JDM Subaru WRX STI Blobeye wide track

[moglie]

Hi guys

One for the Subaru enthusiasts.

I've just landed a 2004 WRX STI (Blobeye) from Japan. Grade 4, factory standard, low miler.

Just looking to know if its a wide track model. In the UK it seems the wide track model was introduced in 2005.

However I've been led to belive that in Japan anything after 2002 was wide track.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks in advance

 

[MarkP]

Any pictures?

 

[big_pete]

Rear arches should be a giveaway?

 

[richie_mck]

The widetracks have the rear arch extensions. My jdm was 03 but wasn't a widetrack

 

[moglie]

 

[Gambit]

My05 cars are widetrack and where released September 2004

Rear arches are always the easiest giveaway

 

[moglie]

That's the car there. Landed on Friday.

 

[Gambit]

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Nope not a widetrack, still a nice looking car and has the BBS wheels

 

[moglie]

Another forum member has confirmed the same. Thanks buddy

 

[AlpineF30]

Widetrack or not thats fantastic lookinng.

Good to see you are importing from Japan as well now as it will make your inventory even cooler. Best of luck with it Stefan.

 

[bob]

Subaru enthusiasts - tell me everything about Hawkeye Impreza's, I gather the 2.0 JDM is the better engine from a quick read online - what other differences do the JDM cars have?
Are they all widetrack? A good fresh import should be clean but how do the UK car's fair with rust, common faults?

 

[Crow555]

Hi @bob , I assume you may already have come across this?

Difference between Hawkeye STI UK & JDM - ScoobyNet.com - Subaru Enthusiast Forum

ScoobyNet General - Difference between Hawkeye STI UK & JDM - I have searched the forum but can't find an answer. What are the visual differences between the Hawkeye STI UK and JDM cars? Interested in both mechanical and cosmetic differences. Do they have certain VIN numbers?

www.scoobynet.com

I'm not a subaru expert but the general consensus is that the EJ20 twinscroll engine in the JDM model is a good bit superior to the EJ25 in the UK model. That link should cover a lot of the rest of the differences too.

 

[Sonny]

'fix' the 2.5 and it's better

 

[Artoir]

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Class. Splitter on the front, Ali Burrows for geometry and enjoy!

Edit: I know it's not widetrack, but I think the JDM Blobeye STIs still all have DCCD. Might be misremembering though...