I think its about time to start a journal. I'm still very early in the life of my Forester, but I feel like I've got an idea where I'd like to take it. This is my second Subie, my first Forester. Came from an N/A Impreza. Was in an accident (single vehicle, no injuries), total loss. Insurance covered the remaining cost of the loan as well as some overage money... took that and made a down payment on a CPO 2016 FXT Touring in ISM with 8.3k miles on the clock.
So here we go... start of with the basics:
2016 Subaru Forester XT Touring 2.0L FA20DIT Turbocharged engine.
Purchased 8/24/16
Turbo intake duct recall was serviced before purchased.
Equipped with:
- Eyesight & Nav (no SD card, Dealership ordered me a new one)
- Harmon Kardon HU (Replaced w/ aftermarket HU and amp)
- Rear seat back protecter
- Rear lift-gate bumper guard
- Subaru OEM Splash Guards (removed immediately and replace with RA mud flaps)
- Gigantic F'ing moonroof!!!
- Rear Cargo Mat
- Dual-Side Rear Cargo Nets
- Thats about it, I think
Current mods as of 12/01/17:
Exterior
- Full Rear Debadging (Except for Subaru Emblem)
- JDMFanaticVinyl "F" Overlays (2014FRSTR-EMBLEM"F" ):
Logo Color: Spark Silver Metallic
Background Color: Gloss Black
Custom cut front overlay for Subaru Sport Grille (14.5cm x 7cm)
- Subaru Side Window Deflectors (F0010SG600)
- Subaru Forester Sport Grille (J1010SG100):
Custom vinyl-wrapped in Satin Black (Tint Pros in Blaine, MN)
- Window Tints (Tint Pros in Blaine, MN):
20% front driver and passanger windows
5% Rears
- Rally Armor Mud Flaps (MF28-UR-BLK/GRY):
Ended up removing the rear bracket that was included in the installation kit. Had rubbing issues after lowering.
- OEM Subaru Lower Molding (Right and Left side (91112SG101 & 91112SG111 ($33.48 from Dealership)):
After removing the OEM splash guards I realized there was exposed frame where the splash guards were. After a brief search I saw Foresters without the splash guards and they had a trim piece in place of where the splash guards. Picked up the trim pieces and installed those.
- Horribly Plastidipped fog light bezels
- STI Lip (ordered from JapanParts)
- Front & Rear Fenders Rolled (Only mid-section in rear)
Exhaust
- Nameless Performance Catback with 5" single wall mufflers
Suspension
- Feal 441 Coilovers (441SU-08)
- Feal Extended Damping Adjusters (for the rear)
- Whiteline 20mm Adjustable Rear Sway Bar Kit (BSR49Z)
- Whiteline Rear Adjustable Later Link Arms (Toe Arms (KTA147))
- Whiteline Rear Lower Control Arms (KTA216)
- Kartboy Rear Endlink Kit (KB-017-08+Rear)
Wheels & Tires
- Work Seeker CX 18x8.5 +38 A disk (Ordered from RavSpec)[SOLD]
Powder Coated Matte Black at Adrenaline Powder Coating in White Bear Lake, MN
- Work Emotion D9R 19x9.5 +38
- Stock Forester XT wheels 18x7 +48
- Summer Tires: Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position 245/45r19
- Winter Tires: Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 225/55r18
Interior
- WeatherTech front and rear Laser-Measured Floor Liners (Part #: 44531-1-2)
- Dynamat in front doors, spare tire well and rear cargo area
- Carbon Fiber Vinyl Wrapped Trim Pieces
Audio
- Pioneer AVIC-8200NEX (Purchased from Crutchfield)
- Polk Audio DB6501 Component Speakers ((Front) Purchased on Amazon)
- JL Audio XD1000/5v2 Power Amp (Purchased from local audio store)
- JL Audio 10w6v2-D4 Subwoofer (Purchased on Amazon)
- Front Speaker Adapter (x2) with 5" Cutout (Purchased from SubaruAudio.net)
- Tweeter Adapter (x2) with 1.951" Cutout (Purchased from SubaruAudio.net)
- JL Audio XD-PCS4-1B Amplifier Power Connection System (Purchased on Amazon)
- JL Audio HD-RLC Remote Level Control (Purchased on Amazon)
- JL Audio XD-CLRAIC2-18 (x2) RCA Cables (Purchased on Amazon)
- 28 Pin Aux Retention Harness with Aux, RCAs, Reverse Gear, VSS, Parking Brake and ASWC (Purchased from ae64.com)
- Axxess ASWC-1 Steering Wheel Interface Module (Purchased from ae64.com)
- Subaru USB Adapter 2 (Purchased from ae64.com)
- 5-pin Rear Camera Retention Harness for Subaru 7" Starlink HU (Purchased from ae64.com)
Lighting (Interior/Exterior)
- Full HID Retrofit: All Work Done By LightWerkz Global
Full Housing Blackout (Except Blinker and C-Light
Amber Side-Marker Blackout
TL-R Bi-Xenon Projectors
Hylux Ballasts
Front & Rear-Mounted Diode Dynamics Switchback Halos
- Morimoto XB LED Fog Lights (Type S) w/Yellow Lamin-X film (1 × LF10)
- Diode Dynamics Interior Lighting Kit:
License Plate (Pure White, 194_HP3P-lic1)
Map Light (Cool White, 31mm_SMF6W-map2)
Dome Light (Cool White, 31mm_SMF6W-dom1)
Door Light (Cool White, 194_HP3W-dor4)
- Diode Dynamics Front Turn Signal LEDs (Amber, 2x7440_HP11A-frnturn)
- Diode Dynamics SS30 Light Bar
Awaiting Mods:
- N/A
Desired Mods:
- Cobb Accesport
- Mishimoto CVT Cooler
- Mishimoto Charge Pipe
- Mishimoto J Pipe
- Pro Tune (I still have many of thousands of miles to drive first)
- Debating if at some point I'd like to have the roof rack delete done.
