POST YOUR SUBARU

4 wheel fedoras

>>16481498
>jelly

>>16481501
No.

>>16481548
>maf butt jelly

>>16481590
No.
I prefer RWD

>>16481596
>maf, can't afford awd

>>16481596
>Corvettevsgtrlaptimes.jpg
Post your shitbox faggot.

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>>16481494
>>16481546
4u

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>>16481620

>tfw new wagon WRX never ever

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In the middle of getting mine built, but this is the most recent picture I took of mine.

*takes your Cobb accessport and vape pen*

Nothing personnel kid.

>>16481637
> $50 motor in $100 bucket
>will never run
>so jelly

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>>16481665
It'll be faster than your piece of shit xD

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>>16481546

Again with snowfun tires/wheels

>>16481687
Depends who you are talking to xd

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>>16481494
don't talk to me or my wife's son ever again

>>16481498
>>16481596
you prefer fucking animals you piece of shit

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>>16481748
Don't talk to me or my retarded brother ever again

>>16481755
wtf is wrong with you lol

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Sup nigs

>4 cylinder engines
V8 or bust.

>>16481765
sensible and reliable 2.2 vs. LOLHEADGASKETS Phase 1 EJ25 on the pigfat "GT"

Who's the retard again, friend?

>>16481818
(You)

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Grandpa's here

>>16481818
>both engines suffer from head gasket failures
>2.2sohc vs 2.5dohc
>the only weight difference is plastic trim and the larger engine
>an autotranny on the 2.2 is heavier than all of that anyways

Decent bait, got a reply from me

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I had this bad moffugga from '08 to '14. I sold it to pay off college debt and hope to buy it back not too long from now.

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>>16481857
>both engines suffer from head gasket failures
>2.5dohc

I was just kidding around, but there's no way in fuck a 2.2 is in any way close to the rate of HG failure on the DOHC 2.5, it's easily the shittiest motor Subaru has ever made (up there with EA82T)

As a mechanic in Colorado, I've seen many many EJ22 Subarus with 200-300k on original head gaskets, I've never seen a DOHC 2.5 with over 100k on original HG's

>>16481837
>not even 4x140
>grandpa

>>16481895
Ye true. They both fail, but the 2.5 fails much, MUCH sooner. So I'll give you that. That being said my 2.5 runs like a champ after rebuilding my engine at about 150k, and now I've racked up to about 350k miles on it

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>>16481494
Why start a good thread with such a shit car that doesn't even belong to you?

>>16481748
>no visible rust on either

how

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>>16481596
>I prefer RWD
Hey, it's that one guy who almost went dorifto off a cliff. Nice to hear you say RWD is superior from someone as experienced as yourself

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It's slow, expensive, and I hate it. Probably my worst purchase I've ever made.
Cars are over rated IMO

Wouldn't have made a difference in that case, I wasn't even under power, I braked too late and lost traction in the corner
No denying that RWD is a based platform though.

>>16481954
It looks terrible and gay too, no wonder gays love these things.

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K family

How do you guys deal with all the leaking fluids?

>>16481498
>Mrcummy
Time for you to die.

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>>16481871
You messed up. Hope you get it back

>>16481960
Oh boy, this useless retard shitting up more threads since he's a stupid cocksucker with nothing to contribute to any conversation on the entire board. Get fucked or kill yourself.

>>16482041
He almost drove off a cliff

>>16482068
>Almost
That's too bad.

>>16481871
Did you sell to a friend that will sell back?

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>>16482091
No I did not, I sold it to some guy near Atlanta. I lost his contact info a while back too. I look it up in the VIN threads now and then to make sure it hasn't been totalled.

I'm not sure how to track it down though; I've crawled through a lot of Georgia-related NASIOC and IWSTI threads but haven't seen it.

Pic is the first I took of it - way back in November 2007.

>>16482128
What sort of fella bought it? You think he molested it?

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>>16481498

I guess these subiefags cant handle getting roasted by a furry

>>16482180
>I guess these subiefags cant handle getting roasted by a furry
Try again Mrcummy

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>>16481494

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>>16482135

Upper-30s middle-class. I sure hope he kept it stock, at least on the exterior.

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Might sell it for a truck tbqh, not feeling the vibe I thought I would if I had a subaru.

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Pic of when I first got her

>not feeling the vibe I thought I would if I had a subaru

Top kek that's Colorado as a state summarized

>>16482418
I'm this anon >>16482267 and honestly I thought about moving to Colorado as well for snowboarding all day erryday but is it not worth it now?

