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My v5 impreza - Matt85 - 15-11-2021
after two v4's and a v2 i wanted a facelift in mica blue, i looked at 3 lemon saloons that were all ragged to death and poor things were dying
then one night i stumbled across a advert pretty basic but covered all the main points but it was in kent and wanted shot by 20th july.
my best mate took me to the station for the half 7 train to kings cross then hopped over to maidstone in kent where the seller picked me up from the station. Fantastic guy chatted for ages was a fellow petrol nut and this had been his girlfriends run about for the last 3 years. expanding family and finances ment it had to go for something cheaper to keep so advertised it with no offers but after a few emails i agreed the sale price if everything was as described.
Panic set in about half way thinking if its **** getting home and i was going to give up.... But nope was as described and had a few supermarket car park knocks and marks and not been serviced properly in years but overall im happy
car was filthy tho . hate it when sellers dont bother washing it or a quick hoover. So a sunday with my mate who took me to the station spent a couple hours washing and polishing, treating scratches and adding bits i managed to find from previous cars .
The car has some of the prodrive performance pack included which the seller didnt even notice!
first up is some servicing and bits and bobs then few subtle changes to the outside before hitting the power / handling
making a start
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dash pod
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minging boot
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then some trusty autoglym dye
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added buddy club caps
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speedline prodrive alloys
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and washed
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next up she was serviced up by my local scoob expert and given it a once over and all good , diff still a bit Whiney but not as bad as before so hopefully the new oil will work it's way in next few miles
Had some bad lacquer peel on bonnet vents , after top gear decided to cover them up
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Kitchen work top ruined lol
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Then got this , all in jibber ish
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Get them back on the car tomorrow after work
My v5 impreza - Matt85 - 15-11-2021
Cusco rear brace in
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Then with load cover in nice and stealth
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Quick tint of rear lights till I fix my Sti rears I had for wagon01
![[Image: EF41D090_zps3b9eabbd.jpg]](http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mattsgoldenballs/media/Snapbucket/EF41D090_zps3b9eabbd.jpg.html)
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Inside view of the scoop
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The wheels are the best change I think , has a hint of blue in
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My v5 impreza - Matt85 - 15-11-2021
but here she is waiting for upgrades after xmas leading up to march time
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My v5 impreza - Matt85 - 15-11-2021
Bigger newage intercooler
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better pic of fog covers now horrid PIAA lamps are out
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My v5 impreza - Matt85 - 15-11-2021
Took bit extra lunch break today as I got my splitter
Just putting front end together , cheap p1 splitter , got a ocari one too but prefer this
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My v5 impreza - Matt85 - 15-11-2021
Wasn't gonna spend any more but
Well got this japspeed exhaust
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Also got some Sti lower arms and polybushes
My v5 impreza - Sparkystav - 15-11-2021
Some nick tweaks mate. Keep them coming!
My v5 impreza - Matt85 - 15-11-2021
Yeah been a bit slow on this one as I'm doing up my house too
Performance wise I'm only going bigger turbo with exhaust , injectors and maybe meth mixed 20 % and a ecutek map should hit 330 - 350 bhp
My v5 impreza - reganlives - 15-11-2021
Nice car mate. Why did you decide to go for a newer top mount intercooler instead of a front mount? I've seen a lot of people get much better results from changing to a front mount.
My v5 impreza - dimis - 15-11-2021
nice impreza