2002 STI €12000 Needs work

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Cill

Middle Lane Hogs
Hi guys,

After some debate over this, I've decided I need to sell my motor :cry:

The car needs a bit of work and I can;t justify getting my 7th top up loan to do this, I just need to sell it and try pay off the rest of the loan before I start a new project.

Story is as follows:

I bought it in Dec 06 for €25k. It is a UK import and a type UK model, ehich just means it has a alarm and imobilser and the water tank spray is in the boot, apart from that I don;t know if any differences.

It has 61000 miles on it at the moment.

It is supposed to have 265hp but when I had it measured last year it only came in at 251hp and 268lb/ft, 3lb/ft above what it should be. Its boosting to 1.4bar at 4k revs.

A few months after buying it I started to get a few issues and a few poor months of sales didn;t give me enough to get them fixed as they happened.

To date the list of problems is:
- Knocking noise from the front wheels which is more than likely the wheel bearings
- Brakes are spongey, air or something?
- Whining noise from the rear, I smacked the rear on a roundabout, got a new wheel and wheel bearing but the noise remained, must be the rear diff or a drive shaft
- The engine needs replacing, all cylinders are low on compression, very bad when cold but runs fine when hot
- The exterior recently got keyed twice down the entire length of the left side, head light to tail light
- Rear right shock needs to be "regreased", don;t understand it myself but thats waht Subaru said

The interior is spotless, not a mark, I bought new genuine STI mats last year also

The gearbox is perfect

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I've been looking at the costs for fixing it in case I can;t sell it and came up with this so far

New engine supplied and fitted by STI tuning approx €3500, thats 2.5 with forged CP pistons and should do 400hp, there would be extras like gaskets and head bolts on top and any other customisation you might want to do

Whiteline F+R Roll bars, drop links, F+R strut braces and F+R springs, all from Jomo for a grand, fit it yourself, it would be a doddle

Spray the keyed side, less than 500 from a ex-Merc panel beater I know, but I would get a high rise spoiler and front splitter aswell and just respray the entire thing if I have to do it

Rear diff, don;t know? Hopefully its just new seals and they can be fixed

I reckon if you put 6 or 7 grand into it you would have a savage bug for 18/19 grand.


I'm hoping someone here would be up to the project, if not I'll end up fixing it myself and spending another 10 grand ( the extra is to get 400hp, couldn;t do a new engine without beefing it up myself, its a problem I have!! )

I'm free to answer any questions and if anyone wants to see it, your more than welcome, I'm in south Dublin.

Give me a ring on 086 0861234 ( yes it is my number, just new someone in O2 when I got it, tricky to get some pizzas delivered though! )

I'm looking for €12k for it, I think its a reasonable price, but if someone wants to call me and discuss cost, I will but I do think 12k is a bargin even with its problems.

Cheers all for reading,

Cillian
 
gd luck but that act sounds like it should be sold for parts or for som1 who is wanting to rebuild it for a project car
 
Cheers for the comments guys, I'm just hoping there is someone out there interested in building their own custom bug :pray:

It would take a lot of work but I think the end result would be worth it for the cost :thumbsup:
 
Any takers lads???

Hope I didn;t put anyone off by the list of issues with it, I just wanted to be honest about it and not waste anyones time.

It runs fine when it heats up and I'm sure you could drive it for a year or so without having to feck with the engine, its just somethin that will need to be done. There is a couple of squeaks from the front as mentioned before but drives fine. Just got 3 months tax too :roll:

I'm willing to talk price if there is any serious bidders out there :ponder: :ponder:
 
your best of printing the issues mate and being honest rather than them coming back to you saying why didnt you tell me bout this n that :thumbsup: good lad and im sure som1 will buy it and put it right :D good luck :thumbsup:
 
Hey...

Leav it wit me and il see wat i can do.... d girlfriend lukn for project and if she nt interested il see if any of mates are... Wil giv a buzz if i get someone...

:pray:
 
Hey Duff,

Cheers for looking around mate, let me know how you get on, my number is above

Nice one :thumbsup:

Cill
 
nt a problem jus dnt break d next 1... cant keep bailing ya out hahaha :lol:

ya owe me a drink if i get someone for ya :drunk:
 
[quote author=Duff link=topic=6658.msg79660#msg79660 date=1208871136]
nt a problem just dnt break d next 1... cant keep bailing ya out hahaha :lol:

ya owe me a drink if i get someone for ya :drunk:
[/quote]

:lol: :lol: Its a problem I have, this is the forth engine I fooked in as many years :doh:

I'll get you a night out buddy, if you can dig me out of this financial hole! :drunk: :guinness:
 
Any lookers lads??

Great project just waiting for someone, you be the first Irish man with a 400 horseeee bug :headbanger:
 
[quote author=Cill link=topic=6658.msg81861#msg81861 date=1209646496]

you be the first Irish man with a 400 horseeee bug :headbanger:
[/quote]

Im afraid not ;)
 
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