eldrego

Year, Make and Model:2008, Legacy GT

Color:Black

Miles:123k

Transmission:automatic

Title:clean

Lien:none

Location: (Ridley Park, PA)

VIN: (4S3BL676284218135 )

Asking Price:$7000 FIRM

AP tuned, stage 3, runs great, no accidents, non smoking owner, very fast Legacy, more pictures available for serious inquiries only. Parts listed below...

Invidia catless dp

Magnaflow catback

Racer X FMIC

Tru-Cool 4454

K&N Typhoon Intake

Walbro fuel pump 255

Oil Filler Neck

Air pump delete kit

R-Rev Carbon Fiber Grill (cracked, original available)

rallitek transmission soft bushing

rear diff mount bushing insert

Injector Dynamics 1000cc Top Feed InjectorsPlug and play adapters

Vf52

Perrin Turbo Inlet

V3 accessport

Just installed one of @%1; valve bodies on my 09 5eat and it is awesome. Shifts are less than half the speed and feel much more confirmed. Currently running flexfuel on a gtx3071 TS and it feels much better than the mushy stock engagement. I know it’s an old thread but just wanted to put it out in the open that there is an option for 08-09 folks!

 

 

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I must have missed this post, there's finally a vb for 08-09 for real?

I had some minor dash damage during the 1st recall. They had to replace an A/C vent that they cracked. A few other dig marks I have to live with. now there is a 2nd recall 'cus they used crappy detonators again. I'm afraid to go back. Seem like professionals would be good at this by now.

This was my second recall as well. Different dealship, first one left tiny mark, also didn't reinstall my mirror control properly and my glove box fell off soon as I opened it, took it back and they fixed it and apologized. I never got an apology from this dealership, just excuses.

I wish you all the luck in the world man, take pictures and maybe talk with the service manager prior.

your 100% right! but life isn't fair a lot of times lol, but it looks like its eating at you. My best suggestion would be to order a new one from that dealership, tell them you want it at cost, or at a extreme discount. Bring it home, do it yourself!, cause if you want something done right.... you know the rest, or bring it to someone else or tell them to install it free of charge. And make sure they don't damage the old one, you take that old one sell it on ebay, and try to recoup some of your loss.

 

 

This is one of those situations where you have to take a hit. Just like if some stranger walking down the road punches you in the face, we know its not fair or right but you can fight back, but you both will end up bloody or run and minimize damage.

 

At this point a new dash is whats going to make you happy again, so I would start thinking of how to minimize the loss.

Yea, I've come to that realization after seeing the 2 new scratches after the guy literally just "fixed" the rest. I don't want to keep driving out there and leaving my car there. Lesson learned.

Dude, I call bs on near perfect, people are always more observant after having things done to their car. Near the scratch on the center of your dash there is some kind of white circle residue, unless you're claiming that's from the dealer.

 

Under the passenger vent on the far right there's clear discoloration.

 

I would love to see people here do this every single day, and not make a single friggin mark on the dash, even the teeny tiny ones like in the original pictures after it was first done, where there is zero sign of a tool being used to pull that center cubby/vent out.

 

The crack is unacceptable of course, no argument there.

If you followed all the pictures closely you'd see that circle is the first scratch they fixed the new scratch is next to it. I don't need to bs anyone. Maybe I should have started the thread with the pictures I took before I left my car at Subaru. But that wasn't the point of me posting, I needed to vent because I really wanted to just walk in the dealership with a sledgehammer and showed them how I really felt.

I don't want to look like a jerk, but I have to be honest. I do agree with the service advisor, I think that does look good, like a really good repair job. As tehnation said, these cars are over 10 years old. I totally respect that you seem like a perfectionist and that you love your car, but I just don't think it's that bad..

I went from basically having a new dash to this after I got my car back. No marks/scratches /cracks. So yes, any tiny marks/scratches immediately sticks out to me because I've had my car from 2011. So yea, if you want to call it being a perfectionist. But more than anything I shouldn't have been in this position in the first place.

technically for a 10+ year old car, they sorta have a point.... ur dash is in much better shape than most lol!

 

Why would the dealership pay to repair instead of just ordering a new one? Their price is different for parts I assume. Did you just say "fix it" or explain that you want a new dashboard? It's like a 400 dollar hit to the dealer for a new dash, something they might be able to fudge to soa. When it comes to cars and dealerships/used cars you have to be specific, you leave an inch they take a yard. If you did not explicitly say "I want a new dashboard" then I don't know what you expected lol. They ratchet up not down, they are going to do the base minimum towards the problem unless you state exactly what you want.

Yea, I guess I should have but maybe I would have ended up in the same place if they had to re-install the cobby again.

call around. The "boss" fix replaces the airbag thru the glovebox and takes 15 minutes. The "f u over" fix removes the dashboard.

 

Mine was done while you wait. Waiting consisted of high pressure sales to encourage me to sell my wagon at a huge discount. Their best offer was below blue book because modified.

I think if anyone who hasn't done the recall yet they need to find out if the dealership does the work thru the glovebox to avoid anything like what happened to me.

Buick screwed me on my wife’s enclave on a recall. It was something stupid but they still denied doing it. When I confronted them on it I got the whole “well these are certified Buick technicians” I brought up being a certified master tech to them and they just smirked it off. I made a scene and was asked to leave. Maybe not my proudest moment. Subaru has also screwed me but not on a recall

Haha, yea the service manager tried running that line on me too, noting the tech had years of experience. It's funny because I have no mechanical training and I removed the cubby twice without leaving a mark on the dash.

here's the official instructions for doing the repair: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2016/RCRIT-16V358-5167.pdf

 

note the reference to special tools to prevent damage to the vent as well as showing other tools that make the job much easier. The snap-on tool referenced at the beginning comes in a kit for about 250-300$. Note page 7 shows all the tools needed. The following pages show exactly how to use the tools and when.

 

I'd print this pdf along with current pics of your dash. Then ask to talk to the service manager about proper procedures. You might look up the district office for your area. They should have a remedy program for F ups like this.

They completed the repair. I'm just have issues uploading the pictures. I'll try again later.

I’ve seen this a lot, but it’s usually in a meth heads car who tried to do his own stereo install......

:lol:

I don't think so, after pulling my dashboard to fix my heater core I found that the trim pieces were extremely brittle, a little tug here and there and pretty much every one of my vents, cubby etc. cracked or shattered somewhere. Over time some of these pieces just don't want to cooperate. I can understand why they butchered it, I doubt it was malicious, it genuinely is a pita and a shit show when it comes to the dashboard.

I think I was more upset that they didn't immediately try to rectify the damages. I literally had to jump thru hoops to get them to fix the damages and reimburse me for the mount

You may need to "log out" from the site, then "log in"

 

Go to the home page, in the upper left under your avatar you'll see the "Log Out" link.

I tried that, didn't work. I think the issue is image size

Very likely picture to big. Even if it says it's within the size limits. Resize down..

I figured as much, one of the reasons why I didn't bother trying to upload pictures.

I'm curious as to why you haven't posted any pics here of what the damage looks like, like when you first got the car back

I could, haven't posted pictures on here in a couple years, doesn't this site require resizing or external links?

call around. The "boss" fix replaces the airbag thru the glovebox and takes 15 minutes. The "f u over" fix removes the dashboard.

 

Mine was done while you wait. Waiting consisted of high pressure sales to encourage me to sell my wagon at a huge discount. Their best offer was below blue book because modified.

I did not know this was possible. That's really good to know.