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So my dash is extremely sun beaten and a few other parts I've replaced because the blue was cracked. My parts car has great plastics but it's brown. So I decided to give this paint/dye stuff a try. The color on the can cap was way off, but the end product is so close once it's all done you won't be able to tell. I put 2 coats on both parts and after 4 hours of drying I can't scratch it off with a finger nail or plastic trim tool Left is the painted and right is the original with the cap: Original with painted next to it: Painted one installed: The under side of the painted one:

Here is the mirror trim. You can't even tell the color is off with the vinyl next to it. Original color:

Pretty common for gaskets and seals to be more durable from Subaru. I'd install Subaru if possible and see what happens before getting too involved into causation. $4 each - good grief right!

There is a Mennonite owned shop not too far from me that rebuilds alternators, generators and starters. I took our alt apart and took it to them for brushes and bearings. He charged me 18 bucks and he soldered in the brushes and assembled it. A few months before that I helped him over a hurdle with his really old shop pc. I think he only charged me for the parts. If the alternators are charging properly that means the regulator is good and I would change the brushes and bearings. Preventive Maintenance.

I said I was guessing

The Illumination Control Module is for the dash lights. The Wiring Diagram shows the Room Light is controlled by the door switches except on vehicles equipped with Keyless Entry Control Module. That module controls the Room Light. So, I guess that would give it the dimming effect.

30 years of dedicated and never had to push one to a supply ( the guys in the BRZ behind me did that ! ) The sender got stuck just above empty and I got 720 km from 80 litres. Had the rescue gear on board when getting used to a new LED gauge reader , when it suddenly went from orange to red to splutter on the incline before the supply. And in the odd occasion I have limped it to a pump on vapours working their way from tank to combustion chamber -idle power only

When you figure out how to do house, kids, and multiple car projects with more than 4 hours sleep, I request a write up for the USMB technical write up section! Haha

Also, I've been facing several huge problems this 2020 year, after the loss of my Father. Among them, my Mother was left stranded in the middle of Europe because she was about to get the airplane to come back to Honduras, when suddenly the authorities there, decided to establish by decree an indefinite quarantine for the SARS 2 coronavirus pandemic; the lock out happened at the ides of march... We were struggling to find a solution to help her to come back home and to keep her safe, several days passed while we waited, when I had an accident while walking on a Hardware Store's warehouse; I fell from the mezzanine and hit the concrete floor below, with my right side Knee. Long story short: due to mixed circumstances, we managed to bring mom back to Honduras in a special flight which was going to land in an airport far, far away from home in my country, landing the mere same day when I had a minor intervention on my right knee by an orthopedist, who extracted seven full syringes of synovial fluid on past April, and I just got out from his clinic and drove 1,200 kilometers non-stop on this baffle less Sorento, to pick up my mother from the airport. I disinfected every luggage with a can of Lysol, prior to place 'em inside the Sorento's trunk; we followed all the bio safety regulations and went back home immediately, and stayed locked for fifteen days, due to legal quarantine times' regulations. Everything went right healthy wise, except for my right knee, who decided to fail ... the pain was deep and terrible, just felt like an endodontic on my knee. I miss the times when my knees were known as the "Left" and "Right" and now they're the "Good" and the "Bad" ... I am getting better slowly from this nightmare that left me in bed with deep pain for weeks... it needed two more interventions in May, to get better, and is Feeling much better now, thanks to God. Prior to start the trip to pick up my mother, I switched off the Eco mode, the Kia Sorento (in which I modified the engine a little by removing the obstruction on the oil feed to the pump) raced pretty well, highways were almost alone, empty during these quarantine times, so I kept it between 80 MPH and 100 MPH sustained nonstop speeds going down and up hills, drove all day and night long, and the Sorento literally Flew like an airplane on the road, while the baffle less engine runs smoother than ever, noticeably even at idle speeds. I only shut off the engine for half hour, because I reached the airport when my mom's plane already had landed, she was waiting for her luggage; then after half hour, restarted the car and we traveled together back home, without any problems, thanks to God. I only miss the stability of my Subaru "BumbleBeast" on Highways, even the kia Sephia feels better in stability than the Kia Sorento, but this is a much taller car with shorter suspension for sure, despite that the Kia Sorento only measures ~ four inches longer than the Kia Sephia, it is wider. Here's a pretty short video, I was driving during night times on the Kia Sorento... slowed down to record this footage. Please be Careful during this CoronaVirus Pandemic... Greetings and Blessings. JesZeK