'96 Outback: Swap Mirrors w/ a '97?

[the_bard]

So the dealer sold the '97 OBS that I was looking at, the same day I was approved for the loan. Found out by calling them to drop a deposit on it *kicks myself in the arse*.

 

Anyhow, I'm looking at '96 OBW that's local. I wanted an OBS, but they're just too hard to find in the NE. Next closest one I can find is in NJ, and my likelyhood of getting that one quickly is small (there's a couple driving up from NC to take a look at it Monday, which is the soonest I could look at it). There's the whole out of state thing too, paying double sales tax, etc.

 

I've seen the '96 OBW for all of ten minutes, gonna take a test drive on Monday. Looks in good shape, 160k miles on her. Only issue that the dealer brought up was that he had the tranny try/suceed to slip out of fourth gear while he was accelerating onto the highway. Gonna check that out. The non-interference EJ22 will be nice, though.

 

I don't like those non-breakaway mirrors... anyone know if they can be swapped out with the breakaway style?

[lmdew]

They will change out with three screws. I may have a set if you can't find them close by.

[outback_97]

FWIW, I have a '97 Outback (you'd never guess from the name) and the mirrors are fixed, i.e. do not fold in. They are the heated ones from the cold weather package, if that makes a difference.

 

Steve

[the_bard]

I actually haven't ran across an OBW with that cold weather package, yet. Wouldn't mind seein' an OBS with one *grin*.

 

Wait... I'd like to see an OBS for sale in NY, period.

 

It's nice to know that I can swap out the mirrors fairly easily, too. And if they're physically compatible, I can't imagine why the wiring would be incompatible (when I'm talking about Subie's, at least... if I was talking about my Cougar, it'd be a different story).