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http://www.edmunds.com has curb weight and other specs for most any car from 1990 on. http://www.carfolio.com is also a great resource, especially for older cars. I've found that the listed curb weights for the 2WD to be about 250lbs less than the AWD.

If 88whitecat doesn't take it, I would. A friend of mine is looking for a good cheap ride, and I said I'd help. Let me know if you want to get rid of it!

Yep, found it tucked behind the radio. Not too bad to replace when you know where it is, lol. Replaced the unit solved the dash light problem, but I'd still like to fix the shifter lighting issue. I figure a resistor in line would prevent the Illumi Con Unit from frying again. Just a matter of figuring out the appropriate ohm rating, I suppose.

So I went to the junkyard yesterday, and pulled an Illumi Con Unit from a 98 Forester. The thing was way up under the dash, just as the document OB99W linked me to said it would be. Pulled apart the dash to my gf's car, and lo and behold, the Illumi Con Unit isn't located there. Instead the door lock timer is. I pulled both the passenger and driver's lower dash panels off, looked everywhere, but still couldn't find the thing. Has anyone actually replaced the Illumi Con Unit on a 93-97 Impreza?

No such luck, unfortunately. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet (it was dark last night when I re-disconnected the wires). Any ideas where the lighting module might be located in a 97 OBS?

To clarify, according to this link: http://www.geocities.com/svxdc/WRX-pinout.htm I connected the illumination+ (pin1) to the dimmer/illum- (pin7) together. I really don't think it was just time for the bulbs to blow, as it happened as a direct result of me connecting those wires. Is there a relay in the circuit somewhere that could be stuck/fried/blown?

A couple weeks ago, I installed a new radio headunit in my girlfriend's 1997 Impreza OBS. When I was doing the wiring, I never reconnected the two illumination wires (a 12+ volt and ground) because the radio didn't have those wires. Instead I left the two wires seperated. When the shifter wouldn't light up, she thought it was no big deal so I left it like that for a couple weeks. Today, I wired those two illumination wires directly together, and now the dash lights won't turn on either! The fuse for the illumination circuit isn't blown, so what could it be?