My Subaru impreza Sleeper 56k not a chance, lots of pics

[zax]

Half way through I was thinking "rear end looks great, he should ditch that wacky carbon bonnet and go for a plain one" Really like how the car looks now, nice job!

[Stuart70]

Love the bonnet and rear spoiler subtlety, given the power the car is running.

Much better than a chavtastic shouting exterior. Brilliant.

Sounds like so much work and money gone into the car, and it looks great.

Quality hobby

[jasemac]

Great thread, looks great!

[anonymous-user]

I really like it, great job! I'm so glad you got rid of that carbon bonnet, it ruined the whole look of the car.

[omgus]

Quality,

An STI in n/a clothing, that looks so much better than the plethora of chavved up, identikit look at me WRX's that have been driving past my work this morning. Almost makes me want a saloon, but not quite.

Love it.

[Celt]

Cracking read. Really like the car. Very strange not seeing the spoiler. I like it just looks very different.

[deano12345]

totally suits the normal bonnet and spoilerless look. have you noticed any increase in running tempts or dead spots due to heat soak?

[Ian Jones]

im running a fmic so dont realy get heat soak on the intercooler. on normal driving the inlet air temp is around +6 dec c over air ambent temp.

when i have the standard or the vented bonnet, it was slighly cooler, but from being a little warmer its nothing to worry about.

thanks for the kind comments all

[2 Wycked]

Gah! You've got me looking at Imprezas in the classifieds now. Bloody nice car, I was a little worried that you hand't grasped the meaning of 'sleeper' when I saw the carbon bonnet but you came through in the end.

[Ian Jones]

would be really nice if everyone could vote for my car.

it is number 9

thanks
ian

http://www.totalcarmagazines.co.uk/idol-impreza-2....

[sleeper88]

Fookin love it miles nicer then the scoobs round my way with there bumpers cut for big fmic.
And cheap 18inch alloys and matching budget tyres.

[wanacoop]

love it! Thats a sleeper for a scoob alright!

Just voted.

[2 Wycked]

Ian Jones said:

would be really nice if everyone could vote for my car.

it is number 9

thanks
ian

http://www.totalcarmagazines.co.uk/idol-impreza-2....

Voted. Looks like you're doing fairly well so far!

[43034]

Voted!

Not my cuppa tea but can't deny it's stunning!

[spurs-442]

Voted

Great read - as mentioned above - well understated for a scooby!

[Ian Jones]

thanks for your votes all

[Stedman]

It's cars like yours that make me want a scooby. It's been thorugh alot but looks the nuts now

[GC8]

Im not mad about the bonnet Ian... Seibon bonnets are usually GRP with a layer of wet laid CF over the top - a JDM alloy bonnet is lighter too.

Ive never seen a KnockLink in the vent before. Had you considered placing the lamps in the 'roof' of the binnacle? Unobtrusive but easy to see when it lights up like a Christmas tree

[RB Will]

Very nice build, how much has it cost you so far, you dont have to include bits like the carbon bonnet that you threw away (thank God)

[rb5230]

perhaps i am biassed but i much prefer what it looked like in the 2nd pic, obviously under the bonnet it looks much better though.