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Anyone know of a place that sells OEM subaru body clips? I'm looking for the oval hole anchored ziptie that the BRZ uses to tie the chassis to the chassis side of the engine harness above the transmission tunnel. I tried a couple from amazon and none worked, also couldn't find it on the Subaru fiche.  
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clip band 24226AA310 ? is apparently what they are using now. old part number looks like 24226KA250
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Jun 20, 2022 18:59
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MY INEVITABLE DEBT posted:clip band 24226AA310 ? is apparently what they are using now. old part number looks like 24226KA250  thank you 
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Jun 20, 2022 19:28
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Asked an answered in a single post, holy gently caress. AI is still magical sometimes. Washed the car today, slapped the bike up for a ride. Took a picture.
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My EZ30 appears to have eaten another head gasket
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Jun 21, 2022 19:33
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simplefish posted:My EZ30 appears to have eaten another head gasket Everyone's jokes about EJs eating headgaskets. Nope it's the EZ30 that's actually that bad
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Hey everyone, been running around in a 2010 Forester XT for a good while. Test driving a Legacy tomorrow and thinking of ordering a Legacy Sport. Anyone have any hot takes about it? Problems I should know about? Opinions?
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From the outback side the XT version is the only way it’ll vaguely approach “fun” with that CVT. I’m not sure that the base engine would feel as sluggish on the sedan though? And the turbo is a bit steep at what $5k?
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Oops sorry, I should have specified that I'm an old now and I'm not super worried about hp/torque/turbo (within reason). I just want something that I like the look of and isn't hot garbage or I need to worry about the transmission exploding or whatever.
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It’s the end of the update cycle. Earlier outbacks and legacies of this generation had serious battery issues but I haven’t had an issues on my 22 outback xt and the various forums generally agreed that that was more of a 2020 MY issue. CarPlay is finicky I guess.
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sharknado slashfic posted:Oops sorry, I should have specified that I'm an old now and I'm not super worried about hp/torque/turbo (within reason). I just want something that I like the look of and isn't hot garbage or I need to worry about the transmission exploding or whatever. get one of the new Civics you can get the slightly warmed up non-Si Sport in a hatchback and it's arguably the best car in its category right now the interior quality alone blows anything Subaru can muster clean out of the water, and then you add a more reliable + more fuel efficient motor and the best CVT and manual transmissions in their respective categories and all you lose is AWD which is a fair trade imo. you should be using winter tires anyway and it also looks way better than the legacy, most Subarus today are fugly as hell trilobite terror fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Jun 22, 2022 |
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Jun 22, 2022 04:26
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Ok Comboomer posted:get one of the new Civics ....god, what I wouldn't give for a modernized CR-X.
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Jun 22, 2022 06:40
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SwissArmyDruid posted:....god, what I wouldn't give for a modernized CR-X. 
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Ok Comboomer posted:get one of the new Civics I think the interior is pretty solid in the current gen outbacks? Maybe that’s just me coping but it’s basically just the Toyota (denso) parts bin at this point and they grabbed stuff from the nicer Prius/rav4 trims. I agree on the current forester and Impreza/crosstrek. I’m guessing the interior is once place where the outback and legacy is going to differ a bit though.
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It’s a bit of a meme in NC that they won’t let much slide on custom license plates. Then you got this cat up in Jersey. 
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Did some friggin Honda guy come in here and call our cars fugly, someone hold my vape!
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Maybe if Honda made a modern RWD car we wouldn't have to put Honda motors into Subarus.
