Andy_Mac

Very common. To be honest though from reading other threads it doesn't sound like something many people have all that much luck fixing. May be better off just getting a replacemnet one, assume yours has the fuel economy and all that in the clock aswell?

Ah yes of course, always forget about them. Looks like they have a 10% off thing too. http://clubsub.org.nz/forum/showthread.php?47231-NEW-Pro-Racing-Intercooler-Piping

Sweet, so 2 pre and 2.5 post is the best way to go then. Noticed redline sell a whole load of piping so might grab some from there. Might as well do a secondary air pump delete while i'm at it and gain some usefull space down the passenger side

Dammit, you've sold me on it. Whats the best size piping to go for? Sounds like pre and post intercooler should be different but does it really matter? Think 2-2.25 would be suitable for what i'm after.

Got a grinder and all the tools i'll ever need to do stuff like this, can steal the work bench cut off saw to do come nice straight cuts, just don't have **** all welding experience, only used the work arc a couple of times and its messy as hell.

Oh yea, who's the place that makes/alters them? Making a few might actually be worthwhile. Flatmates probably wouldn't see it that way though, my car crap is taking over as it is I'd be keen to just grab a load of bends and straights and do a setup that actually fits well while keeping the fogs which very few kits seem to be capable of Have been looking on TM for a while now hoping something appropriately sized would turn up but have had zero luck so far. Hacking a hundred or so off would make all the difference

Turns out my package was a front and a rear too. Wasn't palnning on doing them for a while anyway so not fussed. Lucky on the airbags. The full assortment of them in mine has been a major pain for me.

Haven't found any aussie ones yet, all the US ones just get raped on shipping and exchange rate. And they're typically the cheap nasty ones the americans avoid Wouldn't NZKW or someone like that do one?

Have been told a package has turned up at mine too, haven't had a chance to see whats in it yet, hoepfully will know this arvo. Pics of the recaro? Does yours have the full airbag set or just the two? Its always been the one thing holding me back on getting a better seat. Found the source of my rear end clunking that came back during the roady to and from Welly, turned out one of the bolts between the endlink and sway wasn't tight enough so the bolt was moving around in the unnecessarily large bolt hole in the swaybar. Also managed to average 10.6km/L aka 9.4L/100km which I was pretty happy with considering I wasn't driving it particularily economically.

Who would you approach regarding a custom one? Someone like DTech? 140-160 seem to fit alright, just not many options with that size that don't cut the length way shorter too.

Just remember the engine cover seals the diverter on the underside of the scoop to the intercooler, without it there will be a gap. How much difference it'll make I don't know, but the airs gonna take the easier path so that may mean a fair share goes out the gap

Figured as much. Subaru did a damn good job of making front mounts hard as **** for these cars

Sweet. Yea that would have been the one for the top inlet under the manifold on the old one. You trim the new one or just leave the engine cover off?

That first one seems right. Routed my differently to that though. Only way I could get it to fit nicely and keep the engine cover was looped around like that. I had my other breather line attached to the T section of the hard breather and to the inlet halfway down.

Based on the shape of that one I would have thought it was supposed to go on the breather crossover right next to it but it looks like tou've already got something in there. Its not the new hose you've got in the end there? Actually had a closer look, since your turbo's out are you sure you aren't crossing over any coolant and breather lines?

Also I ran some gates hydraulic hose rather than the one it shipped with since oil turns heater hose to **** after a while. Have you only got 2 hoses you're not sure where to attach or more? If its just 2 then are they not the ones that attach to the new inlet.

You end up cutting the front breather shorter like I had to with the same inlet? Where exactly are we looking? Is that the inlet on the right? Shouldn't have been messing with any of those pieces right there if so If you haven't already you'll want to get the bolts out of these two so they have the needed movement. They're at the back of the manifold Breather crossover BOV crossover

Is bumper beam removal certifiable? Or can it only be certed if a replacement beam that will have a similar effect is used in its place?

Seems a bit weird for wheel bearings to just go like that though ay. Mines got a bit of a clunk i'm trying to sus out now too. Sounds like its either the shock knocking or a cv. Seems to have only really come about since doing the rear swaybar which was odd, have gone through and re torqued all the bolts that were undone for the sway. Still have a bit of a sneaking suspicion it may be somehow related to that though

Considering it had a sensor, is it threaded? If so just find an equal sized bolt and use some thread tape on it.

So there's slop with the axle nut removed or is it back on now? you feeling the slop through the hub or the cv's?

Depends on a few factors. Probably not worth welding straight pipe into the stock one. Just gut it and leave it as it is. Made a fairly big difference to mine for next to no cost. Main factor that determines whether keeping the stock one is viable is whether it has a bellmouth opening or not. The Legacy's all have a flat plate where the wastegate opens so get **** flow. Some of the Impreza ones come stock with bellmouth downpipes. Its not really worth spending money on if it just has a single tube opening. Thats what the ones with the flat plate up against the wastegate look like.

Ay? The hubs bolted to the knuckle which keeps it 'solid' The wheel nuts hold the rotor and wheel 'solid' against the hub

Quite like that strip blacked out. Do the reverse and rear fog lights just have a tinted film over them?

Pretty sure I saw this one out Karori, on the way to Makara today. Same front bumper extensions and wheels. Looks the business in the flesh