classicxt

I would have to agree on the heater core leaking.............

Yeah, I really like it. Only problem is p.o. painted the hood and front bumper with bed liner material. Looks horible and extremely hard to remove. I fixed the hood part of it by buying a hood off a turbo xt at pull and save. The hood was only $27 and I like it better cause the turbo xt had the hood scoop. Just gotta paint it. I am planning on doing a little body work(couple door dings and a little rust on the rear quarter panels) and completely repainting the whole car.

So I have an 88 xt with the dreaded broken bezel and as you know it is very hardto find one in good shape. This is write up of how I repaired mine...... My bezel was broken in about 7 places. I just wanted people to know how I went about it and how well it seems to work. I used permatex plastic welder. You should be able to get it at any auto parts stores. First lightly sand joining pieces. Clean the joining surfaces with rubbing alcohol. Also clean back from the joint a little bit. I then mixed the plastic welder and applied it to both edges where the plastic is broken and put the pieces together. Then I put a bead of plastic welder along the seam Let it set up for 24 hours. One important thing I would like to mention is take your time. I repaired one area and let it fully cure before gluing the next pieces together. After all of the areas are fully cured sand the whole bezel and sandthe seams level. This is where I am at with the repairs right now. To now it has taken me 3 days. Tomorrow I am going to finish sanding and then wipe the whole bezel down with rubbing alcohol. Spray the bezel with plastic adhesion promoter Then I am spraying it with textured black paint. So far the joints are very strong. I have no weakpoints. I have squezed it with my hands and even twisted it and it was stout. I will get some pictures of it before I finnish sanding so you can see where the joints are as well as the finnished product. I would have gotten before pictures but I was unsure how well it would hold but now that I see it's holding really well I will get some pictures.

These were taken a few weeks ago......

Yeah I figured they were gonna be tough to find but I figured it was worth a shot. Thank you

My 88 xt gl has 34000. Yes an 88 with only 34000.All original even the original alternator.

I need the plastic cover for the steering column and the plastic surround that goes around the guages and down to the stereo. Also I would like to find the rear seat back in good condition.

I am new to Subaru and this forum. I just bought a 1988 subaru xt 4wd for $200. Funny thing is it has 34000 original miles and is completely original all the way down to the light bulbs. It has had a tuneup done to it and oil changes. Nothing else.