Subaru Impreza Turbo2000

OK, so with the strip down done, we have hit the common auction site and ordered a hefty amount of parts. Time to start saving what we can, starting with the crusty rear hubs. We also start tackling the corrosion here, but by no means are we finished with that gig!

Woeful lack of chat on this thread, I'm clearly guilty of doing the edity thing without any real context.

So we sorted the fuel leak and cracked on with other fun and games. The rear brakes are a disgrace on this car, probably the worst I have ever seen. Getting the carriers glowing white and STILL fighting to remove a pin was not confidence inspiring. In my previous days of Subaru ownership I'd have thrown the towel in and obtained 2 pots but you do not want to know the sums they seem to go for now. They weren't cheap 10 years ago!!

The rust, yes. I have been spreading this about the updates as it would be a relentless video of grinding sparks, welding, lather rinse repeat. I plan to get the rear quarter finished in the next instalment and all going well that will be the last of the crusty stuff dealt with. Then we can get onto the far more interesting stuff!! Wheels arrive soon, I'm going to be lining up more sympathetic modifications and all the while we will be continuing to de-chav it.

Enjoy!

When I tried to get my had been stood for 3 years 2002 GX Sport rolling to sell the rears were locked solid. Calipers were fine as they were refurbished by Gaz Watson a couple of years before, the problem was the handbrake mechanism. Totally rusted, ended up with just a pile of broken rust once I "persuaded" the discs off.

here's the remains of the driver's side rear shoes on the back seat!



Bloke who bought the car was not bothered tho and must have fixed them as it's now MOT'd

Well done fella - Great project & Great videos. Bookmarked.

Found a better pic of the single pot rears that Gaz did for my GX today





So far I've just brush painted the 2 pot rears on my WRX - they still work

I know a certain Project Binky drops an update tomorrow, so here is ours a wee bit earlier so as not to clash with the schedules!!

The rust has been a bit focus on this and I'm glad to say that there is light at the end of the tunnel now. The good news is that from here on its shiny bits and actual, visual improvements!



That's probably all from me until the festive season is over, but I'll be playing catch up in the unit over the holidays and back on it properly in January!

The spoilers can be hit and miss. The good thing about the high level sti one is you can see THROUGH it in the rear mirror, so it doesn't really hinder vision much.

Oh yeah, I know the ones. They actually look pretty good these days in a subtle Q car way!

Certainly better than a bare ar$ed Impreza, a look I still cannot get on board with. It just needs something on the boot.