Another GC8 Impreza

[Manyu]

Been a lurker for a long time, finally decided to make a thread here too.
Bought it completely stock back in March, been through a fair few phases and now picked up some wheels that'll hopefully make it S|W worthy.

Small photo timeline











What it sits like now



Test fitting wheels





Will post pictures of wheels and their progress tomorrow.

Cheers.

[Smeeeb]

Hey man, i remember your mk3 rad to see the new ride.

[dvious]

Good start mate, keen to see the new wheels.

[Manyu]

Hey man, i remember your mk3 rad to see the new ride.

Oh wow! Thanks dude, feels good to know people remember my old car haha

Good start mate, keen to see the new wheels.

Will post pictures tomorrow man!

[Manyu]

Pics of wheels, unfortunately these photos will have to do! Been flat out so haven't had much time to work on them unfortunately.





They are probably not to everyones taste, but I have an image in my mind which I reckon it can pull off.

[stanceS400BY]

I actually don't mind the wheels! Keep it us posted!

[hinrichs]

I think the wheels will look badass, look like pepperpots but bigger

[Manyu]

I actually don't mind the wheels! Keep it us posted!

I think the wheels will look badass, look like pepperpots but bigger

Thanks guys, funny you mention pepperpots, I actually had a set on for a couple of days and I actually really like it.

Sizes aren't nothing fancy for these wheels as they're off a standard Ford LTD, I've been meaning to try these on for a long time and when this set came up, I couldn't let it go.

Update: Car was involved in a hit n run while I parked it at uni, came back to my bumper hanging about 2cm off the ground on the passenger side.
I only posted one photo of the passenger front as there is a decent gash from the previous owner, so I decided to take it off and fix it both of them in one go.

I'll post progress pics of the repair sometime later as they're all on my ipad, but here's where I'm at now with it.



Also picked these up off a local forum member



But after I mounted them I'm not entirely sure on running the black corner lights.
-They've got broken mounting supports
-Personally don't think they flow with the front



I'm getting some paint mixed up on Tuesday, so hopefully by the end of this week if work/uni permits I should have my bar back on in decent nick.

[12turnda]

Really dig the new wheels! Sucks about the hit and run though, bodywork is no fun, just had to do some myself. Sedona Red was a bitch to match. I like the new headlights too, but I personally think amber or clear corners would look better, been meaning to get some ambers myself. Keep it up man!

[MadMax]

definately an interesting wheel choice

but I like.

[willis]

Wheels are awesome.

Get them on.

[TheTynosaur]

Those wheels look great!

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[Manyu]

Really dig the new wheels! Sucks about the hit and run though, bodywork is no fun, just had to do some myself. Sedona Red was a bitch to match. I like the new headlights too, but I personally think amber or clear corners would look better, been meaning to get some ambers myself. Keep it up man!

You were right about the paint match, I don't like how my bar turned out now. From afar it isn't noticeable, but you can clearly tell from upclose!

definately an interesting wheel choice

but I like.

Wheels are awesome.

Get them on.

Those wheels look great!

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Well, looks like I wasn't the only one with a vision for the wheels haha
My mates ***** it, but I wanted to try something slightly different.

Two updates: Mounted fog-lights off a Gen1 Liberty/Legacy into the grille and wired them up to my parking lights. They are unnoticeable when turned off as I wrapped them in black tint; and I got a set of tyres fitted to the wheels to get an idea! They are just 195/50's that I had lying around the garage. Definitely need to find a narrower tyre for the rear though, I even played the camber settings upfront to get them to sit sort-of-right.

Anyway, pictures:







And no, one isn't brighter than the other, it's just the angle

[Smeeeb]

Get a little stretch on there mang

[Manyu]

Get a little stretch on there mang

I'm quite the pussy

Update: Finally went and got my wheels aligned. Oh and put another set of wheels on that I'm gonna be dailying on, the others are a fair bit of work to drive daily tbh. These don't look too bad either, just need some 195/60's instead of the 195/50's to fill the guard up a bit.