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New Gear Testing

Christmas 2020 was very nice to me photography-wise, as it saw me acquiring a new 3-Legged Thing tripod and a…

Skoda Octavia VRS 184 – 9 months in

Using a title like “Octavia First Thoughts” would have been incredibly misleading since I have the car nearly a year,…

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How To: Air-con refill

How To: Air-con refill

After one of the first fires of the car back when I was getting it up and running again, I…

3 January 2021
How to: Installing an Alpine head unit in an Impreza WRX

How to: Installing an Alpine head unit in an Impreza WRX

It’s obvious that I prefer to keep the WRX300 standard, and this extends also to the In Car Entertainment. However,…

6 June 2020

Rejuvenating a WRX300 – The director’s cut

Having travelled the journey from a neglected mess to being road worthy again, I thought it would be worth documenting…

25 January 2020
Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 7 – Running out of talent

Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 7 – Running out of talent

By this stage I was conflicted, I had been at the car for over a year on and off and…

15 January 2020
Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 6 – Suspension

Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 6 – Suspension

Before the car was taken off the road, it was fitted with the uprated KYB UltraSR shock absorbers. The back…

11 January 2020
Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 5 – Brakes

Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 5 – Brakes

Now that the arches were sorted, and I was finished messing around with paint and sprays, I could turn my…

16 December 2019
Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 4 – Wheel Arches

Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 4 – Wheel Arches

To do a thorough job on the chassis, it was necessary to take off the wheel arch liners etc., and…

26 November 2019
Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 3 – Chassis rust treatment

Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 3 – Chassis rust treatment

Given that the car had been lying up for a few years out in the damp, and that it was…

17 November 2019
Rejuvenating a WRX300 Part 2: Electrical Gremlins

Rejuvenating a WRX300 Part 2: Electrical Gremlins

Now that the car was at the stage of firing up, I turned it over regularly to keep things moving…

25 October 2019
Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 1 – Cobwebs and Engine Faults

Rejuvenating a WRX300: Part 1 – Cobwebs and Engine Faults

I started off on a journey in 2017 of trying to get my beloved Subaru Impreza WRX300 back into a…

20 October 2019
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