What did you do to your subaru today?

Yesterday - Did my 60k maintenance (bought my car with approx. 71k in Sept. but you just never know). All fresh fluids, spark plugs and cabin filter.

Also had my new winter tires put on, General Altimax Arctic 215/45R17. This will be my first winter with my Saabaru, I'm really looking forward to AWD and snow tires! Although I may have too much grip for AWD drifts... but probably not, I guess we'll find out!

Special thanks to my buddy Joe and his service tech that did the work while I was stuck working. You guys are awesome!

 

from how high?

 

Washed and freshly waxed it for winter.

 

Um...ouch. How's the car? Just kiddin'. :laugh: How are you after a fall of 10-12 feet?

 

Decided to fill'em up with Rotella 5w40. Gonna give it a shot.

 

SPT Exhaust. Thanks idioteque!

 

ordered a boost gauge and a oil pressure gauge for my wrx, and a gauge pod for them as well.

 

said goodbye....

 

so much better

 

OH SNAP! Project Fix FXT now...

Did you break anything or just pretty bruised? Wish you the fastest healing...

Cleaning gutters or something?

 

^^^Ouch that sucks! I have one of these in the garage if you want it(wrong color though) http://www.foresterpartsstore.com/product_info.php?cPath=185&products_id=4234 May just be cheaper to buy a painted one but maybe if you're getting some other paintwork done I figured I'd toss it out there.

 

Oh DAMN! Glad to hear you're ok! Looks like the FXT broke your fall and saved you some broken bones! You gonna hang that hood on the wall as a garage ornament? :biggrin:

 

Finally got the Compustar Pro900 installed. It sure is a lot to figure out. Too many buttons for my small brain to remember! Should be nice for the winter.

 

Oil Change

Changed the oil the other day under the watchful eye of my lead mechanic.

 

I love it. My son does the same thing and then tries to crawl underneath when he's not displacing my tools.

 

Only took a year and a half but I finally did it.

I...waxed my car.

 

I've had mine for two years and still haven't done this. Paid somebody else to do it last year.

 

Excellent!! That's a great pic.

 

Replaced heads on ej22 and dropped back into neighbors 90's legacy wagon. (not sure on year) got it connected to the 4eat, took forever to get lined up correctly to slide them together. got the mounting bushings connected after about 6 tries raising and lowering tranny and motor. Connected exhaust and started to connect intake and lines. will be finishing connecting the rest tomorrow.

laying on the ground under the motor while this was going on, got my shirt/hair full of oil/grease. washed it out of my hair with dawn, worked pretty good.

 

Finally got around to fixing it. I was halfway down the alley on my way to gas it up and beat on it when the gf called to tell me the taillights were out... well, there's always tomorrow :biggrin:

 

Took a few photos of my car last night. One is just a random shot I did some processing on.

The others are showing off the SPT exhaust I put on last Sunday.

 

got my r160 with 3.9 gear set and lsd on the way as well as the axles for it. also ordered uni-bomber sexi rear end kit

 

put it up for sale

http://mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php/40465-FS-or-FT-2001-STM-2.5-RS-Coupe

 

Found a HUGE post maf leak, mileage should go back up now!

 

just dropped the heads off at a machine shop.
:unamused:

 

Decided I will be Trading it in or selling it soon....

 

Weather forecast today:

Time for the winter tires! 16x6.5" steel wheels with 215/55R16 General Altimax Arctic's.

Rear 3/4


Front 3/4


Rear view of the tread


Front view of tread


Rear brake clearance (plenty of room)


Front brake clearance (pretty close)


Front inset


Rear inset


The thin wheels give a pretty tucked look. Oh well. General tires have deep, aggressive treads, and a fairly soft compound. Looking forward to trying them out!

 

Did donuts in the school parking lot with my 60yr old Mom. Best Part, It was her Idea.

 

played in teh snow

 

the other day had a clear bra put on the sti. yesterday drove from duluth to brainerd on summer tires......interesting trip.

 

went tearing through the desert after my dumba** dog decided to take himself for a run...

 

bought another one, and kicked the gc8

 

Drove around on the new Haaka R's...





Yeah. They grip like a mofo.

 

Painted up the winters over the weekend with some Caterpillar Yellow. Hoping they'll have cured enough so they can be mounted by late this week.

 

^^ Nice!

 

Used it to jump start a client's car.

 

Today..i am reading what everyone else has done...wishing the dealership who has had it for over a week will call so i can break in the new turbo

 

Drove it for the first time in about a month. There's nothing wrong with it, I've just been tooling around in the truck. I was much relieved when it started on the first pull. I guess the battery is still in pretty good shape

 

Scuba Steve n I put STI springs/struts in daughters 01 RS

 

A few days ago changed this:
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Into This FINALLY finishing her:
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