@eliroche, thanks, plan to lower it or go coilovers later in the year so hopefully have same stance as yours which looks the business,
@blacktar, thanks also, it was the reg that sold the car for me aswell as my brother being one of previous owners and i knew the whole history of it, i had initially planned to buy silver 06 sti (my favourite colour for sti) but this came up suddenly last year and i went for it, not a days trouble since thank god.