today. Very honest answers from them on the phone. In short the answer is no, their decays and the OEM ones will look different. Although they have copied the design closely the original Subaru decals are all screenprinted, where as the Scoobyparts decals are individually cut letters. So it looks like I'm going to have to buy from the dealership!

I saw this guy in action at the Gymkhana Grid event at Santa Pod last year, was unbelievable seeing such a massive truck sliding around!

If you think I'll get an honest answer then I'll do that! For the price of the Scoobyparts decals I might just order a set of the door ones and see how they look. Subaru want near enough £40 for a door one and much the same for the foglight covers (that's £40 for each foglight decal).

They were Scoobypart decals? Was that the side decal or the foglight covers please mctwistuk?

Unfortunately you won't see me on the 14th: I'm at the Festival of Speed that day! I have got to make the August meet, or that will be three in a row I've missed. Damn, thats a shame, I was hoping you'd have an answer for this one! If the only way I can get an identical replacement is to go to Subaru then thats what I'll go for. Given their price per decal though, I thought it was worth researching other options first!

Hello folks! Apologies if this is the wrong portion of the forum to post this question (its Subaru related, but not exactly "technical"!), but I'm looking to have some paint work done on the N/S front door on my '05 STi, which is going to mean that I need a replacement STi sticker. Also thinking of having my fog light covers resprayed at the same time, so ditto for the decals on them as well. I would rather use OEM replacements, but the price of the genuine items is a bit of the steep side, so I thought I would investigate the alternatives. I don't much like the look of what I've found on ebay, but the Scoobypart decals seem to have a bit of praise and, from the illustrations on their site, look pretty close to the originals. Has anyone here used the Scoobypart decals and compared them to the OEM decals, how do they stack up?

Am I the only one who can see a glimpse of the Prodrive P2 in those concept shots?...

I kept threatening to start posting here again... here I am!

Angular & aggressive: the things the Evo-X and GT-R got right and the "sharkeye" didn't. I think this looks the nuts! Just lose those back doors now Subaru...

Mine started doing this a couple of weeks ago. Annoying, but I was expecting it to happen sooner or later; car goes in next Monday for a set of AST's! I don't know what part of the country you're in, but I got a lot of advice (and brought my car from) RRH Autos in Hampshire. Paid pretty much the same price as I would have done from a private seller, but the car came with a warranty! RRH Autos Ltd

Have to say I'm in full agreement here. These two bits ruined it a bit for me as, otherwise, I thought it was a pretty good piss take.