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May 21, 2016 10:06:39 GMT
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Well, my wife & I have finally settled into our little bungalow in Farnham, Surrey and after finding out that there is indeed a parking space for me, the conversation with SWMBO went a little like pistonpopper 's chat initially went - "Don't care what you buy, just make sure it's practical and I can use it daily if needed"
So the search began - here is what I ended up with.....
As you see it there, I have already completed the 1st mod - wheels! They were GOLD! Gold wheels on a white car didn't work for me so I had them powdercoated green by 'The wheel specialists' in Farnborough, Hants. (Same day service!)
It's sat on 'Teines?' coilovers and has a modified exhaust, extra gadgets inside and a nice 2.0 Turbo charged engine.
As I have never had a JDM Import, I know nothing else about it? I do know it has a nice big boot so I win on practicality with the Wife lol.
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Last Edit: Jul 15, 2016 14:25:45 GMT by SmokeEm
96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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Davey
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May 21, 2016 10:17:11 GMT
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Take the sti badge off! They never made a factory sti. Love a lowered forester many lows and much practicality. Great success.
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300 EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus
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May 21, 2016 10:23:46 GMT
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This is my point ^^^^^ I know nothing of Japanese cars at all. I know it's not a real STi as the log book says something like Forester Cross S??
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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Davey
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May 21, 2016 10:29:16 GMT
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This is my point ^^^^^ I know nothing of Japanese cars at all. I know it's not a real STi as the log book says something like Forester Cross S?? Really common boy racer thing. "I has loud exhaust and gold wheels therefore I has sti" it's a lovely looking car and I have many wants, especially for one with the bumble bee interior. White is a good colour and green is so much better than the massively over done gold.
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300 EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus
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May 21, 2016 10:32:50 GMT
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Not sure what a bumble bee interior is? Mine is grey with front seat armrests.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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vitessetony
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May 21, 2016 11:03:37 GMT
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Lots of win with this one! Congrats.
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stevietuck
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May 21, 2016 11:54:27 GMT
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My brother had one of these a few years ago. I think they made sti for the J market only. My brothers was imported by a company in England that imported a few hundred straight from the factory. Think they could have been called litchfield, but I'm no expert on J cars, so I expect someone will correct me on this. Nice cars though, very fast
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Davey
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May 21, 2016 12:10:23 GMT
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Not sure what a bumble bee interior is? Mine is grey with front seat armrests. It's black leather with alternating yellow panelling benny b had one for sale in here with it, very rare it seems as I cannot find an image. Still very jealous of yours love the body kit also subtle enough yet makes it stand out. Marvelous!
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K11 Micra x3 - Mk3 astra - Seat Marbella - Mk6 Escort estate - B5 Passat - Alfa 156 estate - E36 compact Mk2 MR2 T-bar - E46 328i - Skoda Superb - Fiat seicento - 6n2 Polo - 6n polo 1.6 - Mk1 GS300 EU8 civic type S - MG ZT cdti - R56 MINI Cooper S - Audi A3 8p - Jaguar XF (X250) - FN2 Civic Type R - Mk2 2.0i Ford Focus
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May 21, 2016 15:14:26 GMT
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It's got what looks like the factory fit double din 6 disk player in the dash but radio will only pick up Radio 2!!! The range on the FM only goes between 70 & 80 something! Can't this be fixed? Are all imports like it?
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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stevietuck
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May 21, 2016 15:23:44 GMT
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I think thats the frequency range they use in Japan, don't know if it can be changed.
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May 21, 2016 19:02:02 GMT
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Nice, really want a low forester Take the sti badge off! They never made a factory sti Are you sure about that? I was sure they got the sti version in Japan. Wiki suggests they did a sti in 2004 that had 320bhp.
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Last Edit: May 21, 2016 19:04:21 GMT by joem83
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nel5on
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May 21, 2016 19:11:44 GMT
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On the Radio, in NZ we always installed "Band expanders" usually up/down by 10-12Mhz to get all the normal radio stations. (check ebay)
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Last Edit: May 21, 2016 19:12:58 GMT by nel5on
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May 21, 2016 19:45:32 GMT
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joem83 - you are right! They most certainly did make some in the year mine was made. It's faster than my 5.0 Merc so I would say well over 200bhp easily. There is a small amount of lag, then BOOM, the boost comes in and whatever u saw on the horizon, is already looming in front of you! If it is a copy, that's also fine but most certainly 'someone' has spent plenty dough on extras that's for sure.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧
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May 21, 2016 20:00:58 GMT
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Brilliant buy, I will be looking out for you on the daily drop-the-wife-at-work run. TFS racing in Aldershot are your go to guys for servicing/timing belt etc.
Hope you don't mind me asking, who did you use to import/clear the Forester?
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`99 BMW 528i auto - current `01 Merc C320 - Gone `01 Forester S-Turbo - Sold `89 BMW 320i Convertible - Sold(shoulda kept it ) `88 Toyota MR2 T-Bar - Sold `89 BMW 325i touring - Sold `89 BMW 535i - Let her go too early `85 BMW 320i 2 door - Rust = character `00 Subaru Impreza Turbo wagon - Sold (engine failure) `93 BMW 325i - Sold
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May 21, 2016 20:16:05 GMT
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Already in contact with TFS fella. You local then? Importer was Status Moto in Winchester.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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adam73bgt
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May 21, 2016 20:22:37 GMT
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Looks awesome!
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May 21, 2016 20:25:38 GMT
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You win !!
That is just gorgeous.
Love it.
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May 21, 2016 20:25:55 GMT
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You need to fit a band expander for the radio, used to be common enough, i'm surprised it hasn't had one fitted already
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🇿🇼Kingludba🇬🇧
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If in doubt... flat out !
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May 21, 2016 20:36:24 GMT
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Already in contact with TFS fella. You local then? Importer was Status Moto in Winchester. Farnborough, sold my forester 2 years back. It was then used as a getaway car in some robberies in Reading. I had the fuzz knocking on my door tryna take me down lol. Any interior and engine bay shots?
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`99 BMW 528i auto - current `01 Merc C320 - Gone `01 Forester S-Turbo - Sold `89 BMW 320i Convertible - Sold(shoulda kept it ) `88 Toyota MR2 T-Bar - Sold `89 BMW 325i touring - Sold `89 BMW 535i - Let her go too early `85 BMW 320i 2 door - Rust = character `00 Subaru Impreza Turbo wagon - Sold (engine failure) `93 BMW 325i - Sold
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May 21, 2016 20:45:57 GMT
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Superb, I rather like this... A lot!
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