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My legacy Gtb

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>>16481498
but he's right

>>16481711
Wheels should be gold. That's the only way to own a blue Subaru

>>16482549
Love the subie anon

>>16482561
I, personally, find gold wheels gross on any car.

So much, in fact, that when I got my STi 9 years ago I immediately traded someone my OEM gold BBSs for their silvers.

>>16482515
...How retarded are you?

>>16482559
>Le memes XD

>>16481954
You bought a slow NA econobox, did you really expect anything else?

>>16481804
Borg detected

>>16482239
Shit dude, what headlights are those?

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>>16482864
JDM zenki oem off of a 93-95 turbo Legacy. Same as the kouki JDM lights everyone has on these, just without the projectors. I've never cared for the projector lights since they look kinda dopey.

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>>16482887
My thoughts exactly. I've been looking at the JDM projectors but I kinda like how the original reflectors look, but I really like yours.

First the rear wiper and now the lights. You've got one good looking car, my dude

>>16481960
>calls others gay
>calls other cars shitboxes
>owns a bright blue festiva

jesus just kill yourself already you gigantic faggot

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>>16482913
Thanks! I had to add the wiring for the city lights ( the ones lit up in that pic) though. I got an add a circuit and tapped it into the A/C fuse in the underhood fuse box so they're on with the key on, then put ring terminals on the ground side and bolted them down on one of the headlight bolts.

They're slightly brighter if you get the LED bulbs with diodes on the sides too instead of the bulbs that just have one facing forward that you get at an auto parts store, since that kind doesn't aim back into the reflector well.

You'll need to get some 9007 to h4 adapter harnesses on eBay though since yours had the two piece headlights. I had already converted mine to one piece since they were cheaper, but they were aftermarket and didn't last long. 9004 to h4 will work too, you just have to swap the pins around.

Another easy "mod" is the JDM side marker lights, you just tap them into the power and ground pins on the front turn signals and run the wire over the inner fender liner. You'll probably have to paint them though, since I don't think any Legacys were sold over there in that shade of dark green.

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Grocery getting runaround. Does ok.

It's the H6 and I've got a supercharger kit in the garage waiting to be bolted in.

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Tarbo Crosstrek when?

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No other bugeye love other than OP? ;_;

>>16483035
Is that yours?

little brother wants to buy a gen 2 liberty/legacy wagon in that deep green colour

anything to look out for? what typically fails on them and what perks do they have? He has his eye on a gen 2 manual AWD on coilovers for 2k

>>16482887
So RHD headlights on a LHD car?
You're blinding everyone at night

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>>16482950
I have plenty of experience with auxiliary lighting with my truck, so I'm not concerned about the city lights, which I kind of like the idea of since it would be kinda cool to use those as DRLs

>>16483048
yeah, I don't see too many other google image posts. I just got lucky with the sunlight on a day after I washed the car.

>>16481948
at least he can dorifto

>b-but muh subie, uh, when it snows

yea congrats you can drift in the snow so can literally every other car, truck and semi ever made

>>16483101
That's not how any of this works

>>16481494
evo>subaru

>>16483142
>Comparing one car to a whole manufacturer

>>16483154
just a little reality check for all boiracers :^)

>>16483122
It looks sweet mate. In my neck of the woods there aren't many bugeyes that haven't been thrashed and trashed

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>>16483156
Evo can't compete

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>>16483159
Thanks~ I've spent a lot of time trying to bring it back to stock functionality and looks. It was that "thrashed and trashed" when I bought it.

>>16483142
Evo and STI=literally the same car made by the 2 red headed step children of Japanese carmakers.

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>>16482510
uhh n-no don't it's awful here

>>16483140 #
Actually it's exactly how it works.

RHD headlights have cut offs on the right side so it doesn't blind oncoming traffic and the left side of the beam is angled upwards so you can see ahead on the side of the road.

Now put that on a LHD car and now the low beam is shining in people's eyes instead of on the side of the road

>>16483388
Well then aim the driver side light down some so it's not in people's eyes and the passenger side up some so it's closer to where it would be normally.

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Here

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>>16483406
That's not how it works, you wouldn't be able to see shit if you angle it down.

>>16483545
I was speaking in LHD terms, so you'd bring the spike on the RHD passenger side down and bring up the flat side on the RHD driver side, making it closer to the LHD pattern.

>>16483552
How are you going to do that? There isn't enough adjustment in any headlight to make it rotate 45 degrees.

I don't know why anyone would want to trade off night vision and blind other drivers at the same time.

>>16483142
But what if I like both of them? I just don't they money for an evo 8 and my wrx.

