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They'll last three years instead of 10, for example.

Do you have any silicone hoses on your forester? I ask because silicone has x10-x15 the permeability of EPDM rubber and can allow for coolant loss through evaporation.

Keep me posted on what you decide Jaysus.

Your best bang for the buck would be to create a new, beefier headlamp harness. This will reduce the electrical bottleneck in the system. Also to note, brighter halogen lamps generally do not last as long. Replace in pairs.

I'm interested in buying the RX. Do you have photos? What's the mileage on the car? Any rust?

There are no bolt on parts for engine performance on this car, everything will be custom or modified. As GD said above, if you break it, there are very few parts you can substitute. That being said, I have modified my turbo wagon. Also, pics of your BRAT, please.

Whatever happened to this project?

I'm still waiting to see it mocked up on a stock, quad-beam '83+ GL front end.... Cuz that's how they came, right?

Skishop69, did the OP ever get back to you on those air struts?

Still no photos...

King Springs refuses to release their spring rates...

GD, I'm going to disagree with you here. I've used this stuff on two cars so far, one of which was my T-wagon 4 or so years ago. I picked up this trick from Dave Coleman, current design engineer at Mazda R&D. If it's good enough for his championship rally cars, it's good enough for our differential outrigger bushings. Now, that said, I'm not suggesting that a new bushing be made from this material, just that a failed bushing could be refreshed by filing the voids with 3M Window Weld.

Stay away from poly in any bushing that twists, unless you like routine maintenance.

It depends on what you value the car at. Too low and they'll ignore you. I looked into it for my EA81T wagon and they rejected both the model and the value I set it at.

Just buy a tube of 3M Window Weld, tape up one side of the factory bushing and fill in the voids in the bushing with the 3M product.

Just curious. I know MOMO and Grant had applications for Gens 1-3, but I've never seen or heard of an adapter from Nardi.

Yeah, I'd say the brushes in the alt probably took a dump.

On just the EJ22, or any EJ engine?

Link fixed!

To close the loop on this thread I installed two SOA-reman'd front axles and this appears to have solved our issue.

CrazyEights, you got those photos handy? I'd like to start reviewing what needs to be done.

Yo, Myxalplyx, any updates on the parts?

Well if that's what some stranger told your daughter, who told you, who is telling us, then it must be correct. Post pics once you've got it all mocked up!

I'll try to fix the link at home this evening.

You must trim a 4-beam grill to fit the center lamp. The switch mounts to the left of the steering column, in one of the holes by your left knee. There should be a diagram in the USRM.