What have you done to your car today?

[Andy_Mac]

1 hour ago, Loren said:

 

 

What is the purpose of the fender shroud? Never heard of anything like it before.

 

The factory ones on VA’s look super trash. It's like the black material under the hood.

Though at least they have something there, the GR/GV’s have a big gap that i’ve dropped a few bolts down into on mine

[Loren]

11 hours ago, Andy_Mac said:

 

The factory ones on VA’s look super trash. It's like the black material under the hood.

Though at least they have something there, the GR/GV’s have a big gap that i’ve dropped a few bolts down into on mine

I looked it up on youtube... stupid that they leave giant holes there.

[Gripless]

On 29/06/2021 at 10:26 PM, Andy_Mac said:

 

The factory ones on VA’s look super trash. It's like the black material under the hood.

Though at least they have something there, the GR/GV’s have a big gap that i’ve dropped a few bolts down into on mine

When you take the rubber out of the side fender grills the hot air gets sucked out of the top of the engine bay through those gaps.

[Andy_Mac]

4 hours ago, Gripless said:

When you take the rubber out of the side fender grills the hot air gets sucked out of the top of the engine bay through those gaps.

 

You mean the fake openings just behind the wheels?

Most of these aftermarket ones are somewhat vented anyway so could still allow some airflow with the lower vents opened up

[Gripless]

They aren’t fake.

they have rubber flaps behind the mesh to block them.

you rip it out and they work.

you can cut more hole in fender to drag more air through. 

[Andy_Mac]

11 hours ago, Gripless said:

They aren’t fake.

they have rubber flaps behind the mesh to block them.

you rip it out and they work.

you can cut more hole in fender to drag more air through. 

 

True. I've never bothered actually looking at them before but know the US folks seem to cut up their guard liners to have direct flow to supposedly keep pressure low around the wheels rather than the engine bay

[Andy_Mac]

Finally got around to bringing this home from DTech. Just need a few more accessory pieces and it'll be ready to go in.

 

 

[Serchn]

On 1/07/2021 at 11:40 PM, Gripless said:

They aren’t fake.

they have rubber flaps behind the mesh to block them.

you rip it out and they work.

you can cut more hole in fender to drag more air through. 

Seems Ive got some rubber things to remove ?

[Gripless]

1 hour ago, Serchn said:

Seems Ive got some rubber things to remove ?

If you are careful you can just pull the top of the vent panel. Top of the Sti logo outwards and get 30mm or so gap. They just grab the rubber and pull away from vent. 
Only one side of the rubber is held on by tiny 4mm washers on plastic pins. 
 

if you get brave unscrew the side skirt from front arch and the the bottom of the panel has a small clip at the bottom.

 

you can then cut or drill some more holes to get better flow. 
There is 40mm before you hit the actual car frame. 

Edited July 4, 2021 by Gripless

[Serchn]

Lol seems the 2020 ones are fake?, the guards vent through the door cap next to the vent.

[Serchn]

Fitted the Perrin solenoid cover. It was a big job?

[Andy_Mac]

2 hours ago, Serchn said:

Fitted the Perrin solenoid cover. It was a big job?

 

Where’s the alternator cover to go with it though ?

[Serchn]

? lol haven’t found one I like yet?

[Andy_Mac]

 

Installed a CTEK battery sense bluetooth module and MXS 5.0 charger. The module is a nice little item for those of us with only occasionally used vehicles that aren't properly garaged to allow for long term use of the battery maintainer setup but still at close range for it to ping a phone occasionally.

 

Straight off the bat it was sitting at 30% as expected from the difficulty starting the last few times so hopefully the chargers recond feature should be able to bring this most of the way back.

[1randomkiwi]

I now own one less Subaru.
The BMF has moved on to a new owner.

[TNHSTI]

Bit of an engine detail the other day

 

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[img]https://i.ibb.co/gFfbLDj/20210807-183122.jpg[/img]

Edited August 10, 2021 by TNHSTI

[TNHSTI]

On 8/08/2021 at 8:20 PM, TNHSTI said:

Bit of an engine detail the other day

 

[img]https://i.ibb.co/g72ppfG/20210807-183013.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/DRdBdmJ/20210807-183027.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/c1qKS1m/20210807-183036.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/x89PxhH/20210807-183059.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/19j2mzx/20210807-183113.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/gFfbLDj/20210807-183122.jpg[/img]

 

Has they way we post images on the forum changed recently ? They keep just showing up like above for me ..

[Technikhaus]

54 minutes ago, TNHSTI said:

 

Has they way we post images on the forum changed recently ? They keep just showing up like above for me ..

 

You don't need the img tags anymore, just paste the link to the image, make sure it's plain text, it may prompt you to switch to that,  and hit enter after and it should automatically make it an image

 

https://i.ibb.co/g72ppfG/20210807-183013.jpg

 

Should produce:
 

[EJGOD]

Installed a dinky little rear brake light/reverse light on my STi yesterday, it’s the little things

[Andy_Mac]

13 hours ago, Conducks said:

Installed a dinky little rear brake light/reverse light on my STi yesterday, it’s the little things
 

 

Nice. My red start stop buttons like yours turned up yesterday so I'll have a go with them tonight. 

[EJGOD]

 
Nice. My red start stop buttons like yours turned up yesterday so I'll have a go with them tonight. 

Aliexpress deals are on!

[ADIKT]

Bought a s*** load of bushes for the race car

[ADIKT]

These were delivered yesterday - will start putting things together after work tomorrow 

 

[Loren]

1 hour ago, ADIKT said:

These were delivered yesterday - will start putting things together after work tomorrow 

 

 

 

What you got? Rear subframe lock kit... and?

[ADIKT]

2 hours ago, Loren said:

 

 

What you got? Rear subframe lock kit... and?

Front and rear essential kits. Will mean I can get the damn thing rolling on its own wheels. Finally.