- ... hoodscoopandsti6mtswapwithnoproblemsandeverythingworksoutjustasIvedreamedandthatwouldbethebestthingeverbutprobablywillneverhappenmod
Service Records
On 09/09/16 (9033 miles):
Brought my Forester in for condensation in the rear right tail light.
Dealership replaced entire assembly under warranty.
10/11/16 (10,653 miles):
Got a call from the Dealership stating that they received a Starlink Notification for the airbag systems. I never had any alerts in the vehicle, no warning lights, no Starlink notifications on my end. Brought the vehicle in, had it checked out. Nobody really knows what happened there. No future notifications and no fee for the systems check.
10/26/16 (11,482 miles)
Brought in the Foz for its 12k service and first oil change as new owner.
01/11/17 (14,243 miles)
Oil change and tire rotation, performed at Dealership
02/24/17 (18,472 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
05/12/17 (21,813 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
07/28/17 (25,083 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
09/07/17 (26,502 miles)
Windshield replace by SafeLite Auto Glass due to rock chip
EyeSight recalibration done at Dealership
11/28/17 (29,744 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
12/01/17 (29,844 miles)
Front and rear differential oil replaced
Brake fluid flush
Performed at DG Auto Repair and Service in St. Paul, MN
More to follow...
So here we go... start of with the basics:
2016 Subaru Forester XT Touring 2.0L FA20DIT Turbocharged engine.
Purchased 8/24/16
Turbo intake duct recall was serviced before purchased.
Equipped with:
- Eyesight & Nav (no SD card, Dealership ordered me a new one)
- Harmon Kardon HU (Replaced w/ aftermarket HU and amp)
- Rear seat back protecter
- Rear lift-gate bumper guard
- Subaru OEM Splash Guards (removed immediately and replace with RA mud flaps)
- Gigantic F'ing moonroof!!!
- Rear Cargo Mat
- Dual-Side Rear Cargo Nets
- Thats about it, I think
Current mods as of 12/01/17:
Exterior
- Full Rear Debadging (Except for Subaru Emblem)
- JDMFanaticVinyl "F" Overlays (2014FRSTR-EMBLEM"F" ):
Logo Color: Spark Silver Metallic
Background Color: Gloss Black
Custom cut front overlay for Subaru Sport Grille (14.5cm x 7cm)
- Subaru Side Window Deflectors (F0010SG600)
- Subaru Forester Sport Grille (J1010SG100):
Custom vinyl-wrapped in Satin Black (Tint Pros in Blaine, MN)
- Window Tints (Tint Pros in Blaine, MN):
20% front driver and passanger windows
5% Rears
- Rally Armor Mud Flaps (MF28-UR-BLK/GRY):
Ended up removing the rear bracket that was included in the installation kit. Had rubbing issues after lowering.
- OEM Subaru Lower Molding (Right and Left side (91112SG101 & 91112SG111 ($33.48 from Dealership)):
After removing the OEM splash guards I realized there was exposed frame where the splash guards were. After a brief search I saw Foresters without the splash guards and they had a trim piece in place of where the splash guards. Picked up the trim pieces and installed those.
