Having found myself a fairly recent Japanese import Forester STI. I wanted to give the underside the best chance of surviving UK winter roads as I could. Leaving it with no protection as it came from Japan was not an option. Too many newly imported cars are given a quick and cheap spray over the […]
After thoroughly cleaning the underside anywhere I could with a pressure washer and allowing everything to dry out. Now it was time to get the car up on the lift and start removing any plastic trims and some suspension parts that would make the job of spraying the protective coatings easier and more effective. This […]
Having done my research, decided on the best overall treatment for the underside of the Forester and now got all the various bits delivered. There was nothing left to do but get on with it. The first and very important part of the whole process was cleaning the underside properly. I started by using a […]
So you’d think by the time we’d come to an agreement and decided not to buy the car we’d have had enough of Foresters or anything to do with cars for that matter! But the story doesn’t end there…. Read the first half of this story here. …..We could have just cancelled our second night […]
This is a bit of a long story in which I was really let down by a very well known Japanese car importer, putting me in a situation I’m still not particularly impressed with. But I’m not telling it to vent my annoyance or stitch anyone up it’s just a record of what happened and […]
It’s time to sell the MX5. We bought it on a bit of a whim nearly 3 years ago and it’s been great, never let us down even though it’s 26 years old and I’ve nearly doubled it’s power with the supercharger. We will genuinely be a bit sad to see it go but I […]