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Should be one badass car once it's done.
The whole compliance thing can be a massive pain in the ass, a lot of it makes no sense, just like a lot of other restrictions/requirements.
(For example you can tint a RAV4 to 0% if it's 4wd but if it's 2wd only 35%...)
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Vacuum or boost leak somewhere? Probably vacuum. I know if I pull a vacuum hose off my car it runs like a bag of shit.
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Not that I've noticed from mine...
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Toss the Soundstream sub out the window and pick up a DD1508. Tiny but pack more punch than 99% of subs you'll ever hear.
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Look for some second hand JDM-as-feck ones on trademe. As long as they're in good enough condition you'll get much better struts for much less money. I got some Cusco Zero2s for my old GF8 for like $600
Cert is usually ~$400.
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Was it running fine until recently or only when you put the external on?
Check that you've got the vacuum/boost lines on the wastegate the right way around, if you get them backwards it will just run spring pressure.
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Gimme a yell if you need a hand since I've had mine all in pieces twice recently!
You'll need a really good 14mm ratchet spanner and a long ass 3/8" extension with a good quality swivel joint. Plus a boatload of that non-flammable 5-56 and it might help if you have some spare studs/bolts for the turbo-downpipe join since they seem to like to bend/ruin them.
Oh and I had to cut the mid-pipe bolts out of mine, welded shut by rust.
Actually they're a gigantic pain in the ass, especially getting the heat shield off so you can get at the downpipe.
Wrap your new one then throw the heat shield as far as you can into the nearest blackberry bush.
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Mine's pretty quiet. As far as Subies around town with aftermarket exhausts I would say it's one of the quietest.
Still a good throb though and plenty of nice Subaru sounds when you give it the beans.
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1 here as well.
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A rage downpipe definitely does not bolt up to the factory mid exhaust. Flanges are at different angles and theres an approx 10-15cm gap between them.
My plan now is to just get a custom 3" mid pipe welded up to bolt to my factory sti tip.
My Zerosports midpipe bolted up to the factory downpipe and the Rage one (after a cut and twist, the Rage guy reckoned the flange had been welded on wrong) no worries... which to me says that the factory mid pipe should bolt up to a correctly built Rage one?
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Please enter, so we can watch you get your ass handed to you by a Civic
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I've got a Rage 3" Siamese into 2.5" ZeroSports World Leaguer midpipe and rear section.
DP bolted up to the Zerosports midpipe...ish. They had welded the flange on at the wrong angle so we had to do a quick cut-twist-weld job on it. Even the Subaru cone gasket from the old mid-pipe fitted, amazingly enough.
Nice note, not too loud, good rumble especially when coming off the throttle.
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Bought it a new alarm to replace the poorly installed one...
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My left headlight has gone kinda dim and yellow all of a sudden.
They're HIDs. Right one is still fine.
What's it likely to be? Bulb? Ballast? ???
Should I just get a pair of bulbs from tardme? Wouldn't mind some whiter headlights anyway.
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sorry this is a bit of a threadjack but we got an avs alarm installed recently and there are stickers on the back windows saying AVS and also calvotech (who did the install) is this bad? should i take them off?
IMO yes. If a thief is familiar with AVS alarms it will make your car a more attractive target. Likewise even more so if they've knocked over a few cars from that guy and know stuff like where he puts the brain, where he does his cuts etc etc blah blah.
Bet you've got a blue blinky LED too
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Nah... still large bits of '30' and a 1-lane section.
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Haha "on the way home"
Nice round trip
Well... it was a nice day and the roads were pretty quiet, so I thought why not.
Kinda the purpose of this thread... get people to go drive some nice roads. Especially this one where you can have a LOT of fun without even, umm, experimenting with the speed limit. A good 'spirited' one - bonus if you come the LONG windy way from the Hutt or something.
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were any of the windows smashed??
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Na no windows were broken, but the monsoon shield above the back drivers side door was broken off for some reason.
They smash the monsoon off so they can pull the window out, or stick something down the top. So they knew at least a little bit what they were doing.
Ultrasonics will often trigger when people try this... but often they're at the front on the dash or top of the pillar which is why the mongrels go for the back windows. In a poobaru, consider installing them at the top of the b-pillars...
Did your car have stickers on it saying what the alarm brand was?
If you want some alarm 'forensics' PM me and I'll see if I can tell you how they did it.
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Cheers dude. I'll find out if they're still looking for it.
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Gave the old MY01's a solid how's-your-father.
Hit the bottom of the car on the ground a good 3 times too. Oops.
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I'll make another on the drive home then
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Yeah pulling the wastegate hose off would just give you spring pressure, as mentioned roughly 9psi. If they plumbed it to a vacuum line though... probably a bit more.
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Feral option... get a socket that you don't love that's 1mm too small then smash it on with a hammer. Like, real good. Then attach socket wrench and undo.
Also soak the thread in CRC.
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+1 for VF30. It can be kinda hard to read but it should be stamped/etched into it somewhere.
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I don't have one myself but we've installed a bunch of them. They go good in 1 cube with a 4" aeroport.
Or you can get the 8" "Loaded enclosure" which is really quite nice, well built and carpeted, good grill and terminals so you can just rip it out whenever you need to.