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I use leather wipes which you can buy from any store in the auto section. Like previously stated I set a schedule and condition at least every 4 month not counting some wear which will eventually happen to leather. The leather seats become a little slippery for couple day but then it goes away. My guess is that you can't soften the leather because it's probably not real leather. It has a certain fell to it you can only clean it or condition it. I went to a car show and sat in a 2019 model and I could feel that the so called leather is different compared to my 2012 leather.

Would a regular C-clamp be sufficient enough to push the bushings into the control arm or something like this.

Thank you for the detailed description on how to remove control arm bushings. I only have 79k on my 2012 Legacy but feel like that something like the bushings are needed to be replaced because when I am driving on a smooth roads everything is fine but once its uneven or bad road it feels like the front and rear suspension is shot. I don't have have a press like you show in your pictures is is hard to insert the bushing into the control arms?

Hi Subaru owners. So I have a 2012 Subaru Legacy 2.5 non-turbo. At the very beginning when I bought it the dealer used conventional oil whichever they had at every service. At about 45k I decided to switch to synthetic oil, I use Mobil 1 (5W-30 grey bottles) and I use OEM filter (#15208AA12A). But i started seeing that there is a bigger filter available (#15208AA15A). The only difference is that it is a little taller. I started reading and some articles say that the OEM filter (#15208AA12A) isn't enough. So I drive for 10k and change the oil. And I am about to change the oil and new filter but I wonder does it really matter since I swiched from conventional oil to synthetic. I mean I use the same OEM filter. And the filter does only one job. Would anybody advise to use the bigger filter? I have a hard time believing that some articles say that OEM filter (#15208AA12A) won't hold 10k ?