Durania

Can someone explain to me this: Is a Subaru RX a pretty rare vehicle. I live in Tennessee and I NEVER see one out on the highway. And I live ten minutes from the biggest Subaru dealer in the state.

Being Me, I would just go with a good OEM Subaru color.

I agree with you 100% on that matter, I to drive back and forth to college. It's just the fact that I live in the Ricer capital of the world, and it gets on my nerves when I am sitting at the red light and I have to hear 2 different songs played over 3 different systems in some kids '94 Civic Ex. Having quality is a good thing, but being obnoxious is another.

Its all (majority) EA-81 Baby!

I have them in mine, Christ knows how I would go about finding aftermarket ones and getting stock ones out, I dont have a need or desire for subwoofers because IMO when it comes to a set of subs, if you've heard one, you've basically heard them all. I see them as going the route of euro tail lights, and big chrome wheels. Just a fad.

I second that.

Those are great until you have to do a sudden brake check. That area is never going to quit being sticky.

Problem just came back, ran up the road and I notcied that my voltage was about 12 its usually higher, and also my heat hand was starting to rise considerably, im not certain if my fan is coming on or not. Anyone else had this problem.

Problem just came back, ran up the road and I notcied that my voltage was about 12 its usually higher, and also my heat hand was starting to rise considerably, im not certain if my fan is coming on or not. Anyone else had this problem.

Big enough to make an attempt at scaring stupid people of the tracks.

What I am going to have to do is reconsider my approach to doing a grounding upgrade. I made the mistake of getting longer wire thank what I needed and that caused some pretty bad effects. I will put more thought into this process next time I attempt it. As for now If it isn't broke, im not going to fix it.

PROBLEM SOLVED: Switched the original factory ground back and solved both the voltage issue, and the overheating issue. Thanks People.

Well Im probably going to fall back on the old principal: "If it's not broke, don't fix it". I just hope the overheating issue will go away when I change the wire back.

Thanks!!! I will go by the Mart De Wal tomorrow after my Economics class. Go in and pick up a considerably shorter wire. If all else fails I could just put my OEM one back one. I am probably not the only one who gets nervous when that temp gauge goes above the normal zone.

You all seen a repeat of the simpsons. It originally aired about 3 months ago. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50442&highlight=simpsons

Today after seeing the overall gain a friend of mine had with replacing the ground points on his 240sx it got me to thinking. So i replaced the original factory ground with a bigger gauge wire. I just simply ran it back to the OEM engine grounding point. Now i just noticed that I have somewhat of an overheating problem and the voltage doesn't read as high. The wire is 51 inches long, could that have something to do with it. As of right now I am not in the mood to start replacing headgaskets and valve covers. Do you (the board in general) think I should get a smaller length wire, or start going about the thermostat replacement ordeal?

Update: Last week voltage regulator finally bit the dust last weekend. The straw that broke the camels back was when i put it in revers and the windshield wipers came on. Ripped the alternator off the next morning and too my utter disapproval it blew all four of my headlights. (I assume by too much output). So that was a good fourty dollars well spent.

How do you rig something like that up?

Probably the best bet would be to find a replacement back glass with the defroster lines intact. Would save the trouble of repairing those damn things.

Checked fuses all of them were fine, it wont be too hard for me to find headlights. On the subject of fuses, what will happen if I run the car without the ECM fuse?

Alternator went out last night, having it rebuilt tomorrow. The funny thing was I could put it in reverse and the windshield wipers would come on. Bad thing is, my headlights wont run on normal, have to be on bright. Any sugestions?

It does have a benefit, last night when all these tornados came through i just drove a little faster to make my windshield wipers more efficient. I will check it out though.

On my EA81 hatch, what is causing the voltage meter to increase with the RPM's. Is my alternator on the way out? Or could it be something with my distributor? The brightness of the headlights and gauges vary depending on the RPM's.

EJ25 is what they use in a majority of the newer subarus. Its what the STi uses.

The stupidest thing I did was: The first day I got my EA81 hatch, I put the battery in backwards and fried the fusible link. I ended up having to go and explain the dumb@ss at the parts place what a fusible link does, he ended up giving me the wrong thing in the end so I basically had to fabricate to over-sized wires he gave me. I finally got a replacement one a couple weeks ago off a 4x4 coupe in the junk yard.