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Subaru of Canada aero roof rack cross bars (both front and rear in the box): XSCI306631 These aero bars have the "slot" in the top for aero-bar accessories to attach to. I have a set of ski/snowboard racks and bike racks, however I don't know what the part number for these accessories. This fits the MY05 LGT wagon with roof rails. Not too sure if it fits the LOB because it has a different rail system. Also, I don't know what the SOA part number for the same roof rack cross bar system is. LaterZ! Darren!!

Alright - here's my poor-man's Photoshop (actually, I used GIMP on a G3 iBook running Kubuntu FTW!) of my mod. I took mweiner2's maplight pic and showed how and where I placed my terminal ring. You can see how I placed the left terminal ring on the left side of the picture. Attached to the end of the terminal ring, I crimped and soldered some thin (18 ga) wire. To the other end of the wire, I soldered the diode as described in the original instructions. I secured the terminal ring to the map light as shown in the attached picture. What I did was use the existing screw to hold the terminal ring to the map light. I made sure that part of the metal ring touched the metal "bar" of the map light circuit. If the metal bar and terminal ring don't touch and make a good contact, the circuit will not be complete and the map light/dome light mod will not work. My particular terminal ring's hole was too big for the screw, so I used a small washer to cover the difference between the screw head and the terminal ring hole. Repeat for the right side and connect things up, and there ya go! A few more required parts than the original write-up, but now you don't have to worry about melting the map light switch! LaterZ! Darren!!

I used this to "connect" the wire to the map light switch, held down by the two screws in the corner. http://www.nexternal.com/afla/images/531638.JPG LaterZ! Darren!!

Sorry. I didn't take any photos - too lazy. That, and I recycled mweiner2's picture. I'll try to do a quick photochop of what I did. LaterZ! Darren!!

Thanks to mweiner2 and all the others who shared their knowledge for this mod. I just finished mine up this morning. A few things different I did on mine: a) I popped the pins out of the map light plug and swapped them b) I couldn't get my "blob" of solder to stick to the metal tabs of the map light, so I used an "eyelet ring" connector. I secured the rings with the screws next to the "round circles" seen in the pic below. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a257/mwiener2/DomeLight011.jpg The rings were large enough that it touches the corner of the metal bar and that's where the electricity flows through. I used a washer to make sure the screw head held the ring down nice and snug! It's nice to have the front of the car illuminated now too! LaterZ! Darren!!

I just finished putting on my winter wheel setup. Boy are these wheels heavy, but heck, are they built to last! Speedline Supertourismos 17x7 22.5 lbs (I believe) ET55 Running 215-45R17 Yokohama AVS Winter tires. See attachments for pics. http://photos.yungfamily.ca/albums/userpics/Darren/Speedlines/thumb_img_0663.jpg http://photos.yungfamily.ca/albums/userpics/Darren/Speedlines/thumb_img_0665.jpg http://photos.yungfamily.ca/albums/userpics/Darren/Speedlines/thumb_img_0667.jpg Don't mind the dirty car. LaterZ! Darren!!