Project P1 - MAJOR UPDATE on the Subaru Impreza!

We managed to get our hands on a Subaru Impreza P1 that was prime for a restoration project. Follow our progress!
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[@TheGCJourney]

I like the Green Day in the background 😉 Keep up the good work!

[@stevemartegani]

Oh man, that hot air gun tip on the black plastic will be a life changer. Thanks so much for the tip!

[@danbarruffo7743]

One of the replies below says not to do this.... Will look into it.

[@andriusGNR]

It's a short solution, in a long term it will turn to previous state and worse cuz heat will draw out the oils from plastic and turn it more brittle etc. I wouldn't recommend doing it 😲

[@Djsparra]

You should’ve put the rear brake lines in before the fuel tank, and you’ve missed the rubber spring seat on the shock.

[@andrewlaing7042]

I've been constantly checking to see if a new video has been posted and KZbin was hiding it from me. So happy to see this at the top of my page! Looking immense, loved the video!

[@RamjeProductions]

That was the most Taika Waititi intro to a car video I've seen in my entire life.

[@danbarruffo7743]

Who?

[@y.b.-]

Great to see a no corners cut resto project for such a unicorn car!!

[@oneeleven9832]

When that P25 comes out from Prodrive. P1’s will double in price if not far more 👍

[@lukewaring2832]

9 months like a lot of noisy things that take 9 months... Epic nice to have you guys back.😎👀🤪

[@sugaris]

We missed you!! Great to see you back! or as us Aussies would say, G'day Cobba!

[@Outlier117]

I’ve got the popcorn out! I’ve been waiting for this one!

[@christophermisiano5769]

Yes!!! So glad you're back.

[@juliusplaysgames]

Gosh! It came a long way! I'm so jealous. 😁 I've been working on a project car in the last year and a half but seeing how deep your went down gives me the urge to restart and get down to the frame restoration! GREAT WORK GUYS!!! Can wait to see it drive and hear it 🤩

[@danbarruffo7743]

My own car has stagnated over the last few years...

[@davidwilkinson435]

It’s great to see the progress made… I’m just jealous of how clean your hands are!!

[@danbarruffo7743]

First time for everything. Didn't get an injury either. Bonus!🤣

[@martinpownall9066]

Watching these videos is making me want to buy my old P1 back 😭

[@beachamgroup2482]

Worth the wait. Coming on a great.

[@acey4994]

I love this project

[@pjmack75]

Thanks for saying it right just that one time. 😂 we Aussies appreciate it.

[@danbarruffo7743]

You're welcome

[@scooberue]

Great to see you're back! What a project! As a P1 owner for the last 16 years it's great to watch you guys putting another P1 back on the road. Good to know you sell parts; no doubt I'll be in touch in the future. Keep up the good work! 👍🏻

[@woodyr5gt113]

Glad your back, totally forgot about this beauty 👌🏻

[@alistairjaffray3772]

I’ve been waiting patiently for another project P1 vid. Great as always, can’t wait for the next one 👍🏼

[@stefmarr]

Living the dream!!

[@NormIsTheName]

I need some of them rear backing plates if you find some!

[@danbarruffo7743]

Will let you know!

[@NormIsTheName]

@@danbarruffo7743 😎🍻

[@Djsparra]

Look on import car parts

[@peterharrison4375]

Great work and nice to see it back on. Look forward to the next episode 👍

[@gemini_II]

You guys look happy and healthy! Great to see! Thanks for the video!

[@danbarruffo7743]

Ironic that Spencer and I now have Covid🤣

[@mranderson3927]

Well in boys, was wondering where this project had got to

[@kungfusing1]

This is going to be epic. So nice to see it done so well.

[@andrewlorentz6873]

I am excited to watch this resto! Especially because I have 2 GC8s, this is going to be super informative considering I have a limited knowledge of cars in general!

