Yeah I had to watch 2nd quarter students do my alignment to my horror one of the kids had and oxy torch on my inner tie rod threads trying to break loose the lock nut. I had to yell at him and tell him that you ONLY put the flame on the nut, expanding the threads on a tie rod will ruin it and make that nut NEVER EVER EVER move again....the fools...not to mention when he pulled the torch away from Sex Panther he used no precision or care and the flame touched the cv boot, my brake line and the fender liner.....mind you it was quick enough to where nothing was burned or melted but still WTF!! Needless to say I hate when people touch my car, I was not allowed to do the alignment myself.
Yeah after looking it over the alk bushings are shot to shit, the outer edge (the one that looks like a castle) just spins so it separated from the rest of the bushing, the other control arm bushings are also toasted but I have a set of those lying around...not sure if subaru always used the same control arm front bushings these are for GD fitment...the alk kit from whiteline will probably help the caster out a bunch...should I just get aluminum control arms? or should I just do the bushings?
I am a perfectionist myself so I would like to get the numbers exactly where I like them. I would get the toe to as close to 0 as possible. Here are the numbers I was shooting for.
Toe ZERO
Front Camber -1
Rear Camber -2
Caster 3.0 to 2.8
I have no money for any whiteline goodness, I have 2 sets of the wrong diff bushings to sell though in case anyone needs them. Still plenty of work left to do. Plus in other more shitty news it appears as though my Tien HA rear coilovers are blown, they are super bouncy in the rear, exactly what you DON'T expect a coilover to do
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I already gave the ebay seller good feedback too. My luck is so good, it's unbelievable, Sex panther isn't allowed to have nice rear suspension. Maybe i'll contact tien and see if they can re valve them.
I really want to get some new headlights, mine have cracked mounting taps and are yellow and have water stains inside them. Anyone know if other headlights will fit like a 1992 toyota corolla or nissan sentra? Just looking for cheaper options, I am only going to use the cases for an HID retrofit.
I am also trying to find some foglights that will fit the "D" shaped holes on the front bumper, anyone have any ideas because those JDM fogs are REALLY hard to find....and expensive. If anyone has confirmed fitting lights please let me know.
I am almost finished with the functioning elements of the car, the motor runs fantastic minus the boost spiking. Power steering feels great now although I do get some popping in the steering when turning going into the driveway I think it is the steering u-joint. Will an impreza one fit? because I have free access to one of those. I have found a transmission too, an 02 WRX 5 speed, I am going to get a new cluster that will the transmissions electronic VSS. Do any of the JDM clusters fit? like the version 3/4/5/6? I am pretty sure those fit under the bezel, I am sure the Ver7+ ones will not fit but who knows?