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I think the B4s are the heaviest of all Legacy models, but none of the turbo legacies have too much trouble stepping the back out in the wet. Even the autos. Find a dairy farmer with a big concrete pad outside their milking sheds, hose it down, standing start, half a turn of lock, floor it.

You mean Dunedin to Nelson and back? I did that about 5 times a year for 4 years back in the nineties - its a good drive ;]

Does 'originally from' and 'spend most holidays in' count? =]

Yes your B4 will drift in the wet no problem. And yes your B4 will have a tendency to understeer, particularly in the wet.

So I guess noone has ever seen one. Any of you folk that work at Subaru dealerships have prices on these?

Haha, Ken is amateur ...

Does anyone know if there are copies of this made in NZ anywhere? I vaguely remember seeing something on trademe (albeit a one piece version) a while ago, but I didn't have the car at the time. Or failing that, can anyone with a current parts catalogue give me an indication of what a new one would cost? They look like this ... And I believe (but may well be wrong) that they were originally a three piece bit of kit ...

I'm at ~190k on my V4 type R. I guess I should start shopping for a new shortblock? I hope it survives the autox this Sunday ...

Found these. Thought they might be of interest. I would be inclined to keep to the 4000 to 5000 Kelvin range - both for brightness and to avoid unwanted attention. [quote name='"xtralights.com" said: However, all HID light is much brighter than Halogen, even if it is a 35W 12000K HID bulb, the light output still maintain well over 2700lm; which is still 300% brighter than 55W Halogen with 700lm. img]http://www.xtralights.com/images/Colortemp.jpg[/img]

Oh, so don't you actually want to double de-clutch then? Because without re-engaging the clutch in neutral before blipping you are aren't spinning up the input shaft.

If you aren't double de-clutching, what is the blip for?

CAA, 5BA, and 5CA all use the R180 and come in DCCD flavours. What is the serial on the transmission 1992-RS?

Yeah, maybe I just need to clean up the lenses/ reflectors and get some newer halogen bulbs. A shame they have legislated against HID retro-fitment to older cars. Use less power, make less heat, make more light.

I would have thought rally spec lights would be better. Why would you want to change? ... for cheaper bulbs?

What sort of bulbs are people running in their gen one Imprezas? Currently my headlights are akin to half dead penlight torches - even on high beam.

Cool, thanks Loren.

Well, I have the mounting hardware (plates), and have cut myself some nice new mudflaps to go on. The only bits I am missing is the clip nuts. Can you get these in general hardware stores? I checked Mitre 10 Mega, and they didn't have anything like them. Do I just need to raid pickapart?

http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/factsheets/44b.html It is actually fairly easy to qualify for Special Interest Vehicle - it must meet three of these criteria; * the vehicle (or its make, model and submodel) is identified as being a collector's item in one of the following magazines or their respective websites – Australian classic car, Car and driver (US), Automobile (US), Motor (Australia), Motor trend (US), New Zealand autocar, New Zealand classic car, Road and track (US), Top gear (UK), Top gear NZ, Unique cars (Australia) or Wheels (Australia) * the vehicle's make and model has been (or was) manufactured in annual volumes of 20,000 units or less * the vehicle is, and was manufactured as, a two-door coupe or a convertible * the vehicle is, and was manufactured as, a high-performance vehicle. As for limits - 200 in any one year, which is a lot considering you can't apply for a permit if you have already had one issued in the last two years. I don't know whether you can rego these vehicles, or if it just lets you import them (for racing or whatever). You could make the case from these criteria for just about all of the cars on that site.

I would like to know where the guy on trademe thinks he can sell his for over 100k, when you can get them for 40k from Japan.

"C'était un Rendezvous" by Claude Lelouch A classic.

thejetnz, we have put 70,000 kms on ours now, and have experienced none of the problems mentioned. Ours is an '05 however - maybe they revised some parts? The only annoying thing to go wrong with ours, is the trip computer display (and only the display) is on the blink. Expensive to replace, but an auto electrician can probably fix it when I get round to it. I'm sure you can break the bottom end if you try hard enough. If I were a cynic, I would say there are probably way less bottom end failures with this model because the people who thrash the **** out of their cars haven't bought them yet ;]

Hmm, Funky, I don't think that is a Subaru IC

Funny, I have been pulled over multiple times with my number plate in the windscreen, and the rozzer has not mentioned it at all. In fact I get pulled over repeatedly with the lame excuse 'These cars get stolen a lot'. I would like to put it back on the bumper (still looking for a mount, anyone?) but I haven't been fined yet, and it has been like that for about four months.

That's a nice drift right there ^^

Joker, it probably just means they haven't set up a catchall address for gofastbits.com and their mail server (STELLA) is saying that the address you sent to 'nzsales' does not exist. Rick, are you still doing tuning work at your 'new location'?