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Pretty much yep, bloody hated the runflats. Went from Dunlop GT to Dunlop 050+. Didn't want to donate a kidney for a set of Michelins and decided not to go with RE003.

Not that hard and fairly straightforward, see if this help A few how-to's will pop up if you search on Google.

Do not really understand what you really gain by swapping standard bulbs with LED in case of brake lights. Brighter overall (especially in daylight) - questionable. Improve/modernise appearance - how? Still a single source of light in the same housing. I totally get it when people want to LED their parking lights as those look massively outdated with incandescent bulbs. ---------------------------------------------- Finally switched to non-runflat tyres. What a change, transformed the car significantly! 245/35/20 at the front and 275/30/20 at the rear. Did not realise how massive 275/30 look when off a rim... Would highly recommend Tyretech on Archers road for those in Auckland. Very competitive prices and good service.

Surprise-surprise. Could've been a number of different revisions of the same part and not all of them fall under a recall campaign.

I did indeed. Super subtle. And super rare.

Use some window sealant when you install a new garnish. All around the garnish, won't be noticeable if you are careful enough. Otherwise it'll be leaking anyway as foamy factory seals get hard and let water through.

I am a big fan of HKS and Fujitsubo but new bits are expensive or out of production already and used are fairly hard to come by. Kakimoto are on a louder side due to smaller cannons. STI Genomes... do not get me started @Andy_Mac got Invidia set-up on his, not sure if they do "mufflers only" option though.

If you just want it to be a bit more vocal then a pair of aftermarket mufflers will satisfy your cravings. These are in most cases a simple bolt-on application, no chopping/welding/fiddling required. Alterations to the factory set up in form of muffler/resonator deletes usually result in raspiness and drone at cruising speed which you really want to avoid if you're a and want to be

You won't get any rumble out of it no matter what you do (unless you're prepared to do some serious modifications). Removing mid-section resonator is a bad idea. Bashing out the cat converter is a better one, but won't gain you that much noise-wise. Upgrading to an aftermarket set-up will improve the situation but then again you will NOT get the old-school rumble you're aiming for

Just to clarify - search by a part number still works, no issues with that. Search by a chassis number and Subaru catalogues are broken. In fact, Subaru is not even in the list anymore. Browse through catalogues elsewhere and then use part numbers to search/buy on Partsouq.

Partsouq is stuffed. http://opposedforces.com/parts/legacy/en_b13/ is also good. or https://jp-carparts.com/subaru

Yeah nah.. 38D is a satin white. The rest appears to be correct

Can you confirm your chassis number? Comes up as black for some reason

Pre-face spec.B had Bilsteins and alloy suspension components from factory (i.e control arms) unlike standard versions of GT and 3.0, 18" alloys obviously. GT GT Spec.B Facelift on the other hand all came with Bilsteins and alloy arms. NB: talking about JDM here

Yours is a preface Spec.B. Well at least the bumper and the grille.

Nothing special for an '08 really, standard equipment. Some photos would be helpful.

Sell what you have and buy ver 11 wrx/sti seats to make it a bolt-on experience.

Adaptive LED headlights and ability to parallel park itself. Handy for those tight city spots.

What would you need a remote start for? In NZ at least.

All your questions had already been answered in the original thread - take a moment and read through it. Keyless won't be a straight plug and play and you will have to run some wires.

I'd back up Loren and say that some tired bushings or something loose will cause the knock. My BR9 came with warped stock discs and was shaking madly when braking from around 110/115 down to a hundred. Passenger seat (when vacant) would be jumping all over the place, rather embarrassing

+1

Lol might be keen to have my diesel tractor dynoed, out of curiosity. ..if you don't mind a german there

It's not. Facelift grilles are similar in height to pre-face spec.B and are all the same size across the whole range. Pre-face come in a bunch of different sizes.

Similar to the late 4th gens - won't be a straight retrofit and you will need to run a few wires for the ECU. Definitely been done, google is your friend.