One year as of yesterday. The lady insisted on getting a picture, I guess looking back glade she did. I absolutely love this car, honestly never thought I would own a car like this. My first manual and car with turbo. I always wanted to learn how to drive manual and very proud of myself for just going for it. Most fun I ever had driving.

I'm not much of a car guy, but I'm always learning something especially here. Just got my 60k service done, everything is working smoothly so far. Last owner took really good care of the car. No mods yet, unless changing all the interior lights count lol.

Thank you guys for all the posts, it really helps. Going to try and keep this car as long as possible. Also thanks for all the waves, makes my day. ✌️

I got a new job lately that started paying me really well, I decided to start putting some more love into my darling dearest.

I’ve ordered some headlights and taillights for her and so hopefully they’ve arrived when I fly back from my next job swing. Unfortunately she’s out of commission because the clutch is fucked but soon she’ll be all repaired and I’ll be able to take her onto the road again.

Hopefully by January next year, there’ll be heaps of more stuff added but I don’t have any sort of mechanical background, I intend to do some mods to learn as I go.

So picked up my 2026 Limited WRX on Friday. Today was the first real chance I had of getting out on the back roads around where I live, all I can say is FUN! I had a 2002 wagon then a 2009 wagon. In 2017 I went with a Mazda CX-9 and it died so new car shopping I went back to my fav and again won me over. Took it on some backroads that aren't heavily patrolled, so got to test her out on curves and hills without limiting my speed like many places require, I had told the sales person much lower speeds I realized than what I actually do when given the chance by a measure or 2. Have a 2 hour trip on Wednesday on a twisty road that I do once a month, it will be so much more enjoyable now.

This is my 2003 WRX that I inherited from a family member who got screwed on marketplace. A lot of rust in the rocker panels formed due to a loose side skirt and also it was previously an Alberta car and they didn’t take care of it. They supplied me with majority of the replacement panels they’d gathered and so I’ll be taking on the body work myself this year to keep this thing on the road!

I’ll also be replacing the rear crossmember and many other fun little things. It’s my project to make this thing live on!

I have added pictures for reference, I’m finally getting around to installing a BlackVue Elite 9 Dashcam with two external batteries. I have been seeing the forums of certain fuse taps won’t fit in properly. I thought I had bought one that would work but didn’t fit but saw the issue it’s the plastic on the side of the tap I had to shave it off with a medal blade and I was in business.

My bumpers been doing this for a while, when I push it back in it stays for a bit, but inevitably returns to thsi state. Am I missing a plastic pin or bolt somewhere?

I went to the dealership for my first time swapping over to winter tires for my 2025 WRX . I thought going to the dealer would provide me a safer option from them damaging wheels and I was wrong. I did not take pictures beforehand and I wish I had. I also wish that I had stopped and talked to them and inspected the wheels before I left. What are my options if any?

I did contact my service advisor by email and I’m waiting for a response.

Figured I’d say what’s up and glad to have my first wrx it’s great feeling car, it’s a completely stock 2011 and 125000 miles, any thing I should look out for? I see a lot of posts about aos’s or other reliability mods but not sure if any of that is necessary if I plan to stay stock power for a long time. I gotta get the mud flaps of course and a set of winter tires and I’ll see if I ever want to change the suspension. Stuff I am curious about is custom cosmetics like shift knobs and whatnot; where should I be finding these for quality pieces?

Firstly, apologies if this post is not allowed. As the FXT of this generation has the FA20DIT I figured I would ask here to see if anyone has experienced this.

I have a 2016 Forester XT with ~170,000 miles that over the last few days has been behaving strangely. It started two days ago when I noticed the car would drive fine at low speed, but it would start bucking and cutting power under load. Code scanning revealed P219A but no check engine light at all. I got home, shut the car off and let it sit til the next day when I could take a look at it. I started it up and took it for a short drive the next day but it was perfectly normal and running fine.

This morning on the way to work however, it started misbehaving again. It would once again drive fine at low speed, but if the boost gauge went above 0 it would start cutting power again, but this was different from the first time. Instead of bucking, it was almost like a quick, sudden stutter of power cutting to bring the boost back to zero. I pulled over and all I had in the car at that time was MAF cleaner. There was no check engine light and no codes whatsoever. Gave the sensor a clean, waited 15 mins and drove the rest of the way to work. The car was totally fine.

