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Also purchased a set of badge overlays for the diamonds. I quite like the blacked out look on the front and feel it ties in nicely with the headlights....

Well a little more progress, after reading about the issues with the sticking front caliper pins and my rear brakes sticking a bit I thought it would be a good idea for a full brake service. I started with the fronts and although quite crusted the pins came out with minimal persuasion. Then it...

Good enough for me! Order placed.

So it's not unbearable then?

Does anyone have just the torque mount bushing fitted? My oem one is split and I'm looking to replace it, I'm ok with some vibration but not beyond a daily driver amount. Thanks

I would like a set as well please PM me

The light dispersal is clean cut and very bright, I'm using Phillips 110% bulbs. It's a massive step up on the original headlamps.

I don't see why not, you just have to purchase extra H1 bulbs as they are different for the dipped beam. The DEPO ones also come with the cornering lights which are not standard on the 197. You just remove the original dipped beam bulbs and fit them into the cornering lights to essentially blank...

I bought them off of ebay, they are copies made by DEPO. Installation wasn't bad and the fit was pretty spot on. The quality seems excellent and considering they were £130 for the pair I'm extremely pleased.

Well bit more progress, got the door handles ready to be removed for painting. Removed and painted the bullets trim black as well as changed the R27 badge slightly. Also a close up of the new lights as well...

Well crappy iphone picture but got the interior trims painted black and did the start button in red as well. I'm also working on the door handles and bullets, a slightly different approach to most so will see how it turns out tomorrow.

That is one way to put it, fully hand built engine, every supporting mod you can think of.... What the hell here is the build list: Engine MPS 2.5 Long Rod Shortblock 8000rpm (10k miles) New EJ257 Semi Closed Deck Case STi Nitride Crankshaft ACL Race Bearings MPS Saenz Super Strong...

Yeah I am in 2 minds about it. It may come off at some point. Yeah I have a few videos of it, what's the best way to host a video on this site?

It was the fastest vehicle I have ever been in, the pull was incredible. It took years of hard work, saving and planning but I would do it all over again. Il have to post the build sheet at some point!

Actually I was looking into doing just those things. The drivers door handle lock button only works 20% of the time anyway plus I was thinking going black to tone them down as much as possible. Are they hard to remove? I'm an agricultural tech myself so pretty handy when if comes to vehicles.

Thanks, to be honest I have always used Stoptech brakes. Amazing performance and the price wasn't the most expensive either. So at this point I'm open to options.

So things to come...., New brakes, New tires, LED light upgrade all round which is in progress, Interior accent trim painted already just need a pic!

Copying this over from the new members section so I have a thread to start building on..... Hello all, recently moved back to the UK after the last 8 years in Canada. Had some pretty fun cars over there including a fully built WRX that made 626hp on the dyno and a pretty fun 300bhp Forester...

New headlights are in.....