Bought the car mid-February, here is a list of items i have already bought for the car in chronological order:
Avon ZZ3 Tyres - W-rated, 165mph on the standard 205, 16" rims. 3 of the 4 tyres that came with the car right on the wear-bar so I promptly replaced all four - got a deal for £300 at my local National. I had the new tyre fitted to the bare 5th alloy I also got with the car so I could keep the one good original tyre as a spare.
New Battery - Not cheap at £66 from Halfords and the battery I got with the car was fine, but I needed it to get my BMW started and sold. As a model specific item the new battery has a high price tag, but it's a lot taller and chunkier than the old one and I'm sure this can't be bad for the Scoob.
Wiper Blades - Old ones were splitting at the edges so better off replaced, only £9 from Halfords.
Alpine Subs and Amp - Got two 12" Apline R 1000W subs and an Alpine V12 1000W mono-block amp from a friend at work, all like new, for just £80. He also threw in a giant power-cap but its not needed, the Scoob electrics are perfect!
Fuel Filler Pipe - I noticed a petrol leak when filling up and it turned out the filler pipe had rusted through and had to be replaced. After a £200! part quote from Subaru I tracked down a used, but good condition, Jap import part on eBay for £58 delivered! ...although it was a pain to fit, which I'll cover more later.
Spray Paint + P38 Filler - Halfords don't stock Subaru paint colours so they had to mix me up a can of my Light Silver 406 in store while I waited outside and ended up cutting my hand to pieces tidying up the cage around the stereo head-unit. I then had to go back inside with my hand dripping blood to pay for the paint @ £12.99, which is'nt bad at all, but it's still nearly twice the price of a Halford's own Audi or Ford silver and for half as much paint!
Iv'e also bought a tube of P38 body-filler to have a go at the scrape on the rear wheel-arch and three giant stone chips on the bonnet-lip. I got to grips with curing rust and re-painting with the BMW, but this is my first try at body-filling and re-shaping the car.
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