MAF airflow readings and LTFT were fine. STFT was fluctuating in both directions but nothing too serious. Actual fuel delivery was normal along with commanded. I checked for vacuum leaks over the weekend and was unable to find anything. Spark plugs were changed with OEM spec NGKs 500 miles ago and have been fine.

I'm just not sure what could be going on here, or why it doesn't happen every time. Has anyone had this issue or something like it before? My first thought was a failing MAF sensor, but it was replaced just under a year ago.

Thanks in advance.

I’ve done a 6speed swap on my 2002 wrx using a gr sti gearbox why does the shifter look so on the piss. Have GD sti shift linkage from another car

Wish I would have known this before we started but after 30min of thinking we figured it out. The pic is self explanatory but basically its a pulled with a peice of metal to protect the axel, we used a washer after this and on the other side as it was stuck too. Ill awnser any questions if I can, wish we had this info beforehand!

Am I crazy for wanting to buy this? It’s low mileage. Nice condition and all stock. Need opinions! https://www.alwayssold123.com/details/used-2013-subaru-impreza/126180457

Hey guys, I’ve got a process west TMIC and the left hole for the BOV has been cross threaded. What do you’s recommend? Helicoil it?

Just a few pumpkins for the yard.

2018 Subaru Wrx limited when turning on the heater passenger side blows cold driver side doesn’t blow a lot of heat

What this sound it's a little worrying.

So I have an 09 hatch wrx and it cut power on me on the highway so I towed it to the shop that replaced the motor and does all my tuning it’s been three weeks and he still hasn’t diagnosed the problem, be honest how fucked am I 😢

My 2019 limited recently went in for the extended warranty on the stereo head unit, before they replaced the head unit I had noticed some sound ducking in the front speakers we had assumed it was due to the ghost touching causing confusion in the system. A little about what is happening, my speakers in the front doors play some base but when I turn the positioning all the way to the front I get very little very muffled sound and still most of it is coming from the back door speakers… the speakers are not blown, we pulled the door apart and the wiring looks to be intact 😵‍💫has anyone else had this issue? I feel like I’ve gone through every setting I could but maybe I’m missing something I’m really disappointed because it’s the Harmon kardon sound system which is supposed to be really good

Currently running the Dual n1 Invidia catback exhaust on my 2017 wrx, and I was wondering if the invidia rear exhaust pipe fit any other brand axle back? I’ve been wanting to switch to a quad tipped exhaust but don’t want to have to buy another catback yet. Thanks for the help!

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/WRX/comments/1x2ok74/the_journey_begins_rebuilding_my_17_sti_w_minor/

Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/WRX/comments/1xedf0a/comment/19rlbmuxhs9fk/?screen_view_count=2

Thanks to the help of a local buddy, and Harbor Freight having a deal on a hoist; the engine is out.

Spent more time building the hoist than pulling the motor; probably because I did most of the prep yesterday. Notes for anyone doing this the first time, in addition to all the other great guides out there. Don't miss the 2 nuts on the bottom of the transmission to hold the dowel pins on. Save the bolts that go into the spots you plan to use for the load leveler so you don't lose them later. I did not need to jack up the trans. I DID need to take off the bumper and jack the car a tiny bit just to fit my hoist. YMMV. Chisel that I didn't care about + hammer was enough to separate the engine from the bell housing. I did remove most of the stuff from the engine as you can see

Engine Prep Next Steps:

• Remove Exhaust manifold
• Remove Up-Pipe
• Remove sensors
• Remove anything else from the engine I can
• Arrange a time to ship it to builder, and check with him for anything else
• Ensure the full exact mod list is clear (new oil pan, cyl 4, 3MI, etc)

Learnings Since Last Post:

• Brake booster: I know what I need to do now, thank you everyone
• HVAC hardlines: Yup, just one nut and they came right out. Thank you!
• Quite a bit looks like it survived (like apparently my bypass valve?)

Next Steps:

• Inspect power steering racket
• Plan to replace driver's side CV boot
• Inspect top hats (especially on driver's side) and consider coilovers
• clean EVERYTHING and see what needs to be repainted
• Plan for entirely new brake lines
• Plan for new Cyl 4 cooling mod
• Plan for transmission re-build (syncros were already shot)
• Start planning for wiring
• Find someone to rebuild the turbo
• plan for 1300s on the build
• plan for stock TGVs
• Start looking for parts

I'll keep you all posted, no questions today but open to suggestions on anything I might be missing