As above peeps, are they immobilised as standard?
When imoved into my flat I noticed an Impreza that looked like it had been sitting for a while and on further inspection noticed the tax had run out nearly 3 years ago, after a bit of digging I've spoken to a woman who is married to the fella who owns it, it turns out he was sent to prison for 12 years and that she is going to send it to the scrapper as she is moving in a few months so I said I would give her over scrap value for it, only thing is she has no keys for it so can it be started without them?
I only want to break the car but id like to hear the engine run before selling it for obvious reasons.
I know this sounds like a bit of a dodgy question but I assure you its genuine

 

Yes, remove the lock barrel and Hotwire it, there wil be some form of immobiliser though I expect

 

You can certainly start it without keys as my uncles key snapped and he got it running no problems.

 

If its an after market one im sure I could get round it, just wanted to ask if there was one built into the ecu

 

with what you said about the owner it sounds like you may well find some "interesting" stuff in there

 

If it's a genuine sti (and not just badges/stickers) there is not a standard imobiliser fitted. If it turns out it's a uk car then it will have an imobiliser. You can find the info on how to bypass it online, just search for apexi power fc fitting to uk car on that year (the power fc ecu does away with the stock imobiliser)

 

Cheers fellas, how will I tell if its a UK car or not? I'm clueless with scoobys

 

look underneath, if its rotten its an import if its not too bad its a uk one lol

 

Www.scoobynet.com

They can help

 

I had a look over it and it looks to be a UK car as I can see no additional rear fog on it and im pretty sure imports have to have one added as they dont have one,could someone correct me if im wrong please

 

I've had a look over it and bar the lawyer has peeled on the roof and bootlid it looks pretty solid, also it dont have the additional rear fog light the imports seem to have, would this point to it being a UK car?

 

How many digits in the chassis number?

 

I'm not too sure mate I've not got that far yet, I will look further into that before I agree to buy it, im just lookin into what its worth offering her for it, as to what the parts off it are worth

 

a uk car will have a 17 digit vin number

 

Ok mate lovely I'll look

 

Really easy way to tell is if it has a rear window wiper or not, uk turbos didn't come with one, imports do.

 

cheers mate, I didn't notice, I'll look tomorrow

 

Here's a 98 Sti, says 97 but it's a v4 Sti so if your car is a 98 Sti it should look like this, unless it's reg late 98 on an S and it'll be a V5 Sti and have large rear wing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-SUBAR...tem2ec75c18ea_

Sti seats, red stitched steering wheel & knob, Sti front wing badges, pink grill badge, rev counter is in centre, larger than speedo & up to 9krpm, rear wiper, red/black rear lights, aerial on Ns/r wing

A uk car will obviously not have the Sti bits unless added. Seats will be black with white inserts, rev counter Off to right speedo in centre, no rear wiper, no aerial on rear wing.

 

Wrong way round. UK cars rust far far worse than Imports for some reason

 

that makes a change! usually imports that could even teach a ford how to rot lol

 

imports didnt get undersealed for japans climate, if they didnt get a good coat of it upon uk arrival they would rot.

 

Rear lights, if indicators are white on them it's import but if yellow its a uk one

Get a picture up as I might have a good few bits off you too

 

Evos rot like fuck regardless of where they are where UK or not.

Import Subarus do not rot anywhere near as bad as UK Subarus. Although I guess a lot of that will depend how long they have been in the UK.

But Ive worked on hundreds of them, the imports are always better despite less underseal. Even a friends 24 year old import Legacy is in superb condition compared to some UK cars many years younger.

 

cheers fellas, from what you lot have said its definitely a UK car, does that mean its worth less?

 

UK cars will have an immobiliser.

As for parts...little odds really. There are more UK cars about, so more potential buyers for parts. But almost nothing on an STI is that much better that it carries a noticeable premium when it comes to used parts.

 

Cheers Stevie, the only shit thing about it being a UK car is that I won't be able to hear the engine run

 

I'd offer Ł300, the gearbox and weigh-in will cover that.. anything else is a bonus then

 

Sweet, just been down to look again and now im confused again, it has a rear wiper and aeriel, clear indicators on the rear but white inserts on the seats, no sti badges anywhere apart from the boot and a small rear spoiler, bit of a mix an match?

 

Throw a pic up. We will decide import or not.

 

It's a wrx import then I would guess, when you open the bonnet it will have a black intercooler fitted