[@nathenweez]

Thanks for the Aussie “Impreza” translation 🇦🇺🦘 Loving the build BTW

[@Tom-lf8hx]

Good too see you can say impreza properly mate 🤣👌 they are good full pumps i had one in my 02 bugeye "wagon" running about 280hp atw

[@levos2006]

Where you been, missed my dose of Subaru goodness from you guys....joking, was good to see she's not been forgotten about despite your heavy workload, loving the build and coming together nicely, looking forward to the finished project but the bits along the way!!!! Looking forward to more P1 😁😁😁😁

[@andy00grant]

Wondering what was happening with this restoration. Turns out KZbin decided not to give me a notification. Awesome video as always though.

[@kumaprodriveone]

Good to see you back ! And good to know I can find some parts at your shop for my P1 in case of need. I've also seen you've learned to wear gloves in 5 months 😂. Keep up the good work !

[@anthonymuigai3257]

Will be waiting....

[@johnrowell942]

Great to see the P1 one step closer. Worth the wait and hope one day I will own my own scooby👍💯

[@russtaylor4242]

Living the dream doing a resto of a car from our youth to a standard this, congrats and enjoy. I'll be doing my 300ZX like this next year I hope, but maybe less original.

[@Hertog46]

Glad you're back... was well worth waiting, great progress on this wonderful machine !

[@aaronredbaron]

Great to see progress! I love seeing a real P1, my car is sorta kinda the same thing... base model coupe with a wrx swap. You guys make the assembly steps look so easy! I don't know how I got this all done by myself on jackstands!

[@hzaratep7]

Binge watching the series! Cheers from California

[@georgveen989]

Love your video's keep it up.

[@porteuni]

Superb !!!! Keep this videos they are awesome !

[@shaun8885]

Perfect.

[@declancarey1435]

Tonight’s viewing sorted 🍺

[@Peter-ei4bb]

Awesome..loved it! Good content looking forward to more. Keep up the good work 👌

[@gary8289]

Loving this, best thing on youtube, so glad it's back, well done guys.

[@richardbartholomew7924]

Love this car love watching your videos mate can't wait to see this car finished mate

[@petrol88]

You're *making* it look SO clean and easy! I want a reset on mine too! :D

[@scooby2nr]

will be getting stripped back down to fit the brake pipes?

[@kolotila4560]

Perfect

[@benkay1986]

Loving the project, great work guys, nice to see a build with such a high attention to detail. Is it possible your car has a big brake option and that’s why the backing plates didn’t fit, I’m sure most of the other P1’s I’ve seen videos and photos of only have the smaller Subaru 4 pot calipers.

[@Torque-GT]

Yep, we have the big brake Alcon option. After speaking with Subaru apparently this was the only backing plate available for the P1 so we have to modify the smaller backing plate!

[@ozmaen]

Woo great to see you back :D

[@gusgtawd8247]

Nice resto! I'm waiting for the next episode... ;)

[@race-partners]

great work guys it's looking fantastic. Be sure to put some axle stubs into the hubs before rolling it too much or the bearings will start to come apart

[@simonk337]

So good to see you back. Torque content is so well done. I assume you're giving the P1 away to one lucky subscriber? 😬

[@danbarruffo7743]

🤣🤣🤣 that competition will be rigged in my favour!

[@sebspeed6403]

love the vids ... and I love the impret-za

[@rafaelj.benero4880]

Love it! Subaru love!...

[@MrTrekvrx]

Awesome to see you guys back doing it, hopefully once the P1 is all together you can take it to Prodrive and give it a faceoff with their new P25 restomod

[@JapsDmz]

About time....!!!

[@ChanoWilliams]

I kept checking back on your channel over the months to see what had happened. Last I checked was about two weeks ago. To my surprise this morning my feed showed a video from you that uploaded SIX days ago. lol So happy to see you continue working on the P1, especially with the recent announcement and tease from Prodrive on their P25. Cheers! P.S. - How's your hand after that big cut from catching that sharp piece of the chassis?

[@danbarruffo7743]

Thanks for watching and thanks for asking. Tip of my finger has a permanent reminder of this resto🤣

[@ap9500]

Are you going completely OE where possible? Any uprated bushes, top mounts or such like ?

