The Yeti71

I do not know of any baskets that will attach without the crossbar. The OEM crossbars for your gen Outback will work just fine. Subaru used a Yakima basket at the time I believe, but there are several aftermarkets that will work with the stock crossbars. I hope this helps you out. j.

My 8 year old daughter was the one who noticed the noise first The rear diff is the original I believe; 225,000 miles. Last fluid change was at 212,000 with Redline. j.

All, I recently replaced both rear hubs, and the wagon is super quiet. What I can hear now is a low frequency hum or rumble like noise which "seems" to be coming from the back of the wagon. It starts to become audible right around 50mph up through 65-70ish. It seems to go away between 70-85ish and then comes back at around 85+ mph. The noise is not gear dependent. It is constant with the speed of the car, even when I put the tranny into neutral or push in the clutch. Could this be the rear diff singing its goodbye? Thanks for the ideas and help, j.

I have had mine for over a year. No issues and still solid. j.

I spent a couple of hours replacing both rear wheel hubs. It was a delightfully quiet ride into work this morning. On a side, I had been hearing a rattle in the back area of the car as well. I crawled under a month or so ago and found nothing. Last night, while doing the bearings, I found that the left rear brake caliper had a missing bolt! Turns out it had striped out at some point (I discovered that bit when I tried to put a new bolt in). Lesson learned: listen to the old girl. She is probably trying to tell you something important. j.

I got nuttin,, so.... Happy Friday, all. j.

Trying to chase down some suspension noise in the rear (a rattle kind of noise while going over cracks in the road or whatever). I suspect that I didn't get my endlinks tight enough to the swaybar. We will see! j.

Today, I ordered rear hub assemblies. Now that my suspension is no longer making noise all the time, I can hear all of the other crap I need to do... Drat! j.

OEM. It came out of a wrecked Outback XT that had a great interior. j.

I had to drop the rear shock assemblies, and tighten the down the tophats a bit more. The dust covers were rattling over every bump. And yes, the Bilstien upgrade is worth the money. j.

I swapped my old carpet out for some better stuff (one that didn't have a huge hole under the gas pedal) just last summer. It isn't terrible to do. j.

Most of the information you seek will be in the suspension forum. For the rear of the wagon, you will be fine using the standard OEM or KYB tophat replacement with a Bilstein set up and pinks. The front uses the different tophat. Also, there is a specific model number for our wagons and the STi pinks for the rear. I found it on here somewhere (probably the suspension forum), but ended up finding some Moog wagon springs instead. Good luck! j.

Good times! And here is a late "welcome". j.

Got the new Bilstein front struts put in with STi pinks, and a new front axel shaft (the old one was spewing grease onto the downpipe). Two weeks ago, I replaced all of the rear bushings with polys and put in Bilsteins with some Moog "anti-sag" wagon springs. Last year was replacing the steering bushings, control arms and bushings, etc... The alignment and possibly new inner and outer tie-rods will get done next week, but sheesh! WHAT. A. DIFFERENCE! The wagon rides 1,000% better. Thanks to all who have contributed the great info and ideas on this forum. Cheers, j.

Installing a set of Bilstein front shocks and a new axel. Yay? j.

Perfect and thank you! I will wait for my part source guy to find a nice 09 dash and do the conversion. j.

My dash is getting some "soft" spots and it rattles from those dumb mounts Subaru used. I am going to replace it with another at some point. How long did it take you to pull the old one? j.

Subscribed. I just got done doing the rear bushings (all of them), DBA rotors, and some new Bilstein B6 shocks. It definitely takes time I did the front end stuff last summer, and will be upgrading to Bilsteins there as well once Flatirons can get me a front pair. Anyway, thanks for the fun thread! j.

I ask myself that very question every time there is work to be done. And the answer is always the same... lol! j.

Replaced all of the rear bushings (several just fell out when I removed the control arms) and installed Bilstein shocks. Took quite a bit of time to get it all done, but definitely made a difference! The slop is just... GONE! j.

I also had access to the used parts needed, so all pressing is done save the rear diff bushing stuff. Just need to swap it all out. j.

After 220k, pretty much all of the rear suspension's rubber bushings are shot and sadly, all 4 Tokico struts decided to start leaking. The old wagon squeaks and squaks like a Canadian goose. I have a slew of rear suspension parts with new poly bushings to install over the weekend. ~eyeroll~

I have tried the Perrin/AVO top mounts. They work well once installed. The install itself is somewhat of a pain due to the tight fitment. Now I have a Grimmspeed. It is by far the better in terms of fitment. All will work fine with the VF40 and 52 turbos. j.

Should have the new PCV today. I will put that in and see if it makes a difference.

Thank you. Could it be the cannister box located in the rear fender area? The wagon has about 220k on the speedo.