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So, when I bought my car I had a vision of it standing out to all the other subaru's you see on the road... They all have gold wheels and big mudflaps.... So here is my Impreza when I bought her
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First thing I was faced with was the decision of Static or Bagged... Times were hard after just forking out to buy her so I decided that the static route would be best...(for now.)
After having looked into a few option's on what coilovers to get I purchased these
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Then it was down to what wheels, I had been toying with the idea of genuine BBS... but after paying soo much on the car I thought the next best thing to get the look was the Dare RS wheel.. Cheap and nasty I know....
So I went for an 8.5J front and a 10J rear! here's a few more pics
Rear
So now I know that they don't catch my brakes which I thought could have been a problem especially on the front because I have an aftermarket big caliper.. So a couple of weeks went by (saving for the tyres) then I'm sat at the traffic lights, next thing i know im getting pushed into the junction... some bloody idiot hadnt seen the lights on red and rammed the car behind me which then pushed me..
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Luckily the only damage to me was a scuffed rear bumper and she had bent my exhaust slightly... a quick grinder to one of the brackets and i was back on my way.. anyway by this point I wanted my tyres on so, I chose to wrap them with the new Hancook Ventus evo Tyres, and had another test fit
Too close for comfort
Maxed out negative camber
Nowhere near on the rear though.. Too much poke
So Deciding that I needed more negative camber on the back or even a bolt on arch kit... I thought it would be a good idea to take them back off and just run my old wheels until I can get this problem fixed (adjustable top mounts)
Then one lunch time I went to see one of my good friends, as we were 'supposed' to be going to Santa pod for the first show of the season... just to find out times and meeting points, and I cant blame my brother but basically I was showing off and he was pulling out of a junction in his crappy 12 year old vauxhall corsa... The rest is history..
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Now I'm just waiting for her to come back from the bodyshop and I can finally get my car looking how I intended and fingers crossed I have had all the bad luck! Just thought I would show you what my intentions are to see what you guys think... Let me know
Cheers for reading so far, more to come......
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[/IMG]First thing I was faced with was the decision of Static or Bagged... Times were hard after just forking out to buy her so I decided that the static route would be best...(for now.)
After having looked into a few option's on what coilovers to get I purchased these
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[/IMG]Then it was down to what wheels, I had been toying with the idea of genuine BBS... but after paying soo much on the car I thought the next best thing to get the look was the Dare RS wheel.. Cheap and nasty I know....
So I went for an 8.5J front and a 10J rear! here's a few more pics
Rear
So now I know that they don't catch my brakes which I thought could have been a problem especially on the front because I have an aftermarket big caliper.. So a couple of weeks went by (saving for the tyres) then I'm sat at the traffic lights, next thing i know im getting pushed into the junction... some bloody idiot hadnt seen the lights on red and rammed the car behind me which then pushed me..
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[/IMG]Luckily the only damage to me was a scuffed rear bumper and she had bent my exhaust slightly... a quick grinder to one of the brackets and i was back on my way.. anyway by this point I wanted my tyres on so, I chose to wrap them with the new Hancook Ventus evo Tyres, and had another test fit
Too close for comfort
Maxed out negative camber
Nowhere near on the rear though.. Too much poke
So Deciding that I needed more negative camber on the back or even a bolt on arch kit... I thought it would be a good idea to take them back off and just run my old wheels until I can get this problem fixed (adjustable top mounts)
Then one lunch time I went to see one of my good friends, as we were 'supposed' to be going to Santa pod for the first show of the season... just to find out times and meeting points, and I cant blame my brother but basically I was showing off and he was pulling out of a junction in his crappy 12 year old vauxhall corsa... The rest is history..
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Now I'm just waiting for her to come back from the bodyshop and I can finally get my car looking how I intended and fingers crossed I have had all the bad luck! Just thought I would show you what my intentions are to see what you guys think... Let me know
Cheers for reading so far, more to come......
Holy cow...that is a lot of work. Hopefully you will have it back soon. Love these cars. Remember looking at these new on the lot back in the day. Just out of our reach at the time. Can't wait to see more...
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