Time for a clean, time to dump that fake carbon scoop and 'fix' a few bits
Dan popped around and as we were looking around the car, we found this piece of JDM whorage
Autobacs serviced the car before it was shipped over here and it only showed 104k (65000 miles) The car now shows 132k so that's 92000 miles or thereabouts from new! Not bulletproof mileage history but a fair indicator and cool points as Dan doesn't have an Autobacs sticker on his
The rear nearside wheel is binding a bit, nothing mega, but it's eating the pad and disc and doing nothing good that's for sure. You can see the extra amount of brake dust that is on the wheel compared to any others
A quick clean showed the alloys to be in fair condition even if the tyres aren't!
The severely faded rear upper spoiler was a bastard to sort out.
Russ made it look so bloody easy when he did his 20 second clean on a test piece, so I set out with my own T-cut (fresh from Halfords) and it was soul destroying getting it near red!
The dual wings on the Sti wagon make handy shelving units too
The interior came up well with no damage to the seats, dash or switchgear
Even the air con works perfectly!!
Dumped the faux carbon vent and swapped it for the OE one
Profile; should look nice with the new wheels
The front splitter is shot to bits but as I didn't have the time to do this properly, I have left it alone for now. It will be repainted along with the skirts and mirrors in due course.
No real driving impressions as I haven't sorted the insurance yet. As Dan said, the bellow at start up is thunderous. No way on Gods green Earth that it will pass a noise test for trackdays but it doesn't half put a smile on your face.
More to follow later in the week
I will let you know, that's if you can fit the car in this week? (Don't bust a gut as Sasman doesn't even know he's got to MOT it yet 
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