Kyle T
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It is mate yes.
Issues I had:
1) Bolt heads that bolt bracket to hub were too big - caught on inside of disc/bell.
Proper fix would be to swap for a regular bolt rather than an allen bolt thingy, but dremeled a fraction of a MM of material off of the head to fix for now.
2) If the caliper and bracket are mounted direct to the hub, the caliper was not centered over the disc. I probably had 4mm clearance on the front face of the disk and 2mm on the rear, so put a supplied washer between the bracket and the hub to make it a nice even 3mm gap each side.
To be fair, Ian supplied an instruction set which said that the washer may be needed on certain models. Perhaps he's revised his opinion since talking to you.
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neil h
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That's good to know, when I bought mine he wasn't supplying the washers. So I found out that the hard way that the spacing wasn't ideal.
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CORSA NUT
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Kyle you legend 
Look awesome fella
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Darryl H
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 Legend. Very nice update Kyle, I can imagine they were not cheap!
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Kyle T
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I was hoping it would go un-noticed 
Here's the story on the Brembo... It's not beyond repair, just may take a bit of time to get right. Car has been off the road more than it's been on the road since I got back from the US and it's pissing me off, pissing my misses off and I'm starting to get the "sell the moneypit comments" from people who have got no idea what I'm spending on it.
All that combined with a trackday I really didn't want to miss on tuesday - I pulled the trigger on a set of AP Racing 6pots from Godspeed.
Had a choice of Ferrodo DS2500 or Performance Friction something or other pads. Was advised to go for the 2500's for a better cold bite whilst daily driving - so hopefully they'll last 15-20mins of track driving too.
As for the Brembo's, i'll follow through with getting them sorted. A rough and ready set will sell for 500quid it seems, so a set with a new (albeit amateur paintjob) and brand new seals/dust boots should hopefully sell fast. It'll recoup a decent amount of the money I spent on the APs, plus I've got three(!) sets of pads to move on for the Brembo fitment too.
Either that, or I'll shelve them for if/when the Impreza is returned to "as stock as I can easily get" prior to selling it.
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Kyle T
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Finished off yesterdays clean this morning/afternoon.
Started off by masking the car off, and machine polishing with Sonus SFX1 restore polish and 3M pads.
A few hours later, wiped down with a degreaser and got to work using one of my new purchases - the carlack carcare complete. Hand applied to the whole car, then left to cure for half an hour
Whilst waiting to cure, I polished up and refitted my road wheels ready for the drive over to Oulton. Knowing my luck recently I'd get a puncture in my R888's on the way to the track... so playing it safe
Buffed the Carlack stuff off, then had a quick run around with the other part of the kit - the Long Life sealant. It goes on as a liquid rather than the usual gel/shampoo consistency of a liquid wax - so helped to buff off any streaks that I missed on the last step.
Once done, I whipped around the glass and trim with various AutoGlym products before finally wheeling out into the sun for a quick once over and photographs.
Rear refurbed Brembo:
...and a new front:
Happy with the result, interior to do tomorrow and a couple other bits' (sort camera mounting etc) and I'm good to go
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Chris C
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Looks lovely mate, rear looks really low !
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Marc
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Very nice.
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Willowsdad
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Looking good. Ap's look like they belong there. Don't suppose you've got any spare centre caps for the pff7's. Twat of a tyre fitter broke 2 of mine today!
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Kyle T
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Thanks for the comments folks, appreciated.
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Originally posted by Chris C
Looks lovely mate, rear looks really low !
Indeed, not happy with how it sits tbh. Prior to my next geo alignment I think I'll raise the rear 10-15mm and raise the front 5-10mm or so.
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Originally posted by Willowsdad
Looking good. Ap's look like they belong there. Don't suppose you've got any spare centre caps for the pff7's. Twat of a tyre fitter broke 2 of mine today!
Afraid not! My PFF7's didn't come with genuine centres so it took me a while to find them. Ended up paying 130quid for a set in less than perfect condition  Rare as hens teeth, and don't be fooled into buying the smaller ones suites for the GT1 wheels, as they go much cheaper and won't fit. Seen a few people get stung by that before.
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djgritt
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Looks brilliant
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Sean-B
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Looking lovely. Love the AP's
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Kyle T
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Cheers gents.
Received this t'other week, fitted it a few days ago... finally got photos today!
It is of course a DAMD steering wheel, guessed by a couple. Something I ordered in October I think
Fresh off the boat looking very JDM...
The old one, for reference. Good enough wheel, but pretty large diameter and leather has well and truely gone to "shiney"!
With battery unhooked, few torx bits before airbag could pop out:
Before long...
New and Old, chunkier grip on the new one too:
Size difference...
Factory airbag back in, and here's how it looks!
Also fitted the Brodit mobile phone holder with built in charger (wired to my head unit via USB).
Chuffed to bits with it, bit weird getting used to the new grip - looking forward to putting some miles on it!
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Willowsdad
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They look the nuts. Be interesting to see if it looks as good with the earlier blob airbag. Money well spent Id say.
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Nic Barnes
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Would annoy me having blue seats and trim then red dials
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whitter45
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Looks awesome Kyle credit to you and your hard work
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Jambo
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Looks lovely.
Best colour too
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CORSA NUT
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That wheel is much better
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Marc
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Originally posted by Jambo
Looks lovely.
Best colour too
I remember when the colour came out and there was some serious jizzing on Scoobynet!
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flybikeslee
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wheel looks much better
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Mark.W
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Love everything you have done to this 
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Wrighty
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job well done mate, brakes are monstrous and that steering wheel is pimping i really like that. still prefer track wheels though
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Kyle T
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Car survived all weather conditions today at Oulton Park, and was an absolute pleasure to drive.
Will update properly with pics/vids etc when I sort everything out!
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Kyle T
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Sooo good day at Oulton despite horrible weather.
Drove over on the night before to a travelodge - the 3hour drive was the first real test of the cars endurance and braking - went without a hiccup.
Up early at Travelodges finest and headed to the circuit. Forecast had perked up a bit, we now had a dry-ish afternoon scheduled but we had some real nasty weather in the morning - including hail!
I was sharing a garage with a friend, so at least we could hide from the worst of it.
Had one really slow and really unsure session, somehow I still didn't know this track despite all the YouTube I had watched - the undulations and blind spots don't help build up confidence.
At 10:30 I had my 20mins of tuition, guy pointed out some lines I probably wouldn't have figured out so early, but other than that the weather really didn't allow for a particularly awesome experiece. Being honest I felt I wasted a lot of time waiting around and it threw my morning right off. Combined with a few quite lengthy red flags due to crashes... much of the morning was wasted.
Had one more session before lunch, built up a bit more speed but the braking zone and first corner were particularly dangerous - a big lockup under braking, some turn-in oversteer and a little ride of the kerbs made sure I was ready for lunch
After lunch things really started looking up, got an hour or so of no rain and people were eager to get on track which meant a dry line was soon forming. 
We had a few showers in the afternoon, but other than the second chicane which got a bit dicey (slow speed fun) the track stayed usable pretty much all afternoon and allowed to really get to grips with it and start pushing on a bit.
I've got a shed load more to get out of Oulton, and can't wait to go back.
Couple of videos - first one with a mix of dry and damp, second is all dry but loads of traffic (due to the dry) and not quite so good to watch IMO.
Damp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GWdfi12rRc
Dry with traffic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZtlrmywYw4
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Darryl H
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Sounds like a good day Kyle The car seems to go well on track 
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