What did you do to your car today?

[keith dublin]

Got a bit of a petrol smell in the car the other day ..on further inspection the fuel reg adaptor was leaking the old one was the wrong fit and was butchered to fit...it was on my to do list ..anyway popped down to Murray motorsport this morning picked up the propper one ...problem sorted

 

[keith dublin]

Got a bit of a petrol smell in the car the other day ..on further inspection the fuel reg adaptor was leaking the old one was the wrong fit and was butchered to fit...it was on my to do list ..anyway popped down to Murray motorsport this morning picked up the propper one ...problem sorted
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[Gary sti]

I think it did man, previous owner upgraded the turbo to a vf28 and upgraded fuel pump and a few other bits and then ran into the same ECU issues as me. The other one was totaled as far as I know so this is the only SF5 STI in the country (as far as I know) I think there may be a Type-M manual around if it hasn’t been exported and I know there’s another type-m on its way from Japan as we speak there’s a few SG STI’s too but they’re rare enough beasts over here.

I think it’s it alright used to be two the same parked in garden the odd time remember behind him one day great pull out of it they were well minded always in top nick any time I seen them. used to be another lad Matt that was in isdc had a grey type r who I know he said he knew cars I think through club

 

[scoobysub]

Car looks well washed Keith

 

[keith dublin]

Cheers joe it took half a day lol
Hard to keep it clean ....

 

[Gary sti]

Looks super Keith good to see another pair of hands to push the cleaning along in the back [emoji108]

 

[dontommy]

Spotted a really clean blue 04 sti at the Kilkenny car boot sale.

 

[keith dublin]

Are things that bad we need to sell our cars at car boot sales now ????

 

[dontommy]

I would say she got sold fast Keith.
When I came back for a better look and the car was gone

 

[Fozzy]

Spent 6 hours on the wheel bearing. Hub nut would not budge - eventually, after a lot of blow torching, a 1 inch air impact for trucks moved it. More ballache pressing in and out bearings and when the hub went back on it was totally locked up. Think the hub is damaged and the bearing is spinning inside it. Wasted bloody day and now I need to hunt for a replacement hub.

To add insult to injury, I have to drive a micra until I sort it

 

[Gary sti]

Spent 6 hours on the wheel bearing. Hub nut would not budge - eventually, after a lot of blow torching, a 1 inch air impact for trucks moved it. More ballache pressing in and out bearings and when the hub went back on it was totally locked up. Think the hub is damaged and the bearing is spinning inside it. Wasted bloody day and now I need to hunt for a replacement hub.

To add insult to injury, I have to drive a micra until I sort it

You should start a blog for car you done a good bit of work be good to keep track of it I feel your pain too had a similar problem when doing rears.

 

[duffmancb]

Got my fuel tank back in and hard fuel pipes in too

Can anybody tell me if there is a rubber gasket between this and the car body i have one on the other side for the filler neck but not on this side

And cavity waxed the unreachable areas

 

[duffmancb]

Sub frame in, didn't want a too flash colour so just powder coated most silver thought it would look good against the black body

 

[enda]

Sub frame in, didn't want a too flash colour so just powder coated most silver thought it would look good against the black body
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Epic! love builds like this

 

[duffmancb]

Thanks! i have a shite load of pics and don't want to clog up the thread, so I'll just keep the important stuff in posts

 

[keith dublin]

Did you do all the stripping and painting on your drive
That looks savage

 

[duffmancb]

Yeah i bought a little creeper for rolling around under it and it's been a gift and a pain in the arse on the uneven coblock drive

 

[keith dublin]

That great work man fair play

 

[enda]

Fmic fitting...ill be a pro at removing the bumper soon lol

 

[duffmancb]

Got a bit done this weekend small re furb before it goes back on the car. Not a great picture but you get an idea of how they look

Wire brushed them down and put bilt hamber hydrate on them

Then sprayed them with high temp black paint

New bushings pressed in, i made a ghetto rig from threaded rod and nuts and washers i found in work. also cool table ornament in the back there.

Ready to go back on the car