What did you do to your subaru today?

Just got in from putting in some HID's. Now I've gotta wait till the sun goes down to test them out. :slayer:

 

You'll love them. What did you end up going with? I really like my 35w 5k lows + 35w 5k fogs. It's one thing I will put on all of my cars in the future too.

 

Got the legacy clean and finally swapped the summer wheels on.

Got the rsvx dirty and tucked it away for another month or two.

 

I went with 55w 6k. I didn't buy any for the fogs. Ill just have to leave them off so it doesn't look funny.

I remember when I had HIDs on my R6. I ended up layin the bike down and blew the balast or bulb. Had the put the stock back in and couldn't believe the difference it made.

 

started to fix up some of the rust on the wagon and did some primer etcher/paint in order to prep for more extensive body work next week on it.

also rebuilt my steering rack on the gc8 (sedan) and redid the steering wheel and quick release set up...much, much more taught and tight now.

removed my window tint from the gc8 as well, I had previously put on my rear window spoiler on the gc8 too... and continued to tear into the engine bay on the gc8... I seriously need a low pro jack and lower jackstands

 

Wait, so what car was that on? The gc8?

 

I got my lower profile jack at Northern Tool.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200221974_200221974

min height 4 1/8"

I also have these stands...
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200313386_200313386

 

Sheen, yeah, I should've clarified it was on the GC8...


I should just buy myself that jack, how has your's been holding up? hopefully its not like our Michelin one where its now worthless.

 

just switched out for these

 

Got a ****ty alignment yesterday. Got a ****ty correction today. Probably gonna get scratched rims and a ****ty job again on Saturday.

 

Care to say where?

 

Got bored, just removed the rack off the wagon, because it started to annoy me at speeds... the car has its "quirks" already, it doesn't need to sound like a werewolf too (unless it attracted some slutty twilight fan that wanted to give me a sexytime massage, but this is unlikely at best).

 

Washed my wagon today. Needs a good detail.

 

change oil,spark plugs,and fixed a small coolant leak as well as doing some logs.

 

Firestone. I've always had a lifetime alignment on all my cars. They've always done a fine job. This time they just can't get it right. And I'm not happy about it.

 

I don't use it everyday, but it's held up just fine over the last 5 years or more that I've had it. The rubber pad on it just crushes. I've since wrapped it in duct tape and it's still going...

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200326598_200326598

Here is a combo deal...

 

This one also works great for home garage use:

http://www.harborfreight.com/automo...ton-low-profile-floor-service-jack-67022.html

I got it for $70 shipped during one of their sales so keep an eye out for online deals. 2-7/8" min. - 20-1/16" max is perfect for the work I do.

 

Anyone have this jack?

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/de...r-freight-91039-alloy-floor-jack-59-99-a.html

I have the coupon and it seems like a heck of a deal.

 

I loaded up my 91 octane map, washed & waxed it, cleaned the interior, had the oil changed.

 

I just got done swapping rims. Took the winter tires off and put on my 02 Wrx rims. Looks much better. Car just needs a quick washing now.

 

Put in the kiddo's new Recaro carseat, we're both pretty jazzed about it. I'll take and post pics if anybody cares to see a bada$$ carseat.

 

bada$$ is right. I got vetoed on that one.

 

Sorry man. Maybe play up the safety features? I'm extremely anal when it comes to researching anything and the Recaro ProSeries are literally some of the safest carseats available. Theres a $50 discount code plus free shipping if you order it through recarochildseat.com right now too. It's all about the justifications.

 

I will be shopping around probably this weekend, maybe I'll hit the jackpot and Northern will have them on sale or one in their clearance section to boot. It really sucks the car is JUST low enough where I can't get the jack under it anywhere.

 

painted my exhaust black, and put it back on. Car came with a cheep ebay exhaust that decided to start rusting over the winter.

 

My jack isn't anywhere near low enough to fit under my car

I had a 2x10 cut into 4 pieces and stack 2 for each wheel as ramps.

 

yeah, I'm basically between a rock and a hard place since I tore into mine before tossing it up on jacks. not being able to get under the stupid car has prolonged everything way too much, it annoys me.

 

Yep, it's awesome. The only downside is that it doesn't lift the car very high.

 

Finished up a little project that I started over the weekend. Got a warning for speeding on the way to cars and coffee, so I figured I should start using my passport 8500 again. I wanted it to be a little bit stealth, so here's what I did. I hacked up the cigarette lighter thing and made it all work. Waiting on the new mount that ordered to arrive, but it'll be tucked nicely up behind my rear-view.

 

XLUBEN, the jack your link goes to is the jack I have. Even with the mild drop I have I need blocks under the front wheels to be able to reach the frame. A low profile jack will only be good if it will reach all the way to the rails.
On the what did you do...
Sold my silver RPF1s to WREX, picked up the gold RPF1s from SQUIGGLEY. Waiting on some Federal 595 RS-R tires to show up.

 

Wishin I could get my drop springs but with all this house work (sheetrocking, swingset, tile the bathrooms, build a shower, landscaping) THEN DROPPING THE CAR WITH MNGMAN woohoo.

 

Should be mid next week buddy!

 

Picked up an "i" badge off a guy on nasioc.

 

Pulled the fenders off for the new ones coming this weekend. Fabbed up the new intercooler pipes and am currently painting them.

 

Last night, Sheen put in my "new" ERZ DP, and EVO2 catback from Greddy. Sounds great! Thanks Sheen!

 

finished painting my calipers to hide the rust since it really showed when I painted my wheels

 

You're welcome. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for dinner! Jackstand helped too!

 

Today was a busy day for me. Blacked out my grille/foglights and then got my Dashdaq mounted in my cubby!!

 

Washed the WRX. Man, it needs a claybar... Who wants to do it for me? I can pay.

 

I will. Wax too.

 

spider web-ed my phones screen shifting from 2nd to 3rd really happy!!jk

 

I disabled DRLs and did the Fog Light Mod (scoobymods tutorial here). Much better now that I can roll with parking lights+fog lights.

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Filled it up with gas......Again. It's almost like going WOT affects the gas mileage.....

 

Rotated tires on the Outback and found one of the tie rod boots all torn up. It is always something.

 

Well I was locked down to my laptop/house being on-call this weekend... so here are my two DIY projects. I painted my grill flat black. I painted my Hellas Yellow and made a new bracket to mount them.


Before

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Bumper Off (silver Hellas, off center)

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Grill Taped Off

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Grill Painted

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On the Bumper

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Bar Installed for Mounting, Painted Horns on

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Everything is back together

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I am very happy with how it turned out. The flat black looks so much better. The Hellas look better spaced out with the new mounting bar. It also is nice to have them on the same level... before they were too close to the center and one was a bit higher than the other.