- Horribly Plastidipped fog light bezels
- STI Lip (ordered from JapanParts)
- Front & Rear Fenders Rolled (Only mid-section in rear)
Exhaust
- Nameless Performance Catback with 5" single wall mufflers
Suspension
- Feal 441 Coilovers (441SU-08)
- Feal Extended Damping Adjusters (for the rear)
- Whiteline 20mm Adjustable Rear Sway Bar Kit (BSR49Z)
- Whiteline Rear Adjustable Later Link Arms (Toe Arms (KTA147))
- Whiteline Rear Lower Control Arms (KTA216)
- Kartboy Rear Endlink Kit (KB-017-08+Rear)
Wheels & Tires
- Work Seeker CX 18x8.5 +38 A disk (Ordered from RavSpec)[SOLD]
Powder Coated Matte Black at Adrenaline Powder Coating in White Bear Lake, MN
- Work Emotion D9R 19x9.5 +38
- Stock Forester XT wheels 18x7 +48
- Summer Tires: Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position 245/45r19
- Winter Tires: Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 225/55r18
Interior
- WeatherTech front and rear Laser-Measured Floor Liners (Part #: 44531-1-2)
- Dynamat in front doors, spare tire well and rear cargo area
- Carbon Fiber Vinyl Wrapped Trim Pieces
Audio
- Pioneer AVIC-8200NEX (Purchased from Crutchfield)
- Polk Audio DB6501 Component Speakers ((Front) Purchased on Amazon)
- JL Audio XD1000/5v2 Power Amp (Purchased from local audio store)
- JL Audio 10w6v2-D4 Subwoofer (Purchased on Amazon)
- Front Speaker Adapter (x2) with 5" Cutout (Purchased from SubaruAudio.net)
- Tweeter Adapter (x2) with 1.951" Cutout (Purchased from SubaruAudio.net)
- JL Audio XD-PCS4-1B Amplifier Power Connection System (Purchased on Amazon)
- JL Audio HD-RLC Remote Level Control (Purchased on Amazon)
- JL Audio XD-CLRAIC2-18 (x2) RCA Cables (Purchased on Amazon)
- 28 Pin Aux Retention Harness with Aux, RCAs, Reverse Gear, VSS, Parking Brake and ASWC (Purchased from ae64.com)
- Axxess ASWC-1 Steering Wheel Interface Module (Purchased from ae64.com)
- Subaru USB Adapter 2 (Purchased from ae64.com)
- 5-pin Rear Camera Retention Harness for Subaru 7" Starlink HU (Purchased from ae64.com)
Lighting (Interior/Exterior)
- Full HID Retrofit: All Work Done By LightWerkz Global
Full Housing Blackout (Except Blinker and C-Light
Amber Side-Marker Blackout
TL-R Bi-Xenon Projectors
Hylux Ballasts
Front & Rear-Mounted Diode Dynamics Switchback Halos
- Morimoto XB LED Fog Lights (Type S) w/Yellow Lamin-X film (1 × LF10)
- Diode Dynamics Interior Lighting Kit:
License Plate (Pure White, 194_HP3P-lic1)
Map Light (Cool White, 31mm_SMF6W-map2)
Dome Light (Cool White, 31mm_SMF6W-dom1)
Door Light (Cool White, 194_HP3W-dor4)
- Diode Dynamics Front Turn Signal LEDs (Amber, 2x7440_HP11A-frnturn)
- Diode Dynamics SS30 Light Bar
Awaiting Mods:
- N/A
Desired Mods:
- Cobb Accesport
- Mishimoto CVT Cooler
- Mishimoto Charge Pipe
- Mishimoto J Pipe
- Pro Tune (I still have many of thousands of miles to drive first)
- Debating if at some point I'd like to have the roof rack delete done.
- ... hoodscoopandsti6mtswapwithnoproblemsandeverythingworksoutjustasIvedreamedandthatwouldbethebestthingeverbutprobablywillneverhappenmod
Service Records
On 09/09/16 (9033 miles):
Brought my Forester in for condensation in the rear right tail light.
Dealership replaced entire assembly under warranty.
10/11/16 (10,653 miles):
Got a call from the Dealership stating that they received a Starlink Notification for the airbag systems. I never had any alerts in the vehicle, no warning lights, no Starlink notifications on my end. Brought the vehicle in, had it checked out. Nobody really knows what happened there. No future notifications and no fee for the systems check.
10/26/16 (11,482 miles)
Brought in the Foz for its 12k service and first oil change as new owner.
01/11/17 (14,243 miles)
Oil change and tire rotation, performed at Dealership
02/24/17 (18,472 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
05/12/17 (21,813 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
07/28/17 (25,083 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
09/07/17 (26,502 miles)
Windshield replace by SafeLite Auto Glass due to rock chip
EyeSight recalibration done at Dealership
11/28/17 (29,744 miles)
Oil changed, performed at Dealership
12/01/17 (29,844 miles)
Front and rear differential oil replaced
Brake fluid flush
Performed at DG Auto Repair and Service in St. Paul, MN
More to follow...