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Two questions here: Was on my way to work in my 04 WRX, and being a fool slipped the clutch a little in the top 1/3 of the rpm range while accelerating away onto a highway. Came to a stop at a red light a little later and had lost the ability to put my car in any gear. Nothing except a burning clutch smell. Pushed my still idling car out of the road into the median area and called for a tow. Then after about 10 minutes the ability to put it in gear came back and away I went. That was 2 weeks ago, the car drives fine, no noise or smells from underneath. Car seems back to normal. FWIW, there is about 75K on the odo, and the clutch is original. Is there some "idiot-lock-out-mode" I discovered or is something near the end of its service life? Part two, the fiance and I like the wrx and her 2002 Jetta wagon 1.8T is starting to be less and less reliable. We are planning for another subie. We are both leaning towards another WRX. I hear the 2006/7 is a good vintage. We could swing a newer one, but if the 06 will meet our needs well enough, should we just go that route? Thoughts on this?
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Part two, the fiance and I like the wrx and her 2002 Jetta wagon 1.8T is starting to be less and less reliable. We are planning for another subie. We are both leaning towards another WRX. I hear the 2006/7 is a good vintage. We could swing a newer one, but if the 06 will meet our needs well enough, should we just go that route? Thoughts on this? I'm not sure about your clutch but I'd start by looking at the clutch master cylinder fluid - make sure it's not low. It sounds like you might have temporarily glazed the clutch with your incident but that shouldn't affect your ability to shift gears.
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Apr 15, 2012 16:28
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Well I pulled the bumper cover and the brush guard off and everything looks fine as expected. While i was down there I noticed this hose leading to nowhere:  is that? The silver thing in the bottom left of the picture is the passenger LCA.Edit: 2011 STi hatch. THE BLACK NINJA fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Apr 15, 2012 |
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Apr 15, 2012 17:49
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Probably a drain for something. Could be AC, could be coolant, could just be the chassis - not sure about how the GR engine bay is structured. Based on how far back it seems to be, I'm guessing rain rail. Try pouring some water on the hood at the base of the windshield and see if any comes out there.
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Apr 15, 2012 18:25
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Get an 06 if you can. They're the best (but I admit I'm a tad biased).
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Apr 15, 2012 19:10
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:
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Apr 15, 2012 19:14
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Wrar posted:The 06 really is the best WRX of that generation. Lots of little things make it better than the other years. Aluminum control arms, usually can do the castor trick, 2.5 turbo, etc. I'd take an 06 over an 07 if all other things were the same, but I certainly wouldn't pass up an 07. Either one is substantially better than an 02-05.
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Apr 15, 2012 20:30
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Does anyone use here koni sports on their 3rd gen. impreza/wrx/sti? Considering either a pair of koni's or feal's, but I'm mostly leaning toward the koni's due to their price(20% off currently). My plan is to pair them with (currently installed) RCE Yellows. Are the dampers noticeably stiff for daily use? Also, vendorchat, does anyone know of any vendors that offer free shipping + no tax in CA? The best price for the set of koni's that I've found so far is $560 shipped.
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Apr 16, 2012 04:34
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Feal stuff is great but it is hard to beat the deal on konis right now at $200+ less. They are adjustable and you won't really get added stiffness out of them if you don't want. And funny you should ask about the vendor thing. You don't have pm so shoot me an email- peter at functionauto.com jamal fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Apr 16, 2012 |
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Apr 16, 2012 04:46
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2011 WRX here: My transmission makes this terrible grinding noise, particularly when it is not warmed up, whenever I'm in 1st, 2nd, 3rd gears and I let off the accelerator and coast in gear. It mainly happens when I'm below 2000 RPM. At first, I thought "oh god what have I done?" But I always take my time on shifts, and never manhandle the shifter. I'm thinking of swapping out the tranny oil for the Motul stuff, as I've heard that it drastically helps with synchro engagement and that it helps a lot with gear noise. Any advice is appreciated. P.S. only mod is an accessport stage1, and a kartboy shifter with all the bushings.
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Apr 16, 2012 19:35
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I would go right back to the dealer, mine doesn't do that.
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Apr 16, 2012 21:57
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blargle posted:I would go right back to the dealer, mine doesn't do that. Seconded. You're under warranty, why bother (paying)figuring it out yourself?
