Upon fitting my newly purchased TSL Group N Exhaust, I realised that my Prodrive Backbox had at some point in its life been ripped apart and gutted. Naturally, I decided to take a closer look and try a DIY repair.

Rallytech are a company based in Thailand offering a selection of parts for Subarus. I managed to bag a header (coolant) tank spacer kit from them, so here’s a couple of quick snaps.

Although a genuine STi model, my Impreza was unfortunately missing the most important visual thing – in my opinion – that the STi variants feature. That huge high-rise rear wing STi spoiler.
Here I finally get my hands on one.

The Winter weather and many cold starts have really taken its toll on my old standard battery. Being such a vital part of a car, why skimp on cheap battery? I bought myself a Bosch S4 024 battery to really bring the Impreza to life.

The Winter weather finally took its toll on my poor old wiper blades, so I decided to fit a set of fancy Bosch Aerotwin wiper blades to the Impreza.

Always a fan of Osram branded bulbs, I decided to swap over my old tired headlight bulbs to a set of new H1 Osram Nightbreakers.

New Uniroyal Rainsport 3 tyres; quite an expense, but one of the most important features of a car. Tyres are the only thing that provide contact with the road, so you need to make sure you’ve got good quality rubber at all times – especially on a 4WD Subaru Impreza.

I’m a huge fan of expensive sound systems. Unfortunately I’m not able to afford multi-thousand-pound systems, so I aspire to get somewhat decent sound on a budget and by self-installing.

New car parts! This time it’s a set of Genuine Subaru Wind Deflectors, or ‘Side Visors’ as they’re officially called. Let’s get them installed:

The inevitable has happened. Not too long after fitting my HT Autos splitter, I’ve only gone and broken it!

Following a recent service by my local Subaru specialists Zen Performance, it had been recommended that an upgrade to decent silicone hoses makes a very worthwhile upgrade, both in looks, performance and preventative maintenance measures.