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STi Factory Immobiliser - I've read that only the NZ new STi's have immobilisers and the JDM's don't. But that seems odd as my 2003 Outback import has a chip based immobiliser. Does anyone know from what year the NZ STi had a factory immobilizer fitted? And the same for JDM, I assume they must be fitted as standard by now.

I've been looking at V11/12 Sti's and so far none of my test drives sounded good, they all seem to sound sharp and lack the traditional Subaru rumble. And no I'm not buying based on sound, I just want to understand where I can end up and hopefully find a car with some of the mods done already. I first drove an NZ new 2011 with a titanium system that was painfully sharp, and that fell through as the guy sold it after agreeing on a price (deposit paid) - another story. But it did have some of the rumble, I've since driven 3 JDM ones with cat-backs, but they all sounded crisp like any other brand JDM import, no rumble at all. Can you get the rumble back with a new exhaust or it is the joy of the equal length headers? My end goal is a weekend car, down pipe, full exhaust and a basic remap and suspension if need be (famous last words). Anyway I hope to get a good rumble - I really love the rumble - but without a sharp sound on top. Thoughts, recommendations please.

Currently looking at an STi, the first was was a wee bit modded and my long time insurance company (AMI after years of no claims) threw a fit and wouldn't touch it... Grrr. Anyway during my search for an insurer immobilizers came up, how good are the factory ones on the NZ new models? I imagine the typical alarm ones are all installed in the same location and easy to bypass. Anyone recommend a good alarm installer?

I didn't think you could steal them, so much for the immobilizer. Bummer.

I didn't think you could steal them, so much for the immobilizer. Bummer.

How did your band expander go? I have the same head unit but it has two aerial leads. How did you deal with this?

Well yes, it's about 200~300mm from the input to the head unit. Tell me more about the Missan band expander option please, is it a Nissan factory item or an aftermarket add on?

Hi, I have pretty poor radio reception. I pulled my dash apart and there are 2 aerial leads. Wingers just spliced them together and then fed them into the band expander. Has anyone experimented with this? I would assume joining 2 aerial leads together would have the impedance and halve the signal too. Is my theory correct here? Am I better to install a second band expander? Has anyone played with this? There seem to be arial loops in the rear (wagon) side screens and possibly one across the top of the rear window. Any help would be appreciated.

I have an LCD touch screen with a lot of setting options (all in Japanese), I was hoping a manual would clear these up.

Yup but my Japanese isn't quite what I hoped ;D Thanks JoKer I'll give it a try and let you know.

Thanks for the feedback. I think it would be nice to have one, I just wanted to make sure they wern't crap.

When the car is locked and I lift the door handle it beeps. I recall reading somewhere, that you can program them with a code to match a series of operations. Does anyone know how to do this? Great for surfing etc you can leave the key in the car, I don't want to get a $600 transponder key wet.

I've got a 4th Gen and it comes with a factory alarm (so-so) and a chipped key. Am I correct in the only way they can steal this is by towing? I'm trying to decide if it's worth spending more on an alarm? Just in case, if someone does know the way around the factory chipped key please don't post it :-)

Try the Wellington and Christchurch Subrau Parts dealers, I got quoted some parts which were 25% less than Wingers. I may have just been lucky, but then again they seemed pretty happy to sell to be selling up to Auckland. Theye were friendly to deal with too.

Has anyone bought off this guy? Are the manuals any good? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Subaru/Manuals/auction-312930670.htm