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Apr 17, 2012 01:57
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Think they can justifiably give me poo poo about the short shifter with weird noise coming from the transmission? Someone said it's because the transmission has straight cut gears, but I'm not sure. I'm going in for a new throwout bearing as well (apparently 2011 had a problem with throwout bearing), so maybe I can roll all of this in. Thanks for the advice, folks. Danger Doug fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 02:33
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You don't have straight cut gears mate. You can look on Youtube for cars with straight cut gears for an example of the sound.
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Apr 17, 2012 06:02
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CharlesM posted:You don't have straight cut gears mate. You can look on Youtube for cars with straight cut gears for an example of the sound. It'll sound like a cheap radio-controlled car, only about ten-thousand times louder. Although you do usually have one straight-cut gear on reverse. OXBALLS DOT COM fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 06:39
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CharlesM posted:You don't have straight cut gears mate. You can look on Youtube for cars with straight cut gears for an example of the sound. Yeah I didn't think so either, but my only exposure to straight gears was my grandpappy's RACIN' CAR, and figured my car probably had some noise reduction, unlike that Ear-Raping Machine. This car is becoming a giant pain in the rear end with all of the problems I'm having 
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Apr 17, 2012 06:48
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Sorry to hear it. Many years ago I was having a lot of problems with my 2003 WRX. It took a long trip to a good dealer to get it resolved. The local dealer was useless.
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Apr 17, 2012 06:55
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jamal posted:
Email sent - if you can be a local presence for me for orders from USA sites even that would help. I'll definatly be asking for parts for the new project.
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Apr 17, 2012 12:43
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My dealership just tried to tell me I need new rotors on my STi and that it will cost $3000, or $968 to only replace my brake pads which will "cause the car to shudder and shriek under braking". I put some new brake pads on today after getting my car the hell out of the dealership. My rotors are fine. That was some shady, shady poo poo, subaru dealer. edit: wording Roman Rambo fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Apr 17, 2012 19:35
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jeez. full set of centric blanks and stoptech pads is like $600 tops. $300 to install if the shop is expensive.
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Apr 17, 2012 19:37
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jamal posted:jeez. full set of centric blanks and stoptech pads is like $600 tops. $300 to install if the shop is expensive. I know! I was gonna tell them that but my mouth was too busy spewing out "Get my car off that lift!" I don't even need rotors, but I'm glad I looked up online how much the sets of 4 blanks with pads were. edit: if any of you guys ever legitimately need rotors, read jamal's post ok.
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Apr 17, 2012 19:45
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Roman Rambo posted:My dealership just tried to tell me I need new rotors on my STi and that it will cost $3000, or $968 to only replace my brake pads which will "cause the car to shudder and shriek under braking". I'd be filing a complaint with soa about that dealer as well. I have no idea how they could possibly justify what they told you. It's not like cars are flying off the lot right now. It is in the manufactures best interest to ensure customers are getting an appropriate level of service.
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Apr 17, 2012 20:39
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Amandyke posted:I'd be filing a complaint with soa about that dealer as well. I have no idea how they could possibly justify what they told you. It's not like cars are flying off the lot right now. It is in the manufactures best interest to ensure customers are getting an appropriate level of service. The sad part is, Subaru OWNED dealers are more liable to do it, the story of unneeded brake changes is far, FAR too common with Subaru. Vogon Engineer had his Forester in for server and they tried the same thing. Subaru dealer service is ridiculous.
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Apr 17, 2012 21:38
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Are you sure you didn't stop at the Porsche dealer? 
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Apr 17, 2012 21:49
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when the sti was new they could almost get away with it because no one had aftermarket rotors for the brembos. and then they give the whole "oh well you have these high performance sti brembo brakes and the parts are expensive" story. Nevermind that the calipers and pads are used on dozens of other cars.
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Apr 17, 2012 23:27
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One of the techs who used to work where I do was telling me they would always change the rotors out when they did pads because the extra work was so little compared to the bump in pay time for doing it. The writers didn't care cause they convinced the customers to do it, or the techs would stroll in and be like hey these rotors are bad you should replace them so you don't mess up your new pads and have to come back for it sooner than you should. This was before BMW made you keep parts on hand (or send them in I forget) for a while so they could have people come in sometimes and check to see if you are doing poo poo legit or not so they can decide whether to pay you or say hey your doing these when you don't need to we aren't paying for it. So because they didn't need to keep them on hand they would take them to the scrap yard and pocket that extra cash too. They eventually caught wise, but they had a nice run between the extra pay time + bringing a truck load of rotors to the scrap yard every couple weeks.
