decifal

I keep hearing that some just don't even bother replacing the U frame in question as it is a impact deflect related part of some sort... But even if its not needed, control arms for a non highway robbery price would be awesome if I can find some.. New preferred, but man.. Its just not a common item apparently, or it's listed differently for some reason.

Gonna try to share some pics of it

Yeah, i'm kinda hating the whole impreza outback name as it immediately brings up the assumption its a regular outback. We just wanted a little car to putter around in and save the van for when more of us go out and bout. But between the rusted u frame and leaking gasket (2.5) i'm wondering what we have gotten into... Paid too much for it too 4k, but we had alotta crap going on while looking and somehow we rushed into it.. so, its either polish the one we got or reap our losses and turn it into a farm vehicle (expensive one, but well).

Hello, we purchased an 2002 Impreza outback sport 2.5L with 108k miles. The front U frame bracket is rusted alot so we are ordering a new one to replace it (its bad). Im having a hard time finding parts like control arms for this particular car. Per chance are the WRX parts in this year model the same as the outback sports? Any decent cross reference charts for subaru parts? I'd really appreciate any help on this matter. The car drives like a dream, but some parts are going to need replacing before i'm comfortable to hitting the interstate with it.