SoobyDoobyDoo

Thanks! I just bought an 09 WRX steering wheel that could use some love but it’s got the red stitching. I thought about re-doing it but this seems much easier. Appreciate you telling me how you did that, those turned out really nice!

Check your alternator. Same thing happened to the wife last year in her 2006 Tribeca. Dash lit up like a Christmas tree and it quit on her. Thankfully, it was an easy fix. Also keep in mind if your sensors don’t get a specific electrical signal they’ll light up cause they think somethings wrong. I’d start there.

Welcome to the forum, thank you for introducing yourself and posting! Love it that such an incredible wagon will live on and we can follow its progress. What sort of program are you running in?

Mind me asking how you re-dyed the threads?

I’d upgrade the endlinks too while you’re back there. Moog are really nice and beefy and have zerk fittings for greasing. They’re way less than most aftermarket endlinks too.

this is excellent! Lost Higgins, lost Hutch….lets not lose anymore!

Yeah…these cars seem cheap next to an M series or Audi, or even built VW (unless you know what you’re doing). I’ve found this car community is pretty amazing…I feel pretty lucky to have found a nice example of one of these cars, but more to be in such good company. At this point, with any turbo Subaru, if I bought one, it’d be to keep it. Def won’t get back what you’ll spend on it, but the smiles per mile will far outweigh any monetary value put on the car.

X2 congrats on that acquisition! That’s a big one and those wheels are absolute class! That’ll look really good on either the spec b or forrester.

Mmmmmm….a Porsche would be a lot of fun….a friend at work just picked up a GR86…looking forward to taking it for a drive. It’s still brand new so I’m thinking about waiting for it to be broke in though so I can really see what it can do…

@Infosecdad is parting his car out, I’d see if he’s got one. Another place I’d check is 541 motorsports or eBay or marketplace or somewhere else to find a used one you can ohm before I’d buy one from Amazon. That’s like a box of chocolates, you don’t know what you’re going to get…

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.