New WRX owner

Hi everyone, just wanted to say hello and I am happy to be joining the ranks of the few and the proud I just purchased a 05 Black WRX and absolutely love it. I test drove a WRX at Morries and ended up buying the car at Bloomington Subaru (long story but lets just say I will now tell anyone to avoid Morries Subaru in Minnetonka like rape)

On to my first question! One option that I want to add on is the Short Throw Shifter and MOMO knob. I checked with the salesman and he said parts and labor to install it would be around $407. That seemed high since the part itself can be had for $243 from www.subaruparts.com. He said it would be about $100 in labor.

My question is should I just buy this part then take it else where to have it installed? Anyone have any tips for shops to go to other then dealers that do good work? Does having this part installed by a non dealership place void any warranty or anything?


Thanks!

 

Congrats on the new car!

For the warranty stuff, I've read that anything that breaks has to be a direct result of an aftermarket part for it not to be warrantied. So if you install a short throw shifter and your window stops rolling down, those two are hardly related and you probably won't have any problems. But if you end up with transmission problems, I guess they can potentially try and hold you accountable. I think warranty issues pretty much vary from dealer to dealer. Some are mod friendly and others aren't.

You might want to look at the Kartboy short throw shifters. They're a very popular aftermarket shifter. They run about $100 and a little more if you want their stiffer bushings. Either way, it's much less expensive than what you're looking at otherwise.

 

i'm not too sure on the warranty issue, but firstly, welcome to the board. we're a happy bunch, except one guy that's kinda being a jerk-off by naming himself STI KILLER... but that doesn't matter. not everyone here drives a scooby, i for one, drive it's counterpart friend, the insanely egotistical EVO. as for paying 400+ for a short shifter with install, just buy a decent/good short shifter and i'm sure someone can point you in the right direction of getting it installed. that's a huge savings which you can pay for the kegger that all newbies must get for initiation! lol

anyhow, i'm sure you'll answers to find atleast 99% of all your questions on here... except for trying to find out who some of these members are... WHO THE HELL ARE YOU LVT???

look, you saved a bunch without even switching to geico! isn't that something?

 

Installing a cobb or kartboy is easy, but it's the rear bushing that gets you. Especially on an RS with the heatshield, exhaust and the driveshaft in your way. As for warranty, if you have the bucks to spend have subaru do it with subaru parts, then they can't tell you its your fault if you have any problems in the future.

 

Great information, thanks everyone! I would definately need to have someone do it for me so I think I would be best off just taking it somewhere. I am just wondering though on labor if there is a shop that someone knows of that if I bring the parts they will throw it in the car for a good price.

 

welcome aboard. why do we have damn evo surfing the board.

 

because the damn evo is t3h ch4ll3ng3r.

 

I am assuming you're kidding, I like the name

 

Well that just sounds like a deal I would have to take you up on. I have Brian checking on pricing for me now so let me get back to ya!

Just curious but how long would it take? The car salesman told me about an hour or so.

 

A VB drinker... man I used to put those things away years back... every saturday night drank a case before leaving the garage to go chick hunting at the clubs... I can almost taste that sweet foaming Victoria Bitter...

You can get it playing football, You can get it riding a bull,
You can get it chasing a cow, You can get it driving a plow,

IN FACT I'VE GOT IT NOW... A THIRST, FOR A COLD DRY BITTER...

VICTORIAN BITTER....

ha ha sorry reliving the commercials for the beer of my homeland...

 

Hi, Welcome aboard!

in one of the subiesports they had a how to install on a kartboy short shifter. didnt do the bushing i believe but it took almost no time at all to install the shifter.

have fun w/ t3h 4wd w0nd3r

 

Readymix, I am getting some funds rounded up (selling some PC parts) and will be looking to purchase the short throw shifter here sometime this week if at all possible. I will give you a call, if that is OK, and see when you are available to help me out installing it.

Thanks again!

 

Left you a voice mail on your phone, just give me a call at my home @ 952-233-4140

 

Come to firestone tonight. Directions are in the firestone thread in the events forum.

 

Readymix, Left you another voice mail since I didn't know if you got my first or not and you haven't replied here. Anyways, talk to ya soon hopefully.

 

No problem at all

 

Actually call me on my cell, I am heading to the neighbors for a BBQ. 651-485-2760

 

Hey readymix, I didn't hear from ya yesterday but I might have missed your call since I was at the neighbors. Anyways if you are still able to help with the shifter install that would be great. If not just let me know and I'll see if I can do it myself or I'll just blow the $100 and have the dealer do it. I would just rather have an experienced persons help is all but I can always do the "trial by fire thing too" hehe.

I found some instructions online thanks to Brian so I can try to adapt those. In looking at them however my interior is somewhat different then what is in the pics.

Anyways, either way, let me know. Thanks!

 

I'll actually be in Iowa on Saturday. If you are available Sunday that works, or sometime in the evening this week I am also available.

 

Left you another voice mail last night.

 

Have you checked your voice mail? Or here....?

 

Congrats on the new wheels.

 

Thanks, had my first race recently versus a 03 Mustang GT at a stop light. Pulled away from him quick, obviously God bless AWD, and pulled ahead through out till I shut her down at 90mph.

Love the car more and more every day

 

welcome! if you need help on minor installation go to http://www.scoobymods.com

 

I am that one dude

anyway, congrats on the ride! glad you're loving it!

 

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test drove a WRX at Morries and ended up buying the car at Bloomington Subaru (long story but lets just say I will now tell anyone to avoid Morries Subaru in Minnetonka like rape)
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And for anybody wanting to buy a new Saabaru ($20459 plus tax), don't go to Countryside Saab. It was the nearest Saab dealer for me, and it was terrible. Any place would be better.

 

I bought mine from Morries in Minnetonka... An older lady Marlene I think was my salesperson.. she asked me why I was driving it so easy and to go beat on it.. so she took me and my wife to a parking lot with Snow and I hooked donuts and stuff... ha haha she just smiled....

 

How was Morries?

I considered getting a Mazda 3 for the fiance from them here in Eau Claire but both 3s I drove had warped rotors. They were demo models that obviously had been beat on by customers before allowing the pads/rotors to seat.

The dealer seemed nice, though. Better than the Honda dealer- sleazebag!