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Howdy! New owner of a 2013 Outback Limited checking in. Never thought I'd be so geeked to own a station wagon  My understanding is that it's not really much in the way of towing capacity, but it should drag around a small teardrop camper without blowing the transmission, right? I've been looking at 2" hitch receivers and they seem to be all over the place, from a bumper frame mount, to ones that mount up under the exhaust. For the latter, the installation videos seem to require drilling into the frame, which I thought was verboten? Are there any recommended bolt on hitch receivers that don't require modification? Unrelated note, I kinda want these decal stickers: https://orsinivinylanddesigns.com/products/bigfoot-and-trees-with-stars-emblem-overlay-decal-set
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OSU_Matthew posted:Howdy! New owner of a 2013 Outback Limited checking in. Never thought I'd be so geeked to own a station wagon here Matthew, this is for you: https://www.badgeofownership.com/UI/dist/
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OSU_Matthew posted:Howdy! New owner of a 2013 Outback Limited checking in. Never thought I'd be so geeked to own a station wagon 2.5L can pull 2700lbs. 3.6L can pull I think 3200lbs. A teardrop is well within it's capability. My hitch is a 2" 4k lb Drawtite. Seems pretty solid. Honestly, probably not a bad idea to just let someone else install it and figure that into your cost, usually isn't too expensive. 2013 is a weird year (I have a 13 base model w/ stick shift). There's a couple of recalls and some '13 parts are inexplicably more expensive than the rest of the generation (can someone explain why a flywheel for a '13 is double that of one for a '12 or '14?). Also keep an eye on your seals (cam covers, oil pan, front cover), watch the oil level. If those are leaking at all, start saving for an ebay engine. Mine, the seals were so far gone and it had been run long enough while low on oil to gently caress up the cam gears. A newer (I think '15) $1500 engine off ebay was cheaper to swap in than to fix the old engine. Resealing the engine means pulling it anyhow, so the labor still hurts. Good luck!
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:2.5L can pull 2700lbs. 3.6L can pull I think 3200lbs. A teardrop is well within it's capability. Are those problems specifically for the 2.5 or does the 3.6 have the seals problem too to your knowledge?
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FB25. I don't know if they just used lovely sealant or if mine had been overheated a few too many times (probably). I think general opinion on the EZ36 is that it's a good engine. I really wish I'd paid the extra couple grand and had one put in mine when the old FB25 was yanked. There is a parking brake recall you might make sure was fixed. Assuming you have the parking brake button on the dash on the left. I hate it. I want a lever. E: I still love my car. A modern wagon with a stick. An acre of space inside. The ugliest generation ever made (I've had 2 bajas, I love ugly). It would be good to set aside some money in the event poo poo goes sideways though. CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Jun 23, 2022 |
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My 2021 STI is appreciating  
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Rolo posted:My 2021 STI is appreciating man you got so lucky swiping that before they officially announced that there wasn’t going to be an STI version of the new model talk about Buy Of The Year right there
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You juke, but I'm weighing the prospect of a GR Yaris if/when it comes stateside against something with the same kind of cargo room as my Impreza or something electric with a range booster. Or we could just undergo the complete collapse of society within days, so, y'know. Would be kind of a moot point.
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The GR Yaris is a 1.6 liter inline 3 making up to 257 horsepower. Those are sport bike levels of horsepower to displacement ratios. I have trouble believing that motor wont simply wear out by 100kmi. I hope I'm proven wrong, but that is my main concern, personally.
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Goddammit rod bearing knock in my 09 Forester X that the dealership put a new short block in under warranty for the same thing 60k ago. I just changed the timing belt 10k ago so it's not the tensioner (checked it anyway yesterday). Time to hunt for an engine I guess. I was meticulous with oil changes and keeping the oil level perfect. What the gently caress else could I have done?
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Aftermarket oil pump? There are a lot of complaints on google for 2009 specifically. If you're swapping the engine, put a larger oil pump and a new pickup tube in the replacement. Or shoehorn in an EZ30. That'd be a nice power bump without playing in boost land.
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SwissArmyDruid posted:You juke, but I'm weighing the prospect of a GR Yaris if/when it comes stateside against something with the same kind of cargo room as my Impreza or something electric with a range booster. I wasn’t joking. Sure the Fit is way down on power when compared to something like a FiST, or to say nothing of a GR Yaris/Corolla, but it’s also obviously the closest thing to a contemporary Honda-made CRX available with a manual transmission and with a solid platform to build on if you so choose I wish that Honda had pushed the CR-Z concept further and maybe in a climate more like today’s it might’ve found more success But also I might as well wish that they hadn’t killed the Fit in North America after ~10 years, or that they’d followed through on making a Fit Si or Fit R.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Aftermarket oil pump? Yeah, I guess adding the turbo's oil pump or equivalent is recommended. I wouldn't mind switching engines if it's not a bank-breaker, is wiring (or rather, having someone do the wiring) very difficult?
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Everyone's jokes about EJs eating headgaskets. Nope it's the EZ30 that's actually that bad It's really weird how quickly the sentiment swung on those things. Back in 2015 or so I was asking for opinions on the EZ30 because I was thinking of getting one of the wagons to replace my then-wife's dying Ford Escort and nobody had anything negative to say about it. Then a few years later everyone is saying they are overheating garbage.
