Type R Wanted

Sweetcakes said:
I'd always have to do something to make it my own, have a few ideas for what I'd do :smile:

Didn't notice the grill actually, the rear quarter stickers are missing so i'll be looking for signs of previous accident damage.

The bumper needs to be painted Andy, the owner told me its in a bad way from stone chips. Would also prefer a v6 lip to the p1 lip on it.
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dont think it had the rear quarter stickers even when he had it.
 
Dagnut said:
Sweetcakes said:
I'd always have to do something to make it my own, have a few ideas for what I'd do :smile:

Didn't notice the grill actually, the rear quarter stickers are missing so i'll be looking for signs of previous accident damage.

The bumper needs to be painted Andy, the owner told me its in a bad way from stone chips. Would also prefer a v6 lip to the p1 lip on it.
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Body work is easy and cheaper to fix I don't know why people get caught up in the whole "clean" thing...I know it's better to buy a nice clean car, but if you know the mechanicals are right, it's had a fresh rebuild your on to a winner
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As the lads said Dave, it not aesthetic problems like scratches or dents I'm talking about. As you say all those little things are easily addressed. I certainly expect some work to be required on a 10+ year old car.

The problems I've been finding so far are cars that are rotting from the inside out with rust or ones that have been heavily crash damaged. When I say I'm looking for a straight, clean car, I mean one the hasn't been crashed to within an inch of its life or rotten with rust :thumbsup:
 
JAMIE-TYPERV6 said:
@ Dave...

IMO... Classics are becoming hard to come by that aren't rotten at this point. Even my own Type R that was only on UK roads for 1 year and on Irish roads for 1.5 years had a good deal of surface rust on the underside due to lack of underseal on the JDM cars... and the rear PS pocket was starting to rust out of it for no apparent reason... but thankfully it was all cut out when rear tubs where widened.

I'd have to disagree too about mecahnics being more important. A good straight shell would appeal to more over a rough one with a good engine. A good forged engine might set you back a couple of grand sterling... but If you take into account the costs of having to restore/repair a shell properly... and by that I mean... fully stripping it of all parts... getting it acid dipped or soda blasted to see what needs repairing (and trust me this is the only way to be sure you have a shell that will actually last more than a few years)... remove rust spots and weld in a few panels... then get it painted and put back together taking into account the amount of sundries/parts that need replacing such as clips/brackets/seals etc. And before you know it your running into big figures.

I'd much rather find a good clean shell here... get the underside cleaned and sealed and every cavity wax sealed to ensure it lasts as long as possible.... and have to worry about a rebuild or dodgy gearbox than worry about a rusty/damaged shell. If you look at every classic car (Escorts, Mini's etc) it has now become impossible to find a clean straight shell... and if you do find one they are big bucks even in a market that has declined over the last while.
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That's fair point but it's taking it too extremes..there are type r's out there that have no rust..we've all seen them, in your scenario you end up with a rebuilt shell..that's not my point.
My point is if you go and see 2 cars one with rebuilt engine, solid gearbox , suspension with a few dents..or a spotless car that pops on you after a couple of hundred miles...plenty of lads on here been in that scenario> the rebuild , **time with out the car** etc is just a complete ball ache....it maybe that type r's are now getting into the classic territory where people are looking to put away minters but I think Robbie's car is for blasts and track use....I totally understand where your coming from but I wanna know I can jump in my car and give it the beans rather than knowing it looks pretty...you can definitely have both but I think the value on a car lie that will be a lot lot higher...
I've said before I think type r's have reached the status now where they have done all the depreciating they will do....they've basically reached classic status amongst people like us
 
Sweetcakes said:
Dagnut said:
Sweetcakes said:
I'd always have to do something to make it my own, have a few ideas for what I'd do :smile:

Didn't notice the grill actually, the rear quarter stickers are missing so i'll be looking for signs of previous accident damage.

The bumper needs to be painted Andy, the owner told me its in a bad way from stone chips. Would also prefer a v6 lip to the p1 lip on it.
Click to expand...

Body work is easy and cheaper to fix I don't know why people get caught up in the whole "clean" thing...I know it's better to buy a nice clean car, but if you know the mechanicals are right, it's had a fresh rebuild your on to a winner
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As the lads said Dave, it not aesthetic problems like scratches or dents I'm talking about. As you say all those little things are easily addressed. I certainly expect some work to be required on a 10+ year old car.

The problems I've been finding so far are cars that are rotting from the inside out with rust or ones that have been heavily crash damaged. When I say I'm looking for a straight, clean car, I mean one the hasn't been crashed to within an inch of its life or rotten with rust :thumbsup:
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I get ya..I've been keeping an eye on classifieds here but good ones are fetching 6.5k and up
 
Cheers Dave, appreciate it :thumbsup: They are still fetching serious money over there.

p1impreza said:
dont think it had the rear quarter stickers even when he had it.
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Do you know if he was the first owner in the country?
 
I'd just be wary of that one colm, but thats about right price wise. I originally saw it at the beginning of the year and thought there was something fishy about it and then being up for sale again so soon makes me even more suspicious. It was up for about 4 months before being sold and was then up for sale again by the new owner less than a month later. That add is now its second time on the 2 month loop of donedeal so been for sale a while.
 
Thanks Robbie

Sweetcakes said:
I'd just be wary of that one colm, but thats about right price wise. I originally saw it at the beginning of the year and thought there was something fishy about it and then being up for sale again so soon makes me even more suspicious. It was up for about 4 months before being sold and was then up for sale again by the new owner less than a month later. That add is now its second time on the 2 month loop of donedeal so been for sale a while.
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p1impreza said:
dont think it had the rear quarter stickers even when he had it.
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Do you know if he was the first owner in the country?
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johnaton is the second owner of the impreza
 
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