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It's not really a crazy price tbh. A car in that condition and with still the plastics from factory in it is impressive. Definitely a collectors car and not something for the road.

Never. Turbos dont like sealer going thro them. I always use genuine mls and tighten to 34nm. If I reuse them just go up .5nm each time. Once you get to 3-4 times replace.

Used all genuine gaskets when my up pipe and turbo came off and didn't use any gasket sealer, going OK so far after 10000km.

Yeah, why have all the first gen Leone station wagons disappeared off the face of the planet? Is it rust like the Brumby?

They can also offer non oem as an alterative..Usually cheaper..

That's probably a bit beyond the tools I have at my disposal right now, moved to nz about 2 weeks ago.

@Induced - going back years now from memory but it made a significant difference, in saying that it was very sloppy to start with. Tighter to shift and zero movement. I think it was the cost was cheaper for AM vs a genuine part. And the fact I had some cash and was mucking around.

I think a lot of the suggested alternatives are just part numbers that supercede the ones you're looking for. Some parts you can find images for online using the part number and just eyeball them for differences.

For about $1400 - $1500 you can get LDS to do you a full front mount and intake custom setup with a Moshimoto intercooler. I wanted to get it done so bad, but ran out of cash lol. If you go with off the shelf, you are looking at $595 for a redline kit (http://www.redlineperformance.co.nz/products/intercoolers/front-mount-intercooler-kits/subaru/subaru-wrx-and-sti-gdb-intercooler-kit/) and you still need to get it installed which could be a PITA If you have the money, I'd go LDS @Batbaruman

No, because you have a paper trail with an insurance claim for a lost or stolen key. If you happen to lose your key and the person who "finds" said key uses it to unlock your vehicle without your permission, that still falls under criminal law - having access to the key does not make the activity less illegal.

"Yeah and I also had a wad of cash attached to my keys...."

Without cats and the middle resonator the car will scream like crazy (though this might be a goal for some). Bashing/emptying the cats will leave you with a "nice" tinny sound, much better option is to place a straight pipe inside of each cat (while still retaining factory look). Keep in mind that there's not that much room for a decent resonator in place of a flat factory one, especially on a lowered car. Mufflers. If going aftermarket after doing the above mods, look for some nice big oval shaped mufflers - Wangan, Fujitsubo, Apexi. You'll end up with some nice deep sound without drone and other nuisance. Would highly recommend K2Gear dual intermediate pipe if you can find one - it was specifically designed for a 3.0 and sound awesome, will be perfect if you go catless.

1. Upgrade the headers 2. Knock out all the cats in the system --> This one is a bit tricky because of the new laws around catalytic converters, which states that any car registered in NZ after 2010 that was manufactured after 1990 has to have a catalytic converter in the system. If you legacy was NZ new in 2006 then you can take all the cats out and still get a WOF. If it was imported after 2010, then you'll have to do the less legal thing of finding someone to knock the guts out of all of your catalytic converters and leaving the empty cats in place so that it still looks like you've got them in the system to get your WOF. Best to cut them open, remove all the filling, then weld them shut again as opposed to knocking the guts out with a metal pole. If you're not keen on doing this, then 1 high flow cat will suffice ($150 from Redline) I found an image of the stock exhaust system that shows where all of the cats are below. 3. Remove the mid system muffler (labelled number 24 in the image) and replace it with a resonator (you can get a 2.5" one from Redline for $60) as this muffler does NOTHING and removing the cats will increase the exhaust noise a little and putting this resonator in will deaden the sound again. If you prefer to use a high flow cat, use this instead of the resonator. 4. Leave the stock mufflers in place. They do restrict flow a little bit, but not much and they kill a hell of a lot of noise. Pic below Headers + all other work should cost you less than $1,500 to do. Then you can get onto the Romraider forums and research tuning unless you want to shell out another $1,000+ to have it dyno tuned or find someone to reflash your ECU for less This should help with another 20 - 30kw and make the car feel a fair bit more torquey (I had a tuned 30R with exhaust done at one stage and my wife had an untuned one and the difference was quite noticeable).

I'd go custom as well. Get a nice core and then work out the right size piping for the hot and cold side for optimal performance and you can also make it fit perfectly.