Wrx Sti Type R V5

[Daniel]

I wouldn't powder coat the items, paint seems to last better from what I've seen from kit cars, wheels etc. I'm sure someone will say I'm wrong just from my own experience. Not keen on pink, your car is nice enough with out the statement

You are right Ian, when powder coat chips it leads to water ingresses between the metal and coating, making it rot faster. Plus the powder coat will fall off in chunks as they commonly do with kit car chassis as you've pointed out.

[Ben]

The type R is in .....

No interior, all door cards and trim removed, exterior stripped down as far as my ability can cope - still saved 6 hours of labour all told.



Anyone for the spoilerless look - And Logan will be happy that 'that' sticker has gone! (Lucky I'm having it remade then)







And my poor old Donor in the event we need any extra parts



Apparently it's a high performance vehicle ... so no towing a caravan!

[Daniel]

That'll all be well worth the aggro once it's all sorted Ben. Glad to hear the stickers are being remade. Be great to see the next updates.

[maff]

Good stuff Ben, has your man doing the work been asked to take some pics?

[Ben]

He has been suitably instructed Maffster ... plan is to use the images on their website as an example of work.

Apart from the dubious quarter repair I'm really pleased with the overall condition of the shell, I expected to find rust behind the mudguards .. nope, nothing, inside the wings perfect. Spotted some areas for improvement also, for example whoever fitted the intercooler used a hammer to move metal out of the way - well Chris will tidy up this so that it looks like the routing was planned!, also going to cut out more of the rear of the bumper to give space to the intercooler so the bumper sits correctly.

Also going to clean and paint the bumper slam panels etc so that it's also perfect where it isn't seen. Can't wait for Stu to underseal the car too. Had a look at Gareth's car today, the undersealing looks the business.

[Ben]

So, a quick update - rear quarter is off, the jap repair was allowing water ingress so the quarter has had to go.

Believe it or not, it's actually no where near as bad as was expected.




Glass is coming out ready for full paint too

[Daniel]

Cool stuff. Will be great to see this all minty. Can't wait for the next update. Think you'll need to be getting this into a magazine shoot at some point.

[Rob S]

Scary when they come apart are nt they?

[Ben]

More surprising is she is planned for being back on the road and finished August 11th ... I've got / arranged for a remake of all the decals too so at a glance she will look no different just much much tidier

[Stuart]

Best you get the car booked in for protection asap then, eh?