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When you peel back linings and remove panels, look for water trails. There are.almost always visible paths where water as been. Especially if there was dirt anywhere nearby. It can be a tedious process and you have to look very closely, but use common sense in where to start and be methodical. You may want to disconnect the batter while you are searching and drying out.
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Hello Everyone, Has anyone swapped their cluster/dash lights out for LEDs? I have to replace my heater box and figured it might be a good time to swap out the 21 year old incandescents. This is for a 2002 Impreza TS. If you have done it, did you use a different color? I am contemplating red for the night vision, but don't have a preference beyond that. Any recommendations on brand? Google pulls up a gazillion Chinese no name brands but nothing that seems to be a well known brand. I would hate to switch them all out for faulty bulbs. Thanks!
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I would get OEM. I installed the FelPro MLS on my 02 251 about 60k ago and have had no problems, but FelPro supposedly has some issues with Japanese vehicles. I also used FelPro intake, exhaust, and valve cover gaskets. The valve cover gaskets failed, everything else has been solid. Go OEM for the water pump gasket, tubing belt, tensioner, and idler pulleys. I just did the timing kit, it ran me about $500
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There's calculators online for the calibration difference. It's pretty negligible on how the speedometer reads vs actual speed. Weight and diameter can make a difference in feel though probably negligible going up maybe a centimeter in diameter. Weight will also probably.be negligible, unless going from a street tire to an AT, but they you get stuffer sidewalls so it defeats the no purpose here. I did go from a passenger tire to a load range e duratrac on my.offroading rig when I built it. That was a huge difference. I also added probably 15lbs per corner though so it's expected.
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The OEM tires are pretty stiff. The height you will gain by going up a size isn't really going to make a difference. Buy a premium tire and it will. I run Continental TrueContact on all of my Subarus. They perform very well in the snow (if that's an issue for you) and handle pretty well for a touring tire. They are, in my opinion, the best all season tire around. Our Forester spends a lot of time off-road on rocky trails, in the mud, etc. The tires have never failed us (on our third set on that vehicle). They ride very well and are very quiet. Check your tire pressure as well, shops are notorious for over inflating. A couple PSI will make a huge difference.
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The only visible difference is the lack of a plug on the bottom of the new seat. From feeling the seats, it feels like the heating element is right under the upholstery so in theory it's somewhat accessible, but I don't want to pull apart the new portion of the new seat if it was supposed to be in there. Sadly I chose to do this on a Sunday so I couldn't call Subaru to verify.
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2014 Forester Premium 2.5. the car came with them so I assumed the replacement seat ordered off the vin would include them. Am I supposed to pull the upholstery off the brand new seat and move over the old wiring harness and heating element or should it have come installed in the seat assembly? Thanks for moving it over, I wasn't sure where to put it.
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I went to replace the cable (the old one was very stiff when I removed it), and the actuator arm on the blend door snapped off inside the housing. I tried JB Kwik Weld, but that didn't work. The arm must have moved while I was taking it off as the air coming out of the vents is warm at best. Any chance this little arm can be replaced or do I need the whole blend box assembly doohickey? Is there a write-up anywhere on how to do it? I looked around on the internet and didn't see anything specific to this generation Subaru...Lots of american cars but nothing helpful. A brief search through the Subaru Parts website shows that pretty much everything related to the HVAC is unavailable but I don't really know what I'm looking for so it's hard to check availability.
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Hello Everyone, I'm replacing the passenger side lower seat assembly and was wondering if the heated seat mat has to be moved over to the new seat, or if it should be included with the new assembly. I ordered from Subaru with the VIN but the new seat does not have the heated seat wiring. Seems like since it is an assembly, all internal parts should be included.