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I think pure numbers of them out there being a fraction of the 4cyls is why it took so long to really see consistent complaints come out. Myron Baloney posted:Yeah, I guess adding the turbo's oil pump or equivalent is recommended. I wouldn't mind switching engines if it's not a bank-breaker, is wiring (or rather, having someone do the wiring) very difficult? Not even remotely sure. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come along, but you can safely assume more expensive than another EJ. Probably safe to assume the electronics would tack on another grand, exhaust modifications, if it requires a larger radiator, etc. It looks like they didn't offer the EZ30 in that generation Forester, so you might check if any subaru forums have someone that's covered it. It would definitely be cheaper to replace with the same engine and swap out the oil pump and pickup. CRUSTY MINGE fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jun 24, 2022 |
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22 Eargesplitten posted:It's really weird how quickly the sentiment swung on those things. Back in 2015 or so I was asking for opinions on the EZ30 because I was thinking of getting one of the wagons to replace my then-wife's dying Ford Escort and nobody had anything negative to say about it. Then a few years later everyone is saying they are overheating garbage. The issue only really reveals itself about 120,000 to 150,000kms as the heads warp. Whats more, its an insanely stupid headgasket design flaw *that is 100% obvious to anyone looking at the head gasket* and not an actual issue with the rest of the motor - that flaw was fixed for the EZ36 and I have never heard anything bad about that motor. Even dumber the earlier EG33 did not have the issue so I have no idea why Subaru did not have water passages through the EZ30 gasket around the cylinders and combustion chanbers.  EZ36 head gasket  EZ30 head gasket See the difference? The water gallery openings you can see on the EZ36 HG is where the EZ30 warps Honestly if you open up a EZ30 there's so much good design in there but the head gasket design is just outright stupid and obviously stupid. quote:Or shoehorn in an EZ30. That'd be a nice power bump without playing in boost land. The EZ30 is not a boost safe motor without a lot of work and those heat issues get compounded very quickly. EZ36 arent a particularly great motor to boost but a low blow setup with a max of 5-6psi works wonders
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:
I worded it poorly. I meant it would be a nice increase in power over the EJ, and you wouldn't need to get into playing with turbos and tunes. 170hp just never feels like enough. an additional 50-70hp would do wonders.
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I will be swapping my EZ30 to something else, the car's value is nothing and I finally have a garage I can learn to wrnch in. I kind of feel like a 1.5 inline 4 could be funny just for the sheer hell of it. I don't know how well the rest of the drivetrain would play with that though or if it would fit in a boxer-shaped space.
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um excuse me posted:The GR Yaris is a 1.6 liter inline 3 making up to 257 horsepower. Those are sport bike levels of horsepower to displacement ratios. I have trouble believing that motor wont simply wear out by 100kmi. I hope I'm proven wrong, but that is my main concern, personally. Teardowns of the GR's motor are showing it's a hell of a tough thing and it can handle twice the power. It'll be fine
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I’ve had this for a couple of years now. Re-did the rockers and strut towers, replaced everything in the back end, and kind of let it sit. This was before I started on the front end.  Put in a STi rack, cleaned up and modified crossmember, new control arms, Chase Bays hose kit, new Group-N mounts, etc.  Also being an idiot, I went and got all the intake and inlet hoses, clamps, PCV hoses, etc and got that out of the way. The cooling system and timing belt are next.  Then sort of hit a road block with the inlet and the power steering return fitting on the Forester pump. It rubs against the inlet hard enough to damage the o-ring, so I need to swap to an Impreza pump which has a relocated fitting location on the pump.  Subaru things.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I think pure numbers of them out there being a fraction of the 4cyls is why it took so long to really see consistent complaints come out. Yeah things suddenly happening this summer dictate that it's getting another EJ and I found someone local to do the work for me. It's more than I wanted to spend but my son can pay for part of it and it'll become his car, displacing his '97 Corolla (which I bought in '99) which is running great but getting awful rusty.
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I have a 2015 Forester, has anybody ever had this issue where the AC works for like 15 minutes then starts blowing hot air? If I turn the AC off for like a minute when I'm driving then it starts blowing cold again. Only happens when the temp outside is over 100 degrees, which is all the time where I live. I put that cannes freon stuff in it like two months ago like I do each summer, so I doubt it's that but I'm not sure.
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