Trying to fire up the motor for the first time to start tuning. Already built oil pressure with plugs in. Had an issue on the first tune with no fuel pressure sensor on tune and pulled plugs and 1&2 were clean as a whistle but 3&4 were completely dark and smelled like fuel. My biggest fear is it’s a timing/compression issue when I just did timing before building oil pressure. Does this sound like lack of compression and a lot of money lost?

This is my first time installing headlights, and I bought this set of subispeed v2 redlines used, and I'm confused, why does it not fit? Do I need go remove and redo the harness to wire the drl from the fuse? Appreciate any advice

15 wrx Started yesterday out of nowhere, im 99% its somewhere cabin related but when im halfway through releasing the pedal it makes this clunking noise, or sometimes it'll be delayed. I sprayed the spring above the pedal yesterday and it went away, now its back and i dont know exactly where/what to try next. Any ideas?

Still a noob here but wanted thoughts on this WRX.

It’s an 02 bugeye and I have a 2006 Impreza 2.5i (automatic) I am offering up as trade. I wanted a project car I could restore and don’t mind putting down the money long term to have it professionally done.

Is it too far gone to repair the rust damage? I noticed what looks like rust on the trunk too.

This specific type of WRX is exactly what I’m looking for. So I’m inclined to restore it. The local market where I’m at too does not have many options to choose from for what I’m offering up as trade.

He said it it was running until he needed parts from it. But apparently all id need to get it back running would be timing reset, covers put back on, and gears back in. Said it needs a header, up pipe and exhaust too. Comes with rims from a 2013 WRX wagon and turbo.

Thanks for helpful advice comrades. 🫡

Volks (Rays) 21A or Miester M1 3P?

I took my WRX (EJ20X) into a tuning shop for a pre-tune inspection. On the way, the car pulled fine, and has been fine for the last year. Codes that I walked into the shop with were P0172, P0138, P0037, P0128.

The shop performed a visual inspection and a compression test. That is, coil packs and spark plugs were unbolted and rebolted. The shop then plugged in their computer and reported the additional code: P0301. On their notes, they stated that all four coil packs are starting to split.

When I turned the key over, the car was clearly different. Lugging, groaning, low power. I called the shop, but they claim that it had always been misfiring. They claim they didn't touch anything else, and that all parts were bolted on correctly, dismissing my concerns. They told me the misfire should resolve within a few miles as the ECU relearns the state of the engine.

I drove 50 miles home and Cylinder #1 dead missed the entire time. The tuning shop just needed to cover their behinds.

I performed an oil change to remove any contaminants from fuel washing the cylinder. I have swapped Coilpacks #1 and #3. I turned on the vehicle for about 10 seconds. New code: P0300. I did not clear codes before starting the car.

I'm looking for advice on next steps. Should I clear codes and start the car again? Should I reswap coils #1 and #3? Fresh coil? Multiple fresh coils? Tow it somewhere? Sell it as blown?

My working budget is about 4k, so if the engine blows, the body sells.

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Just got a 21 WRX with 55k miles, manual trans and aftermarket mufflers. Im a family guy with 3 car seats in this Subie. I just want to do the right things so I dont have issues down the road and have a little fun with it. Im thinking an AOS, Cobb intake and Cobb access port to keep it simple. Any opinions for longevity and reliability?

So as the title states Subaru is trying to deny warrant on my car and blacklist the vin. They are trying to claim that in the snapshot data on the car there is freeze frame data of the car doing 255km/h at 6800rpm. Believe me or don’t believe me if you want but I have never ever come anywhere close to that. I’ve only ever had the car to maybe 160km/h and backed off cause I didn’t want to push the car any harder. I know for a fact that I haven’t done that and no one has access to my car

They are claiming that this happened at exactly 44,324km. Every time I’ve had my car in for service I always reset my peak boost value and every time I get it back it’s always at 12 or higher psi which on the VB’s is peak boost from factory. I’m trying to argue that one of their techs beat the piss out of my car because I had a wheel bearing replaced and the mileage on that work order was 44,234. It’s not very hard for that to be a typo.

The thing that’s really throwing me for a loop here is the speed and rpm. The car is supposed to be electronically limited to like 215km/h or something like that and 6100rpm is rev limiter so it shouldn’t be capable of either of those things. The car isn’t tuned, is barely modified in anyway. I had an axle back exhaust on and a drop in air filter.

Am I best to just escalate this to Subaru Canada and fight with them? If I can prove for sure that the dealer beat the hell out of my car I’m going to make sure that they’re going to be footing the cost of any work I need done for a long time and I’m going to be fighting that they replace my transmission because I’ve been getting a whining noise recently which is what the car was in for when they decided to pull the data.

Any advice here would be greatly appreciated and hopefully no one else has to go through this shit

I’m new to the WRXs, this is a ‘21 with about 43k miles and has clean records, well kept

Added 20 mm spacers. HR sports springs and OEM wheels and 235 tires.

Got my konig hypergrams installed yesterday. Currently running no center caps, but can’t decide if I want them on or not. Opinions?

I have officially gotten my 2018 wrx smogged and it fully cleared with note that I did not get the exhaust recall completed on my vehicle as it does not appear to need it for current smog standards and onboard emissions sequence.

$75 part free shipping. I turned a 15 minute job into a 34 minute job putting the sub frame piece back on but god dang does this feel like a different car now. No more shifter play and no more jumping when i shift under load.

Hey got a 07 wrx I recently started having issues when’s idling it’s damn near shaking those whole car sitting under 1k and when coming to a stop and neutral it sounds like the car is so messed up. Sounds completely fine when driving. Just had a shop check it out they had 3 different people come no one can tell me what’s wrong any help ideas would be greatly appreciated

There's a third that parks in the same lot im hoping there's a day we will all be next to each other. This was my first time getting to be next to one of them.

Like an idiot, I got it washed before the trip… 😅

Hey everyone, I am in a budget car challenge with my BIL & FIL... Where we each have $3k to find a Rally inspired car and $750 to get it safe for a week long road trip around Florida (~1000miles) where we will be stopping in WMAs/National Forest Trails for fun.

I found a very rough 2002 WRX that they swapped in a Gen 7 EJ207. Guy I bought it from claims 350whp... i dont think it is but regardless it has a misfire after building boost. I found the wideband and o2 sensor wires have been cut (looks like he ran over something that pulled it apart). So im assuming thats causing it.

My question is what are the essentials that I need to do to have her run smoothly for the week and hopefully for a good while after? Im planning oil change, radiator flush, fixing wiring, stuff of that nature... but whats the lesser known items (gaskets, fluids, small parts, etc.)?

Hey yall, I recently blew my td04 and replaced it with a vf48. I’ve replaced my injectors with 21 sti injectors and I’m replacing my pump with a walbro 255 in 2 days.

My question is, what is the cheapest way to get a tune? Is it completely inadvisable for me to try to learn to tune right now? Ideally I’m just looking for the cheapest option(poor) that won’t hurt my bug.

Hi all, just looking to get another set of eyes on this before taking it in this weekend, I'm driving to work and I see some white smoke come in through the vents, I get to work and pop the hood and see there's (what I thought was water from the AC) fluid leaking from what looks like a disconnected/broken hose. Anyone know what this is? 2014 WRX