mattjw UK st205 project Options

[mattjw]

hello all, just signed up, thought a project thread was probably the best start

heres how she looked when i bought her in november 2010 -





opted for a few changes, vinyl front plate, late spec rear lights and a few other bits and pieces to tidy it up around the edges





then a new exhaust system went on, BC Coilovers and a few other bits such as Forge BOV, Apexi Induction kit and a GReddy turbo timer. I also sprayed the wheels black as I knew the new wheels were soon to be fitted and I wanted to detract from the horror that is the TSW Venom!







Now all we needed were some sexy concave 6 spoke 9.5j 18" Rota Grid Drifts saved from an uncaring impreza owner, refurbished by myself and resprayed bronze, wrapped in stretched Falken FK452s, thrown under some heavily pulled arches with 5mm spacer up front, 20mm at the rear -

How they looked when i got them (test fit showed the need for spacing them out, and u may also notice this is pre-coilovers) -











Now im doing my best to steer clear of any obvious aesthetic mods, going along the 'road-worthy track weapon' approach i want to stay away from non-oem bodykits and anything too fussy form wise. Since the above photos i now have huge white Falken tyre lettering (which looks ridiculous but i love it!) Next on the to do list are some interior alterations, a nice dished suede 330mm wheel, maybe a full interior strip and some bride buckets, a rear diffuser of some description and possibly a c-one front splitter. Along with just keeping her running sweet and fixing the bits that go wrong of course

Thanks for reading!

[dudeofchaos]

SOOO GLAD you finally updated!
I've finally decided to respray the whole car in black and when I will come out of school and get my job, our cars will be very very similar ^^
Will need to fix the same areas on mine also due to minor, yet horrible to me, rust problems.

I will get BC coilovers also, but not quite sure yet of the stiffness to opt for.
Thinking to go 9kg front/8kg rear, I want to get a close rear/front stiffness ratio to make the car more prone to oversteer rather than understeer.
What specs are yours? What is your feedback? Too stiff for a daily driver? Would you change to another setting if you could go back?

What are your future plans?
Please keep us updated

Edit: Pretty sure the offset is +23 may be wrong though
Also, do you run minor negative camber to make the 9.5 fit in the front?

This post has been edited by dudeofchaos: Jan 18, 2014 - 8:11 PM