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How long is too long to have to crank before the pressure light goes out? With fuelling disabled and a good battery obviously. I just finished putting my engine back together after a spun bearing. Had a hell of a time getting the oil pump primed and now it still takes 10 seconds of cranking after it sits to get enough pressure to turn the light off. Seems excessive.

Rock Auto lists the same part for pre and post facelift cars. Take that for what it's worth though. I've found errors in their parts listings on many occasions.

I went through the same thing when I swapped my '05 Mustang GTs brakes to GT500 "Brembos" For whatever it's worth, I ended up keeping the knockoff calipers. They've been on the car for 2 years now and have taken everything I (and 9psi of boost) can throw at them. I'm not sure there would be any functional advantage to having the real deal.

I'll put my question up top and go into details afterwards for anyone who cares to read on. Can I use a complete set of '04 dampers and springs to lower my '08 by approximately 1" to achieve the ride height the rest of the world got? Forgive me if this has been covered somewhere before. I'm 80% of the way through the 80+ page suspension FAQ thread on Outback.org and haven't seen anything conclusive on this. Consensus seems to be that if you're unhappy with the floaty stock damping on the gen 3 and don't want to spend the $ for the JDM Bilstein kit or deal with coilovers on your DD, then the gen 2 KYBs with gen 3 springs (stock or overload, depending on use of the car) are a reasonable solution. Since the gen 2 OB rides roughly an inch lower than the gen 3, I'm wondering if using the gen 2 springs as well will reduce my ride height. I realize I'll still need gen 3 front top hats and that the lighter curb weight of the gen 3 means I won't get the full effect. So is the lower ride height of the gen 2 all in the strut/spring package or are there mounting point differences that will keep me at 3rd gen ride height no matter what?

Getting in on this in case any answers come up. I want the JDM/EUDM Outback ride height but all the options I've found so far to accomplish this are prohibitively expensive or look like they put the damper out of it's optimal operating range.