What did you do to your subie today?

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BlueRidgeGrl

Discussion Starter · Mar 20, 2010

Thought it would be fun to start a thread on everyday things we do here and there to our beloved Subarus. The weather is getting nicer, so I'm sure we will all be outside more tinkering on our cars.
(if this is a repost, please delete it)

Today has been a busy day for me! Got my Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 tires in yesterday from Tirerack for the Sti and had them mounted and balanced today by a real cool guy off of Nasioc. If anyone wants his info in the PNW PM me. He runs a legit business out of his home doing tire stuff n such, for a really good deal. But let me tell ya, these tires are STICKY!!! They pick up gravel everywhere but they are SOOOoo nice! It feels like a different car

When I got back from joyriding the STi in it's new tires, I washed the Forester (for the second time this week) and finally got around to hand waxing it. Looks pretty, but boy is there a lot of bumps and bruises on it!

What did you guys do to the subarus today?? :biggrin:

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bigbird1

· #18,461 · 2 mo ago

2WheelsGood said:
With the CC2s, you probably don’t really need dedicated snow tires anymore. Unless you live somewhere with REALLY bad winters.

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That's my hope.
I would sell my winter tire/wheel combo.
We have really bad (as in cold) winters, but not crazy amounts of snow like one would expect with lake effect or mountain locations.
We also rarely have ice from freezing rain, but we do get ice at intersections after light snow until the city spreads the sand.
They rarely use salt, as the typical winter temps are below 0 F, when salt has little melting effect at those low temps.

BTW, I took my first ride today on the Michelin CC2's.
I could not believe the smoothness of ride compared to the Continental Winter Contact snow tires I had just removed.

2WheelsGood

· #18,462 · 2 mo ago

bigbird1 said:
We have really bad (as in cold) winters, but not crazy amounts of snow like one would expect with lake effect or mountain locations.

Then my guess, at least based on what I’ve read/seen, is that you should probably be fine without the dedicated winter tires. Though I’d guess that the winter tires are still better on pure ice. CC2s are amazing tires and well deserve how much success they’ve had.

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ForesterBill

· #18,463 · 2 mo ago

DIY'd a engine oil and filter change using Pennzoil Platinum 0W20 SP and a black (...AA160) Subaru oil filter. Also rotated tires. All 4 Wildpeak A/T Trails have 5/32" of tread remaining after 54k miles.

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GMD

· #18,464 · 2 mo ago

2014 Subaru Forester 2.0 XT Touring, CVT Transmission

Just passed 114,000+ miles.

Still NO mechanical, electrical, or other major problems with this vehicle.

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Jeebz

· #18,465 · 2 mo ago

Ordered myself a set of new headrests, should be ~2 weeks till those arrive

GMD said:
Still NO mechanical, electrical, or other major problems with this vehicle.

Impressive, not gonna lie

ForesterBill

· #18,466 · 2 mo ago

My niece dropped her 2018 Limited by which was mine for its first 197k miles. She now has 266k miles on it. I changed the engine oil and filter using Valvoline MaxLife High Milage+ 5W30 and one of those "new" Subaru filters (SOA6351520812). I don't particularly like the flat gasket on the new filters as once the filter seats it snugs quickly, unlike the old OEM filter with the round gasket that rotated 3/4 of a turn after seating. I also did a drain and fill on the 4EAT tranny fluid. I was able to drain out 4.4 quarts of ATF which I replaced with Subaru ATF-HP. I plan on doing another ATF drain & fill in a few weeks. In doing a light check, I noticed she had both a blinker bulb and brake/tail light bulb burned out on the driver's rear so I ran to the auto parts store and replaced both.

ForesterTheGrey

· #18,467 · 2 mo ago

Had the Telematics DCM reprogramming service done. Now I just need to figure out how to have that alert removed from my MySubaru app and find out if Subaru is going to extend our subscriptions for not having the remote start capability for the 3 months it would have been really great to have had that.

Vladder1

· #18,468 · 2 mo ago

Drove 40 miles to the dealer to have the service recall fix on the DCM so the radio wont just stop working after 388 days due to a glitch. Also had them check the transmission. This is my first CVT and I keep getting a noticeable lag weirdness at city driving speeds. It is very prominent when first coasting a bit, then re-applying the gas. But their checks and test drive had it being all within norms. The service person did acknowledge he notices the same on his own Forester and he felt nothing different when he test drove mine. As long as it is merely annoying to me and not actually harmful to the vehicle, then I am fine with it.

Fozzy-man

· #18,469 · 2 mo ago

Used the weedeater to clean up around her today so the yard didn't consume her while I continue to Dr. Frankenstein parts in the garage for the foresters rebirth. 🤣

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orndog

· #18,470 · 2 mo ago

Installed the oem hitch.

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FozzyX3

· #18,471 · 2 mo ago

Found out my '23 Limited is now in the hands of Cassens Transport. No ship date from their terminal listed yet. It's almost here!

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Mick W

· #18,472 · 2 mo ago

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Wheel and Tyre upgrade for my SG5 Fozzie. Happy with the result.
Original 17x7 ET50 (215/55/17 Tyres) New 17.7.5 ET35 (215/60/17 Tyres)

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Canuk

· #18,473 · 2 mo ago

Mick W said:
Wheel and Tyre upgrade for my SG5 Fozzie. Happy with the result.
Original 17x7 ET50 (215/55/17 Tyres) New 17.7.5 ET35 (215/60/17 Tyres)

Very nice. None of that winter road salt where are is there? That stuff kills cars.

jwblaser

· #18,474 · 2 mo ago (Edited)

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I added some accessories to my 2023 Sport....

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Sunsdrew Phone Holder
JK Cover Dashboard Mat
Unnonaha Door Logo Lights
Homao "The Wheel" Grateful Dead License Plate Frame
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Mick W

· #18,475 · 2 mo ago

Canuk said:
Very nice. None of that winter road salt where are is there? That stuff kills cars.

Thanks. Unfortunately we salt the roads every year here in UK but I'm thinking of applying Lanoguard to the underside as its already pretty good shape.

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2WheelsGood

· #18,476 · 2 mo ago

Made #8 official.

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jwblaser

· #18,477 · 2 mo ago

2WheelsGood said:
Made #8 official.

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Looks great! Waiting for mine to arrive.

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2WheelsGood

· #18,478 · 2 mo ago

jwblaser said:
Looks great! Waiting for mine to arrive.

There is something satisfying about putting on a new badge. A new milestone.

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Canuk

· #18,479 · 2 mo ago

Mick W said:
Thanks. Unfortunately we salt the roads every year here in UK but I'm thinking of applying Lanoguard to the underside as its already pretty good shape.

I did not know that. Here we have a product called Krown rust proofing. It’s an oil based spray to repel rust. I get it done once a year. Well worth the $160.00 to do it. Definitely beats the rusties. The Krown web site has lots of good info.

FozzieBalou

· #18,480 · 2 mo ago

GMD said:
2014 Subaru Forester 2.0 XT Touring, CVT Transmission

Just passed 114,000+ miles.

Still NO mechanical, electrical, or other major problems with this vehicle.

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Congrats!

My own 2014 is still under 60K right now...

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