SoobyDoobyDoo

Those look awesome! Even better than my Cusco ones lol. Yeah sorry those brackets are needed if you’re swapping to JDM aluminum components. I’m pretty sure spec b ones are a little different but easier to come by. Also if you want the full Cusco treatment on those vauxhall blue is a pretty darn close match.

Whoops…man that sucks. I get it though, I’ve done that too, learned my lesson the hard way. If you need a part # or vendor, lmk. I’ve got a JDM front bumper I bought off another local member so I’ve been looking for parts, I can send you a link or let you know who’s got them. EU fenders will work as well, they’re the same as JDM but you might be able to get away with lesser shipping. Another option is to contact @Enlight, he runs a freight forwarding company from Japan, he’s got excellent rates.

Unfortunately no. The USDM/JDM fenders are slightly different enough they won’t work. Not sure if the details but I know JDM head lights won’t work with usdm front bumper and I’m pretty sure the mud guards on the inside are slightly different too. Thanks, Subaru. id contact the place you bought the front end from and have them send you the correct part. Idk how you mess up sending a pre-facelift fender, when it’s completely different? You have to look close but you can tell the difference between pre and post facelift fenders.

Good to see you back in the game, I’m curious as to what you’ll do with this as well. I’m not a fan of the front end…the black plastic with all that grill material is too much for me. Good to know it doesn’t look like much, but got it where it counts!

You mean this one? I’ve got a spare coming if you need it. PM me if you want to discuss further.

Had no idea what that was….but that’s cool! Yeah…glad the majority were bought a long time ago. If I tried to do that now…it’d have been sold a long time ago. Thankfully with this car, shipping is what kills me not parts prices.

I’ve got 20yrs of owning my v8 swapped g-body Buick thats been driven twice (once backing out and once around the block). Life just gets in the way. But I’m like you, I’m too stubborn to let it go, cause one day I’ll be able to drive the snot out of it and not care and know that the last 20yrs of acquiring parts and trying to get it roadworthy will all fade to the smile on my face. Keep at it! If the goal wasn’t worth it, then why would you bother?

(Gets flame suit on). I think with a plain trunk it’d look good. I dig the second picture at the gas station. With the silver on the rest of the car, it pulls it off nicely. Can’t do that with just any color.

Parts look great! And love the fog lights-I was lucky enough to see @DoctorDaveLGT’s rainbow fogs, they are fantastic! Definitely way more classy than plain old yellows (not that those are bad…no hate here for them, just the rainbows are amazing).

My wife and I just sold her 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca with 161k miles for $750. Valve cover gaskets needed replaced, head gaskets would be needed soon (slowly seeping), power steering pump was going out, needed struts, bushings…a lot of work, probably to the tune of $5k+. I was in the same boat…I didn’t want to dump that kind of money into it, to risk something else major going wrong with it. Not an 2.5i outback, but a comparable. Sold it to a Subaru h6 mechanic who did a lot of work with h6 outback’s who was going to fix it and give it to his sister in law. Was happy it’d get fixed and live on, car still had a lot of life left in it. Bonne chance!

Curious to see how this one plays out considering it came from JPN auctions. I see now what the deal is with those…looks like you can rebuild it which is nice but the voltage regulator seems like it’s more than the whole damn thing…Denso is the oem manufacturer isn’t it? Funny story about the car meet I went to. It was 95% wrx’s and STi’s….all I’ll say is, as soon as I opened the door I was greeted by a cloud of vape smoke. I knew then I was very out of place… Still had a good time there were some cool cars. Def a very different crowd though.

Did some searching and found the oil pan thread with part numbers and different combinations folks have used. I got the 06 oil pan part number. Think I’m just gonna use a iag pick up and 06 oil pan. Do you all just use the stock windage tray/baffle? TIA!

Mine sees the occasional spirited use sans kiddos…but for the most part, nothing too crazy. I agree, most is not needed for my intended purpose, esp at the price point. Interesting about the 06+ sti, I’ll have to check that out.

@KZJonny what oil pan are you using? Thought about this one as well as opposed to the killer b….mines just a stock daily. ugh all this talk about brake line failure…not something I want to think about. I need to read through covert Russians thread again. I still stand by what I said…I’d rather fix up an older vehicle than go new. Did a quick detail on mine tonight for a meet up at the local dealership next week. Not what I consider 100% by any means, but still cleaned up pretty nicely for a stock daily with two kids. I didn’t bother with before pics…I’d rather hide my shame Still nice to know the car cleans up so nicely after all these years. I had to credit this to the PO, I’m fairly certain it was garaged and driven on nice Sundays. Really appreciate the fact it was so well loved. I’m trying to maintain that but can’t quite do it at the same level they did, but I do condition the interior fairly regularly during warm months….

I’m just here for the ride…I’d love to improve the stock sound system, but don’t know much about car audio. Sub’d to learn more.