[What have you done to your car today?]

Gave me a reason to wash the car

 

[What have you done to your car today?]

12.8V to 3.3V within 1 cm? thats not standard volt drop you dealing with.

 

Its either a bad connection, some kind of resistances wired in (resistor etc) OR, albeit rare, a bad piece of wire - I have only seen it once so far in my life time.

[What have you done to your car today?]

On 2/12/2019 at 4:10 PM, TNHSTI said:

 

Haha appreciate it mate

What did you do with your old steering wheel...I'm hunting for one in better condition then mine

[2006 BP5 legacy climate control screen failure]

Open it up, check for loose connections

Check for dry soldering points - reflow board (heat gun, soldering iron etc - lots of ways to do it)

Check for dodgy capacitors

Check screen connection

Check screen power source 

If you comfortable with a multimeter test each component 

 

[What have you done to your car today?]

Started the rear view camera installation this past weekend. Wired the main video feed from the front to the rear.

 

Tested the unit and all works well.

 

Now need to find a way to still mount the camera and just reconnect everything

[What have you done to your car today?]

2 hours ago, thewabbit1 said:

 

I hooked mine up to the reverse lights, works fine.

 

If you have a look at the last few pictures of my install you can see that i was able to pass the cable through a grommet in the boot door. Not sure how applicable it will be to your car, but worth checking out.

 

 

Thanks! YIp wiring is not a problem but the actually camera:

 

Its one of these - basically got it for free so need to somehow mount it.

 

So either make somesort of bracket or box for it or drill through the bodywork to mount it.

 

[What have you done to your car today?]

So my reverse camera arrived and I I want to install it this coming weekend.

 

It came with the HSS holesaw but not sure I want to cut into the body panel. Anybody come some pics of how they mounted theirs?

 

I am also considering hooking it up to the reverse light as its right there in the wagon door.

 

Any other tips?

[Legacy Cambelt]

19 hours ago, Zeus said:

I'd probably advise not using a torque wrench as a breaker bar, keep the 2 separate. 

Its made as both  one side is the breaker head and the other side has the torque head

[Legacy Cambelt]

7 hours ago, Individualities said:

 

I found removing my cam pulleys to be no problem with a power bar and a set of 3/8 allen sockets.

Keeping the belt on while cracking them loose them is needed, unless you have an impact gun that can fit in the tight space.

IIRC the torque for the cam pulleys is 98Nm? The crank pulley is over 200Nm, or f***ing tight in my mind lol. I didn't over tighten it though - just felt it up from when I un-did it.

 

Good tip thanks! Got my trusty breaker bar and torque wrench 2 in 1

[Legacy Cambelt]

13 hours ago, Individualities said:

 

A cool head is needed for a Subaru cambelt - especially a DOHC one. There's a lot going on, and lining everything up can be a bit of a challenge. Took me 3 attempts to get the passenger side cams (when looking at the engine from the front) lined up, then belt on (the timing marks for them are such that the cams are under load when correctly timed - drivers side cams are unloaded when timed). Almost like I needed 3 hands.

Don't be afraid to ask for help! I'm sure one of the other members on here in Wellington would happily give you a hand!

 Thank you! 3 hands might make it easier yes.... Anyone know an alien? 

[Legacy Cambelt]

Thansk gents. Yip, I want to attempt to do it myself.

[Legacy Cambelt]

What is a good km's to get cambelt changed?

 

My legacy is almost hitting 80,000km and doesnt seem it has been done yet

[What have you done to your car today?]

Gents, my exterior rubber seals and trims for doors,etc. are in bad condition. Are there generic rolls I can buy to replace all seals and trims?

 

When I redid my ford about 3 years ago one could buy these in rolls of 10-20meters. Any idea if this is available for 06 legacy's?

[What have you done to your car today?]

Washed, rewashed, polished and waxed the car this weekend.

 

Also took off the AWD sticker on the back window as it was faded and dull.

Also removed the legacy badge as I have done with all my cars

 

[What have you done to your car today?]

19 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

At that price it's getting very close to the Q300. Not sure which I like better really...

yip, but budget cant stretch that high...$500 maybe $600 for now  

[What have you done to your car today?]

thanks guys

 

$189.99 to pay according to the link provided by @1randomkiwi and @preim 

 

So with shipping, it basically doubles the price of the mid+mufflers  @Andy_Mac

 

Going to research for other solutions locally for a bit first 

[What have you done to your car today?]

oh bollocks....shipping is quite hectic and then still import taxes. Does anyone have an idea what kind of import tax I will be looking at for roughly $900 value?

[What have you done to your car today?]

2 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

 

some would say the hogzaust mod is a pretty good representation of how it’ll sound with muffler deletes, worth a try

Or just wait for delivery from TCP auto  Thanks Andy! Tony responded super quick and he has a quad tip set !

 

Waiting on what delivery will cost before confirming

[What have you done to your car today?]

8 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

Could also save yourself a bunch of money and do the hogzaust mod, or even just have the mufflers cut out and replaced with straight pipe and keep the stock tips.

 

If I ever went to duals i’d track down a set of Prova Fujitsubo ones, much more understated than other options out there. Think @sobanoodle had a set at one point.

That was my original idea to cut and straight pipe it but i dont want it to be to loud....

[What have you done to your car today?]

11 minutes ago, Andy_Mac said:

Not a fan myself, but I typically hate most dual cannon’s, they just never look right to me.

 

https://www.rhdjapan.com/kakimoto-racing-regu-06-r-exhaust-muffler-ble-bl5-bl9.html

oh thanks andy! there goes my afternoon - Haven't come across this site until now 

 

If the dual cannon's are subtle and dont stick out to much I quite like them: https://www.rhdjapan.com/hks-es-premium-muffler-bph-bp5-bp9-bpe.html

[What have you done to your car today?]

Thanks @sobanoodle @Andy_Mac Let me google and research a bit.

 

Yes/no? - https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/performance/exhaust/listing-1896049221.htm?rsqid=ed52328ad8da4446b67a9e87aa91f133

[What have you done to your car today?]

3 minutes ago, sobanoodle said:

 

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 

 

 

 well put!

 

Ok thanks let me take a look at some mufflers. Any brands that is more suggested then others?

 

I still want to de-cat as well as I dont believe in cats...

[What have you done to your car today?]

Just now, sobanoodle said:

 

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

Thanks Sobanoodle! When you talk aftermarkets, are you talking full system from the manifold or just new piping and tips from the cat box? 

 

I don't want serious rumble,boy racer, loud screaming everytime I slightly accelerate, just when I put my foot down. I am a dad after all and need to be semi-responsible 

[4th gen blow off valves?]

On 1/1/2019 at 4:01 PM, iludez said:

On 1/1/2019 at 3:47 PM, GorGasmSpecB said:

Take the snorkel out and you will hear the factory blow off valve a bit.

Yep done that already still can't hear it.

Yip, my BP is also dead silent...but want to get it a bit more noticeable.

 

Let me start with this snorkel...where does it sit and how does one remove it? 

[What have you done to your car today?]

Ok, next up is to get some rumble from my GT.

 

Can anyone recommend anyone in the Wellington area to get the cat box removed and fit a straight pipe?

Or would removing the interals of the cat be enough to get a nice rumble?