What did you do to your subaru today?

Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, can be brought full circle back to a penis joke... If you try hard enough. Haha.

 

That's what she said.

 

Which one of you guys...

 

It was one of the headlines in the emails I get from Road & Track. I didn't include a link because their online articles are behind a paywall. Even with a subscription to their paper magazine, you still do not have full access to their online content.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a...licks, NON AM 90D Opens, Both Subbed Last 30D

https://bedfordnhpd.org/2025/02/09/police-respond-to-single-vehicle-crash-into-high-tension-pole/

 

Thanks dad.

 

Stupid cold weather finished off my PS pump on the old Forester. Got a reman, didn't fit in the bracket. Took the WRX to work today... didn't start at lunch. Started later when it was warmer. Weird it started this morning in the really cold cold. Got a booster box now, just in case. Just swapped the reman out for a new one and installed it and took a test drive. I get the best advice from Erik when **** goes wrong.

 

Plug for Anoka Welding and Exhaust and owner Mike Kaufmann. Truck Flowmaster had rusted through in so many places that it was not even remotely repairable. Numerous positive reviews on Google, several from Subaru owners. Generous man with his time and parts as I needed several new hangers which he just happened to have on hand, including a new chrome tip. Right down the street from Tonis flowers

 

Yeah, crusty is an understatement I Spent way too much time trying to reformat and upload a 20-sec video clip of the new exhaust

 

You want crusty, just wait til I post some pics of the underside of the silver wagon. It's way worse than I remember. Haha.

Let's just say I don't really have anywhere to put jack stands in the rear anymore... Haha.

 

It's actually sitting on the front most part of the rear lateral linka, because the mounting points for those are at least still strong enough to hold them in place. For now... Haha. I also have the jack under the diff just in case.

Thing definitely needs to be retired but it still runs so I gotta have fun with it while it's still alive. Haha.

 

I may have replaced all the 2009 non turbo parts with all different 2015 turbo parts....

 

I feel accomplished. I hard-wired in both a front and rear dash cam. Works on car start, and on car stop it keeps a rolling I want to say 15 second video window that it writes to SD card if the car gets jostled or whatever. I just need to figure out a better way to tidy up the two wires coming out of the headliner in front for the power and the cable to the rear camera...the power went to the left side of the car (cause fuse block), and the rear camera cable went down the right side of the car. The problem was, the rear camera plugin point on the camera is on the left side of the cam, and the power is on the right side of the mount, so they collide/cross...I guess I'll wind up twisting them up and using an adhesive clip or something like that, on the plastic surround of the EyeSight cameras to hold onto the cable....

Probably the most invasive thing I've ever done to a car past jacking the car up, pulling wheels and installing RokBlokz...or, replacing air filters lol Oh yeah and adding shifter stops..

Tomorrow I'll drive it down a broken road and see how much the excess coils of cable and the power control box rattle in the spots I stuffed them into.

 

Murica... 3 generations

 

XT got a hitch.

 

Got the wiring harness in today. The factory harness was up under the glass on the drivers side behind the side panel. That wasn't too bad to get to, but still a bit of a PITA.

 

I spent money on this XT like it was a hooker with add-ons. Geez... so far: black out grill, STi steering wheel, factory fog lights, JDM slider arm rest, tint, hitch, leather wrapped dash screen cover, snow tires, oh and an extra arm rest because I'm stupid and clicked the wrong link.

 

Well... got the new grill and fog lights in. Didn't use plastidip because they didn't have gloss. Tried this new sprayable vinyl wrap that's removeable. And no I didn't spray the grill, that's a replacement. Just sprayed the bezels from the fog lights.

 

I just sold my 09 for $3k to a buddy's kid. Had everything done to it including some MN weight loss. Suspension, MLS head gaskets, STi Seats, tint, PS and AC pumps, 8 wheels, 9" GPS android radio, and more. Still gonna need a few little things like a wheel bearing so I'm told. But I'm gonna miss the STi seats most. You can see in the pictures above that it's in one photo then gone in the next. Yesterday was delivery day.

 

Well... the bearing bone is connected to the knuckle bone, the knuckle bone is connected to the lower control arm bone, the lower control arm bone is connected to the worn out bushing.... so it could be a few parts per side. Since the suspension is done, the rest might be easier to swap all in one.

 

Boxes are showing up... Stuff is gonna happen this weekend. Interior and suspension.

 

Her...

 

Thicc.

 

I'm a little late getting this up, but just last month I used the bug eye to bring home our new baby girl!

I've been told three across in the backseat is possible!

 

Hah crazy timing! Yea we're around the same time.

Just like her brothers she snoozed happily the whole ride home thanks to the unequal length header burble lol

 

My oldest would only nap in the bugeye...

 

Bringing a baby home in a bugeye is bragging rights, I'm pretty sure. This is ours about a week shy of 8 years ago.

 

Heh yea there have been a few late night drives around for no reason other than sleep with our older boys too.

Totally bragging rights. Starting them off in Recaro's from an early age too! nice!

 

Do it! Do it! Do it!

Stance Nation would be proud. Haha.