Bought this on the 3rd December from a dealership in Sapporo, Japan. It's finally registered in the UK and legally driveable, and more importantly it's had a wash to get all the crap off it that it had collected at the docks.
In that boot picture, the thing on the left is the spare wheel, not the wheelarch, just to give you an idea of the scale It's massive. The valeter said next time I'm getting charged for a car and a half.
Got a few things to sort out on it.
1) Those wheels have to go, I'm replacing them with these ones which are necessary just to clear the brake upgrade I have planned (R33 GTS-T brakes). I'll stick with these wheels for now though, since the car is so huge and will take a little getting used to, means if I do curb them, who cares?
2) The number plate light they fitted is just ridiculous, and it blocks some of the numbers making them hard to read so it might not even be legal. Going to restore the backlight and fit a translucent plate like you get on the TVR Griffith
After that I can just drive it for a bit, I'll eventually put an Apexi intake and a decent exhaust on there, being an executive barge it's a little de-tuned and has a very restrictive exhaust compared to the R32 GTS-4 that the engine and drivetrain are based on. Fortunately as the engine bay is pretty much identical, upgrades are easy!
It's fun to drive, doesn't have quite as much kick as my old Legacy B4 did when you floor it, but the cornering is much better, compared to this car the Legacy is an understeering hunk of lard.
In that boot picture, the thing on the left is the spare wheel, not the wheelarch, just to give you an idea of the scale It's massive. The valeter said next time I'm getting charged for a car and a half.
Got a few things to sort out on it.
1) Those wheels have to go, I'm replacing them with these ones which are necessary just to clear the brake upgrade I have planned (R33 GTS-T brakes). I'll stick with these wheels for now though, since the car is so huge and will take a little getting used to, means if I do curb them, who cares?
2) The number plate light they fitted is just ridiculous, and it blocks some of the numbers making them hard to read so it might not even be legal. Going to restore the backlight and fit a translucent plate like you get on the TVR Griffith
After that I can just drive it for a bit, I'll eventually put an Apexi intake and a decent exhaust on there, being an executive barge it's a little de-tuned and has a very restrictive exhaust compared to the R32 GTS-4 that the engine and drivetrain are based on. Fortunately as the engine bay is pretty much identical, upgrades are easy!
It's fun to drive, doesn't have quite as much kick as my old Legacy B4 did when you floor it, but the cornering is much better, compared to this car the Legacy is an understeering hunk of lard.
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