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  1. carfreak85
    Some 15 inch wheels will fit over WRX brakes, at least the '02-05 two-pot sliding calipers. I can't confirm about the 4-pot fixed calipers on the '06-07s.
  2. carfreak85
    OP, where do you work so that we can all avoid going to this place? Despite the laissez-faire attitude that some folks here have about using the wrong gear oil, I would be livid if I found out your shop did either of the following: A) put the wrong weight in my transmission/diffs put gear oil with LS additive into a transmission without LSDs, or one with sealed, viscous LSDs. The older a car gets the more worn the syncros will be. After a certain point (~199,000 miles in my Tercel 4WD) if you don't have the correct gear oil, the transmission will start to get very grumpy and difficult to shift without griding gears. I'm actually dealing with this problem with my Tercel right now, I have to double clutch and double declutch 3rd gear because I replaced the trans fluid with whatever Autozone had, in a pinch. I finally bit the bullet and bought the correct Motul GL-4 lube for that transmission, none of my local shops carry the correct weight or blend on the shelf anymore.
  3. carfreak85
    What changed in the redesign?
  4. carfreak85
    Does your brat have the optional arm rest between the seats?
  5. carfreak85
    Any updates on this BRAT?
  6. carfreak85
    I finished swapping to the SVX master cylinder on my RX last weekend and WOW, what a difference! This car is stupid fast with the JDM WRX engine and when I got the car the brakes were terrifying. I would not let other people drive the car because you had to be looking/thinking so far down the road to have enough stopping distance. If you're converting an EA82 to an EJ or even XT6 brake system, you NEED to upgrade the master cylinder.
  7. carfreak85
    Damnsubaru, you need to bleed your brakes.
  8. carfreak85
    Adapters are an awful way to upgrade your wheels and will contribute to accelerated wear on your wheel bearings.
  9. carfreak85
    Extra-S and HPGO are two different lubes. The general consensus on NASIOC seems to be that HPGO is not quite as good as Extra-S was (Can still find Extra-S in Canada, apparently). My WRX currently has Extra-S in it, but I'm closing in on the 30k interval to change it. My 5 gallon bucket might have enough left for another fluid change, but I'm saving that for my '93 WRX transmission and will be using Motul 300 75w-90 in the '02 WRX.
  10. carfreak85
    Get the nicest one you can afford. Seriously, if you plan to use this cover for months or years at a time you will spend more replacing cheap, torn car covers vs, simply buying a quality one from the start.
  11. carfreak85
    Oh no! I will keep my eyes peeled East of Seattle. Hopefully it was just taken for a joy ride and was parked somewhere nearby. I would start canvasing the immediate 2-mile radius from where the car was taken. My wife's friend had their Outback stolen from the Carter Subaru service lot a few years back. It took about a week, but the SPD found it abandoned and undamaged just a few blocks away.
  12. carfreak85
    2" spacer PLUS -19 mm offset wheels? Your OE wheels were probably close to +50 mm of offset. You're moving centerline of your wheel/tire almost 5 inches from where it originally was at the factory. Yeah, your bearings don't stand a chance...
  13. carfreak85
    OOOOoooooo, good call 86BRATMAN! I had no idea the EA82s used a u-joint! Hopefully I can still find one in the dealer network, this is not a part I'd want to source used (My Tercel 4WD has this type of coupler and it nearly locked up on me once, before I lubed it).
  14. carfreak85
    What is the compatible part number? I'd be interested in a polyurethane rag joint for my EA81s.
  15. carfreak85
    Scott, what does your day look like on Saturday the 20th?
  16. carfreak85
    Scott, what does your day look like on Saturday the 20th?
  17. carfreak85
    I agree with Numbchux, 5x100 is a terrible pattern to convert to. Either 4x100, 4x114.3 or 5x114.3. I'm not interested, because I think wheel adapters/wheel spacers are a terrible choice to begin with, but I figured I'd comment on the lug pattern.
  18. carfreak85
    Has the planning begun for the next installment yet?
  19. carfreak85
    2015 is the start of the current body style.
  20. carfreak85
    Still looking for an SJ Forester ('15)? I'll probably be able to get the car up there this month, if you're still looking for one.
  21. carfreak85
    Sad day! The Geolander was one of the few AT tires in the correct sizes I was looking at for our forester...
  22. carfreak85
    Monday I drove my wife to her kickboxing class in the Forester. It shook on the highway and made some popping/clunking noises during a tight 3-point turn in the parking lot. As I drove home, I got the feeling that something was wrong with the front brakes. When I got the car home I jacked it up and rotated the tires, but before I finished, I had a peek at the brakes. Passenger's side front caliper had a piston that had locked up and was starting to eat the trailing edge of the inner pad. I used a C-clamp to drive the piston back in and proceeded to NAPA for warranty replacement calipers and new pads. No shaking. The wife drove the car for work yesterday and reported no shaking and that the brakes didn't seem to be binding. Today I will install the new calipers and pads up front and hopefully we can put this behind us. Still no idea what the bearing clunk in the transmission is, or if it is still present (I think it is), but I need more seat time in that car.
  23. carfreak85
    Since the clunking can only really be felt on the passenger's side, I removed the spindle assuming the wheel bearings on that side were bad. Once I got that spindle on the bench, I could not detect any axial or radial play in the bearing and it turned smoothly, without any clunking or binding, so yeah, I assume that is still good. I felt the driver's side wheel bearings as well while the spindle was still installed, both with and without an axle in the hub. Turned smoothly without binding and no detectable axial or radial play in the bearing...
  24. carfreak85
    Did not drive with the new axle installed, as the clunking had not changed.What has me concerned is that the clunking can only be clearly felt on the passenger's side. Swapping axles side to side does not change this. I understand that there will be lash built into the diff and can feel that when rotating the axle back and forth. But the clunks are present while turning the axle through a continuous 400-or-so degrees of rotation, do I'm confident that I'm not feeling gear lash. I should also note that the clunk I'm describing is more felt than heard.
  25. carfreak85
    I managed to find a pretty nice used axle in the junkyard over the weekend. I installed it on both sides of the car, swapping the two original axles around at the same time to try a different axle in every position. No luck, the clunking was still there. At this point my wife is getting impatient and I think we will take it to the local shop today and let them diagnose the problem, then I'll perform whatever repairs they discover.
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