Turbo 2000 refresh
21 August 2009, 08:45 PM
#1
Turbo 2000 refresh
Thought its about time I added a progress thread for the refreshing of my Impreza turbo 2000!! Shes been off the road since March 2008 and after two house moves was starting to look a little neglected. First phase is to straighten and refresh the bodywork. Second will be suspension and brake work, and the third and last phase will be to up its power, so let the work begin!! 
Bear in mind this is by no means a big spend project, most if not all of the work is going to be completed by myself on what is probably going to be a very tight budget. And squeezed in round my very busy family and work life! 
Heres a pic when I first got her. (i've added the clears and my reg plate!!)
on the move (for the second time!!)
How she looked before going into hibernation for the winter
Started to strip her down in preparation for her respray, the white circles show the accumulation of car park dings over the 12 years of her life!!
Start of shortened number plate mount, all plastic welded up. Piece taken from a bumper I paid 99p for!!!
Good ol fleabay!!
Headlamp washer jets removed, and plastic welded up
The stripping will hopefully be finished this week with the prep work starting in earnest (hopefully) next week!!!
Thanks for looking and comments/suggestions welcome.
Bear in mind this is by no means a big spend project, most if not all of the work is going to be completed by myself on what is probably going to be a very tight budget. And squeezed in round my very busy family and work life! Heres a pic when I first got her. (i've added the clears and my reg plate!!)
on the move (for the second time!!)
How she looked before going into hibernation for the winter
Started to strip her down in preparation for her respray, the white circles show the accumulation of car park dings over the 12 years of her life!!
Start of shortened number plate mount, all plastic welded up. Piece taken from a bumper I paid 99p for!!!
Good ol fleabay!!Headlamp washer jets removed, and plastic welded up
The stripping will hopefully be finished this week with the prep work starting in earnest (hopefully) next week!!!
Thanks for looking and comments/suggestions welcome.
Last edited by BLU; 26 June 2014 at 05:26 PM.
22 August 2009, 02:26 PM
#3
Cheers Made sure the latest house we bought had a garage so i could crack on instead of waiting on the weather all the time!!
Managed to finish stripping off the passenger side, no less dents here then!!!
Welded up all the bodykit holes on the drivers side
Before
After
Even had a chance to roll the drivers side rear arch whilst I was at it!!!
Made sure the latest house we bought had a garage so i could crack on instead of waiting on the weather all the time!!Managed to finish stripping off the passenger side, no less dents here then!!!
Welded up all the bodykit holes on the drivers side
Before
After
Even had a chance to roll the drivers side rear arch whilst I was at it!!!
Last edited by BLU; 26 June 2014 at 05:27 PM.
24 August 2009, 01:53 PM
#7
It has Powerflow stamped on it. Might be changing it as I'm not fussed on it!!
Cheers Trails, took a bit of patience cutting the new surround to the correct size, and an age plastic welding it. Think it'll be worth it in the end!!
Small update.
Had a small rust repair to do at the back of the sill where all the crap had sat under the skirts, but thats sorted now. DS is all straight and flatted off in preperation for sealer and a few coats of primer, which will then give me more sanding to do!!
Cheers Trails, took a bit of patience cutting the new surround to the correct size, and an age plastic welding it. Think it'll be worth it in the end!!
Small update.
Had a small rust repair to do at the back of the sill where all the crap had sat under the skirts, but thats sorted now. DS is all straight and flatted off in preperation for sealer and a few coats of primer, which will then give me more sanding to do!!
Last edited by BLU; 26 June 2014 at 05:28 PM.
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25 August 2009, 08:24 PM
#11
Had a couple of hours to play with today.
Fill, sand, fill, sand, fill, sand.............
Just a quick dusting of primer to make sure its still got that 'factory look' to it
Still a bit of work to be done here but its getting there!!
Fill, sand, fill, sand, fill, sand.............
Just a quick dusting of primer to make sure its still got that 'factory look' to it
Still a bit of work to be done here but its getting there!!
Last edited by BLU; 26 June 2014 at 05:28 PM.
26 August 2009, 08:36 PM
#14
Cheers guys
Completed all the welding, inc the boot lock
Piece cut for welding
Welded
Ground back
Skimmed
And finally primed
NS Rear arch rolled
Just the passenger side to flat off now then its nearly ready to have doors, wings, boot, and bonnet removed for sealing and priming!!
Slowly getting there!!
Completed all the welding, inc the boot lock
Piece cut for welding
Welded
Ground back
Skimmed
And finally primed
NS Rear arch rolled
Just the passenger side to flat off now then its nearly ready to have doors, wings, boot, and bonnet removed for sealing and priming!!
Slowly getting there!!
Last edited by BLU; 26 June 2014 at 05:29 PM.
27 August 2009, 03:18 PM
#23
Maybe I should make a few and flog em!! 
Last edited by BLU; 26 June 2014 at 05:30 PM.
27 August 2009, 08:12 PM
#26
Well I've been busy again!! Most of the PS is completed ready for primer. Thought I'd attack my front bumper today. When I first fitted my front mount intercooler it protruded slightly from the bottom of the bumper by about 1". I initially got round this by putting a P1 style splitter on the bumper.
When I decided to remove the bodykit, for the 'RA' look this became a problem. As I had removed the skirts etc putting the splitter back on would have looked rather odd so I had to come up with another plan, made harder by the fact I want it to look factory, the kind of mod only seen when its either pointed out to you or when you really take a close look!!
The soloution really was quite simple! I decided to extend the bumper down by approx 1.5"
I marked up where I needed to split the bumper with red tape.
And removed the bumper, ahhhhh naked car
I then cut the bumper in half
Made some spacers and plastic welded these to the bumper
I then plastic welded the piece back on in its slightly lower position.
After it was in place I filled the gaps, plastic welding in pieces of my remaining spare rear bumper.
It took me about 2.5 hours to fully weld both inside and out
Got there in the end. This is how it stands now, all welds ground down ready for a skim of filler and more sanding 
It now hides the bottom of the fmic perfectly but still imo looks factory (well will once its finished!!)
Comments?
Last edited by BLU; 26 June 2014 at 05:32 PM.
27 August 2009, 08:26 PM
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that is ace!!!
definately sell those, i'd lovemy front bumper that bit deeper and then add one of ABW's TA splitters
definately sell those, i'd lovemy front bumper that bit deeper and then add one of ABW's TA splitters
Last edited by beef-on-the-bone; 27 August 2009 at 08:28 PM.
