[What have you done to your car today?]

48 minutes ago, ADIKT said:

Almost deserves a name and shame. Not because of $ but because of the principle. 

Yip, name and shame.

It may have only been a few bucks for you, but how many times have they done this to other people.

I know I would be p***ed off if I got charge for something I supplied.

[What have you done to your car today?]

9 minutes ago, A_J_T said:

Roasted whole Coffee Beans actually do make a good car freshener if you are into that 

I brought some nice fresh roasted and ground Guatemalan Coffee in my car for a few hours after picking it up, car smelt delicious  

[What have you done to your car today?]

7 minutes ago, A_J_T said:

Drinking Straw 

Only problem is it was full of other stuff, would have blocked the straw.

And would be a bit cold, couldn't work out a way to reheat it.

[What have you done to your car today?]

Managed to spill my entire morning coffee into my cup holder.

I had removed the section that divides it so the cup fell over while driving into work. Now I have a nice pool of coffee in my car till I get a chance to clean it out.

[BH5 power steering pump replacement]

This is might help 

 

[Daytime Running Lights]

On 17/03/2018 at 7:11 PM, boostin said:

Orange light is rear fog. Subaru's don't have an idiot light for daytime runners.

 

No, Subaru have no option to activate DRL's.

 

+1 for getting a decent aftermarket kit wired in properly. This means the lamps must turn off when the headlamps are on.

Now I finally know what that symbol means, didn't even realise there was one for the back!

I turned it on a couple of times to see what it did and couldn't see any difference in the front fog lights, no wonder, I was looking at the wrong end!

[Lowered outback thread]

29 minutes ago, gotasuby said:

Just buy 2 haha. 

Thats my other thought, though not sure the wife would been too happy.

[Lowered outback thread]

29 minutes ago, A_J_T said:

yea, i go through very bipolar phases where i want mine slammed to the ground and then i see someone out off roading on the beach and think daammnn son give me some of that. 

My ideas change week to week on lift or drop.

Still thinking of doing both, nit at the same time, but have a set of lifted suspension and wheels and a set for lowered.

Not sure how practical it would be to raise and drop it on a semi regular basis

[Lowered outback thread]

Can you guys stop posting pics of your cars!!!!!

I keep thinking I won't lower mine and then see pics of yours and start dreaming about it again!

Need money to do stuff though, so still dreaming

[Takata airbags recall]

27 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

 

Use the NZTA one on the opposite strut tower. 

Can get it from chucking your plate into carjam too

Thanks

Just check and said its in recall awaiting parts.

[Takata airbags recall]

1 hour ago, gotasuby said:

I have 3 out of 4 bps recalled. All parts are in stock at dealers for mine. Need to find time to do them though 

Are they NZ new or imports?

 

2 hours ago, 1randomkiwi said:

Subaru NZ have added a VIN search to their website for affected NZ New and Import vehicles: https://www.subaru.co.nz/takata

I went to this but my VIN is only 9 numbers and they need 17.

I did add extra 0's in the middle to see if that would bring it up and all it said was that VIN number was not associated with any recall.

 

[Takata airbags recall]

This is what I got when I plugged my details in the Japanese website.

By the look of it it seems it may not have been done. 

Still hard to tell as it says implementation done, bu then in red it has the unexecuted cars caution.

Oh well, I will just wait for my second letter

On 14/04/2018 at 1:06 AM, Gripless said:

Wondering if I'll get a letter being it wasn't on nz list?

I would think you should, mine was one the NZ list last year, then disappeared of that list this year

[What have you done to your car today?]

Yeah. Did that the other day. It showed it was part of the recall but I couldn't tell/figure out if it had been done.

[What have you done to your car today?]

1 hour ago, Gripless said:

I thought I read they physically marked something on the car when it was done.

mitsubishi put yellow dot or marks on recalled parts.

I have no idea on that. From the way the letter reads it sounds like Subaru Japan check their records to see if it's been fixed then let Subaru NZ know then the send another letter letting me know if it's ok or not.

 

[What have you done to your car today?]

I got my Notification of investigation of Recall for my Outback last night.

So good news that I would be covered if theres an issue.

Now just have to wait for the investigation to find out if my faulty airbag has been replaced in Japan.

Hopefully it has already been done.

[What have you done to your car today?]

3 hours ago, mlracing.co.nz said:

Woah you can get tyre insurance? Sweet 

I got it when I got my tyres through Tonys tyres.

If I recall it was about $15-20 per tyre a few years ago.

Paid its self off withing the first few months, used it twice in total for that car, definitely needed in Christchurch at the time

[Takata airbags recall]

Anyone know what happens if you fail your warrant because of the airbag issue and it's an import?

I'm assuming you would have to cough up and get it done then try get Subaru to cover it.

I'm going to send another email to Subaru to find 1. Is my car in the recall or not 2. Will they pay if it fails?

[Takata airbags recall]

My import BP9 outback was on the list last year, now its not on there?

[Dash fading with white colour]

Mine is still holding up with no issues even after a hot summer with it being left in the sun all day.

But for a long time it did have a coating of dust and dog hair that may have helped protect it. Cleaned it the other day and its still looking good

[FOUND -MADSTI- White 98 Coupe Christchurch]

I would say either going overseas or stolen to order.

[Why "stock location" always disappoints]

One thing I notice on the American forums for stock location big power turbos is they seem to using the FP black series turbos.

I don't know much about these, but is it that they run these turbos instead of Blouch/Garrets that allows them stock location and big power? Are they designed to fit stock location and still produce big power?

Also not having the brake booster could allow for a bigger turbo by having more room around it to reposition enough to fit?

Any reason we don't see the FP series turbos here? is it just cost? They seem to be the main flavour of turbo for big power in the US

[My New STI Foz]

I took one of these for a test drive, and gotta say I was very impressed with how well it drove, and the power delivery for a stock engine, so would be even better with more power 

[Modding a Legacy 3.0R?]

Definitely go the manual if you want to have driving it in the weekends. And you get used to driving in traffic, its not that bad, most people make it out to worse than it actually is.

I miss my manual car, auto is ok but for the fun side of driving you need a manual.

Nothing better then dropping down a gear or two for a bit of overtaking.

[Modding a Legacy 3.0R?]

Are you going to be using it for towing quite often?

If not the you might as well go for the turbo. If its well looked after and not thrashed to death every time you drive it it should last well

[Modding a Legacy 3.0R?]

1 hour ago, willisnz said:

Raptor headers is the big performance gain.

This is what I have read too, not cheap but with those and a more free flowing exhaust system you should at least sound better, and Im pretty sure someone got a remote tune from Australia? but not sure if the guy is doing it, also try @west_minist he does remote tuning.