Forester STI bhp
Discussion
macky17 said:
bonesX said:
Looking good Macky
Pink springs are STi and as said they give more roll, really being too soft for the amount of lowering they provide
Roll isn't too bad really (for what it is) and I'm really enjoying the compliance and comfort - almost WRX-like. An uprated rear arb should compensate nicely I would have thought. On the list...Pink springs are STi and as said they give more roll, really being too soft for the amount of lowering they provide
Remember the stronger mounts you'll need as otherwise you will definitely rip the OE's off
Also highly recommend uprated drop-links (Whiteline, not CDF)
themanwithnoname said:
If its any motivation, here's how I got mine for the weekend, do bear in mind, mine is daily driven and a long way from perfect!
and a bit of a reflection shot!
Stop it ffs ! What do you think would be sensible money to give for the car in the advert ? It's likely to cost me another extraordinarily expensive handbag for the Mrs so I need to get the money down.... Mr Dealer is likely to have a good margin in it surely ? and a bit of a reflection shot!
Tough to say really, I paid a bit less last May for much the same mileage, however the pound is weak against the yen, and they're commanding strong money in Japan at the moment, if I was looking today, I'd certainly be budgeting between 11 and 16 for a good one, and even at that, there isn't masses of margin in them.
Just as an example, I was recently looking for a colleague whose son saw mine and wanted one. We had a look over a few of the auction sites, we couldn't see any change out of £12k doing it on our own, and the pound has weakened further since.
So I've jumped on my favourite Japanese auction site, and found a nice 2006 70000KM 4B graded car, middle of the road price wise at Y1.215m
or
£8999.97 in Japan on todays exchange rate
On a boat with insurance, add another £850 or so (Free on board a little cheaper but if it arrives in bits, then its your loss)
You would pay 10% import tax on the £9849.97 giving £10834.97
You would then pay 20% VAT on this total £13001.97
Then add in the cost of conversions (fuel neck restrictor, putting a UK stereo in, putting in fog lamp wiring etc) and adding an alarm, immobiliser, getting it registered, taxed etc, there would be little change out of £14k
Perhaps madam would like to see the Saint Laurent 'Sac De Jour'?
Just as an example, I was recently looking for a colleague whose son saw mine and wanted one. We had a look over a few of the auction sites, we couldn't see any change out of £12k doing it on our own, and the pound has weakened further since.
So I've jumped on my favourite Japanese auction site, and found a nice 2006 70000KM 4B graded car, middle of the road price wise at Y1.215m
or
£8999.97 in Japan on todays exchange rate
On a boat with insurance, add another £850 or so (Free on board a little cheaper but if it arrives in bits, then its your loss)
You would pay 10% import tax on the £9849.97 giving £10834.97
You would then pay 20% VAT on this total £13001.97
Then add in the cost of conversions (fuel neck restrictor, putting a UK stereo in, putting in fog lamp wiring etc) and adding an alarm, immobiliser, getting it registered, taxed etc, there would be little change out of £14k
Perhaps madam would like to see the Saint Laurent 'Sac De Jour'?
themanwithnoname said:
Tough to say really, I paid a bit less last May for much the same mileage, however the pound is weak against the yen, and they're commanding strong money in Japan at the moment, if I was looking today, I'd certainly be budgeting between 11 and 16 for a good one, and even at that, there isn't masses of margin in them.
Just as an example, I was recently looking for a colleague whose son saw mine and wanted one. We had a look over a few of the auction sites, we couldn't see any change out of £12k doing it on our own, and the pound has weakened further since.
So I've jumped on my favourite Japanese auction site, and found a nice 2006 70000KM 4B graded car, middle of the road price wise at Y1.215m
or
£8999.97 in Japan on todays exchange rate
On a boat with insurance, add another £850 or so (Free on board a little cheaper but if it arrives in bits, then its your loss)
You would pay 10% import tax on the £9849.97 giving £10834.97
You would then pay 20% VAT on this total £13001.97
Then add in the cost of conversions (fuel neck restrictor, putting a UK stereo in, putting in fog lamp wiring etc) and adding an alarm, immobiliser, getting it registered, taxed etc, there would be little change out of £14k
Perhaps madam would like to see the Saint Laurent 'Sac De Jour'?
Interesting read, thanks very much, I've never imported so have little or no knowledge. It would appear the price isn't unrealistic. Will update, I feel a black eye coming on..............Just as an example, I was recently looking for a colleague whose son saw mine and wanted one. We had a look over a few of the auction sites, we couldn't see any change out of £12k doing it on our own, and the pound has weakened further since.
So I've jumped on my favourite Japanese auction site, and found a nice 2006 70000KM 4B graded car, middle of the road price wise at Y1.215m
or
£8999.97 in Japan on todays exchange rate
On a boat with insurance, add another £850 or so (Free on board a little cheaper but if it arrives in bits, then its your loss)
You would pay 10% import tax on the £9849.97 giving £10834.97
You would then pay 20% VAT on this total £13001.97
Then add in the cost of conversions (fuel neck restrictor, putting a UK stereo in, putting in fog lamp wiring etc) and adding an alarm, immobiliser, getting it registered, taxed etc, there would be little change out of £14k
Perhaps madam would like to see the Saint Laurent 'Sac De Jour'?
