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Granite Octopus posted:Even with two crowbars on opposite sides of the shaft we couldn’t get it out. Maybe it’s because this is a non-oem shaft? Idk. Rather than risk destroying something I’m going to take it somewhere, possibly the dealer. This wasn't a Grip-X brand shaft by any chance? I hope for your sake it's not
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I need brakes and rotors all around for a 2015 STI Base, daily driver, that I never track. Might as well upgrade while I'm at it since the dealer pads & rotors are $LOL. Any thread favorites?
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Aug 6, 2018 21:41
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Talk to Jamal. I just upgraded the WRX gear and he got me a solid deal. Mine: DBA4000 rotors Ferodo brake pads Stoptech braided lines Motul DOT4 brake fluid
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CarForumPoster posted:I need brakes and rotors all around for a 2015 STI Base, daily driver, that I never track. Might as well upgrade while I'm at it since the dealer pads & rotors are $LOL. Any thread favorites? Centric blanks for rotors are cheap and good. My winter stoptech pads are fine for daily use and also not too expensive.
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Aug 7, 2018 00:05
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Kickin up dirt 
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Aug 7, 2018 03:58
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ChunksNensja posted:This wasn't a Grip-X brand shaft by any chance? I hope for your sake it's not Nah, it was a Protex branded one https://www.sparesbox.com.au/part/protex-cv-shaft-psa246a What is the issue with Grip-X?
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Granite Octopus posted:Nah, it was a Protex branded one https://www.sparesbox.com.au/part/protex-cv-shaft-psa246a They don't sit right against the seal so they leak and get stuck in the diff like that Protex one has. Usually takes two massive pry bars and turning the shaft at the same time to try and get the circlip in just the right spot to pop. Reconditioned ones are the way to go or pay the $300ish from a dealer for new
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Aug 7, 2018 13:31
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I found a catless uppipe I bought for my 02 WRX in the garage. What is one of those worth now? Does anyone still need one, have all the 02's been converted? Or is it just garbage.
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Aug 7, 2018 16:03
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blindjoe posted:I found a catless uppipe I bought for my 02 WRX in the garage. What is one of those worth now? Does anyone still need one, have all the 02's been converted? Or is it just garbage. You can probably get $75 or so. My FXT still has a catted DP which I’ll be changing soon when I get a VF39. On a related note does anyone have a good VF39 sitting around they’d like to sell?
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Aug 7, 2018 17:04
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ChunksNensja posted:They don't sit right against the seal so they leak and get stuck in the diff like that Protex one has. Usually takes two massive pry bars and turning the shaft at the same time to try and get the circlip in just the right spot to pop. Reconditioned ones are the way to go or pay the $300ish from a dealer for new drat. Sounds like that might be the problem. We had two small crowbars but I was worried about how much force was going onto the side of the trans and I didn’t want to break anything. Didn’t try turning it though.
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Aug 7, 2018 22:17
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Remember how Subaru said a AWD BRZ was impossible? Yeeaaaaah about that....... https://www.facebook.com/AusRally/posts/10155398462436300
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Aug 8, 2018 05:06
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Impossible is a pretty bold claim when it comes to race cars. But Jesus that lift.
