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Easy Zip tie. Most of these guys will offer free advice and it is usually spot on. Those that are asking for advice can take it or leave it, but don't shoot the advice giver. People won't help you in the future with that kind of attitude.

Subaru calls for the use of the 3M "white" bristle discs. They will take all that off no problem. That's all we use on block surfaces. GD

It does have that binding on sharp corners when parking. Though when I had it up on the lift and drove it while my father watched everything to see where the vibration was (only took it up to 20-25) , the clutch pack did seem to be able to engage and disenage the rear driveshaft. The harsh grab seemed kind of bad for the drivetrain which is why I didn't take it up to a higher speed. edit not sure if this is causing it, but I did notice the fluid level in the transmission is a bit overfilled.

wow i have a 87 a 91 and a 94 and there all the same they all bolt up and close the same they might have different trim but who cares that can be changed seems to me if you needed a hatch you wouldent be that picky they all fit and there is so little differance the older ones with the wrap around trim look better if you ask me but its just trim and paint and your most likely gona have to paint it anyway so whats the issue

tire balance would have been the first thing i would have had checked.

It's completely possible to piece together without a donor car. And if you know your way around the cars, it can be an excellent way to do it. I have several times. BUT, I will still say that generally-speaking the best way (cheapest, lowest risk of failure, most complete) is a donor car. I'm in the middle of a Lexus 1UZ 4.0l DOHC V8 swap for my 4Runner. I bought the engine out of a car, and could not hear it run. So I bench ran it before I bought almost any other parts for it. Those ECUs are notorious for having failing capacitors, so I replaced those, and bench ran it again to make sure it still worked. Then I coated an exhaust manifold and ran it again. All together, it's probably run about an hour on the stand. Skip the first 10 minutes to hear it run.

Sorry double post Eye candy