I think with the costs involved , and I did look into it you are better off buying some thing already in the uk , you know what you are getting and not paying as much money to import one , let some one else do the hard work , on the fsti a number of things like fog lights are already there , most insurance companies are ok with Subaru security but I would upgrade it any way as it would be your pride and joy as they say , convert to mph is a good move though , older model cars 10 years from date of manufacture are exempt from some costs
vxr is on the money - get one already landed and fettled
Things like exhaust (be rude not to), remap (essential in many ways), suspension mods. The FSTi doesn't need too much doing handling wise. STi did a sterling job with lowering the car properly (changing pick-up points for roll centre correction etc)
Then there's the HG issue. It's something a new buyer can easily sweep under the carpet, but most FSTi HG's seem to let go come about 60-75K miles and that will cost £2K done properly. May as well go for shells and valve stem seals etc while you're there, so £3K+
Buying one which has had all this done makes a lot more sense
Importing one is out of the question with costs and exchange rate being what they are
That black one for £12K for example is the same money as this twin scroll 2l JDM Impreza - a cracking car with solid engine reliability
http://www.scoobynet.com/subaru-444/1038943-subaru...
Things like exhaust (be rude not to), remap (essential in many ways), suspension mods. The FSTi doesn't need too much doing handling wise. STi did a sterling job with lowering the car properly (changing pick-up points for roll centre correction etc)
Then there's the HG issue. It's something a new buyer can easily sweep under the carpet, but most FSTi HG's seem to let go come about 60-75K miles and that will cost £2K done properly. May as well go for shells and valve stem seals etc while you're there, so £3K+
Buying one which has had all this done makes a lot more sense
Importing one is out of the question with costs and exchange rate being what they are
That black one for £12K for example is the same money as this twin scroll 2l JDM Impreza - a cracking car with solid engine reliability
http://www.scoobynet.com/subaru-444/1038943-subaru...
bonesX said:
Oooof! That's nice. Pity we need the space the Foz offers... Now to work on swmbo...Get one, you won't regret it. I had Torque GT import me one last Jan and it's the best all rounder I've owned. Very quick, very useable space inside and not that thirsty really.
Good sized boot and the seats fold flat so actually practical, seats are comfy and sounds great also.
Very compentant off road, I've used it in the Lake District, Brecon Beacons and all around Snowdonia. Cannot see me parting with it for a long time and I've only kept one other car over a year and had this one about 18 months so far.
Good sized boot and the seats fold flat so actually practical, seats are comfy and sounds great also.
Very compentant off road, I've used it in the Lake District, Brecon Beacons and all around Snowdonia. Cannot see me parting with it for a long time and I've only kept one other car over a year and had this one about 18 months so far.
of all subarus I've had fsti is for me the best all rounder , it's quicker than the 2 litre jdm wagon , it's a lot quicker off the line as there is no lag , the wagon does catch up , mpg better in the fsti even when driven faster , great boot space , the only weakness is the 2.5 lump v the 2 litre but that's easy to cure and needs better suspension , currently got 2 fsti and one wagon , but with car prices not good I can't sell wagon as I don't want to give it away , and it's still a great fun car , best thing on wagon is handling , but on the fsti it's well well worth putting coilovers on and a remap and exhaust which gives a very drive able car
vxr2010 said:
of all subarus I've had fsti is for me the best all rounder , it's quicker than the 2 litre jdm wagon , it's a lot quicker off the line as there is no lag , the wagon does catch up , mpg better in the fsti even when driven faster , great boot space , the only weakness is the 2.5 lump v the 2 litre but that's easy to cure and needs better suspension , currently got 2 fsti and one wagon , but with car prices not good I can't sell wagon as I don't want to give it away , and it's still a great fun car , best thing on wagon is handling , but on the fsti it's well well worth putting coilovers on and a remap and exhaust which gives a very drive able car
But which coilovers? I love the car but rear seat passengers mention the bounciness and it is harder than I realised at first. What I'd love is a ride like a standard wrx but is that possible?I have BC on both , I bought a second hand set for one fsti and it rides very well , the other BC again and it's not as good but still very competent , I found out keep the lowering sensible , and don't adjust them too firm as they ride worse when they do , for a bumpy road if they are too firm then car is just bouncing all the time , great on a fiat road but other than a track where do you find that in the uk , one had the rear arb done but coilovers suspension has the greatest effect and much better than standard , my older fsti suspension was on around 140 k miles but was still ok but not as good as coilovers , hope that makes sense , I have settings on around 7 clicks on the soft side out of around 30 total clicks , I wish I did suspension some time ago
Which model have you gone for with the BCs?
I genuinely have 5/6 tabs open with all the coilover options I can find for reasonably sensible money trying to compare, and one of BC's reps hasn't been all that useful. I'm looking for something comfortable day to day but with the ability to dial in some fun when the opportunity arises.
Though for me it was mostly about not having the struts start to rattle every 6 months, and I've not got around to putting in some grease ports, its the only thing I'm not liking about the car currently.
I genuinely have 5/6 tabs open with all the coilover options I can find for reasonably sensible money trying to compare, and one of BC's reps hasn't been all that useful. I'm looking for something comfortable day to day but with the ability to dial in some fun when the opportunity arises.
Though for me it was mostly about not having the struts start to rattle every 6 months, and I've not got around to putting in some grease ports, its the only thing I'm not liking about the car currently.
MDMA . said:
Meister R better than the BC's. Bilstein PSS9 better than both. Although still quite harsh for UK roads.
Ps - will check about the alloys tomorrow. Mad busy at work atm.
If it's harsh it's not better for a dd. is that both types which are harsh? I though the meister r didn't bolt straight on?Ps - will check about the alloys tomorrow. Mad busy at work atm.
macky17 said:
If it's harsh it's not better for a dd. is that both types which are harsh? I though the meister r didn't bolt straight on?
for the Meister ones, you will need - MeisterR ZetaCRD+ coilovers suitable for the GD Impreza with 100x5 stud pattern ( taken from someone who has just fitted them ).link from scabbynet below :
http://www.scoobynet.com/suspension-12/1041000-rev...
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