Before and after engine bay
09 October 2012, 09:48 PM
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I just bought her in May this year Tony. I had been looking for a good condition Hawkeye in black for about 6 months and I spotted this this one for sale up in Inverness so I drove up to view, loved it and bought it and collected the following weekend. Absolutely love it!
09 October 2012, 09:52 PM
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09 October 2012, 10:06 PM
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Cheers buddy I appreciate it. We all have our own tastes, likes & dislikes and that is why I love Subarus and the Subaru community. I welcome all feedback whether it is positive or negative. I get inspiration and ideas from other people's cars and their comments and I hope that other people get the same. No 2 cars are really the same and I love that.
09 October 2012, 10:12 PM
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this is very true every car has its own strengths and weaknesses first time i have bought a subaru sti and have strolled over from a skyline site lol own both now
09 October 2012, 10:33 PM
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Well it's not hiding anything 
Mate has an S4 Quattro twin turbo and it is a completely different drive but roughly the same power. He drove mine and said "that car hides nothing, it's just raw and screams I am loud and I am fast" I drove his and it was so smooth I couldn't believe it. God I love the grin factor cars give.....except when they get sick!
Mate has an S4 Quattro twin turbo and it is a completely different drive but roughly the same power. He drove mine and said "that car hides nothing, it's just raw and screams I am loud and I am fast" I drove his and it was so smooth I couldn't believe it. God I love the grin factor cars give.....except when they get sick!
09 October 2012, 10:44 PM
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both my skyline and subaru are also very quite smooth till i modifiy them im not guna start a war but rwd and awd is what im talking about now and thats a comparison
im not guna start a war but rwd and awd is what im talking about now and thats a comparison
09 October 2012, 11:27 PM
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Tried loads of different stuff mate but it didn't shift the oil and grease much so used brake and clutch cleaner on a cloth and toothbrush and various other brushes for that which came off easy. I then hosed engine bay down and used Meguiars engine clean followed by Meguiars engine dressing. Inlet manifold was cleaned with swarfiga oil and grease remover when it was removed to put on the induction hose. pain in the backside job it was to clean! To be honest none of the branded cleaners really did a great job and I ended up using a large selection.
Hard work paid of well! When you doing mine
ps, your Hawk looks amazing man!
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09 October 2012, 11:37 PM
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Cheers buddy
09 October 2012, 11:48 PM
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4-5hrs! Pure dedication right there! If I ever do happen to fly past Newcastle I will certainly take some cleaning tips of you lol.
I can just picture your Hawk sitting on coilovers with camber, & no spoiler!! Wooooooo hoo
Looks lovely as it is though. If it was mine I would stance it like a ****
I can just picture your Hawk sitting on coilovers with camber, & no spoiler!! Wooooooo hoo
Looks lovely as it is though. If it was mine I would stance it like a ****
09 October 2012, 11:52 PM
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4-5hrs! Pure dedication right there! If I ever do happen to fly past Newcastle I will certainly take some cleaning tips of you lol.
I can just picture your Hawk sitting on coilovers with camber, & no spoiler!! Wooooooo hoo
Looks lovely as it is though. If it was mine I would stance it like a ****
I can just picture your Hawk sitting on coilovers with camber, & no spoiler!! Wooooooo hoo
Looks lovely as it is though. If it was mine I would stance it like a ****
Have thought about lowering her but I am on the limits with the size of the wheels and stretched tyres and some of the speed bumps on the way to work are already almost shaving layers off my splitter!
10 October 2012, 12:14 AM
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I love the spoiler mate - makes it look angry and I love that! My mate has a smoothed white bug and it looks gorgeous , but it doesn't suit my personality Have thought about lowering her but I am on the limits with the size of the wheels and stretched tyres and some of the speed bumps on the way to work are already almost shaving layers off my splitter!
Have thought about lowering her but I am on the limits with the size of the wheels and stretched tyres and some of the speed bumps on the way to work are already almost shaving layers off my splitter!If you aint hitting the exhaust then it needs more lowering
10 October 2012, 07:51 PM
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To be honest I did the whole thing over the space of a couple of months as I had to buy the parts a bit at a time. The cost of all the parts you now see in the engine bay was about £1200 all together. Cleaning the engine bay beforfe I fitted all the parts probably took a couple of hours once I found the right stuff to get the dirt removed!
10 October 2012, 07:57 PM
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Thinking of just letting a pro detailers do it for me or else I will be there for weeks ha! Have you got a link for any of the stainless engine bay bolt sets?
10 October 2012, 08:06 PM
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https://www.scoobynet.com/group-buys...s-up-bits.html
You can still get them off him but I haven't fitted mine yet. There are different versions and he does other bits as well.
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