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Canberra
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November 2004
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Tue, 07 December 2004 12:27
 
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Very nice mate. Looks awesome im jealous of the group a body its pretty  was this the one on car sales by chance? it was advertised on carsales for like 21 or 22k when i saw it i think.
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Location:
newcastle
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Tue, 07 December 2004 21:11
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very nice champ
welcome to GT4 heaven 
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Tue, 07 December 2004 21:21
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Cheers Mate
Ye it was the one on car sales for 22k I ended up getting it for 19k
I payed the extra money for it because it had an engine the majority of the drive train rebuilt and a complete re-spray just over a year ago so the engine and drive train is only just over 40000km old.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Tue, 07 December 2004 22:29
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| YGT04A wrote on Wed, 08 December 2004 08:21 |
Cheers Mate
Ye it was the one on car sales for 22k I ended up getting it for 19k
I payed the extra money for it because it had an engine the majority of the drive train rebuilt and a complete re-spray just over a year ago so the engine and drive train is only just over 40000km old.
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Nice work. If i had the money i would of liked a group A but i made sure when i got mine the engine was in good nic only done bout 60k so hopefully it'll last me a while b4 i break it 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Wed, 08 December 2004 05:49
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Nice car mate! that shade of blue is very classy indeed!
To all GT4 owners! CS & R! Be proud to be part of a select group of 2 door WRX eaters  Cant wait for the GT4 cruise man, it will be a great show of strength for the Australian GT4 following, i look forward to meeting you all!!
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Wed, 08 December 2004 07:21
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Wow!
They did a good respray didn't they... even put all the stickers back on.
The sticker set is worth almost $1k
Do you know why they resprayed it?
Also what build number have you got on your plaque?
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Thu, 09 December 2004 07:41
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| Toobs wrote on Wed, 08 December 2004 18:21 |
The sticker set is worth almost $1k
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Are you serious?? 
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Thu, 09 December 2004 09:26
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| Evan wrote on Thu, 09 December 2004 18:41 |
| Toobs wrote on Wed, 08 December 2004 18:21 |
The sticker set is worth almost $1k
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Are you serious??
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Agreed there is only a couple of stickers ?!?!?! how come they worth so much?
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Thu, 09 December 2004 22:14
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| Evan wrote on Thu, 09 December 2004 18:41 |
| Toobs wrote on Wed, 08 December 2004 18:21 |
The sticker set is worth almost $1k
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Are you serious??
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I'll take one!
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Thu, 09 December 2004 22:18
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I had my Group A resprayed a couple of months ago and my panel beater picked up a full set of stickers from a place in Melbourne for $150.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Fri, 10 December 2004 03:19
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That sounds like a much more reasonable price. Spose it depends if they brand new or now and the condition of them.
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Location:
townsville
Registered:
December 2004
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 Re: My st185 GroupA
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Fri, 10 December 2004 09:25
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hi,
wat year is the gt4?
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
November 2004
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Location:
Vic
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Mon, 13 December 2004 12:37
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Sorry to detract from YGT04A's thread and his awesome car, but i had to say something about this:
GT-Fours in stock form were never as quick as their WRX peers. They are however more robust than the 94-99 models but this strength comes at the cost of weight. They can be made to go harder than a WRX but then again, the equivalent mods to a WRX will net better results due to the weight factor.
As far as i see it, the only thing wrong with the 94-99 WRXs are the glass gearboxes and the fact that every man and his dog has one. This to me is why the GT-Four is a more desirable car!
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Tue, 14 December 2004 03:05
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| KYOTO wrote on Mon, 13 December 2004 23:37 |
Sorry to detract from YGT04A's thread and his awesome car, but i had to say something about this:
GT-Fours in stock form were never as quick as their WRX peers. They are however more robust than the 94-99 models but this strength comes at the cost of weight. They can be made to go harder than a WRX but then again, the equivalent mods to a WRX will net better results due to the weight factor.
As far as i see it, the only thing wrong with the 94-99 WRXs are the glass gearboxes and the fact that every man and his dog has one. This to me is why the GT-Four is a more desirable car!
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Quicker maybe, but the equivalent mods to a WRX may yield slightly better results, but the decrease in reliability is far greater. WRX's were basically built to save a company (subaru) from going under...
1. the engine was bought from BMW as subaru had nothing worth writing home about
2. the body design while fairly aggresive is uninspired and interior is cramped.
3. The Torsen AWD system was first employed by the ST185, 4 years before the first rex rolled off the production line. All awd subarus before this date were utilising viscous coupling awd.
All this coupled with the fact that 15 y/o GT4's are rolling around in much better condition (paint, body, rattles, engine condition) then the majority of 10 y/o WRX's all points to an overall inferior product, but yes you are correct. in standard form they hit 0-100km/h 0.5 seconds faster than a 4.
My point of '2 door WRX eaters' still stands as i was not referring only to 0-100 performance, but every factor of their overall design.