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Aug 8, 2018 05:51
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Remember how Subaru said a AWD BRZ was impossible? Less impossible and more impractical for sales. But that's baller. The STIs got spanked by the Beetles at ARX rallycross, they really need a smaller platform than the 4-door. Since they're not bringing back the 2 door impreza coupe, they should kit out the BRZ for rally. Course Subaru itself doesn't seem to give a poo poo about motorsports at all anymore, only Subaru Rally Team USA carries the torch, and I guess some Aussie guys
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um excuse me posted:Impossible is a pretty bold claim when it comes to race cars. But Jesus that lift. The impossible claim was from Subaru and TBH for a few months into the project it DID look impossible. We completely understand why the only attempts at a AWD Toybaru were very VERY extensive chassis changes (I know of two other AWD conversions and I know exactly how they did it and our way is well and truly not like that at all) or just not bothering with a Subaru driveline and use a GTR. In fact the first two builds - this is the THIRD build of the car - didnt even use a Subaru engine. The previous engine was in fact a Toyota 4AGE in a North/South. We even seriously lined up a EVO motor (yes it fits). THere's a fourth build coming taking into account the poo poo that's been learnt, clean up the build and get it into proper suspension trim.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:The impossible claim was from Subaru and TBH for a few months into the project it DID look impossible. We completely understand why the only attempts at a AWD Toybaru were very VERY extensive chassis changes (I know of two other AWD conversions and I know exactly how they did it and our way is well and truly not like that at all) or just not bothering with a Subaru driveline and use a GTR. In fact the first two builds - this is the THIRD build of the car - didnt even use a Subaru engine. The previous engine was in fact a Toyota 4AGE in a North/South. We even seriously lined up a EVO motor (yes it fits). Did you guys rip the guts out of whatever liberty model the BRZ is based on to get everything to work?
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Zaphod42 posted:Course Subaru itself doesn't seem to give a poo poo about motorsports at all anymore, only Subaru Rally Team USA carries the torch, and I guess some Aussie guys They race in the GT300 class in Super GT in Japan with a WRC EJ powered BRZ that has mixed results. It either performs ok or breaks down for various reasons. Subaru also usually enters into the 24 hours of Nurburgring with an STI and they won their class this year but were the only manufacturer in the class I think. The others were private teams. Anyways it's more of a brand known for hard parking now than motorsport I think. 
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:The impossible claim was from Subaru and TBH for a few months into the project it DID look impossible. We completely understand why the only attempts at a AWD Toybaru were very VERY extensive chassis changes (I know of two other AWD conversions and I know exactly how they did it and our way is well and truly not like that at all) or just not bothering with a Subaru driveline and use a GTR. In fact the first two builds - this is the THIRD build of the car - didnt even use a Subaru engine. The previous engine was in fact a Toyota 4AGE in a North/South. We even seriously lined up a EVO motor (yes it fits). Be interested in seeing more details - I always love seeing how other people do things like this.
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Aug 8, 2018 14:11
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Hey guys. I've been driving around my beloved Hyundai Tiburon for the past ten years and it overheated itself to death last week. I'm going to pick up a 2019 Subaru WRX Premium with a couple random options (235578 on the website builder). I'm in NJ, I have excellent credit, I wanted to ask what the best strategy for me to go about buying the car with the least amount of hassle. I called a dealership, Lester Glenn in Tom's River but they asked me to come in person, which I imagine is to get me to put a deposit down faster. I do have some advantages in that I don't need the car for a few months (although they said it would take around 8 weeks to deliver so I want to get it moving). Is there a way I can do this over email instead so I can compare with other dealerships? Or is there another dealership that's recommended? How should I go about all this..
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FateFree posted:Hey guys. I've been driving around my beloved Hyundai Tiburon for the past ten years and it overheated itself to death last week. I'm going to pick up a 2019 Subaru WRX Premium with a couple random options (235578 on the website builder). Edmunds has a tool that will email all the local dealers, it's pretty handy. From there any dealership that is trying to hassle you already is probably not worth your time. Good thing you don't need it right away.
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FateFree posted:Hey guys. I've been driving around my beloved Hyundai Tiburon for the past ten years and it overheated itself to death last week. I'm going to pick up a 2019 Subaru WRX Premium with a couple random options (235578 on the website builder). Email all of them individually in your driving radius at the same time just before you go to bed and imply that you work nights and can't come down to the dealership for anything less certain than completion of the transaction. Keep your replies going out at about the same time through the whole journey. You'll probably end up with a few who will be willing to do it all over email and telephone from there, and then just compare them off. I did this for my recent purchase and it worked pretty well, all email except for one phone call day before purchase and the actual purchase in person.
