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I know I'm a bit late but just to clarify one thing. The OBD standard is a US standard. Meaning like my forester that is a european version it does not support obd of any sort but ssm system. However subaru changed this on the 2001 models and up to eobd. How it is in Australia I'm not sure. But I th...

openflame06 wrote:Got it all in. Car drives a HEAP better now feels much nicer. Should be able to get it off road soon

Nice. you should put up a couple of pics

Doom Buggy wrote:My springs are pretty well shot too, Are there any better replacment that will also give me more lift / ground clearance without getting a lift kit ?? cheers

Look on the king springs list. Do they have raised springs for your car?
If not you can always ask them if they can make one

That sounds pretty cheap openflame cheapest I could get kyb's for the rear was $200 and that was online. I did pick up kings for the rear for $115 plus $19 postage. Got the spring now just waiting for kyb's to arrive. I'll let you know how I go with the install. Cheers Nick 115$ for a pair of kings...

Ye that's one sick outback

steptoe wrote:I can recommend a watchdog unit for this sort of prevention. I set my alarm to go off 2 degrees above the thermo fan cut in, and it did go off recently with the loss of just 500 to 750 ml. coolant.

I never heard of that. You gotta show me one of those

bummer... these things does happen and have a bad day to start of with... is the engine okay? Cheers AP Ye, I think it is. It seems I got air in the system or something else as the expension tank was dried up. All the coolant stopped in the radiator. The plastic tank had enough coolant but that did...

Not sure where in the world you live but if you live in Australia then king springs has some choices for you. This also means stiffer springs. Here is a link to the catalouge. http://www.kingsprings.com/catalogue/kings_master_catalogue.pdf And these sell the king springs a bit cheaper then normal if...

Well just to ruin my day on my way home smoke suddenly came up from the front and I then noticed the temp gauge was nearly at top. So I turned in and shut down the engine at once. The plastic top on the radiator on the passenger side where the hoses are connected got a slight crack at the front loos...

I paid nearly US70$ for shipping an alternator from US to Norway.

A 19kg pack from Australia to Norway costed nearly 400 AUD in shipping by air mail. Used 2 days from sydney to Norway. Does that count..

If you want to keep your ride height while loaded I suggest buying King springs.
Besides that can you buy Kyb struts for your car...

The catalogue for king springs is here: http://www.kingsprings.com/catalogue/ki ... alogue.pdf

Looks great :-D As a response of opinion I don't think lowered fozzies looks bad, BUT I would never ever lower my foz for a couple of reasons that is. 1: The roads where I live sucks. I would ruin the foz by driving it. 2: We do get some snow in the winter. A lowered foz don't do so well there. And ...

AlpineRaven wrote:thats expensive... shop around, the last time I bought KYB was in total of $440 for Outback struts, I bought them for someone..
Cheers
AP

That's a nice price. Atleast the 290 I have to pay for the front ain't overpriced compared to the OP's price.

If it helps I got a guy to order springs and struts from this site, http://www.wholesalesuspension.com.au/index.html for me.
They took 290 AUD for a set of kybs for the front and 150 AUD for a couple of king springs.

Edit: I would recommand you to buy new dust covers too.

My alternator made a metallic shringly noise of other good words to describe it.
I belive it was the bearing making such noise so I replaced it. Noise gone

Edit: If I put a couple of loose spikes in a small metallic box, close the lid and shaked it I think it would make a similar sound. lol

Funny part is that this car is in much better condition then what it was when I bought it 1.5 year ago. :p Edit: What I mean is I changed all brakes(they where needed to change), endlinks, suspension, alternator, swaybar links+bushings, all belts including time belt and now starter is replaced. And ...

Albert wrote:Hello Elmy........

Hello to you too

Anyway, I'm going to replace the starter today. The original one is tired. SO maybe I can ground it then

I haven't done the ground wire to the starter engine and the lights, no
Edit: You do know the wire is rated for almost 3 times the load....It called oversized.