[@danbarruffo7743]

Mostly OE. All of the suspension will be OE and new.

[@dustinkaviani]

Solid mechanic, loosely installing the fasteners in before running everything down.

[@awdobsession717]

Finally 🙌🏻

[@carmadness4904]

I would love to do this job rather then fixed 92 stock trains. More videos please 🙏🏻

[@uriahmessrah9919]

Great work, thanks for restoring such a beauty! Would like to ask if you have any sources for new old stock, or repop, weather stripping for the Impreza Coupes. Searched high and low and bought every new bit of weather strip that was still available a couple of years ago for my coupe project, but I am still missing a few bits. Any help would be appreciated!

[@albertomiragil850]

Amazing updates!!!! Where can i buy the fujitsubo coffee cup?

[@alorrick7546]

Seriously interested in where you found that suspension!

[@boylejohnstone1]

Currently doing my Subaru gc8 the same way and it’s been fun and costly 😊. But what I can say is I’d kill to work in your workshop the conditions look amazing

[@cuddilym]

Good video guys. Where did you get the new fuel tank? I could do with a new one for my v2 sti ra

[@neilr4867]

Note on those KYB shocks, they are garbage. I've had two Version 6 STIs (effectively the 4 door version of your car) and they've failed before 35,000KM on both. You'll get a tell tale knock from one corner of the car sooner or later. I'd say that's why they were hard to find as so many were replaced under warranty. I always flung them and replaced with Tein SuperStreet coilovers.

[@localhero26]

Great video, looks fantastic. But are you going to remove the fuel tank to fit the rear barake pipes, or is there a cleaver way of doing it without removel of said fuel tank?

[@jongent802]

Fantastic, glad i came across this, i am in process of a v6 sti restoration. Can you tell Me where you found the link to all the torque values please?

[@HHCHunterYTC]

hell yea

[@trackeverything4687]

That inverted monotube rear ends up having a knocking as time goes on. I really haven't found too man people solving that issue. They sometimes add a grease fitting that helps for a little bit but it might be great preventive maintenance. Is there a chance you might be able to address it? Keep up the good work.

[@IvanAtThe555]

I think part of the rationale for inverted shocks is to attach more of the weight the body side of the spring rather than have it add to the wheel unsprung mass. That said, they also manage to lose their lubrication inside of 20,000 and start with the knocking. They're a pain on the later new age cars. P.S. Not using rubbers on the spring seat?

[@anone3842]

I would hate to think about how much it would cost to do this level of restoration to an entire car. Probably three times the total cost of the entire car to buy second hand. The amount of labor, time and equipment required is way beyond the abilities of average car enthusiast to do themselves. I have 03 WRX STi Type UK with the usual rotting underbody sills and everything else... would probably cost as much as buying a new EV to repair it fully. Probably why 95% of old WRX and STis are now off the road. My car is a rarity now - only recently have young children took an interest in it again when they see it on road - not many left on roads compared to 10-15 years ago.

[@danbarruffo7743]

Restorations at this level are usually a matter for the heart not the head. I'm currently building a custom Lada for a customer. Financially it makes no sense but the end result will be an epic one off.

[@anthonyk8027]

thanks god, you’ve not put the 19 inch rims on gc as they did on p25

[@steveschriefer2733]

Great video, but never torque suspension bushings until the car is carrying it's own weight. It will cause binding and premature failure of the bush.

[@danbarruffo7743]

Only the subframe bolts were torqued. The rest will be done when the car is on the 4 post ramp and has a lot more weight in it

[@Macrike]

Fantastic video! Many thanks for documenting and sharing. Could it be that they backing plates were too small because they were for the rear wheels instead of the front wheels? 🤔

[@danbarruffo7743]

Nope, the Alcon calipers may was a Prodrive option and Subaru have the standard spec listed...

[@sttm1283]

when painting the body. did you put dummy screws in every hole or covered them up? all the nuts seem to go in very well, like if there were no paint etc in there :D

[@alanmale7011]

Great build but be careful with that torque wrench!

