I know the car, its been living in a Aotea for the last few years where it was garaged when not being used and owned by a guy in his 30\'s, it is pretty rough from the outside, I guess it must be new owners that have it now, the last time I saw it was about 2 months ago.
Those wheel are hideous in person, I would get it checked out at armstrongs subaru in lower hutt, they actually have a few switched on subie mechanics in the hutt branch