Hello everyone! I just embarked on the path to a new 818S. I have donor (partly disassembled already) sitting in my driveway. It's a 2004 WRX with 128k miles (allegedly) with a couple of performance baubles bolted on. The car is very clean inside, and the engine bay seems to be fairly clean as well, so I am hopeful that the owners took somewhat good care of it. I have not performed any tests.....hoping for the best but ready to deal with what may come (I think!).
My kit has been ordered and is due 5/30/15. I will be picking it up as I live just north of Boston, a little over an hour from FFR. I received wheels and padded dash/door kit as part of FFR's 20th anniversary sales event. I have always wanted to partake in one of these sales events and I finally got my wish!
I already have questions for any would-be helpful builders out there. I have already received help from Tamra and XXguitarist, Kalstar, Quiny, and StiPWRD....thanks to them all for their help so far!
I am taking pictures and will post some soon. I am really looking forward to building this car. I plan to keep it close to stock with no planned performance mods.....in fact, I was hoping to see if I can be close to or at the fabled $15k mark. My donor cost $3500...hope to recover some of that with parts sales. Kit and accessories total $11,483 so far. I may not make it, but I hope to keep costs under control!
I will follow Tamra and XXguitarist's leads and run with this donor part stripping and prepping thread until kit build begins, and then will start a new thread.
Glad to be here!
-Ben