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Dropped in to see my local suspension guy at Race Shock Specialist,Penrose.They are now the NZ distributor for MCA Suspenion.They currently have a small range in stock.

Dealer: Subaru NZ/Subaru Armstrong lower hut/combo Month/Year: Sometime last year Category: Recall Vehicle: 2006 STI RA-R Raring: 7/10 Description: There was 2 recalls for the RA-R, one was for the airbag, the other for the Red STI under manifold inlet pipe touching the fuel rails and causing a fire risk. I emailed using their website and got a fairly prompt reply, only problem is they ignored the under manifold pipe and only gave me a customer number for the airbag. So I did what all good internet warriors do and took to Facebook, I messaged their Facebook page and explained how rare it was, that it was never sold out of Japan, etc etc. if they could do anything, or if I was doomed to one day burst into flames and die a fiery death. They promptly replied again, and said they’d have to contact Subaru Japan as to what the go is. A fair air time later I receive a message saying that STI Japan was coming to the party and my parts were on their way. Booked it in with Armstrong lower hut, drove it out there at about 2.45 and they said it’d be done by 5pm, but I lived far away and had to go so they gave me a Pugeot 207 to take home, most gutless 207 I’ve ever driven, but hey. At least it was a 207? 😉 Before leaving I asked to see the parts, and what was involved. They let me see the box of parts, it was just the attachments to the pipe, not a replacement pipe itself, I asked if I could keep the old parts but they refused. Much sad. In with the parts was a 3-4 page A4 sized step by step instructions, with photos, on how to replace the pipe. Oh man, that was so sweet. I love STI Japan, they didn’t let me keep that either. I basically begged them to make sure it came back with no dash rattles, as it had absolutely none and luckily it still doesn’t. And nagged their workshop manager to emphasise that I’d know if they took it for a thrash. I got a call early next morning saying it was done, ready for pick up, and washed. I didnt want want them to wash it, but oh well. So all in all there was a bit of F*** around on the beginning but it got sorted out and to a good standard that I was happy with. (Most people know how much of a C*** I am, so any form of praise is fairly rare, lol) The parts guy with the glasses there is also very good to deal with. I took the RA-R in one day just to get some filters and crush washers, he came out and had a look and spotted things about it no one else has ever noticed.

Limited stock just arrived.I don’t think prices have been worked out yet.I was more interested in build quality.

Street Ultimate Aus $2750 / NZ $3250 (estimate).

How are prices compared to buying direct from MCA?

Already sold. A good friend expressed interest, and it was a no-brainer. Still get to see it round and drive it on the odd chance. I was in 2 minds - sell and forget, or sell it to my mate. Glad I chose to sell it to my mate! The car has a lot of memories in it for me - mainly of my Mum who passed earlier this year. We did quite a few road trips in it together for random things.

Dealer/Service Centre Name: Winger North Shore Month/Year: May 2018 Category: 100,000 KM service / Cambelt Vehicle: 2006 Legacy GT Spec B Rating: 4 out of 5 Description: Bit late adding this, Since purchasing my vehicle from Winger North Shore, I've conducted it's 10,000km service there yearly. Been generally good experience and reasonable pricing and vehicle is always returned well groomed.. The time was due for cambelt replacement / 100,000km service. Overall everything was as expected, including work carried out for cambelt replacement. Yes price was an arm and a leg, however I was expecting that for Cambelt work. Oddly I don't think they replaced the water pump, at least it wasn't noted in the itemised detail of work. So I queried it with them as I thought it was usually replaced during camblet replacement, they advised it wasn't necessary to replace at this time. So we will see..

Try Subaru direct as a first option. Being that it is probably just the relay and pump you should be able to find a used one cheaply from someone who has deleted it. I kept all my air pump stuff for a few years in case anyone needed anything but chucked it all last year sadly. Deleting it is cheaper than fixing but is a pig of a job so wouldn't want to be paying a mechanic labour to be doing it.

You selling her?

Can confirm both compression ratios are the same. Some say the X has a forged crank and rods but i personally haven’t seen that. As for turbo swaps plenty have been swapped but personally id re flash it anyways as the stock maps arent great as they are. Mine has been re flashed and it makes a massive difference even with very very minor mods.

Took my car to get a quote to fix the aircon, it was a 4 figure sum...