What did you do to your subaru today?

Put the snows on. I think the oem Dunlop SP600's are shot, all of them are cupping in one way or another. Maybe RE11's next summer.

Also took some pictures of recently installed parts.

 

Destroyed both driver side wheels and the tires by nailing a chunk of concrete and rebar that was sitting on the edge of an exit here. Was on a cruise with the local club when it happened. Luckier than the owner of the other OBP STi that was with us though, he blew his engine an exit away from me. This is the same area of one the highways here that some guy destroyed two Evos in. Bad cruise spot, but I ended up getting the other OBP guy to swap his wheels with mine to get one of us home, since his was getting flat bedded anyways. So cruising with 2 gold and 2 silver BBS for right now.

TLDR: destroyed 2 wheels, buddy destroyed his engine, riding on his wheels till I do my 4/2 pot swap

 

Added a quart of oil, because my dipstick was basically bare................................................................... also, ordered oil change parts, fuel filter, air filter, pcv valve.

 

You're getting rid of brembos? I'm assuming that is to make room for smaller wheels?

 

Correct. Got the 15" Braids I had on my WRX, and yes, they are dual bolt pattern.

 

What's the plan for the big brakes? Selling them or keeping them to return to stock?

 

I'll be putting them up for sale after the swap. No plans to ever return this one to stock, it'd cost too much, lol.

 

Wish I had taken pre photo....but attached is post photo- had headlights cleared-polished up.. Before the job they were terrible on my wife's Legacy GT wagon . Fantastic job by Bruce Haar at Rivers Edge Refinishing. He's the BEST.

 

finished up my home made mudflaps for the forester today made from 0ne semi truck mudflap, looks awesome! will add pics later

 

Zero/Sports splitter came! Still need to redo the foam surround for a better seal, and set up an ic water spray system.

 

I've got some sealing trim for you, almost forgot!

 

New parts from Grimspeed.

 

That would be awesome. What is it anyways?

 

Garage door weatherstripping? Seems to work.

 

That's kinda what I was thinking.

 

Over-revved the 20K trying to teach my girlfriend how a manual works(3rd to 2nd). On my Apex'i Commander it registered 8,823RPM!!!!! Still running. Close to 9k(by accident) @usdm>jdm

 

Oh ****! That's always the worst feeling in the world. One time at the end of an autox run, I somehow popped it into first. I saw the rpm's sky rocket, but they only made it to about 7,500 before I clutched in.

Glad its still running!

 

New subframe just arrived. Hopefully it just falls into place.

 

I bet that really made her feel comfident about driving manuals

 

Winter mode: Rims and tires put on in time for the snow coming on Monday.

I love the new look and these meaty tires

 

This subframe went in just perfect. No fighting to line up any bolts.

 

Need a press to reset the timing belt tensioner? Or a vise? Nonsense just use a ford truck

 

what kind did you get? how does it feel driving does it tighten everything up.

 

Its from Oswaldperformance.com. so far with the little bit of driving done there seems to be a lot more stiffness. Combined with the upper brace and the new aluminum lca's with the whiteline anti lift kit. Needs a stiffer read end now.

 

I've been looking at that beaut lately, looks like now is a good time to snag one since Mickey (THE Oswald of Oswald Performance) is having a sale on them this month. Now if only I could get rid of that damned Spearco TMIC I have sitting around here I could afford to snag one of those subframes (and the skid plate mount) up before the sale is over.

 

I seen the sale too . kinda wist it was on the rear brace also.

 

Two new front axles into the '00 OBS...first one took 50 minutes (and a beer) because it took a bit to figure out that I had the axle rotated 180* from where it should be. Did the second one in 21 minutes.

I'll add that those axles had less than 5k miles on them! (EMPI remans). I have Forester struts all the way around so suspension geometry is all out of wack...I'm hoping to have better luck with the NAPA remans that I just put in. A legit alignment would probably help too

 

You missed the group buy then? I had to get in on that, believe it ended up being $350 shipped, so I'll owe them the last $150 sometime next month.

 

When did that group buy happen? Because yes I did miss it, mine was replaced by a rusted out OEM one

 

Initiated winter mode a month early this year.

 

Introduced some squishiness to the handling via some Dunlop winter sport m3's

Winter mode engaged

 

Believe it ended on the 2nd of this month, but it lasted ~2 months IIRC.

Edit: Yeah, 2 months according to the NASIOC thread for it: LINK

 

Well that sucks. I paid $750 delivered for the frame and the tray mount

 

That was for the rear brace. I will have to watch for one of them again. What a great price for them.

 

Which corner of the car ended up with the silver naked lady?

 

Nice wheels man! Glad to see you're still rocking the saabaru wheels. I miss that car

 

I really like them! They look pretty good and Saab owners who know appreciate them as well. I meant to swap my summers on to those rims, haven't yet. Ill rock them this winter, swap tires in spring and fix up the plasi-dip.

You should get another Saabaru! Just because.

 

Picked this up Sunday. (60-1).

 

Bummer, bad timing it sounds like, $650 for both right now.

That's correct, it was for the rear brace, I agree that it was a great price, I jumped in at spot 12 on the list figuring $380 shipped wasn't bad, another $30 off after all the people jumping in during the final few days of the GB was icing on the cake to me.

 

Put in the side mounted cargo nets, the trunk liner, and the perrin 2" antenna today.

 

^ I feel your pain. Tucked mine away two days ago...

 

Didn't realize that many people were storing their subies...I put sta bil in mine on Sunday and will be going up on stands shortly. It is indoors, but I don't have a cover...wonder if its worth picking one up?

 

I sold a '97 OBS a couple years ago, those same colors with the clearcoat almost completely peeled off the scoop. Same one?