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Found a '07 WRX with 58k miles for $14k. It's CarMax so I can't really bargain with them, but honestly its a good deal from everything I've seen. 100k WRX wagons are going going for $11k, 3 k is worth 4 years less of driving wear to me. I'm still waiting on the details but if the belts/levers/pumps have already been replaced, I think it'll be a pretty good deal. The only negative so far: It's Edit: Holy poo poo, it's a hatchback and literally the exact car I wanted. Hi I'm Devin and I'll probably be in the Subie club in a few days. DevCore fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Aug 9, 2018 |
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I’m currently running a barstardised hybrid driveshaft in the new beast, but I’m thinking a Set of gen 5 Liberty or Tribeca axles May be the right length.. Anyone got the dimensions for them? Google came up with nothing. (If you don’t know what I did.. go look in Cat Interceptors OGADID thread)
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Kaptainballistik posted:I’m currently running a barstardised hybrid driveshaft in the new beast, but I’m thinking a Set of gen 5 Liberty or Tribeca axles May be the right length.. Rockauto.com is pretty good for this. Pick the year and car, drivetrain then look at half shafts. Lots of them have pics with dimensions.
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I'm getting sick of re-attaching the front bumper and side skirts on my 2010 base model Impreza seemingly more and more often, as the forestry roads around here seem to get worse and worse each year. I've heard some pretty intense smashes from under the car as well, though nothing seems to have been seriously damaged yet. I've been poking around ads for Outbacks and Foresters. Is lifting my existing car an inch or two a completely stupid idea? From looking around Youtube and some aftermarket parts shops I could do this either by putting spacers in above the struts, or by putting stiffer springs in, both of which seem pretty non-invasive. I'd just like to be able to navigate my way up slightly washed out mountain roads without my bumper scraping all over the place.
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Aug 12, 2018 05:30
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Swapping the turbo and uppipe on the FXT yesterday, I miraculously had zero rusty bolts or nuts. Of course that made the gods angry and I had to wrestle and mangle the passenger side heat shield off by force. I’ve never had something so rusty be so structurally sound. The car has 216k miles and it still had the stock catted uppipe and I believe the original turbo, so the swap is more of a preventative thing. I was going to go VF39, but I got an Invidia catless pipe and an essentially brand new OEM TD04 combo from a friend for a reasonable price. Now I’m just waiting for a new EGT probe and turbo inlet to arrive to button it up. Old turbo and UP. The cat looked in good shape but I didn’t want to chance it. The turbo has zero play in the wheel but lots of melted and degraded inlet stuck to it.    New turbo.   Here you can see how degraded my stock inlet is  I started reassembling everything yesterday and couldn’t find one of the coolant banjo bolts for the turbo. I spent literally an hour looking for it before resigning myself to buying one at the dealer on Monday. So I recently read an article in National Geographic talking about how "sleeping on" a decision or idea is a good thing because your brain forms unconscious connections when you're asleep that it doesn't while you're awake. The takeaway from that is that at 5:00 this morning I remembered where that bolt was. I had used it to plug the coolant drain line so it would stop dripping.
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Aug 12, 2018 13:52
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Is there a good aftermarket replacement for those terribly flimsy lines that go to the wastegate? Those things tear like tissue paper.
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Aug 12, 2018 14:41
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I ended up using McMaster silicone hoses, but I also was rejiggering everything to go to a MAC valve
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This weekend was my first time car camping with our new(ish) crosstrek and goddamn subaru makes a noisy engine. Even after a three minute "let's move to a better spot" short distance drive it plinks and tinks after shutdown for like 20 minutes. I'm used to hearing that only after a day of hard driving on an interstate.
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Aug 12, 2018 23:33
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I think almost any new car nowadays has that due to the sheer amount of metal shields and other assorted poo poo they stick onto the exhausts. Since they're optimised to warm up the cat as quick as possible for emissions purposes even a short drive will be enough to cause significant metal expansion then you get the plinking as it all cools off.
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Aug 13, 2018 00:41
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every subaru I've ever heard is like that, even the 70s/80s ones. you should hear all the various clinks and clunks my outback makes, runs great though! as long as it keeps making the same sounds it's fine.
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Aug 13, 2018 08:29
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What's a fair price for a set of unopened floor mats for a current gen WRX? I have a set that I never used and didn't know what was reasonable since prices are tough to find.
