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Use either a normally-closed or a change-over relay. This should be it for a change over relay: 30 power feed (fused ign, able to suppport the load of the lights) 85 park light positive feed 86 earth 87a positive output to DRL 87 unused. You may have to swap 87 and 87a, I can’t remember which way the relay rests.

The STi wagon already has the larger rear handbrake shoes. The standard brembo rotors go straight on.

Factory v8 STi scoop IIRC The driveway lineup

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Yeah the JDM bugeye wrx came in either an ‘NA’ or ‘NB’ The NA was a non turbo wrx similar to the srx of the gc8 era. As boon said it had better seats, wrx struts and maybe a couple other upgrades but yeah the non turbo bonnet with wrx badging was a factory thing. Edit: http://a15ff11300g.sakura.ne.jp/catalogue/GD.GGimpreza/2000.8 new age impreza WRX/2000.8 new age impreza WRX.html

I figured out the weird single wire switching door locks on my Wagon and wired in a door lock/unlock remote and also some funky immobilisation that I won’t be specific about. I also received a Fenix alloy “race” radiator. The stock one still holds pressure and maintains temp but it looks old and tired. I had a premonition that it was going to explode on the way up the ski field this season and leave me stranded. I doubt the Fenix will perform any better as the car never got hot before but it will be nice to not have 19 year old plastic radiator in there.

I’ll pm you.

If the trailer plug wiring was the culprit it would have blown the tail light fuse. So if the fuse is still ok, I wouldn’t carry on down that path. Are you sure what you are experiencing isn’t just the normal dimming of the interior lights when you turn the headlights on like Joker mentioned. If this was an electrical issue then would almost certainly be a blown fuse. If not it would be a loss of power/ground circuit to the cluster (ie broken wire, or something unplugged). If you can confirm power/ground at the back of the cluster for the illumination wires and it still doesn’t work then the cluster is faulty (unlikely). That is the thought path I would follow anyway.

Do your tail lights work? Try checking the tail light fuse. Does the car have a towbar? Potentially could be a short in bad trailer wiring.

Yeah that would have sucked. The guy was very apologetic, said he liked the car and felt terrible. It was outside my work and he works next door so I doubt he would have done a runner.

Someone reversed into my wagon while I was sitting in it 😑. Looks like it messed up the number plate, bent the bonnet latch support and put a medium scratch on the bumper. The condenser and radiator are both still sealed thankfully. I’ll pull the bumper off an take a closer look this weekend. Only minor damage but still pretty lame for a Friday arvo...

I have them on my GC8, camber is fine -1.5 degrees. The GD sedan struts are what causes the camber change.

Finished bolting the rebuilt 6-speed box back in the wagon and drove it for the first time since last year. It’s good to have it back!

Unless it can be pointed to a specific line/s in the VIRM that excludes it then it should be a pass. I have read through the stop light and tail section a couple times now and I don’t see anything that excludes LED bulbs for tail/stop lights.

You can have them provided that they don't do any of these things: Stop lamps (Reasons for rejection) 14. A lamp emits a light that is: a) not substantially red, or b) not diffuse, or c) not projected to the rear, or d) not approximately equal in intensity from the other lamp in a pair, or e) not bright enough to produce a light that is visible from 100m in normal daylight, eg due to modification, deterioration, dirt or an incorrect light source, or f) is altered, eg due to damage or modification. Link Tail lamps (Reasons for rejection) 12. When switched on, a lamp emits a light that is: a) not substantially red, or b) not diffuse, or c) not projected to the rear, or d) not approximately equal in colour or intensity from that of the other lamp in a pair, or e) not steady, or f) not bright enough to be visible from 200m in normal darkness, eg due to modification, deterioration, dirt or an incorrect light source, or g) is altered, eg due to damage or modification. Link There is nothing I can find in the VIRM that says you can't have them. The recent law change made the modification of headlamps to use a different kind of bulb illegal (eg HID or LED bulbs in an incandescent housing). LInk

You could get a rage downpipe from autobend, you would probably have to get the rear flange slightly modified to fit your cat back. Page 50 in this catalogue. https://view.publitas.com/autobend/sports-systems/page/52-53

Sounds like it is freeboosting, ie no boost control. Check vacuum line to the wastegate is not split, also any of the other vacuum lines to the boost solenoid. Check the wastegate can be pushed opened by hand if you push the rod (will take a fair effort because of the spring). Could be caused by something else but that is a good place to start.

Hey, welcome to the club! You could get an anycar unit. Best to read about it for yourself to make sure it is compatible since I haven’t installed one of these myself. I believe this will allow you to connect your phone via Bluetooth to the factory macintosh radio. They plug into the back of the radio and allow for connection with aux or Bluetooth through the factory buttons on the radio. https://www.qualitycaraudio.co.nz/anycar-1080b-bluetooth-usb-sd-aux-for-clarion-subaru-mcintosh-suzuki-with-easy-finance-1386 I’m sure someone who owns one of these cars and has more knowledge than me will chime in.

Whipped up an extinguisher bracket for the other car today. Just did the classic seat bolt mount style with a piece of flat bar that I remember reading about on here ages ago. Here’s hoping I never have to use it.

GC kit. The banjo fittings on the brembo calipers are the same size as the Sumitomo 4 pot calipers. Some brake lines have a little locating leg, which isn’t used but doesn’t get in the way either. Here is a GC8 line on a brembo caliper.

Usually aftermarket lines come with a generic banjo fitting at the caliper end so they would fit any Subaru caliper (The OEM one has a little leg to stop it spinning). GC has a different bracket on the front struts to GD. GC has a small metal clip and GD bolts onto the strut. I’m sure the banjo is the same in the back but I can’t recall if there is a difference in the bracket. You most likely want a GC kit unless you have changed the front struts to a GD style coilover or something.

Nice one mate! Is that the ej205 you were talking about or the original engine?

Have a read for yourself. https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/lighting/rearward-facing-position-lamps That is for tail lamps, I can’t see any reason for rejection. The criteria they would need to meet to justify a failure. a) not substantially red, or b) not diffuse, or c) not projected to the rear, or d) not approximately equal in colour or intensity from that of the other lamp in a pair, or e) not steady, or f) not bright enough to be visible from 200m in normal darkness, eg due to modification, deterioration, dirt or an incorrect light source, or g) is altered, eg due to damage or modification. The only difficult one is g) but that is unbelievably vague. I doubt you would have any issues with LED tail light bulbs. Here is the law on stop lamps https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/lighting/stop-lamps Have a read through this too but it says much of the same and doesn’t specify LED bulbs as an issue. Remember the complete VIRM is freely accessible for everyone so if your ever unsure on something or feel an inspector has failed without reason then it is good to have a read through it. Hope that helps

Noooooo.... Surely it is just a database/search issue **crosses fingers** I was using it just two days ago and it was sweet. I have an account with all the vins I regularly use saved in the "garage" but it doesn't work from their anymore either. Hopefully it comes back in the new year as I had a big order of things I still need for my new engine that I was hoping to get before the GST import changes came in.