Midland_scooby_services
09-04-2016, 05:56 AM
Hi guys, thought i'd introduce myself and give a quick post on what I'm looking to do.
I'm Stuart from Midland Scooby Services in the UK, we are a Subaru parts, service, modification, repair specialist. I've been in the Jap car scene for over 10 years and Subaru's for 6 years, in which time I've built up a huge base of trusted tradesmen (engine, paint, turbos etc) and have a 30 year time served mechanic who takes care of the spanners.
We've recently finished building my own 2 door Impreza Type R that we bought as a non runner in 2014. The car was stripped to a bare shell then rebuilt using parts from donor vehicles as well as some bespoke 1 off items. She is currently running a forged 2.5, 6 speed uk box, hybrid ceramic FP Green, 740cc injectors, Alcatek management with toucan touchscreen, Brembos front/rear and a huge amount of other non-standard Type R parts.
The car currently runs a 1/4 mile of 11.8 @ 121 but there is potential for an 11.5 in the car we believe.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/aa_aerials/20160307_123339_zpsmudz2d9k.jpg (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/aa_aerials/media/20160307_123339_zpsmudz2d9k.jpg.html)
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/aa_aerials/20151116_173936_zpssxhx9awx.jpg (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/aa_aerials/media/20151116_173936_zpssxhx9awx.jpg.html)
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/aa_aerials/20160526_173646_zpsrk3j5kcc.jpg (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/aa_aerials/media/20160526_173646_zpsrk3j5kcc.jpg.html)
This now leads me on to why I'm here.
Having spent 18 months building the car I feel that I'm not going to take it to the "next level" as financially it doesnt make sense and as a road car she performs well. I recently discovered the 818 kit online after talking to a customer of ours and my 1st impressions were that its a perfect kit for us as I literally have half the donor parts already on the shelf.
Having seen the 818 with the body off I was immediately excited as it basically looks like a weeks work for someone like us, well the major mechanical side of things anyway. I understand theres some bespoke parts required like exhaust etc but these wont be an issue.
Now to the not so good bit. After researching the price of the kit I found its a bit of a grey area. I was then pleased to find that Factory Five have a European supplier in Holland, jackpot I thought! Not so it appears. I sent them an email explaining who we were and what we did and that a price list etc would be most useful to be told that if I want a "quote" I would have to pay 50 euro's, which would be returned IF I was to order a kit. All I wanted was a ballpark figure for the entry level kit, delivered to the uk to get an idea of wether we thought it was within budget but alas I am still none the wiser.
At this point I am starting to think it would be easier to import the kit direct from the U.S, so would be hugely excited if theres anyone else from the UK on here that has done this that could give me some pointers? ANY help would be appreciated, preferably that I dont have to pay for!
This is something that we are genuinely excited about, but feel like we've been slapped at the 1st hurdle. I'm not one to give up tho so hopefully with the help of the FF community we can get an idea of what we're looking at to get started. As I've said previously, sourcing a donor vehicle/parts is no issue to us, we have a facebook group page with 2600+ members and a network of suppliers etc.
Look forward to chatting to people and getting this project started :)
I'm Stuart from Midland Scooby Services in the UK, we are a Subaru parts, service, modification, repair specialist. I've been in the Jap car scene for over 10 years and Subaru's for 6 years, in which time I've built up a huge base of trusted tradesmen (engine, paint, turbos etc) and have a 30 year time served mechanic who takes care of the spanners.
We've recently finished building my own 2 door Impreza Type R that we bought as a non runner in 2014. The car was stripped to a bare shell then rebuilt using parts from donor vehicles as well as some bespoke 1 off items. She is currently running a forged 2.5, 6 speed uk box, hybrid ceramic FP Green, 740cc injectors, Alcatek management with toucan touchscreen, Brembos front/rear and a huge amount of other non-standard Type R parts.
The car currently runs a 1/4 mile of 11.8 @ 121 but there is potential for an 11.5 in the car we believe.
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/aa_aerials/20160307_123339_zpsmudz2d9k.jpg (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/aa_aerials/media/20160307_123339_zpsmudz2d9k.jpg.html)
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/aa_aerials/20151116_173936_zpssxhx9awx.jpg (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/aa_aerials/media/20151116_173936_zpssxhx9awx.jpg.html)
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/aa_aerials/20160526_173646_zpsrk3j5kcc.jpg (http://s158.photobucket.com/user/aa_aerials/media/20160526_173646_zpsrk3j5kcc.jpg.html)
This now leads me on to why I'm here.
Having spent 18 months building the car I feel that I'm not going to take it to the "next level" as financially it doesnt make sense and as a road car she performs well. I recently discovered the 818 kit online after talking to a customer of ours and my 1st impressions were that its a perfect kit for us as I literally have half the donor parts already on the shelf.
Having seen the 818 with the body off I was immediately excited as it basically looks like a weeks work for someone like us, well the major mechanical side of things anyway. I understand theres some bespoke parts required like exhaust etc but these wont be an issue.
Now to the not so good bit. After researching the price of the kit I found its a bit of a grey area. I was then pleased to find that Factory Five have a European supplier in Holland, jackpot I thought! Not so it appears. I sent them an email explaining who we were and what we did and that a price list etc would be most useful to be told that if I want a "quote" I would have to pay 50 euro's, which would be returned IF I was to order a kit. All I wanted was a ballpark figure for the entry level kit, delivered to the uk to get an idea of wether we thought it was within budget but alas I am still none the wiser.
At this point I am starting to think it would be easier to import the kit direct from the U.S, so would be hugely excited if theres anyone else from the UK on here that has done this that could give me some pointers? ANY help would be appreciated, preferably that I dont have to pay for!
This is something that we are genuinely excited about, but feel like we've been slapped at the 1st hurdle. I'm not one to give up tho so hopefully with the help of the FF community we can get an idea of what we're looking at to get started. As I've said previously, sourcing a donor vehicle/parts is no issue to us, we have a facebook group page with 2600+ members and a network of suppliers etc.
Look forward to chatting to people and getting this project started :)