Subaru WRX GC8 Super Rusty Rear End Restoration - Part 3 - Epic Transformation!

You've no idea how happy i am to see this car back on it feet with all its rust issues finally sorted once and for all!

Anyway in this episode as i said above i get all the restored and refurbished parts installed back onto the frame of the Impreza, My first job was to apply an anti corrosive cavity wax to any areas i wont have easy access to clean when the car is all built up.

After applying the wax and setting the parts aside to dry i focused my attention onto cleaning the paint from the hub mating faces with a 60 grit flap wheel, this leaves a lovely clean finish for the parts to sit on and not cause any alignment or torqueing issues later on.

Once cleaned headed over to the press to press in a pair of new wheel bearings. After that job i grabbed the tank straps and tank and got them back into position in the car as these need to go in first as all the other parts fit around the tank, once the tank was in final position i fitted a new fuel filler neck as mine had rusted through and wasn't salvageable.

By the time i had done all that the cavity was had skinned over and i could get the bushes pressed into the crossmember and subframes and get them back in the car and of course torqued down to spec.

From this point onwards in the video its pretty much a case of grab a part, fit, repeat so i wont bore you with all the details lol .

When all of the standard parts were back in place i could set my attention onto the fun part of fitting the upgraded 2 pot brake calipers, as i say in the video these can only be fitted with an adapter bracket of by changing to new age hubs. I also fitted the larger 290mm brake discs for that wee bit extra stopping power :)

And thats pretty much it for this episode, bumper on, wheels on, back on the ground and ready for the next stage, middle section restoration, a new stainless steel exhaust system and a full detailing session and it will be good to go.

so anyway Enjoy and please leave a like and comment if you enjoyed this video :)

See you all again soon

RRC

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A little History

The project in question is the engine bay in my 94 Subaru Impreza WRX. As i can be heard saying in the intro of this video i love impreza's and i wanted a rust free one as all the UK ones suffer from lots of rust issues so in 2004 i imported this car from Japan and it was totally rust free when it arrived all those years ago. It has a couple of blisters here and there now but thats to be expected when living in Scotland.

Anyway im getting off track, I was having lots of fun driving the car at full boost everywhere until 2014 when the thought popped into my head " lets go for more power" so i took the engine out and begun the process of having it all upgraded, better gaskets, race bearings, forged pistons, con rods etc etc then life got in the way and the engine was put to the side and the car was stored in a shed for the past 5 years.

The initial condition of the car looks horrifying but its only a thick layer of dust and crud on it and there is a good layer of carnuaba wax separating all the crud from the paint so a quick pressure wash and she'll be looking good again .

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Subaru WRX GC8 Super Rusty Rear End Restoration - Part 3 - Epic Transformation

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