Liammph-Uk's Rs4

[liammph-uk]

Thought it was about time I gave a bit of details about my motor since I've been using this forum a fair amount. I'd been saving for an Imprezza when a friend pointed this out to me and for £1100 at new year I ended up with a RS4 Stagea:

First job was to get rid of the "jdm" stickers on the back, and got rid of the rs4 and nismo badges on the back too. Stageas are very rare over here so wanted these off to it doesn't look too special, going for a sleeper effect:

After:

Didn't have any mats so managed to get a set of r34 gtt ones off a friend, and fitted an alpine headunit:

Took the door cars out to look at the speakers and found they'd already been replaced with Sony ones, winner!

Ordered and fitted some BC coilovers in some fine British weather which improved the handling a hell of a lot:

Not sure if the laws the same in Oz, but over here you need to have a rear fog light, so all imports have to have a hanging one fitted which doesn't look great. As the Stag has two reversing light and you only need one I simply cut the feed to one, put a red bulb in and wired the fog light up to it, making the back end look tidier:

Next the car went into a bodyshop for a week to have the rust below the wing mirrors sorted, along with under the bonnet at the top of the suspension. This eliminated all of the rust on it.

Had a very busy weekend following that where I removed the airbox and put a HKS mushroom filter in, adjusted the coilovers, fitted 350Z wheels and replaced the exhaust with a Blitz Nur Spec R system, decat, and 3 inch downpipe. A subtle but deep tone from the exhaust now.

Brought a set of R32 Gtr front seats and some sabelt double release 4 point harnesses to help keep my ass in place while driving:

Then a HKS EVC4 for boost control and also acts as a boost gauge:

Then got a set of R33 GTS-T brake calipers were then bought, I painted them and fitted them with red stuff pads and dimpled and slotted pads:

This is now where the car currently stands after I've owned her for almost 3 months. All the work has been done by myself (apart from the rust repair) with the help of friends.

[leetom]

well done liam ,it's proggressing nicely, some cosmetics( body kit) and engine management(safc etc) and your nearly there......and then when you get bored with that stick in a rb26 and manual box

[liammph-uk]

Not really going to do anything else with the body, don't want it looking fast, love the look on people's faces when it flies past. Manual box and hybrid turbo is the next job, then fmic, remap and a few other bits and pieces and should be running around 400bhp

[Marshstag]

The new wheels and coilovers make a huge improvement on the appearance. Nice one.

I always think that they look slightly naked without a rear wing, but that's probably because mine is... well, large.

Photo credit: Previous owner (SmokeyV35)

[4bidn1]

I reckon chuck some s2 tail lights in as well always look cleaner, I agree with marshstag big rear wing finishes stag lines off perfectly I like them so much I got two rear wings , good job

[liammph-uk]

What's the difference with the s2 lights, is it just clear indicators?

[liammph-uk]

R32 Gtr gearbox, competition stage 2 organic clutch and all the parts in between have now been ordered. This is going to get interesting.

[pipster11]

s2 tail lights are just the clear looking ones, just makes it look a lot more modern

have a look on ebay for an autech rear spoiler too, i reckon they look the best!

You must be doing pretty well over there with the snow at the moment, the manual box will make it a lot more fun