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vacuum bleeding makes the job go much easier and can be more effective. A mityvac is $35, which nothing compared to what you'll save doing it yourself. All you do is pump up the handle to build vacuum, crack the bleed screw, and start pumping. For a cost comparison, if you went to a dealership you would be looking at the following prices: $180 for front rotors $180 for rear rotors $80 for front pads $80 for rear pads $200 for labor Total: $720 That total is dependant they only charge you MSRP for parts and that much labor. Then they would probably try to get you to buy all new calipers because "yours, like, don't work right anymore 'cause they're old." Rebuild kits are like $20 a caliper and re-man calipers at parts stores are cheap. Doing it yourself you're spending, at most: $160 for rotors $100 for pads $35 for a mityvac $25 for fluid, cleaner, rags, grease Total: $420
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More like the opposite, and the cobb headers are way over priced. From what I've been reading it was only the early borlas that cracked. The e-bay stuff is about half the price of the real thing. I have also heard that the OBX and Cobb headers are made by the same place, just sold at different prices.
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Conveniently enough, this was just posted on nasioc: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1393580 However, once you get over 400hp, the headgaskets tend to float around a bit, and there are even dowel pins. Someone who knows more than me has two closed deck 2.2 blocks stashed away that he intends to stroke to 2.35l. The STi 6-speed is not something you have to worry much about breaking unless you do really stupid things. generally a CV or two will break first.
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Yeah, I just happened to have seen them recently. I don't really feel like combing through other local classifieds. I thought tirerack usually had pretty reasonable shipping. There might also be some other online Canadian vendor or a place with a warehouse around detroit or buffalo or something where you could pick up the tires. Although by that point it's getting hard to justify possibly saving a few hundred bucks on the purchase price for all the trouble you have to go through.
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Again, I am talking about the original post. The price is $49 each for the steelies and I would not pay that. Additionally you should check into ordering from tirerack or discount tire or something because you could probably save yourself some more money that way. For reference: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1378908 http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1386973 You should be able to put together a used alloy and online ordered snow tire package for more like $600 mounted and balanced. And they'll last 3-5 years, not 5-10.
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not much. It's a bad idea to add boost to an n/a block. Especially without turbo pistons. I suggest reading these FAQs on nasioc: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=386462 http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195694 http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185230 http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1169980
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Yes, wider and/or grippier tires will absolutely make the car handle and stop better. A wider section doesn't flex as much which makes the car more responsive. There are generally very cheap sets of 16" wrx wheels and tires for sale in the local nasioc.com classifieds. Like $200 for a 205/55-16 on 16x6.5" wheels. RE92s are mediocre at best but I didn't ever have a problem with them on snow and they were a huge improvement over the generic 185/70-14 sears all seasons I had before. There's definitely room to go a little bigger if you want. My tires are four sizes wider than OE.. I wouldn't even consider driving in snow with them, though. Sipes are good for ice and very slippery conditions, but they can make the tire a little squirmy on pavement.
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Modern 15" Subaru wheels will for sure clear your brakes and be the right bolt pattern and offset. Most aftermarket wheels do not have enough positive offset. Ideal offset is +53-55mm for an Impreza/Legacy and +48 for a Forester/Outback. Straying too far in either direction results in rubbing or not fitting and destroyed wheel bearings. Most Subaru wheels from the last 20 years or so have a 5x100 bolt pattern and about +55mm et. SVX, Tribeca, and 05+ STI are 5x114.3. All of this information has been posted here many, many times before and can be easily found with the search feature.
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stereo upgrade
jamal replied to skybren's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
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stereo upgrade
jamal replied to skybren's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
I bought my 05 changer for $60 and the harness was $14 from David Carter (svxdc). http://jamalb.net/carsite/cdchanger.htm