Hi, my names Tom and im new on this forum . I have a 2004 impreza blobeye in mint condition and im now ready to have some gauges fitted . Have seen the full kit on scoobyworld site for £295 including fittings and pod. How much would i expect to pay for a proffesional to install it for me (gauges are boost oil temp and oil pressure.)Have loads more things to ask but will start with this. Thanks.

 

So long as you have a little bit of Patience and a bit of mechanical know how they are easy to fit yourself
There will be threads on here to help you along !

 

https://www.scoobynet.com/interior-1...ure-boost.html.

Here's a guide I used

 

thanks for the replys so quickly. Unfortunatly i have no patience and not a great deal of mechanical knowledge apart from the basics. Also i work seven days a week so finding the time to do these things is impossible. Given my dad enjoys driving the car , he can drop it off for me for work to be done on it so thats why i was wondering how much it would cost to have them fitted .Cheers.

 

http://www.scoobyworks.com/fitting_gauges.asp

 

Tom, does your car have a TomTom, Tom?

 

the boost is simple,
oil pressure and temp
you can use a sandwich plate that sits between oil filter and engine which is the easiest method as it only requires removal of oil filter, but i was told that thius method isnt as accurate.
the other method is a but harder but worth the effort.
oil pressure is under the alternator, which you need to move and its just screw in.
oil temperature, there is a blanking plug on the top on cylinder 3, which needs to be unscrewed, this involves removing the intercooler and its really hard to reach even then and extremely tight to undo.
if you are not mechanically minded its probably worth the money to fit.

 

*ahem*

 

thanks for the advice. i do have a tomtom my dad is called tom and the lad i work with is called tom and my best mate is called tom. it can get rather silly.

 

....Plus tubbytommy just posted above.

 

"Calm down Tomone! Calm down Tomtwo!"

Or don't Wirral folk talk like scousers?

 

I love the idea of the imaginary scenario of the OP plus dad, best mate and workmate all in the same car and then getting pulled by the fuzz... Cue copper asking everyones name in turn.... He'd bloody come down on 'em like a tonne of bricks for 'wasting police time' lol

 

PMSL

 

Can nobody answer he's original question of how much to fit? I'm going to guess about £120-£150.

 

Going off topic for a mo, I remember as a lad a copper asked a friend for his name, he replied 'Dean Atrell'. The copper asked him again, with the same answer. Said Rozzer gets the nark big time by now and accuses him of trying to take the pee out of him. Mate tells him again. I then realised what the copper was on about. He thought he was calling himself 'The Natural', like a boxers nickname!!!

 

It's on that Scoobyworld website, mate, the link showed it: £180.

But TBH, it CAN be done quite easily

 

Tis` correct as the sandwich plate is at the bottom of the car as as such does not give the correct temperature reading,

It should be between £100-£150 for a garage that knows what they are doing, Not like the guy that got charged £900 or whatever is was a while back(An old post)

Gaz.

 

try http://www.subaru-impreza-parts.co.uk/ there not far from you and his price's are always good i use him all the time and cant say a single bad thing about his work

 

will give them a shout about it . warrington is not far . will also ask him wich dump valve he would reccomend unless anyone here had any suggestions .

 

Same advice as most on here, the OE recirc valve is the best for the job.

 

so if its the sound I want . get a sabre fake one lol

 

i got a forge one on mine and sounds evil with the huge FMIC I got :P i'll take you ut in it if your ever in leigh

 

sounds good but I hate being passenger in an impreza because they are wild rockets on steroids . love driving mine though lol. what does fmic stand for ?

 

front mount intercooler :P

one of them

like that with the bumper on

 

did you go outside and dismantle your car in order to photo your fmic for me . this is the most helpful forum I've ever joined.lol. some people say don't fit a dump valve and some day do . I do like the sound but my wife says I need to grow up .

 

no thats a pic from when i fitted the massive one that on now

 

I think most will say don't fit a dumpvalve. Seem to cause issues with most reverting back to oe and finding car runs much better. And they are a bit chav lol.

 

had a good look at that scooby splits before . looks good especially if his work is recommended too . cheers .

 

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seems to be the general feeling that my money would be best spent elswhere . I can't help but like the sound though lol

 

Tom: your car already HAS adumpvalve, it's an OE recirculating one which is best for the car until you start running big power.

Mine is now running 400 or so, with an FMIC. It still has a recirculating valve, but the OE plastic one that was on mine, (yours will be metal, later model), is replaced by a Forge in alloy. It vents into the inlet tract.


With a huge cone filter, (I'm ruunning a LINK ecu, so MAf-less), it's easy loud enough.

Money is certainly better spent on other stuff.