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Aug 13, 2018 19:23
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I'd go 20% off of new pricing with the buyer covering shipping. New in box is about the best anyone can hope for when shopping for used parts and there's not much there to reduce pricing for.
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Aug 13, 2018 19:57
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OE floor mats are things that skyrocket in price after the car has stopped being made. If you can hold onto them, have the space, and don't need the cash they'll be worth more and more. Right now I wouldn't ask more than $150 (and take $100) for them brand new. I say this because a full set of weather tech mats are $200. You're gonna have guys who are interested in your mats, but will just buy weather techs if it's only a little more.
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Oh word? My 2016 Outback came with all weather mats but they sent me home with the carpeted mats in a bag, too. I could sell those?! Looks like the 2016 Outback doesn't share compatibility with any other year for floor mats though.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Oh word? My 2016 Outback came with all weather mats but they sent me home with the carpeted mats in a bag, too. I could sell those?! Looks like the 2016 Outback doesn't share compatibility with any other year for floor mats though. I was just going to put them on Craigslist or something and see if I get any takers. I imagine most people use the all weather mats too.
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Aug 13, 2018 21:53
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Anyone have a file source for updating the center console? Really really hate my dealer and don't want to sit there for an hour for a 15 minute job.
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Spent about 15 hours installing an Alpine iLX-107 in my 16 WRX over the weekend to replace my garbage Starlink piece of poo poo. I haven't done a head unit installation in probably 15-20 years. Holy poo poo that was a lot of stuff to program (!!) crimp, connect, assemble, snip off, un-crimp, re-crimp, un-crimp because I had it right, re-crimp, test and assemble. Of course I had to basically tear off every single front dash panel. I think I could have cut that time down by 1/3 if I didn't have my son "help" me. There were a couple screws buried deep on the under-side of the OEM unit that you have to access by jamming a tiny hand or a really long extension from under the steering column and glove box. Despite me saying "this is a terrible idea but I'm going to let you do this one," my son, naturally, unscrewed the one on the steering column side and immediately dropped it down into the nether of the car. Thankfully the bracket for the new unit didn't require those screws, but I can't wait until the one dropped screw rattles for all eternity. Dumbass time-lapse video I took for no reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HamIPjiwN4U Henrik Zetterberg fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Aug 14, 2018 |
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Did you install the gps receiver dongle? Because when I went down that road, this is why my dash board looked like for a while in our non-subaru: But it ended up looking nice, I took the top shelf out and drilled a little hole for the wire and managed to get it all back together without breaking any clips. Only one extra screw when I was done! Not sure the gps dongle is even needed, but the claim is it makes the gps more accurate and I like accuracy so I took the bait. Also you can customize the boot up screen if you want, this article mentions a different head unit but the process is identical: http://www.carplaylife.com/how-to/how-to-install-a-custom-launch-screen-in-a-alpine-ilx-700ilx-007/
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Geeze, my Sony XAV-AX100 install in my '11 WRX literally took 10 minutes in the car. It was about an hour out of car connecting up the wiring harness, but the actual install into the vehicle was plug and play and easy peasy.
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xzzy posted:Did you install the gps receiver dongle? Because when I went down that road, this is why my dash board looked like for a while in our non-subaru: Haha, goddamn. But yeah I had no idea where the clips were and I was terrified of snapping them off. I didn't have a pry tool, so I actually used my kid's Lego pry tool. It worked shockingly well.  Yeah I didn't think I needed the GPS module. No clue why it was included, but I did see the blurb about it helping the phone GPS (??). I still installed it though, just in case. Routed the wire behind the glove box and inside the side trimming up to the dash. I now have 2 GPS modules on the passenger side: one on the dash for this head unit, and one in the upper right corner of the windshield for my dash cam. They actually do mention the boot screen replacement in a blurb in the manual. Saw that while trying to find the speed-sensing volume adjustment, which apparently does not exist. Which loving sucks. Having to constantly turn my volume down when I'm at a light sucks.
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