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No hard feelings I just wanted you to know I wasn't trying to blow you off, hopefully everything works out

You should just buy a Honda at that point

You should just buy a Honda at that point

Love the hatch, I have one as well in Michigan. Not sure how much you care about having a CD player bit a lot of companies are making "mechless" audio players for cars... they don't have a cd drive and if I remember correctly a CD player sits about and inch or so out of the dash to clear the hvac vents. They look much nicer in the dash and most have sd card slot, USB slot and auxiliary plug in so if you really wanted to listen to cds you can run a portable player into the aux. hope this helps

Hi there, I'm the guy from Michigan you talked to.... you said you were going to e mail me pictures and such when we spoke on the phone last but I haven't received anything from you. Looks like plenty of people have you covered, sorry I couldn't help

Interesting combo of cars.... I think the little one was a hatch originally, cool conversion

A lifetime if properly taken care of

I've found that most Subarus just push compression into the cooling system with little or no mixing, easiest way to tell is if the coolant overflow is bubbling. Chances are you wont need head gaskets quite yet.. Dealerships just want your money and they will just replace them with the same faulty factory ones. Most of the time they won't machine the heads or even clean them very well. In all fairness it is an EJ25 and it will most definitely need head gaskets at some point.

Depending on your timeline and such a 2 inch lift is a lot less in depth than a 4 inch, However a 4 inch is the way to go if you have the time. You can stress the axles about 2 inches which can be accomplished with strut/coil spacers. The 4 inch lift you will have to drop the front subframe and rear differential and lengthen the steering shaft. When I did mine I also found I had to space the shift linkage down ( you could trim the body slightly too) as well as the carrier bearing on the driveshaft. I'm sure there are a few more tweaks I'm forgetting about but it's been a while since I've done it.

Is the external leak the only problem? Any overheating? The single layer gaskets from the factory aren't the greatest and a bit under torqued. Six star make great MLS (multi layer steel) replacements for the head gaskets. Almost all aftermarket replacement head bolts are junk. You are way better off re-using the old head bolts, I've done many many head gaskets this way with no issues. However if you do replace them use factory or ARP only. I recommend timing belt with new components and water pump at this time along with factory thermostat. Any other questions lmk

All the michigan people out there, trying to get a plan together for a meet up in northern Michigan within the next few weeks. We had a Subaru parade here a few years back and it was a lot of fun but unfortunately we haven't had something like that in a while ( at least not that I'm aware of). I will update with more info soon. Anyone interested please contact me.

Yea vss in the trans, still need a new cluster tho

Vss cured my subaru!!! Glad I asked ultimate subaru, thanks everyone!

Speedo still doesn't work, it's a problem with the gauge. Went to advance to get my codes ran but the fella who scanned my codes wasn't very helpful and also wouldn't stop talking about how sweet his ranger and alero were..... Please Going to run codes today at the shop today and figure out exact code