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I got all the parts I need to do the Sedan conversion on the front. I have new Sedan rack ends, Alloy arms, new whiteline bushes/anti lift kit and sedan sway bar/links. Do I need to use an inner rack end remover tool or can I just use some locking pliers (forgot the name). Do I need new rubber boots/washers or anything like that? Sway bar I just need to remove the sub frame and a plate in the middle afaik. Then tighten everything with front wheels on ground. Control arms should be easy enough. Might also install my group N engine mounts as I might have better access bolts and things with no subframe, sway bar, control arm or rack ends in the way. I'll also install new brake pads at same time. Cant wait untill its all done. Should be interesting after its all done and aligned Any tips would be handy. Edit: still need to install my rocker cover gasket set too....

Highly doubt ill be there. just too busy around that time.

I doubt they will go down much now tho..

Take care when leaving parking lots plz Im actually thinking of buying a Skyline R32 to get some rwd turbo in my life. Keeping the trusty Sti tho

Diff mount bushes? Just a guess...

I got the HDI front mount which costed around $800 then sold BOV, Top mount, and some other air splitters and things and got around $400 back. Thats a cheap Front mount. Once everything is hot there is no extra lag too. Chris (the tuner) was amazed because power, torque and boost was pretty much exactly the same as with top mount after the re-tune. The best part is way less heat soak so you can get your 208kw all the time

*Gets popcorn* In this case Inked is only looking for 260kw ish. A turbo that spools decently quick and holds to redline would feel pretty nice for street driving. Im sure a 300kw sti that spools late would be a very nice experience but once you hit boost in 3rd you would almost be breaking the speed limit on the road anyways. Im not experienced here so I cant claim to know...Do get more KW's tho

Me too. They already blew the honda engine in the STI after a few days. - bent a rod I cant stand them because they ghetto everything.

Yeah ill try that first.

Painted calipers gloss black. Gonna paint the "subaru" White so it stands out. Also painted a few of the interior pieces red for lols. Ill get a pic of that installed later on

Might just be his car, It has a mind of its own. He wants to get an Sti next because even he is not a huge fan of it. In fact the gearbox for his GTI had to be reconditioned recently which costed a kidney. A mate at work picked up a new DSG polo recently and it got about 50kms and then the gearbox went into safe mode and was standard. When the tow truck came, the driver said that he often picking up German cars and returning them to the dealers lol. Purely Anecdotal evidence but that is my experiences with them. German cars not actually that reliable or cheap to fix. Im sure they not that bad but if you want reliability I would stick to good old Japanese cars. If you dont mind driving a manual, a GTI would be a very fun car. Almost as fun as a wrx Forester is fine but you might as well get a wrx

Obviously im going to say 2004-06 Wrx Wagon. Should be okay on fuel if you drive carefully. Loads of room. Reliable. Golf GTI... meh. I struggle to like them. My brother has an auto and I dont like it. No traction in the wet and axle tramps so bad coz fwd. Going from reverse to drive with the DSG takes abound 5 minutes for it to engage meanwhile your wondering whats happening and why it hasn't engaged. If your lucky you wont need to spend another 5 minutes writing a note to the persons car you coasted into. I wouldn't mind a Manual GTI tho. I would only go forester if you need room. Civic/accord.. reliable and good economy I guess.

Anti seize is a weird one. I didnt use for last set and they came out like they had butter on them. Im pretty sure NGK plugs have a coating that prevents seizing, it was only 10k kms ago tho.

Brought new plugs. They all came with a gap of 0.3 ish. Gapping them to 0.8 seems very big. Is that correct? Edit. Never mind. I cant read... they are 8mm

Changed cold air intake into short air intake hoping I could move intercooler pipes enough so bumper would fit. I also moved intercooler back a bit more however still doesn't fit. I can start to hear some dort dort noises from intake which is cool I guess...

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Hi Nic, My car is similar, it has a bunch of vapour/steam or whatever coming from the exhaust and definitely seems slow (off boost) for a few mins in the morning and then its fine, I think its pretty normal especially in winter. Im sure someone here can tell us why. Its probably happening when your idling too but you just cant see it in drivers seat. If you are in traffic in the morning, you can sometimes see other cars vaping and drops coming from the exhaust too. Hope that helps

I met you prob 8 months ago in poruria store, u had Clubsub jumper on so I said hi. You said you were Gordon so I assume its you.

oh nice. I met @B4Gordon at supercheap a while ago lol

Thanks, now im bout to waste 75 minutes of my time.

I have a suggestion. Can we have more pictures of 'cars' in the calendars. The 2018 calendar has 4 out of 12 pictures of whole cars and I think it should be at least 8. I get bored of looking at a wheel, start/stop button all month. I do like the odd wheel/engine bay picture but I think cars have a lot more to offer for a calendar.

who dis. Porirua/tawa

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