'98 Sti Type-RA

[bordercontrol]

Picked this up last weekend. Hasn't seen a dry road since then so not got any good photos. Just a few off my phone.

The day i collected it...



And since then...











And then the snow came...









More than I had planned on posting but oh well. Opinions welcomed.

Cheers, Ian

[rolty]

Very nice - not often you see such a straight, standard STi these days

[RB Will]

one tip I will give. DO NOT OPEN THE ROOF SCOOP AT SPEED. It will take off your fingers and snap and dent the roof. Well mine did. Its fine to have open at speed just make sure the act of opening it occurs at 30mph or less. Brilliant litle thing in the summer though.

[typezerora]

RB Will said:

one tip I will give. DO NOT OPEN THE ROOF SCOOP AT SPEED. It will take off your fingers and snap and dent the roof. Well mine did. Its fine to have open at speed just make sure the act of opening it occurs at 30mph or less. Brilliant litle thing in the summer though.

I agree, check the seals and regularly tighten up the bracket and hinge to ensure it locks tight and has no play when it's open (the flap is okay up to about 80mph)

[bordercontrol]

typezerora said:

RB Will said:

one tip I will give. DO NOT OPEN THE ROOF SCOOP AT SPEED. It will take off your fingers and snap and dent the roof. Well mine did. Its fine to have open at speed just make sure the act of opening it occurs at 30mph or less. Brilliant litle thing in the summer though.

I agree, check the seals and regularly tighten up the bracket and hinge to ensure it locks tight and has no play when it's open (the flap is okay up to about 80mph)

Thanks for the advice chaps. It's a brilliant little thing in the winter too it would seem. DCCD seems to help massively. Taking it easy for now though seeing as I've been used to a diesel vectra. There is quite a difference in power.

[G9 NGR]

Looks like just the job for the snow! ;-)

Where abouts in Northumberland are you?

G9

[bordercontrol]

G9 NGR said:

Looks like just the job for the snow! ;-)

Where abouts in Northumberland are you?

G9

Cramlington mate. You got a 911 right?

[G9 NGR]

bordercontrol said:

G9 NGR said:

Looks like just the job for the snow! ;-)

Where abouts in Northumberland are you?

G9

Cramlington mate. You got a 911 right?

Yep. Up in Berwick

[mazdajason]

typezerora said:

RB Will said:

one tip I will give. DO NOT OPEN THE ROOF SCOOP AT SPEED. It will take off your fingers and snap and dent the roof. Well mine did. Its fine to have open at speed just make sure the act of opening it occurs at 30mph or less. Brilliant litle thing in the summer though.

I agree, check the seals and regularly tighten up the bracket and hinge to ensure it locks tight and has no play when it's open (the flap is okay up to about 80mph)

Really? 80mph? Heard it was more like 40-50? Not something I would want to try anyway!

[bordercontrol]

G9 NGR said:

bordercontrol said:

G9 NGR said:

Looks like just the job for the snow! ;-)

Where abouts in Northumberland are you?

G9

Cramlington mate. You got a 911 right?

Yep. Up in Berwick

Remember seeing your car at the borders run back in September i think it was. Got a good photo of it actually.

[G9 NGR]

bordercontrol said:

G9 NGR said:

bordercontrol said:

G9 NGR said:

Looks like just the job for the snow! ;-)

Where abouts in Northumberland are you?

G9

Cramlington mate. You got a 911 right?

Yep. Up in Berwick

Remember seeing your car at the borders run back in September i think it was. Got a good photo of it actually.

Oh right were you there? What were you driving? Was a good day out that!

G9

[bordercontrol]

I didn't have my car with me. Went up in an S3 with a few mates. Weren't there very long but I caught the bug and will definately be doing that again.

[bmthnick1981]

Do all of the 'RA' models have a roof scoop? I've been browsing the classifieds looking at them but some of them don't seem to have the scoop, e.g;

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2261344.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2294981.htm

[Marf]

Roof vent is on the "V-Limited" R and RA models

[Mr.Jimbo]

I really like that, awesome car wouldn't mind a roof scoop on mine, the sunroof isn't quite the same

[GravelBen]

Marf said:

Roof vent is on the "V-Limited" R and RA models

Pretty sure all the STi-RAs have it (for homologation) but only V-ltd STi-Rs. Not sure about WRX-RAs.

You do see a lot of misadvertising though - people claiming/thinking their car is an STi-RA whether its a normal STi, WRX, WRX-RA or one of the various other limited editions. The only real way to tell is from the chassis code, though DCCD is a major giveaway too - if it doesn't have DCCD its not an STi-RA.

Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 2nd December 22:09

[GravelBen]

bmthnick1981 said:

Do all of the 'RA' models have a roof scoop? I've been browsing the classifieds looking at them but some of them don't seem to have the scoop, e.g;

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2261344.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2294981.htm

I'm not sure that either of those are actually STi-RAs - first one looks like a WRX-RA ltd and second maybe a regular STi.

Try www.type-ra.co.uk for a forum dedicated to them.

Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 2nd December 22:16

[soad]

Ohh, a classic Scooby =

[bordercontrol]

Here's 2 more. Looking cosy in the snow...





Ian

[GravelBen]

Looking good, should be a hoot in the snow too.

Have to say if I could only have one car I'd most likely be in an RA myself, as it is Legacy + MX5 covers a wider range of talents so I'm still happy.