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Sorry bud, I caught wind of this too late. I'm having a shop do the work because of time, if you want, I can still ask. In the end, my knock is coming from play in the steering joint which is fun...

Went out of town for a bit, developed a major clunk on the front driver's side. Brought into a dealer when I was in Toronto, they said it wasn't critical. Taking a deeper look tonight since I'm back. Also, putting in a Whiteline 20mm rear swaybar with the AVOJDM reinforcement brackets.

This is exactly what I did. I'm happy with the decision and don't worry any more.

So, it's been a while but here's some updates: Whiteline 24mm sway bar up front. Rear's coming soon enough. Redid all the suspension bushings up front. Had a nasty amount of play on the front left. JDM facelift swap is starting soon as well.

Hey everybody. So I'm starting to prep for the facelift/JDM swapfest. I'll be blacking out the headlights and doing a custom wiring set up, using the parking lights as DRLs. I've started to fabricate my own set of harnesses to do so and have it as plug and play as possible. Fellow member AW4BYT makes plug and play harnesses if you don't want to muck with wires, check out his stuff! I used to make harnesses as part of my job so I welcome it. I've also sourced a USDM facelift bumper along with tail lights and so the fun begins. I'm also thinking about possibly updating my exhaust tips. When I had the exhaust fabricated, I went with just 304 and a 5 degree cut but am thinking of maybe doing a double walled tip for a "cleaner" look. Luckily for me, the tips are attached via v-band.

I understand your frustration. Though we don't have smog, I was having guilt. Was running a catless Invidia downpipe and popped in a GESi GSport, had it welded in. Would recommend.

Found gas dripping where the pump access hole is. New tank inbound. Broken studs on the flange will do that.

I'm local so if you need help, let me know. I have a full swap done.

USDM will not work unfortunately as the mount points are different. The only way I can see it working is if you decide to drill through.

Updated first post in thread with current state of car.

Hi. Both tysparks and I have done the swap. There's two parts that you'll need from USDM cars: 1) The USDM glovebox 2) The driver's side trim (that holds the switches for the mirrors ...etc) from a facelift '08/'09. You can use the EDM piece for #2 but I would highly recommend against it because you will need to remove a safety plate behind it.

The problem wasn't the seals, the physical seat for the brake line was not sealing with the banjo bolt. Too much pitting around the threads.

Recent update: Max Capacity, you were right. That caliper was bad news. Parked my car to go to work, came back and had no brake pedal pressure. Apparently, that pitted caliper didn't seal well and out went all the fluid over time. Just so happened that what remained oozed out while parked thankfully. Got a Rock Auto reman, made by Nugeon and so far am happy with it. Pedal feel is wonderful and the car brakes hard. That random box with the STI sticker was apparently a radar cruise control unit that came on JDM cars. My headlights were apparently cracked so I had to get new ones. Unfortunately, they're sitting in a container from Buyee because Japan Post suspended air mail. It's been three months with no signs of life. Also ordered some harnesses from our own AW4BYT. I have to decide how to jerryrig them because of certain differences but I'm sure it's not a big deal. Currently tossing the idea of doing the rear end swap too, would like to know what parts I'd need. Thinking of getting a Rock Auto rear bumper shell.

Latest and greatest: I had to change my front left Brembo. Due to thermal cycling, the seal on the caliper pooped the bed and out went all my brake fluid. I got a Rock Auto reman. So far so good. Brake pedal pressure is good. Also looking into getting the rear bumper stuff for the facelift. Does anybody know off hand what parts are needed to swap? Obligatory green caliper photo.

I know, right? We had that one night with a bit of snow and that was it.

Had my steering rack rebuilt. Was clunking fiercely.

Behemoth approved. I put back in my rear seats finally. It's nice to have a car with an interior again after all the shenanigans.

Hi, sorry. Was sold earlier today!

Hi everybody. I figured I would post this here before on my local Facebook Subaru groups. I have a K2Gear radiator shroud that's a take-off from a JDM nosecut I bought. Could use a few mins with a random orbital for some polishing. I'm not looking to yield a profit on this guy so I'm asking $20 + shipping at buyer's expense. Located in Montreal, Canada. Sold!

Starting breaking apart my JDM nose cut for the parts I want. Discovered this mystery box. Anybody have an idea what it is? Has a 6 pin connector.

Update time! I'm due to update the top post with all the stuff I've done. So, as I mentioned previous, I installed a DW65c fuel pump, Cobb EBCS, IAG Street AOS, Cylinder 4 cooling mod, Grimmspeed TMIC and an upgraded VF52. The VF52 was rebuilt by TurboPartsCanada with: New billet compressor wheel upgrade New replacement turbine shaft that has been clipped Boost creep delete kit (wastegate porting + flapper upgrade) Upgraded 14psi wastegate actuator I just got the car dyno tuned yesterday by the wonderful people at Uptown Autosport and Make Automotive who did the pre-dyno check. Car made 314whp and 323 lb-ft. I also obtained a specB JDM nose cut with a lip. There's some random box with an STI sticker on it. For the life of me, I can't figure out what it is. Had some harness connected to it.

Well, yesterday - not today. Got the car dyno tuned after doing some work on it: 314whp/323 lb-ft of torque on 91 pump gas. I'll post the dyno sheet and what not on my build thread.

Do you notice any sizable increases in NVH with them?

Redid my parking brake boot. Black leather with medium blue stitching from Redline Goods. Second one here. First time around, I didn't do a good job putting it on the bracket and also got glue caught on my fingers when placing it so some parts were glossy and had lifted. Happened again but in an inconspicuous spot so I'm annoyed rather than majorly upset.

Got a JDM Rev D to F specB nose cut for doing the facelift. She'll be nice when all done up.