I was installing mudflaps on a 91 Legacy and I could not believe how much dirt was packed in behind the front plastic fender liner at the bottom! When I did the other side....same thing.

 

Well, I looked at my 95 Legacy and my (2) 95 Imprezas....SAME THING! The highest mileage is 90K, the lowest is 56K, but they all had lots of dirt in there. This will now be an annual clean out!

 

I was lucky, no rust starting. (It helps that I'm in TX. ) But I suggest everybody pull back the liner and take a peek!

 

Todd

You are so correct. That 'twas where the rust ate me 90 Loyale. Arrgh.

my impreza has about 40lbs of mud & crap built up in there, i consider it structural now

I pulled mine out, weren't doing much good anyway. mines an offroader though.

There's a drain hole there which apparently becomes clogged. I flush it when washing the car.