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  1. I'd totally agree with what boon has said. I'd likely steer clear of what you are wanting to do regarding rebuild and address at the time. You'd spend a lot of time (and money if you make a mistake) just to get it to a position where you wanna do the basics to the platform. You'd wanna go big or go home if you're talking ripping into the engine and not just swapping with a donor engine. If it were me with 180ks on it, I'd just do the bolt-ons like you have suggested and keep up with services (plus the tune). Keeping on-top of maintenance plus a good tune will give you the best chance on these cars. The cars really wake up with the downpipe, exhaust, fuel pump, 3 port and a tune. I've done exactly that to mine, plus some handling mods, and it's such a nice car to drive compared to stock. Only thing I wish I could do would be coilovers instead of lowering springs but I cbf with a cert or swapping them out for wofs lol
  2. Thought as long as you don't touch the auto brake pedal, you can still swap and not need cert? Has something changed recently? I'm looking to get my Nissan manual swapped and was pretty sure I could get away with no cert, as there would be enough pedal clearance between brake and clutch without needing to swap the brake pedal from the factory auto one
  3. As above. Thomsen will always have my Subaru business, and I recommend them to others for general purpose things (WOFs, etc)
  4. Could be worth trying some Facebook groups (Legacy Loonies, or Subaru parts NZ, Subaru legacy Owners Club NZ etc), the for sale thread here can be a bit quiet. I've bought a bit off Legacy Loonies, pretty good group for that kinda thing! The owners club also has some Prova coilovers for real cheap at the moment too
  5. Shot, thanks man! Will follow the RomRaider route since it's known to work. Only thought it was the older LV program as it looks super similar Cheers for confirming that Andy, glad to know I'm not missing a step here. I'll need to get my RomRaider functioning this weekend and give this another go
  6. Are you just reading these with a Tactrix and Learning View software? I could pull my tune today but was unable to view my Learning View which was annoying. Learning View apparently wouldn't find my Tactrix cable to use to read, yet ECUFlash worked fine to read the tune. I assume you don't need to bridge any pins anywhere for a diagnostic mode before you can read anything aye? I've got a 2008 JDM GT, unsure if it's diff to the ADM 3.0R that you have for reading things, I'd think not but I could be wrong.
  7. What are "good" figures? Might pull mine soon just as a health check
  8. Title says it all, managed to suss the wiring side of it for now but struggling to find a good way to run the vac line for connecting the gauge up. I know to tee it off from the BPV, but unsure how to get my ~6ft of vac hose from the BPV to the drivers A pillar. Anyone got any good pictures and description of how they set theirs up? Cheers!
  9. I'd bet you could clip along quite quick on the new TG with the right motivation! Pan left a little bit and you'd have snapped me in the line of cars on the pavement haha Damn, that's mad! I came around the last corner (blind corner) before the roundabout right near the entrance and had to stomp the brakes to not rear end someone so I could get in line. Was kinda sketchy that there was no "hidden queue" sign lol
  10. Is this the last meet of the season tomorrow? I'll be at the meet in my Legacy, sadly don't think I'll be able to catch you at the Tawa Countdown before you leave. Will keep an eye out for your STI at the meet tho!
  11. Was it an aftermarket, uprated swaybar? The BL/BP is known to bend the mounts with an aftermarket RSB (without reinforcement), unsure if they actually break through.. car must have been pushed a lot
  12. Gave the car a cut, polish and wax - was my first time doing it. Didn't realize paint could feel like glass! Won't last long sitting on the street but that's fine. Got to installing a dechromed grille center piece I did as a while sorting the DIY mesh grille as I've run into fitment issues with the adaptive cruise control sensor and my mesh grille setup. May need to notch the mesh for it, unsure yet. Tried to tint the fogs while they were still in the car, not ideal but the end result looks a lot better. Will see how long it lasts and if I need to put more time into it sometime soon. Already starting to look more like how I want it to look. Within the next couple months I'd like to: Get a black banner across the top of the front windscreen; Try seeing how dechroming the headlight sprayers would look; Get the mesh grille sorted and installed; and Install Aliexpress eyelids when they get here (if they are for the facelift like some of the pictures suggested).
  13. Stopped procrastinating and started doing. Got the headlights tidied up: And finally made solid progress on the mesh grille I'm working on. Tried painting the chrome a couple times, plastic drop sheet caught in the wind and hit the chrome trim when I wasn't looking, so ruined this time. Paint chips off super easy, just as it did the first time I tried to paint the trim and decided to re-do it, so ignore that. Will swap the chrome over to the mesh grille, and swap the grille in next weekend. Any tips on painting this bloody chrome and having it stick? Have tried a few layers of black gloss, then clear - no luck. This time was satin black, no clear, still no luck. It doesn't appear to be hardening well. Next weekend I'll put the grille on, and will pick up a DA to give the car a full cut and polish - time permitting I'll add some clear yellow wrap to the fogs (also assuming that I can cut in a consistent circle). Want to get the car looking good for April Cars and Coffee at Southward Car Museum. Hope to see some of the ClubSub members there too!
  14. I've always heard that you can swap out the brake pedal during a AT/MT swap, but as soon as you cut the auto pedal, you get a fail? Unsure if this is correct or not, but what I've always heard
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