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It depends how much effort or money you want to spend. When my son bought his Brat (the first Subaru in our family) over 8 years ago, I bought a set of the standard wagon wheels for it, had them glass beaded professionally, and then powder coated. They still look fine today and just need a good washing to get them back to their original condition. Normal paint or clear coating is okay, but you'll find it will chip or peel in a couple of years. As for alloy wheels, my original sentence applies also. I'm fond of the 8 spoke alloy wheels for my Brat (my son started something way back then). After spending about 4 hours polishing one wheel and getting it to look acceptable (not great, just acceptable), I took them to a metal polishing place in South Seattle. It cost me $75 per wheel, but they looked like this: If you polish a set, DO NOT clear coat them! Clear coating will chip or collect brake dust and they will look like garbage in short order. The shop which polished them suggested a quality metal polish every 3 months or so and a good application of car wax to protect the finish from oxidation. I would think that a powder coating in clear would last longer, but that's something I never tried. Good luck with your project.

They should be, I was there around 4pm today and they were in a row that looks like it's been there for a while; I was surprised to see them still on the car.

Helments are so hard to pack.

Welcome to the Board. Turbone's advice is good. I try to do as much of my own repairs if possible, but when I have to pay someone else to do it, I go to Smart Service in Shoreline. Good luck with your new purchase. http://www.smart-service.com/

I had a chance to stop there today while coming back from a business appointment. Nothing too special there but I did notice a Peugeot with two 14" steelies on the front. Look for it in Row A.

And it was a Brat, not a Loyale!

9AM to 7PM now!

Amazing. I can buy a new radiator for your car for about $100. Shipping couldn't be that expensive even for an international shipment.

About 180 one way. But you have 7 pull a part type yards around Vancouver/Portland from what I understand. Also, there's one just south of Olympia about 95 from Vancouver.

I was on my way to PAP. If you're that close, you could have pulled the parts yourself!

I was wondering how I could phrase that. Thanks for saving me the trouble.

I think that's how some old lady wound up suing McD's for millions.

Too bad I didn't know you needed one; I was there this afternoon after work walking the yard looking for new stuff; I could have pulled it. Next time call me; you've got my number. I might have a chance to stop in again tomorrow.

Apparently the site is still up, but will be withdrawn this week. Jason tells me they will continue to offer wholesale pricing by telephone. Toll free number is 1-866-528-5282.

Three new Legacies showed up at PAP yesterday. All around 1990 models; two automatics and a 5MT. One LSI with a good driver's side visor left in tan. One of the automatics has enough body damage to make me believe the engine and transmission are good (t-boned on the driver side). With the one Legacy that showed up earlier, that's four of them in one row!

Yes, www.1stsubaruparts.com. I won't miss the website since it was always too funky for me to get any useful information out of it. Jason is a jewel; always willing to help and go the extra mile when needed.

Not a Loyale, but I converted one from a '98 Impreza (found in a wrecking yard) and installed it in my '84 Brat. More pics in my photo album, but here it is:

Got a link? I still can't find it, sorry.

What GD said.

Welcome to the crowd!

Gee whiz, just when the weather was getting warmer! We're all waiting for you Austin.

Imprezas seem to be rare because most people who own one tend to keep it. I was looking for better than 6 months before I found what I was looking for. Every day lots of Legacies on craigsist and no Imprezas. Finally found one at a decent price too.

You are probably okay; but adjust the clutch freeplay anyway.

You can calculate the difference in your odo readings with the following utility: http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Is that charge per car or per person?