Good old eBay. What on earth we we do without it now, eh? We recently managed to bag some bargain racing sets for the WRX. Ideally, the seats should be lightweight buckets but we found these Corbeau Forza Sport 2000 seats in blue/black mounted on adjustable Impreza subframes ready to bolt straight in. We won the auction and ended up paying £186 including delivery. They're in fantastic condition and will certainly do the job!


After a further rummage around in eBay we spotted a very nicely priced LED Rain Light that cost £16.50 delivered, instead of nearly £80 that we've paid previously. Not only that, but YB Racing had given us (And all the Nippon Challenge participants) a 10% disount on OMP and K&N items purchased from their on-line shops, so that was used to buy a discounted steering wheel hub to allow a smaller steering wheel to be fitted.

The interior colour scheme of the WRX will now be a blue/black affair with the Corbeau seats, OMP steering wheel from Karen's original MR2 MK1 and now a blue Sparco gearnob. Blue Sabelt harnesses will also be adorning the interior.

We are still awaiting the regulations for the Subaru Cup, and arrival of our rollcage. The plan is that Richard and Darren will strip the interior of the car of the rear seats, carpets, headlining, sound deadening, etc. XSpec Motorsport will then be free to fit the rollcage. Once done, Richard and Darren can finish the preparation by replacing the front seats and installing the electrical cut-out and fire extinguisher system. On top of this, it is expected that the suspension, brakes and tyres will need replacing to fit in with the Subaru Cup regulations. It's also likely that the clutch will need replacing with an item more suitable for racing. It may sound like a lot of work, but it's a damn sight less than was required for the Supercharged MR2 MK1...