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Apr 18, 2012 01:58
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Can anyone help me with my Saab 9-2x? The check engine light is on and the tech told me I need a port one emissions sensor but I cannot figure out what I am supposed to order. He said they can't sell it for less than 400 but I can order it for 200 but I am lost. I see a bunch of oxygen sensors but I have no clue what he means by port 1. I figured before I spent 200 more I'd try asking here.
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Apr 18, 2012 02:37
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So here is something odd. I've been using http://opposedforces.com/parts/impreza/us_g10/ to look up parts for my Subaru RS project. There are two listing for my car: 2500CC EMPI SOHC NA 2500CC EMPI SOHC NA Most of the parts seem t be identical, but in the body area, it seems that there are two dates of note: The first is 97, December — '99, June and the second is '98, August — '00, June. My vehicle is made in 04/99. What gives? Some kind of mid year model change?
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Apr 18, 2012 02:44
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yes, the 98 got a phase 1 dohc engine. 99-01 was phase 2 dohc. the transmission is a little different because of this too. I can look up part numbers with a vin if there is something specific that you want to be sure of before ordering.
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Apr 18, 2012 03:51
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SOHC or DOHC for the 99 - 01? The engine in the 99 that I have has 2 camshaft pulleys, and the 98 has 4 pulleys. Or maybe they are both DOHC? Edit - Engine code is EJ253AWLVB. Edit2 - According to Wikim It appears this engine was only used for one year, and then not used again until 2005? That seems really odd. daslog fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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Apr 18, 2012 11:53
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98 is DOHC 99 is SOHC with either a MAP or MAF, the opposite of what the 00 to 0X (when ever they changed to the fancy rear end vtech motors). 00 to 0whenever is all SOHC and interchangeable.
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Ribsauce posted:Can anyone help me with my Saab 9-2x? The check engine light is on and the tech told me I need a port one emissions sensor but I cannot figure out what I am supposed to order. He said they can't sell it for less than 400 but I can order it for 200 but I am lost. I see a bunch of oxygen sensors but I have no clue what he means by port 1. I figured before I spent 200 more I'd try asking here. Go to your local autozone or whatever parts store. Have them pull the code for free. Tell us the code and we'll tell you what to buy and how much it should cost. gently caress dealerships.
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Apr 18, 2012 12:37
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Hey Jamal I sent you an email about making a RACE CAR.
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Slow is Fast posted:Go to your local autozone or whatever parts store. Have them pull the code for free. Tell us the code and we'll tell you what to buy and how much it should cost. gently caress dealerships.
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Apr 18, 2012 15:14
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In 2006 did subaru make any WRXs in colors other than shades of grey?
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Apr 18, 2012 20:07
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Roman Rambo posted:My dealership just tried to tell me I need new rotors on my STi and that it will cost $3000, or $968 to only replace my brake pads which will "cause the car to shudder and shriek under braking". Ugh, that's just wrong. I don't like my local dealer either. I've only been down a few times, but they've been pretty bad each time.  "Hey, I've got this really annoying rattle in the front driver's side.." "LET ME GUESS, IT STARTED WHEN YOU PUT THOSE AFTERMARKET WHEELS ON."Also: (while waiting for them to reprogram my ecm) "Hey, do you guys have any WRX's on the lot? "No, but we have the 2012 Impreza!!!" Me:  Also, this last time I was in, they got greasy handprints on my freshly polished and waxed hood and fenders. That's just friggin rude.
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Apr 18, 2012 20:45
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Mercury Ballistic posted:In 2006 did subaru make any WRXs in colors other than shades of grey? I believe 2006 was the only year they had Steel Grey Metallic instead of Urban Grey Metallic for later years, so I don't know what you're complaining about (unless there was some technical reason for the switch). Although it's still inferior to the best Subaru paint color, Diamond Grey Metallic (DGR). OXBALLS DOT COM fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Apr 18, 2012 |
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Apr 18, 2012 20:56
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Mercury Ballistic posted:In 2006 did subaru make any WRXs in colors other than shades of grey? Aspen White, Steel Grey Metallic, Crystal Grey Metallic, San Remo Red, WR Blue, and Obsidian Black Pearl. Diamond > Urban > Steel > Crystal
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Apr 18, 2012 21:00
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Cream_Filling posted:I believe 2006 was the only year they had Steel Grey Metallic instead of Urban Grey Metallic for later years, so I don't know what you're complaining about (unless there was some technical reason for the switch). Although it's still inferior to the best Subaru paint color, World Rally Blue (WRB). Fixed.
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All I see around here after looking are grey, although I admit I did not know there were some many varieties. Anyway, thanks for clearing it up a little.
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