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Hey that's my SWAP! I did that swap for my Ex-girlfriend back in '14 or so. She sold it back in late '15. They gal who bought it called me once (from Lebanon, OR) So the story has gotten mixed up, cause I built it for my GF and then she sold it presumably to the gal you got it from. It's an EJ18 from an 93 Impreza. I did do a custom low line for the AC. Someones screwed with my wiring a bit. but all in all the A/C worked fine. The large bundle across the engine is Headlamp relay setup. No need for conduit. It's been that way for 5 years, it's fine. It has the Stock 5spd 4wd S/R, but it's in EJ cases so no adapter plate. If you need a clutch use a clutch for an Impreza

If the grill is for a center lamp, it is for the earlier, two-lamp arrangement. 83+ got the quad lamps, unless it was a DL or STD model.

Oh sweet Jesus, please don't do that. Just buy some cheap BC Racing coilovers and dump it safely. Hell, I'll sell you my BC coilovers that have been converted to work on an EA82, just to keep you from baking your springs or excessively trimming them (I've cut the springs on my EA81T wagon, but only one coil and it is nowhere near low.)

Note that you've shown an 82 BRAT. They have chrome headlight surrounds, an 83 will have black (and the honeycomb grille). They interchange easily enough, and I don't know if you'll really care about the difference. Be careful you don't have an 81 grille, as they use different buckets again (I've seen more 81's with Cyclops lights than 82s). Try posting in the wanted section...

Haha.. tempting..

Dude that car got all new in '14: New Koyo Front wheel bearings + seals - both sides New Koyo Rear wheel bearings+ seals - both sides New Front struts - KYB New Rear struts - KYB New brakes 4 corners (surfaced rotors, ceramic pads, new shoes?) pretty sure it's disc swapped from the 88 turbo, maybe not. New OE balljoints front, both New OE inner and outer tie-rods, both sides New trans input seal(OE) New trans Side output seals (OE) New trans rear output seal (OE) New O2 sensor GL-10 Adjustable height seats from 88 turbo New clutch Trailer hitch I built....pretty sure on that car. We did the works on that car.

*Giles gets on the next plane to the US* Cheers Bennie

Man, I made her a custom wiring diagram showing the stock EA and merged EJ wiring. And one for the A/C too. Laminated those MF's She never appreciated the car. Sold it for a beat rump roast needing tranny Forester. Good ridance to her. After she left me I met hte love of my life, my wife and partner for REAL Glad to see the car still rocking out there. That is a strong 1.8, only had 130k on it. I resealed it with new HGs and new piston rings before I installed it. lWait......now that I'm thinkin back......I feel like I pulled taht 1.8 and put a 2.2 in there just before we split.......Check the block stamp.

Timken doesn't make wheel bearings for Subaru's. They buy them from NTN or NSK - one of the Japanese manufacturers that makes them for Subaru. They do this to "fill out" their catalog. What you bought is most likely just an OEM bearing in a Timken box. GD

Went through the front struts on both Outbacks, wanted to change a few things and check them over. Replaced the one steel reservoir with an aluminum one and changed the valving. Made some chromoly steel front control arm brackets for the 99 OB. If they hold up well this year we'll probably make more next winter. Made the jig using a stock bracket that was in good shape. Not the strongest jig but seemed to work fine. One change I wanted to make was having longer slots than the stock brackets. The control arm and front crossmember is pushed back on the 99 on the driver's side so it's difficult to get a stock bracket bolted in even after elongating the slots. When you do get it in the arm is rubbing on it and I think that contributed to the failure last year. Welded. Painted and assembled. Had some group N bushings lying around, I had bought them not realizing those are brackets to fit an Impreza. It seems like many of the normal bushings are grease filled or something, maybe these will last longer. Also replaced the bolt on front wheel bearings while it was apart. They seemed fine. In the future I'll probably just keep a good spare in one of the cars. We've never had one fail and they're easy to replace. Replaced some CV boots, a ball joint, and an inner tie rod. They were all just a little loose or leaky. Replaced a brake disc that was pretty worn with another used one that is pretty thick.

@DaveT @sparkyboy @el_freddo @czny Swapped the intake gaskets with OEM. after taking the aftermarket off (which were totally ripped on both sides!) and looking into the engine, which was totally stained with coolant that was my issue! no more coolant loss and it’s running great. Looks like the head gaskets are safe for now! thanks for the help.

I've daily driven and owned 20 XT6's and worked on more over 25 years. Aftermarket has never supplied replacements. There's no market for them over here either. There may have been "more" of them, but it's a minuscule number not even remotely close to numbers needed to create a market for them. Here are the main issues: Availability - it could take years to source 4 good struts. Cost - "new" old stock are often very pricey and almost never show up. $$$. I saw two new ones last year for like $250 each. Used - were reasonable 10-20 years ago, now they're unreliable and prone to leaking. They don't seem to age well at this point if not in daily use - and i've seen hundreds of XT air bags and thrown away many dozens. If you install 4 used bags right now, I'd be surprised if you didn't have multiple failures over the coming years. 15 years ago I rarely encountered leaking bags - now that's about all I see. I guess that's tolerable for a show car but I use mine as a daily driver and don't want to be messing with suspension every year or two. Last one I was trying to get working I installed 6 air bags in a row and they all leaked at the bags. All the ones stored inside leaked and the ones I pulled off parts cars leaked - placed in large bins I could see air bubbling up like an aquarium air stone. You need to search all the time and hope you run into 'new old stock' or ones that were recently used in daily drivers and in good condition.

I had a discussion about this a couple of WCSS's ago. If it were me, I would be giving a long, hard look at the air suspension systems the aftermarket is churning out for the EJ-powered platforms. With the 5-lug conversion becoming so popular, it only makes sense to use these new, modern air systems to replace the obsolete, NLA XT/XT6/early Legacy air suspension systems. Yes, they are expensive, but you could probably forgo a management system and tank, since the XTs already have those components, saving some money there.

Nice job on your rebuild. Even for a soob, that is alot of miles.

you want the exhaust to hit before the back of the trans does. Mine looks just like that basically. I just used heavy wall pipe for that section so it doesn't smash. Make sure you have the mount at the back of the trans to exhaust secure. Otherwise the force of hitting that pipe can leverage the studs out of the heads.

Look at the welds closely.Notice the crater at the center of each "weld"?There are clear areas where it is readily apparent that there is no penetration ( look between the craters).The strongest weld would be one continuous bead running the length of the weld while moving the gun in a "C" or "e" shape.