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@PigEqualsBakon Do you have any tips for getting rusty mangled hardware out of the middle "uni-brow" trim between the lamps?

@Jmpjose Yes, the rear view mirror would be wonderful, the 3-door's mirrors have a longer neck than wagon/sedan mirrors. Only really interested if it's not sun baked and ratty. Thanks! @sparkyboy I'd love to snag the lamps from you, maybe the grill too. I don't have a lot of XT stuff, just side mirrors and a NOS spare tire glovebox kit to secure a flat in the trunk. Lots and lots of other old school parts though, wheels, etc.

Company23 makes a pretty slick ball joint removal tool, I've needed it once or twice in the last 6 or so ball joint replacements. I always grease my ball joints and their counterbore in the knuckle before installation to avoid having them rust in place.

Link? I could use some EA82 coupe tail lamps and rear view mirror... @Jmpjose you wanna earn a few bucks pulling parts for me?

MY feeling is that the aluminum elbow, while cool, adds heat to the intake charge and that its shape is a restriction and hurts power output compared to a round tube. That said, I have not done anything about it and both my EA81Ts still have that part installed at this point.

Gabriel, of all the manufacturers, is making new height adjustable struts? Say WHAT?!

A little background: My RX has no A/C. The passenger's side window wiring is damaged and sometimes doesn't like to roll back up, so I don't use it. In the heat we're starting to get around Seattle this means driving with the HVAC fan on high with the driver's side window open to stay cool. Last week I noticed that after parking for a quick errand, when I got back in and restarted the car, the blower fan simply refused to turn on. Fan speed doesn't matter, HVAC mode doesn't matter, HVAC temperature doesn't matter. It seems that if I leave the car sitting the fan will eventually come back to life, but there is nothing you can do in the meantime (once it took a full day to come back, just yesterday it only took an hour). I did some research, found this thread, but was wondering if anyone has experienced this issue in the past and could save me some troubleshooting time.

I replaced the brushes in the alternator in my Tercel. $4 in parts, some time soldering and bam, good as new. I should mention that this was not the original alternator, but a remanned unit.

This elbow provides zero charge cooling and due to being constructed of aluminum and where it sits on the engine, there is a very good chance that this may keep the intake charge warmer post-turbo than if it had been made of rubber or plastic.

Toyota black FIPG is the best stuff ever.

There was never a factory-intercooled EA-series engine. Are you talking about the cast aluminum elbow between the turbo and the throttle body? EA81Ts were black crinkle paint with raised letters that had been ground to a natural finish. EA82Ts were raw aluminum, recessed letters with black paint in the recesses. I THINK. Can confirm this afternoon.

No factory-built Subaru prior to the WRX was ever built with a front limited slip differential.

My Dad has voiced similar complaints about some of his first vehicles, his ire was towards a '48 Ford wagon, however. Also bad when shifting in heavy rain...

The front sheet metal is identical 1985-1994 for the EA82 chassis, so it doesn't need to come from a coupe specifically.

There is no way you XT weighs 3,300 lbs, unless you've filled the trunk with lead bricks... I'd be willing to wager that even full of fuel and soaking wet it doesn't break 2,700 lbs.

You should update your location. What parts are you looking for?

Sounds like you went a little backwards from the Ranger to the Forester! Welcome to the club! My wife's '99 Forester is slated to become our beater/runabout, so it will probably be getting a similar treatment to yours!

Well no, obviously not those lamps, but damn near everything else, and not just the lamps either. Most car companies these days are just vehicle assemblers. Very, very few of the parts are manufactured in house.

You think Koito is a goofy, obscure company? Go look at any exterior lamp on ANY Subaru. Hell, look at any exterior lamp on, probably, ANY Japanese car. They are ALL Koito...

Following for my own needs...

Any updates on the turn signals or additional photos of the finished product?

Sigo a varios viejos propietarios de Subaru de Chile en Instagram. ¡Hay muchos más chasis EA82 de los que esperaba ver!

Car's too loud, they'd hear me coming.

I'll have to look into the FSM, I don't think the module has ever been replaced, we've owned the car since new. We did have the ABS reflashed with the updated code all those years ago, which I'm regretting now, noticing how even the slightest lockup will send the ABS system into convulsions...