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It seems like a great car, handles well but just doesn't "go" like a sports car should. Unfortunately It looks much faster than it moves. I was impressed with this press release, but being a clean diesel I doubt it will ever make it to the states. Not to mention it was fake anyway. http://media.subaru.com/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=A77237C67A5E79F45E68163D45CECCDE?&gclid=COnBlZS_vsQCFZcdgQodWToA6w&id=432&allImage=1&teaser=subaru-surrenders-confirms-awd-turbo-convertible-two-seater&mid=1 Also the BMW Toyota hybrid seems to be on it's way, though I wouldn't worry about competition as it is in an entirely different price bracket. http://www.gtspirit.com/2015/03/20/bmw-toyota-confirmed-to-spawn-spiritual-supra-successor/ It's most likely going to be badged as a Toyota because BMW announced working on the I9, so I wouldn't see them making both.

I wouldn't mind sporting Subaru gear. Currently I only have BMW and Honda apparel

Awesome!

Is the kit still available anywhere? Thanks Jonas!

Great build man!

That's a really clean ride! Save it if you can Seafoam did me wonders on a few old EA81 motors in the past, ones that were sitting for a long time. Every try this website for parts? I even saw a few motors/ on there for cheap just use your zipcode. www.car-part.com another good one is rockauto.com for new stuff. The appartment complex thing does put a damper on things. When I lived in florida I remember swaping half shafts by night in the parking lot sneaky sneaky.

So today the rear hatch was reassembled and iis ready be bolted back on. I have these new gate lifters and I was going to replace the old ones, but noticed they are attached to the mounting brackets with rivets. The new lifters also have a smaller mounting holes, no room for the nylon bushing. I am thinking about just drilling out the rivets, repainting the brakets, and replacing the rivot with a very short bolt. Has anyone else come up with a more creative solution?

Thanks! There's nothing like that subaru feeling

Thank you, much appreciated!

After trying to salvage yet another front windsheild weather strip out of the parts car this morning I ended up throwing in the towel on it and ordering a new one off of rockauto. It was the last one in stock, I am hoping it is the right one because I just butchered my spare. Does anyone know if you can get the chrome channeling that inserts into it new anywhere? I might be able to part together the old stuff but it's in rough shape.

Unfortunately I have had no luck finding them yet. I might have to extract them from a parts car, and use some sort of silicone.

Hunting for windsheild weather strip atm.

So today I finally got a chance to get back out to the garage and work on the car. I washed all of the old weather stripping with soap and a toothbrush. I was amazed that even though this stuff was filthy and made when I was wee lad it had absolutely no dry rot. It all pressed back into place really nicely, for that fresh stormtrooper look. The only piece I am missing is the front windshield one, as that one was destroyed by the black glue the previous owner used on it.

I had to bottle feed the car (gas tank was remove at the time) to move it through the snow into the other garage. It fired right up (love subarus!). I really wanted to tear through the snow with it some, but I had to to go back to work

The paint job came out absolutely fantastic! It's not lambo quality but it's good enough for me I also like know all the work was done with metal, no quick bondo fixes here. I want this thing to last another 300K! The car had to be trailed that day to make room for another project.

It had come a long way, and it was finally tape and paint day. It really felt good seeing the subaru get the fresh coat of paint it deserves.

Next I went with a herculiner bed liner to protect the lower parts of the car. It filled in really nicely, I painted it on to where the old bump strips previously sat. It looks better in person. I mixed in some of the BMW Alpline white paint I had choosen to repaint the car with (I own two other vehicles in this color so it made the choice easy). In case the car does get scratched it will have a nice thick coat of beadliner underneath it. I am also planning to do the engine bay the same way.

Metal patches were cut and bent to shape and welded into place. Also the holes where the bump strip once laid were filled and sanded smooth.

Next came days worth of surgery and sanding. All of the major rust areas were cut away. Also the roof got some much needed atention from hail damage. The black goop where the windsheild was put up a fight. The bump strip on the doors seemed to fall apart as I was trying to pop it off and it reveiled more rust. So I completely removed it with the idea of filling it in later. Also the front fenders had some battle damage from wheel rub, so those were cut back 1.5" with plans to tuck them in.

The following day I found some pretty bad rust, an actual hole had formed under my driver side rear window. Also here is the last picutre of my orginal windsheild. The previous owner must have had it replaced and whoever repaired it used some black glue that was nearly impossible to remove. I must have pry'd a bit to hard because the windsheild turned into instant spiderwebs.

For the most part that catches up to 2014. This is when I finally decided to go all the way and strip down the car entirely for some much needed paint and body work. On my prior subarus I noticed that the floorboards would rust out from the inside. It seamed like the sound deadening marterial trapped moister and caused this. So I scrapped out all of it of, man was that a mess! Also my front bumper was a pain to get off, stripped many threads that day.

The following weekend the cars motor was upgraded with my first subaru's rebuilt block. This fully rebuilt engine had decked heads, agressive cam, msd ignition and a weber carb. For a short time I even ran it on freshly rebuilt dual carbs which had more over all power in the high rpms, but the weber seemed to preform better overall (smooth reliable power, better low end) so it was put back on after month. This made a heck of a difference in power, I found myself roster tailing all four wheels in the field smiling like a jackass. The car's final tune on a fairly freeflow exhaust idle like a harley. I will try to get a sound clip, it's pretty mean. I am very happy with it.

The tires looked great but even with the suspension raised to the max there was no way I was turning a corner without ripping off a fender. Since I was going for the restored look this time it wasn't really an option. After looking through a few lift options and at the time I decided to go with SJR. I received my order within the week and the parts looked great! I gave them a red powdercoat before install. I only had one jack at the time, and not much free time to work on the car so it took me two weekends. End results were great though!

I always loved the way lifted hatchs looked with big tires. I knew from past experience that with snow tires alone, the 4x4 hatch could outdo most trucks and SUV's. So I hunted down some peugeot's 14's. The finish on them was awful and one of them was bent. A headache, some sandblasting, and a powder coat later and they turned out looking pretty good. Finished them off wrapping them in some cooper Mud and Snow's. I had all four center caps, but one is hiding in the garage somewhere still.

After driving it around for a week or so the front seat started poking me. Apparently subaru engines can do over 190K no problem but their seats can't. A quick trip to the local pull it yard and I found some nice new bucket seats. They came out of a honda r something (maybe just an R badge on a fake one, you know how that crowd is). I didn't care, they were blue and comfy. I quickly welded up some nice e81 sliders for them. They were fantastic! I also took out my door skins carpet and interior for a good wash. It had that old musty barn smell that was buggy me bad.