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Location:
newcastle
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Tue, 14 December 2004 03:15
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this thread is an entertaining read
BTW I like your car YGT04A
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Registered:
May 2002
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Tue, 14 December 2004 08:11
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very cool 
Those stickers on the side are not original "turbo 4wd" but its a nice clean example.
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Australia has a spare plaque for each car so I know also have the plaque for it
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are you talking about the owner plaque under the bonnet or the number plaque inside the cabin. 6 years ago some low life stole my gear nob and took the gear boot surrounding which the plaque is attached too. I tried endlessly for a replacement but no luck. Thats what you get for owning number #13 I guess
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Mon, 27 December 2004 03:36
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Re: Stickers
Each Group A will have:
3 x "Group A Rallye" stickers (one in front of each rear tyre just above the bump strip and the other one on the RHS of the hatch)
1 x "Water to Air Intercooler" sticker on the intercooler vent just above the grille.
2 x "TURBO 4WD" stickers stuck on the bump strips so as "Turbo" is on the front of each door and "4WD" just in front of the doors.
1 x "Gt-Four" sticker on the LHS of the hatch.
I priced these from Toyota once as I was considering respraying mine and the prices ranged from $80 for the "Turbo 4WD" to $120 for the "Group A Rallye" sticker.... so it was probably more like $500-600 for the set.
I have one spare original sticker (Gt-Four) and it has the sticker manufacturer's details printed on the back.
"Rebel Graphics decorative products devision"
Ph: (02) 525 0355 [if they still have this phone number it is now (02) 9525 0355]
I found this info in Google:
Rebel Graphics
27E/1 Endeavour Road
CARINGBAH 2229
(02) 9525-3395
Rebel Graphics
27E/1 Endeavour Road
CARINGBAH 2229
(02) 9525-0355
(02) 9525-3395
I haven't bothered to phone them as I ended up giving my paint some TLC rather than respraying, however, if any of you guys get pricing I would be interested to know how much they quote.
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Location:
Perth, Austrlaia
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Thu, 30 December 2004 12:01
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ahh I had mine resprayed and I couldn't be arsed getting all new stickers.. so I just left it un marked.. it's a gt4 and the only person that needs to know is me..
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 20 February 2005 23:25
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Good to see another GroupA owner in Canberra.
Car looks sweet dude, I think I almost bought it about a year before I got mine (not my preffered colour!). Might want to check that whoever has had it in the mean time has fixed the hole in the intercooler.
Would be keen to go out for a cruise sometime... But about to have a shoulder reconstruction 
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Mon, 21 February 2005 08:09
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| Squid wrote on Mon, 21 February 2005 10:25 |
Good to see another GroupA owner in Canberra.
Car looks sweet dude, I think I almost bought it about a year before I got mine (not my preffered colour!). Might want to check that whoever has had it in the mean time has fixed the hole in the intercooler.
Would be keen to go out for a cruise sometime... But about to have a shoulder reconstruction
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Hi Squid
Cheers a cruse would be really good I have been talking to a couple of other Group A owners here and they are keen to get together for a cruse/photo shoot.
Let me know when your good to go again after the opp and we can organize something.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Mon, 21 February 2005 22:21
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Im sure I can find a volunteer to drive my car for me, and a photo shoot would be good.
Would be good to get it in while there is still some decent sun!
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
August 2003
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Location:
Hobart, Tasmania
Registered:
January 2005
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 16 October 2005 13:00
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She's a real beauty. One thing regarding the stickers is that the turquoise Grp A's had the grey font sticker set from factory instead of the black font ones that are now on your car, its not a big deal but its interesting nonetheless.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 16 October 2005 22:18
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| Rainey wrote on Sun, 16 October 2005 23:00 |
She's a real beauty. One thing regarding the stickers is that the turquoise Grp A's had the grey font sticker set from factory instead of the black font ones that are now on your car, its not a big deal but its interesting nonetheless.
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the other turquoise GrpA I have seen also had black stickers on it and they hadn't been changed I asked the owner
well at least I think they were black
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Location:
Hobart, Tasmania
Registered:
January 2005
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 16 October 2005 23:14
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I could be wrong but I'm going by the fact that the 'Turbo 4WD' sticker on your door strips are grey so that they stand out better, I would imagine that the Grp A Rallye sticker would also be grey and not black.
I have photos of a stock Turquoise GrpA that has the grey stickers all over, so I am guessing that when your car was resprayed the strips could be removed therefore retaining the original stickers on them, but the GrpA stickers on the body of the vehicle had to be removed for the new paint and were replaced with the wrong ones.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 16 October 2005 23:18
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I don't know you could be right but the side strips where repainted as well as the 4WD section of it I believe is supposed to be in front of the door
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Location:
Hobart, Tasmania
Registered:
January 2005
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 16 October 2005 23:24
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Your right, good point, I didn't notice that! Hrm I wonder what the deal is then?
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
November 2004
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Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 16 October 2005 23:25
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My car is special
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Location:
Hobart, Tasmania
Registered:
January 2005
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 Re: My st185 GroupA
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Sun, 16 October 2005 23:27
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Yup
Props to the previous owners to keep it Turquoise though! That colour is off the hook! 
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