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thebeephaha

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#941 ·
A buddy and I took some pics of our cars. He did some mild off-roading and I screwed around in some gravel at way to fast. Was fun stuff, though got a few chips on my paint and wheels from gravel but whatever. Foresters need some off road love now and then!


 
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Thursday- New (lightly used) wheels and (new) tires. Sport Edition F9 16X7.5" w/ 48mm offset and Michelin Harmony 215/65-17.

Saturday- washed and waxed!!- Wheels look sweet.

Today- 240 mile round trip to the East Broad Top Railroad in Rockhill Furnace, PA. The new Michelins are sweet handling, sooth riding and super quiet on asphalt.
 
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#943 ·
washed mine for the First time. yesterday went to radio shack and brought home a 10' antenna mast duck taped to the top rack.
 
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Gigsy

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#945 ·
Saturday:
Fitted new KYB struts and custom made springs... have gone back to stock ride height but with stiffer springs (204lb/in front, 145-175lb/in rear). Ride is like velvet yet it is nice and flat through the corners - even compared to the WRX struts I had on before.

Sunday:
Was glad to have my 2-3" of ride height back so I took it for a blast on some dirt tracks.

Today:
Cleaned it! ;o)
 
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Gigsy

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Yesterday:
Broke the rear sway bar mount having too much fun!
 
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Cuddles

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Duderotomy said:
^that's be kind of cool if it worked on both though, just by eliminating the up-pipe section... with something else.
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IF ANYONE KNOWS OF 08+ N/A HEADER THAT BOLTS UP - LET ME KNOW

That being said. Yeah, it's off an STi. I have the up-pipe. I plan to use the header to up-pipe, chop and add some more pipe then re-weld the up-pipe's flange back on to mate with the mid-pipe. Worth it??
 
Duderotomy

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^that actually sounds like it'd work out pretty well. reuse the up-pipe's flange to weld a section to match your existing cat. Nothing a decent muffler shop couldn't tackle.

Assuming that header didn't cost an arm and a leg that is...


Oh and my noise was the wheel bearing... which has now been replaced.
 
Cuddles

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Hmmm...valid opinion. Should I buy an el cheapo UP to modify that? Or hell, just have the exhaust shop fab that part in general? This is an UEL, and I assume it is good quality. I paid a bit for it (as I have a new car and don't want to risk buying eBay bull****). Guy that had it before me said it fit right up...no issues.

Man...I'm gonna have to hack this thing up. I have a PZEV and appearntly plenty of o2 sensors that need some bungs on this new header. FML
 
Duderotomy

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its up to you really... from the look of it I'd say their uppipe is unique to their own header because of the three-bolt flange. Everybody else uses a two-bolt flange I believe.
So you might as well just go for it and use that up-pipe, or even have the flange duplicated and try selling the up-pipe on its own over on NASIOC or something.
 
Arthrogrian19

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Dropped the car off with my mechanic to have the following installed:

* B&M Transmission Cooler
* 4-Pot WRX Calipers w/ OEM Pads
* Brembo Front Rotors
* StopTech SS Brake Lines
* Kartboy Front Endlinks
* Swift Front and Rear Sway Bars
 
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