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spec.B Dream

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  • Birthday 05/10/1983

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    Omaha, NE
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    08 spec.B
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    IT Audit

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  1. All sold now. Close it up. I traded the spec.B for a Forester XT, and it is time to clean up the garage. All parts are from/for a 2008 Subaru Legacy spec.B 6mt. Prices plus shipping. Sold: -VF46 Turbo $300 – Removed at ~40k miles. Great shape, no noticeable shaft play. -Stock airbox, snorkel, new filter $25 – Shipping might be pricey on this one. -Gorilla lugs $10 – 24 lugs. Used for winter wheels and have rust/wear spots. Includes key. -Top feed OEM TGV $50 -OEM pitch stop dog bone $10 -Stock injectors $25 -Stock intercooler $50 – Some fins could be straightened, otherwise good shape. Will include recirc valve -Stock airpump and parts $25 -Stock shift knob $10 -Tactrix Openport 2.0 $75 -Subaru OEM wheel locks $15 – 4 locking lugs, key, and ID paperwork -GoodRidge stainless clutch line $10 – New, never installed. https://www.rallysportdirect.com/part/clutch-lines/goo-24222-clu-sti-cl-goodridge-stainless-steel-coated-clutch-line. -ID1000 injectors $50 – Set of 4 Injector Dynamics ID1000 fuel injectors. I ran these on e85 for 3 years before the B developed a misfire. Replacing with a new set of ID1000 cleared up the issue. These could probably use a good cleaning. -Grimmspeed manual boost controller (MBC) $50 -OEM CV Boot Kit 28396AG021 $10 -SLM1 One-touch sunroof close $50 – New, never installed. https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/1-touch-sunroof-close-and-more-193882.html
  2. I drove an Outback Onyx XT, Outback Premium, Forester, and Crosstrek 2.5 last week. With the family, I'm looking a hatch and maybe getting more room than I have in my 08 spec.B. The 2.5 felt scary slow in the Outback and marginally acceptable in the Forester and Crosstrek. The XT had acceptable power, but it felt like the CVT was fighting me the whole time. I found the 2.5 more responsive in stop and go where the 2.4T would have a delay every time. Then, once going, the revs would jump all over the place and never be where I needed them to be when accelerating, cruising, or slowing down. For you owners, does it get better over time? Does the trans need time to learn your driving habits? The XT I drove had just 4 miles, so it was brand new. These were the first CVTs I've driven outside of a Nissan rental a decade ago.
  3. I installed Detroit Axle all around a couple years ago without issue (well, except for having to get a shop to press out the fronts as they were rust-welded together). They're cheap enough that I wouldn't mind ordering and doing the job again if they prematurely fail. Actually, planning to replace them every 5 years instead of every 10 might save me the hassle of having to press out the fronts from that buildup over time.
  4. Well, my VBG1 seems to have bit the dust. It doesn't seem to be receiving sufficient power, no screen/lights but will beep every once in a while. Anyone have any luck repairing theirs?
  5. My ebay alert hit showing $299 and free shipping but I was too slow. Which one of you snagged it?
  6. I used this thread to replace my right rear yesterday. This was one of the few first time maintenance items where I never got to the point of questioning my abilities and giving up. Everything was straight forward thanks to this guide. Also, thank you Subaru for giving the spec.B the aluminum components. I'm sure that saved a ton of rust after 9 years and 120k miles.
  7. I followed this writeup last night on the spec.B. I used a little over 1 qt of ATF to flush the system. As this was the first time the fluid has been changed in 120k miles, the difference in steering feel is incredible.
  8. Thanks all. I just completed this fix over lunch in the parking lot of my local dealer. I got some dirty looks from a few sales guys wondering wtf I was doing, but no worries.
  9. I've been running the Racer X FMIC without issue on my spec.B since July 2010. It's crazy to think it is coming up on 7 years. This, combined with a BNR68, ID1000, and e85 has made for the perfect, quiet (stock exhaust), 350/375 daily driver.
  10. I built stairs with a landing when I rebuilt my deck last year. It took just as long to do the stairs as the rest of the deck. After several lessons learned and re-dos, they still aren't perfect. I never want to do that job again.
  11. I called my dealer every few weeks. I did not allow a passenger to ride in the front seat. For our Valentine's dinner date, I chauffeured while my wife rode in the back. I was thinking about whether or not there was anyone I knew who needed to disappear. The last time I called, they gave me the same generic response about how the part won't be in until April. They the guy put me on hold for 5 minutes, and when he came back informed me that they had one in stock and that my car would be the first one they did. I probably should have waited until they had done a few but I'm impatient.
  12. There were 3 deep scratches above and through the latch. It looked like a cat clawed it.
  13. No adhesive smell on mine, but it is going back on Friday to get the instrument cluster lens and glove box door replaced. They ordered another loaner car. The glove box door should take all of 5 minutes. Do they have to rip apart the whole thing again to do the instrument cluster?
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