[@David-xc4us]

Love a 2 door scooby….didn’t know u done parts, so if I can’t get parts for my Forester STI, can u source them for me?

[@danbarruffo7743]

Enquire with Torque Parts. Josh may be able to locate what you need.

[@andrewlangford88]

On the strut assembly it looks like you're missing the bottom rubber spring holder, pretty much the same as the one on the top

[@danbarruffo7743]

Correct. We've found them!

[@andrewlangford88]

@@danbarruffo7743 also looks like you're missing the washers on the bolts that hold the rear subframe in. I would also make sure you torque the suspension bolts at ride height otherwise you'll only get a few weeks out of your bushings....ask me how I know...

[@danbarruffo7743]

We've only torqued the main subframe bushes at the moment and ilthey did have heavy-duty top hat style washers pushed in. All suspension will be tightened and torqued once the car is loaded with engine gearbox etc.

[@Whiteknightsts]

For the P1 rims do you have any extra center caps?

[@koykoy7102]

finally

[@bsfunk44]

Wooooooooo!!!

[@perfectpaintnorthwales3763]

lovely

[@andrewlangford88]

You're also missing the washers on the bolts that hold the rear subframe in. For some reason they have a huge washer on them (I'm assuming the P1 is the same as every other Subaru here)

[@gavdev3801]

Loving the p1 restoration!! I’m interested to know if you guys are planning to protect the underside with sealant or a rust inhibitor? If so what product do you recommend? Cheers

[@danbarruffo7743]

Probably Dinitrol in all cavities

[@carsandthoughts9419]

Hello from America was wondering how would one get the P1 suspension you are using

[@danbarruffo7743]

Contact Josh at Torque Parts. He should be able to sort ot out.

[@0411211BS]

Are the rear trailing arms not on the wrong sides? Isn’t the sway bar endlinks brackets supposed to be downwards

[@felipemesas8795]

What kind of suspension bushings are installed? Rubber or polyurethane?

[@keithmason5584]

Looking good 👍 Why do you not use anti-seize on all the undercarriage bolts ?

[@danbarruffo7743]

Well spotted. Too busy remembering where things go and figuring out what to say to camera🤣. Off camera they've been redone... messy job!

[@TheJudge64]

new in box prodrive shift knob would set off this build. I have one if interested (:

[@tessbushell5489]

👌🏻

[@geertterharmsel]

The engine sound in the intro is a lancer wrc :P

[@stuartanderson-peters4086]

When are you fitting hard brake lines to rear or did I miss that bit

[@danbarruffo7743]

Brakes will be a full episode.

[@stuartanderson-peters4086]

Don't the pipes clip to the floor above fuel tank

[@willsy01]

This is precisely what i'd be doing to my Club Spec Evo IV if I won lotto tomorrow. Strip --> Restore. Tell me something Dan.....given you've had the thing stripped bare, is it in any way possible to get to the back of the bolt holes for the front most seat rail bolts?

[@danbarruffo7743]

Not that I can remember. If you have rust, drill out any spot welds and remove the cross member. Or has the captive nut spun?

[@willsy01]

@@danbarruffo7743 Captive nut has spun 😖. I know I could cut the head off the bolt and use a nutsert or somesuch but having the other half rolling around in there would drive me spare. Same thing has happened on the back seat.

[@danbarruffo7743]

@@willsy01 I feel your pain. Personally I would cut out the section, reweld the nut back on and weld it back into place. Will be a pain in the arse but better and safer than a rivnut for a seat.

[@oldrichsoman7010]

Where can I get new stock suspension for Type R V6? Mine is fu..ed.

[@gempursuharto]

whats the offsets of those P1 OZ rims?

[@brianvilca5607]

Cómo ensamblará la corona con los paliers 😅

[@PedroFTeixeira]

Double check that fuel pump cover gasket, or it will steel like fuel on the car. You could/should upgrade that rear ARB, stock makes the car understeer wayyyyy to much