>>16482946
I'm gay I guess then, so that means I can call others gay and I have gaydar right?
I must know what I'm talking about

>>16483026
Never. They need to make an Impreza turbo beforehand. Subaru are idiots when it comes to production. None of their cars are worth it unless you care about the badge.

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Rate my bug

>>16483896
10/10 would drive

>>16483896
eyyyy, >>16483035 here, nice wagon~

>>16483916
ayyy thanks, you too

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>>16481871
looks good. i miss mine.

>>16483952
what kind of pole did you hit?

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>>16483952
Understeer into tree stikes again again.

Mine was a old lady on her phone ran a light

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>>16483953
A traffic light.

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>>16483035

>>16483968
Was that your fault? If so, did you have to pay for the damage? Or your insurance?

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>>16483035
I used to have a bugeye

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>justfuckmyshitup

k

>>16484015
what happened to it?

>>16484225
im guessing by the broken wall, the suv drove over the edge and landed on that.....jeep?

>>16483133
>giving a shit about drifting

>>16481804
>>16482700
Borg the Vapelord.

>>16481494
>dapper
filipinos actually think this is cool

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>>16481494

>>16483142
truesies!

>>16483219
not truesies!

>>16482670
I expected it to be comparable to the civics/accords/crvs I drove before

>>16483986
My insurance was able to pay for the damage to my car, and in turn, went after the city.
My layer found an older piece of legislation that stated that street lights need to be a certain distance from the curb. This one was not, and "If it had been installed properly in the right place, the vehicle in question would have sustained far less damage."

Basically my layer helpedmy insurance sue the city for a mistake made years ago that dealt with a light being placed 2 feet closer to the street than where if "should have been". And that saved me from all the fines of trying to do sikk skidz around an intersection.

Why would anyone buy a Korean car?

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Question, I just got a 2004 WRX.

is it normal for the oil light to pop up when I turn the car on in accessories?

it goes away once I start the engine up

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>>16486207

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Mine

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>>16481494
3" invidia divorced catted downpipe
3" corsa exhaust
93 octane tune

I just bought a 2004 sti.
Are forged internals a meme or should i consider switching them?
Car has 70k miles and is mapped around 330 hp
T. Former BMW owner

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>>16486758
Here's a pictute

>>16483004

What do you think of the H6?

I'm thinking of buying a Liberty, and the H6 is a good third cheaper than the turbo in most cases, so it makes it very tempting.
Obviously it's not as powerful as the turbo version (although it's still 100hp more than my current car), but it seems to be more reliable, smooth as fuck, and sounds a lot better (imo).

>>16486807
Depends on years, but the h6 are usually much more reliable (especially early 2000s)

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i bought this yesterday. its fun

>>16486768
I'm not sure what you mean by 'meme' when you used the 'is this meme a meme' meme, but I can tell you that forged internals are *absolutely necessary* when increasing power on a Subaru to over 300 whorepower *at the wheels.*

Look up materials science and materials engineering stuff - phase diagrams and metallurgy heat treatments and stuff. It can make or brek your engine.

>>16487944

Phuck

>>16487324
Did you buy that in NC?

>>16487944
hold camera so the home button is on the right when holding sideways. unless you really are in aus land

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>>16487982
That BRZ is LHD and there's a Buick Rainier behind it, so definitely not upside-downland. Also what appears to be the shell of an Opel GT?

>>16486771
She's a cutie anon.

How is it holding up after 10 years?

>>16486771
what wheels are those did you paint them yourself?

>>16488517
That's a Volkswagen, silly

>>16488308
Its a eastern Canada car that never had under coating put on until I got it this year. It has some rust on the quarters and one fender. It also has a huge rust hole in the rear strut tower which is very common on these cars. Besides normal Subaru issues such as head gaskets it is very good. Really the only issue with the car now is the power steering pump is sucking in some air causing it to whine.

>>16488329
They are just the stock steel wheels spray painted white. There were very rusty when I got the car.

>>16486198
kek, so basically the cost of your vapewagon and mental retardation gets passed on to the taxpayers? fucking kekked and rekt

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CBF getting closer.

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Always get to these threads late and with bad pictures...

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The only Subaru I own
I'm salty asf about it

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Got image online because no pics of my car on my computer but same make and model.

>>16481804
jesus fuck fix those headlights

>>16486207
i hope youre joking m8

>>16488131

You do not.

Thinking of getting a 2017 or 2018 wrx. Can anyone tell me about the newer models' reliability and quality of the interior? Need a reliable dd that's fun to drive but isn't too bare bones and uncomfortable, and won't die in me and will last 10+ years. I don't plan on trashing it, but will do some responsible hooning.

>>16491706
Where'd you get that?

