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I installing my JDM LGT rear wagon bumper on this weekend, let me know if you need any specific pictures or measurements.

According to this thread legacy wagon and sedan beams are the same. http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/jdm-rear-bumper-bp-wagon-260797.html?p=5609448

Yeah, I can't afford to care. Too many other expenses in life right now. Even if I had the money, I would rather spend the money on a new clutch and blast plates in a year or so...

Here you go. Right now the front bumper and tailgate garnish are JDM Arctic White, in the right light you can see the difference, other times you can't really.

And this is why I'll live with the Arctic White and SWP mix for now... I can only see the difference in the right light.

She looks great! Love the color. How is the drive in comparison to the SpecB?

Here you go, hopefully it helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

I'm going to do it again in a couple days, I'll post a picture sequence for ya

The vents in your '05 wagon are in each rear quarters. You can take off the bumper to get to them or pull the inside covers. I chose the inside trim. You have to take out a good bit of the trim covers in the hatch area on each side and you'll see the black vents tucked down there, they are approx 10x5" or so. I blocked mine with some spare vinyl wrap I had left over. They aren't perfectly sealed, but they do stop a good bit of the smell that had been wandering into the back. There are one-way flaps for the vents, but as they age I think they are more open than closed.

I would be willing to bet that your in-bay filter is an amazing damper. I've been tempted to do something similar. I'm running a AEM 50-1000 pump with freshly cleaned stock injectors. I've capped the previous vacuum feed on intake #4 and tee'd off the reference line for the BPV. Without the damper, at idle it almost sounded like I had an exhaust leak. At 2k RPM it was lost in other sounds, don't know if it went away or was just drowned out.

Yeah, that's the damper that is was on the return line (and is again). The damper from the source line is still sitting in the stock assembly on my shelf. I'm not the first to find there are interesting noises coming from having just the STi FPR with without any dampers. My experience was similar to this post: http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/noise-after-fueling-changes-254016.html?t=254016

Updated my STi FPR by adding the previous (post FPR) fuel dampener back in line. I was getting a lot of odd noises that I wasn't crazy about without it. Much quieter now, and I feel that the fuel delivery is better. I flipped the FPR over and made a shorter quick disconnect line for the return hard line on the intake, put the FPR inline, then a short run to the dampener, then to the stock quick disconnect line. Made a small bracket to hold the dampener and it's good to go.

Nope, looks like the permissions on those images is not public. You can see them, but we can't. Yea! Working now.

Finished my install of the '05 STi FPR for my '05 LGT. Was fairly easy to do, took a couple hours all told. Removed the full FPR and delivery/return dampers assembly. Made a single replacement line for the delivery side and reused the existing hoses for the return side. Made a simple mount for the FPR and installed it in a similar manner to the COBB instructions. About $2 in nylon space, bolt, and chunk of metal for the mount. Picked up a plastic Fuel Line Disconnect from Pep Boys and shaved the nose of it so that it was easier to get jammed in around the stupid lip by the firewall. The engine side didn't have that lip, was super easy to do by comparison. Initial drive was very promising, noticeably smoother in the 2k RPM range, especially with little to moderate load. Relearned idle much quicker this time, compared to previous ECU resets. Will hold off declaring it a complete success until I've driven it for a bit. FRP Reference: http://parts.subaru.com/p/Subaru_2005_STI25L-TURBO-6MT-4WDSEDAN/REGULATOR-ASSEMBLY-PRESSURE/49232576/22670AA351.html

Good to know on the flow direction, thanks! Interesting, that's from parts.subaru.com for the '05 STi. I double and triple checked it. Now, if look it up in the '05 STi service manual, the FPR looks totally different. I'm not sure why. The parts diagram for '07 STi looks like the service manual, but there is only one nipple for fuel as it bolts to the rail on a flange, however, the part number is exactly the same as the '04-06 STi "22670AA351" that is what I have and what COBB uses and has two fuel nipples for connecting lines. http://parts.subaru.com/p/Subaru_2005_STI25L-TURBO-6MT-4WDSEDAN/REGULATOR-ASSEMBLY-PRESSURE/49232576/22670AA351.html

According to the parts diagram, it's actually "on its side". So that's a third orientation, so I'm guessing it doesn't matter? I was also trying to figure out if there was a flow direction for it. From the parts diagram, if the flow is leaving the rail and heading to the left, the 90 bend is input. Where as the COBB install has the 90 bend as output...

Question. Looking at the COBB stumble fix install guide, it says to install the FRP with the vacuum port on the bottom. But most of the images I can find on this site have the vacuum port on the top, is there a reason for this?

I ran into that about once a week, couldn't figure out it out, I suspect there was enough of a draw/trickle in the line that the tablet would think it was still plugged into power and not go into a deep sleep. I fixed it by installing a little kill switch on the console down on the driver's side, hidden by the front edge of the seat. Works great.

Send Andrew over at Zealous a note asking about that, he might be able to help.

http://zealousinteriors.com/product-category/subaru/legacy-2005-2009/ Had their boots on a couple of cars now, nice stuff.

That's awesome! I had a similar mounting strategy with the brackets in the back of the tablet. I choose to mount the USB hub under the shifter trim so that I could add/remove devices as needed without removing the tablet. I love that you figured out ways to invoke the buttons, that will be very useful over time.

Here are a couple pictures during the install. They fit quite nicely, one day I'll get a JDM rear bumper and they'll be a little less tucked in. No melting so far, several 10 hr drives, just get dirty back there over time; nothing the occasional car wash hasn't been able to clean up.

I have the HKS Silent Hi-Power with stock mid and Invidia catted downpipe on my 2005 wagon. Love the sound, it's there, but not too loud. There is a little drone around 2200 rpm, but for highway driving >65 it's nice and quiet. I used to have a set of 5" Nameless axleback, one of the best sounds for accelerating, but the drone just killed me on the highway. Overall, I'm much happier with the HKS Silent Hi-power. If you go that route, remember that in Japan the rear bumper is shorter, so if you match your body style, they will be tucked up a bit (unless you replace with a JDM bumper, which I'm planning to do at some point). The wagon set will be a little longer and may fit better on a US sedan, but I haven't seen it in person.

That would be useful for sure, I couldn't find one for a reasonable price when I was looking, so I tether to my iPhone for Nav and streaming on trips.

I have two 16gb USB drives on a small hub off my 16gb nexus 7 (2013), works great!