my bug wrx

[prodriverules]

Nice one Jake well done fella

[cuprajake]

cheers mate

[cuprajake]

well with the temps dropping, i decided i would fit the winters give me some time to get them scrubbed, not impressed with the fact one has/had a leak but will in the morning lol, if there all flat im staying home haha


photo by cuprajake1, on Flickr



photo(2) by cuprajake1, on Flickr


jake

[prodriverules]

WOW
That's err.......................different Jake!!

[BLU]

Those wheels are, now how do I put it .............. LOUD

[cuprajake]

there my anti crash into me wheels for the winter lol, they are bright haha, just hope there up to the job when the snow comes,

on another point in thinking new turbo for a tiny power increase, but cant decide wether or not to spend the money and/or stress the engine and box

options would be :

andyforest hybrid td04 and remap

or

vf35 pinks and topmount

ummmmmm.......

[prodriverules]

Originally Posted by cuprajake

there my anti crash into me wheels for the winter lol, they are bright haha, just hope there up to the job when the snow comes,

on another point in thinking new turbo for a tiny power increase, but cant decide wether or not to spend the money and/or stress the engine and box

options would be :

andyforest hybrid td04 and remap

or

vf35 pinks and topmount

ummmmmm.......

PM me Jake I may be able to help you out there if your budget will allow mate

[cuprajake]

pm sent and inbox cleared lol

[prodriverules]

Back at you mate

[BarnsleyScooby]

excellent wheel colour

[cuprajake]

hey guy's

been hankering after the red sti interior bits for while, but there silly money so decided to hve go myself, the pics dont do it justice, but i did take a big risk doing it, so dont blame me if you copy and it goes wrong...

first the centre dash bit, remove the surround and then take the dials out,



then split them and use red paint to cover the back of the dials, remove the green covers off the bulbs too



then build back up.



next the clocks, remove from the dash and split them, taking the needles off is nerve racking and i though i needed new clocks at one point, lol

once split you need to remove the backing of the dials, its basiclly green then covered with black, i did this with thinners, i tested a piece first, this is were it could of gone wrong,



then i covered with red paint, and again got rid of the green bulb covers,



build back up without the glass on the clocks then use a satnav to set the speed correct, you need to remeber where you fuel was too.

once happy build it back up to finish, i need to do the lower buttons for the fogs, but i can sort that at a later date.



like i say pics are pants but in the flesh its very pleasing, plus i can change the colour of my radio and boost gauge

jake

[L&G.scooby]

That's a good talent there. But very nerve racking I bet.

[wiley]

i just got red bulbs. when i tried to do that with my old speedo, the needle alignment went crazy lol. although even done properly, you'll get light and dark parts on the speedo

wiley

[cuprajake]

It's not too bad to do. Just taking time and being carful. Im going to pull the clocks out again and need to go over the 60mph as that's a bit brighter

[JonMc]

When you say 'set the speed correct' is this just about getting the needle on right or is there an adjustment

Shame you can't change the colour of the mileage/temp displays to match too

[cuprajake]

The needle just needs manually putting in the right place. Is a shame about the display but guna work on that.

[BrownPantsRacing]

Good job for your neighbours we only had half a day of snow this year with those nice Orange wheels!

Watched your project thread. Great work, love the mods.

[cuprajake]

I'm tempted to take them off lol but feb is meant to be bad, and that's when the mrs is due. So not tempting fate haha

[BrownPantsRacing]

Not worried the shocking orange will induce labour early?

[scooby 887]

some top work on this car mate credit to you, those 16" look great on the car may have to think about a set of those on my bug

[k_duraman]

hi
quick question please
i see u had fitted before prodrive headlights on standard wrx , can u tel me how did u wire them up? i can get some hid jdm sti headlamps but no ideea how to wire them up?
cheers

[cuprajake]

they were already fitted and had been chopped in, they come with norma connectors normaly

Coilovers are gone. In the bin pile of Shute,

Now fitted the prodrive springs and struts it's a bit higher but still should look good.

I tried to undo the arb links but they spun so now I have a slight knock so will get to changing the bushes etc. It's a rattle that can be flet through the feet/pedals. Hoping it's not the shocks.

Drive a hell of alot nicer, not crashy no lift up bumping so that's nice and the rears are silent!!! Heaven haha

Then today i have swapped exhausts with a lads member. Can't remeber his username. it's a magnaflow system with angles back box. 3"as spouses to the 2.5" system I had on the tsl with miltek centre pipe. So thinking slight map adjustment from mr carr.

Final thing today I got to use the snow tyres. Really good. Got home up our hill the car performed flawlessly, but the mrs is really twinging now sonbaby may come soon just hope it's not tonight as were in whitworth and were booked to go to burnley haha

[M2RTXbugeye]

Shocks and springs all good jake? Does the ride feel better mate? Had my rear lowered a little more so they're level now. Thank god lol

Martin

Martin

[cuprajake]

yeah mate 10times better, still feels tight which is nice the rears are silent too

was the camber out?

[M2RTXbugeye]

That's good mate were a lot better then standard and a lot stiffer. Glad your happy mate. Didt do an alignment mate just lowered the one which was 10mm higher then the rest. Still don't know the problem. Will arrange the alignment with you jake if thats ok mate

Martin