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>>16492329
Idk about reliability, they generally should be reliable as long as you don't hoon all day every day, new interior is leagues better than the older model and the best part is muh resale

>>16492394
I don't plan on beating on it, just enjoying some spirited driving in the twisties down in GA since I'm used to the shit straight flat road in IN and it's way more fun down here. I don't drive hard before it's good and warmed up.

>tfw no perfect car with refined interior of a gti, Honda/Toyota reliability, and Subaru awd and performance

>>16492329
Bumping for info.

Also interested in a new/lightly used newer WRX for a fun daily.

I know there have been lots of complaints about head gasket problems and wondered if Subaru has gotten any better with reliability, and whether the WRX would be worth considering for a reliable dd.

>>16492634
They are fine now. Just buy one.

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>>16481711

>Green wheeled faggotry

What manner of backwards fucking pageantry is this!?

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what do you guys think?

>>16489176
exactly.

Ig: @car_tribe he gives shoutouts ^^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jiBF2mGxdw

>try not to get erect
>you can't

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>>16494004
Tight

>>16494004

I think you wear your hat backwards

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>>16494223
thanks
>>16494225
but I don't :^)

>>16492335
My dealership haha

exhaust rusted off guys..car is loud as WOT right now

Forester xt
Or legacy wagon (H6)
Both around 2005

Which one handles better?
Which is more reliable?
Which one has a lower/better seating position?

I really like the sound of flat6s but also never had a turbo car before. I also like the look of lowered foresters more then legacy's but that the last consideration on my mind

Hey friends, going to purchase a 1996 Legacy. This one says it's got a cam cover leak which is said to be mild. Cop or not?
https://touch.trademe.co.nz/r/noPreview/listing/view/1237190136

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Its fun, and fuck that nog who was hating on green wheels

>>16491793
>he's never driven through salt mist before

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>>16483035
word

>>16495398
Forester xt

>>16496471
>that subtle WAT
So cute

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>>16497006
added one to the other foglight cover, and I have one on the back too

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>>16481494
Not mine file is to big but same color and year
Mine has the oem wing on the back also.
Love this dam car.
So easy to work on.
Comfy awd.
Got this for a steal of $600 the rear wheel fell of because some idiot over torqued the lugnuts.
And the dealership I bought it from closed down before i could make a payment.
Gonna sell it soon to get an wrx/sti.
Honestly I cant decide weather I want newer one or an older one.
Any thing I should know before I make the purchase?

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There is a lot of things wrong with her, but I love her anyway.

>>16497054
Wheels don't fall off from over torquing lug nuts

What do you want to know exactly?

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Nice cars senpai

>>16497065
You can definitely break studs from over torquing them with an air ratchet that has 150 psi running through the line.

just general concerns for the older models.
If I buy new you can bet your ass Ill make every problem the dealerships. Because I will get every warranty available,
for the old just need to know what I should look out for in terms of maintenance.
I don't wanna be sitting here getting nickle and dimed. I want to be upgrading things not fixing crap.

>>16497065
they can its jsut really unlikely. I've seen lugs torqued on so hard they cracked the wheel

>>16497087
You didn't say anything about studs breaking you just said they fall off.
I know you can break studs easily. I have replaced hundreds on all new Subaru's because they are literally fucking rusted from the factory it's literally retarded.


Don't buy old just buy new. Less buckshot to deal with. You put a cobb accessport though I'm voiding your warranty.

Any problems that show up are not the dealerships , it's Subaru of America's problem. We give them a call and they tell us what to fix or not. Because they pay us for warranty work.

>>16497189

Why even bother voiding warranty work if SoA is going to pay you for it anyway? Isn't it just free work units for you guys?

I know for a fact that people have had their stock engines grenade, so it's not like Subaru has bullet-proof blocks.

>>16481494
Storytime, anons. Here's why courtesy is important if you're working in sales and why I will never buy a Subaru.

>Be me
>Looking to buy second car
>Call Subaru dealership
>"Hey, I'm in the market for a new car. Could I come and test drive a WRX?"
>"Sure thing, anon. Come on down."
>Show up
>Talk to employee outside about things for ~15 minutes
>Tell him I'm here to test drive a WRX
>"Oh that's cool, someone was just test driving one this morning and I just got mine last year, you'll love it."
>Walk into dealership
>Hi, I'm here for the test drive
>"No we don't allow people to test drive the WRX"
>"Oh ok what about X car?"
>"No you can't test drive that either"
>This asshole is telling me I can't test drive their shitboxes because he thinks I'm poor
>Leave dealership
>Go to BMW
>Test drive a 428i
>They were very kind and extremely helpful throughout the entire process
>I dress very humbly as I don't like to stand out
>Not for a single moment did they treat me like anything less than a wealthy, valued customer despite my appearance
>Buy a 2016 435i xDrive Coupe from them in cash next week

I'm debating whether or not I should go back to the dealership and flex on the wagecuck who wouldn't let me have a test drive. I probably won't but the idea of it is appealing to me.

>>16497211
This is how it works.
>customer comes in because check engine light is on
>warranty 1 hour if labor
>find bullshit codes related Cobb port or other mods (turbo back fuel injectors ) or whatever.
>write down what I find P/A new parts
>tell customer he's buttmad and wants warranty
>call SoA we explain the issue
>they won't cover warranty customer must pay parts and labor if he wants his car fixed.
>explain again to customer who is still buttmad
>give him SoA number
>he calls and gets shut down
>he leaves we never hear from him again

SoA pays us 1 hour of diag time that's it.

But you're right. I have seen motors go into the new ones already.

>>16487955
i did.

>>16497260
Seems more like a shitty dealer than a Subaru thing. They let me test drive my WRX no problems at all. I was a 24 year old dressed in jeans and a hoodie when I came into dealer. Ordered one cause they didn't have the loadout I wanted. Overall was a pleasant experience

>>16497277

I've heard of some dealers working on modded cars like they don't care - is that just some shady shit like they're pulling the wool over SoA's eyes or something?

I mean, I totally get it if some dude is coming in with mods all over the place with exhaust and deletes and so on - but what about if they just did a "stage 1" sort of tune without doing anything else and they reset the ECU/took off the access port while going in? I've heard everything from "No there's absolutely no evidence of modding or accessport use after uninstall" from Cobb to "there's an internal ROM that tracks/counts reflashes so they'll know" from owners.

I'll be honest, I ran a stage 1 tune on my Saab for 3 years and never really ran into any problems and I was thinking of doing the same thing to a current generation WRX - I didn't realize the flat 4's were so damn fragile.

>>16497388
There is a way to check if the ECU has been flashed. They just need a reason to look at it. Some dealers care some don't the one i got mine from doesn't seem to give a shit about all the mods I have on mine. I knew that I could blow my shit up and they might not replace it before I even started to mess with it. As long as you are ok with that going in then try your luck and see what happens when it blows

>>16497388
8 times out if 10 we don't care. Usually if something that needs to replace is extremely difficult and is just a bitch then I will try everything in my power to make sure the customer Knows he fucked up and has to pay for it.

Yes there is a way we can tell if the ECU was flashed. It doesn't take long to figure it out. Plus literally everyone that comes in just leaves the cobb in plugged in or has it wrapped up in their center console. I forgot to add that if you come in for a check engine light scan and your cobb is plugged in we don't touch it. Ita game over already.

https://pullman.craigslist.org/cto/5957085336.html

I'm trying find a new car. thinking about a subaru. what do you guys think about this one?

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>>16497345
You're probably right. I shouldn't write off Subaru completely out of spite. We will see what the future holds.

What's usually done for a minor service with a 2004 WRX

it's my first car I bought myself, ordered a Haynes book and was planning on working on it myself.

how bad of an idea is this if I have never worked on a car rbefore?

may get the major services done at a dealership though

>>16483142
Good luck keeping your evo running mate.

>>16497260
I didn't get anything like that and I was in beater jeans and a hoodie and rocking a really fucked up S13. Maybe they though something like 'this fuck is so awkward he must actually be here to buy'.
Anyhow the electric steering feel is aids so I passed. Maybe I'll get something used at some point.

>>16497567
Seems like a decent ride but him replacing just 2 tires would bug me. You can damage the differentials with mismatched tread wear.
>>16497866
A minor service is just and oil change and tire rotation which may include a cabin filter or fuel injector cleaner.
They are flat 4 engines and are not to same as others. The sparks plugs are on both sides not on top.

guys, I don't know if I'll get hate because I haven't been on /o/ for a while but i want to know

I've really been wanting to pick up a 2.5 RS to make an RSTi, but am having no luck finding one for a good price. Is there a reason why people don't seem to use first generation base imprezas to do an EJ207 swap?

>>16499355
Yeah because the motor inside it stock doesn't need to be swapped. You can boost it on stock internals. Also the suspension it comes with can take a beating. Good luck finding one for under 5K

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subaru is shite

>>16497866
It isn't too bad unless you're doing any work related to the head and you don't want to jack up/remove the engine. You'll just have more steps to go through to gain access. Good luck if you have big hands.

>>16500053
At least my window regulators all work