Towbars - Any and all information appreciated

Looking at fitting a towbar to my '12 WRX hatch to tow a small trailer such as a dinky little 6x4.

Do the hatches come factory with a trailer harness attachment point?

I know they are not intended to tow but will they be ok with small weights?

Is there a preference for a certain type of bar and would a "heavy-duty" version even matter?

Is there an option that people are aware of that lets you get away with not cutting the rear bumper?

Any shared experience or advice would help Thanks

As the title says, I want to swap out my halogen bulbs for LEDs for the aesthetic and improved lighting. Can I simply buy LED bulbs and replace the old ones or will I be blinding people? I'm getting mixed answers from my bit of research. Thanks in advance.

I need peoples options because I can’t make up my mind. I’m graduating college and just got a job offer for a place that is 70 miles round trip everyday. I’ve started to think if I should get a civic for a better commuter car. Better gas, cheaper insurance, cheaper to maintain, etc. half of me will miss the manual but the other half doesn’t wanna drive manual in 9-5 traffic everyday. Half of me wants cheaper car so I can save more money for a future house, other half wants the performance that the wrx brings. My car rn isn’t considered a “appropriate” car for my field in business due to it being modified and loud. Have people had this same problem. Any advice you can give to an early 20s guy (also having two cars isn’t an option). My operating cost for the wrx is around 700 a month vs the civic assuming being around 300-400. I’m going to at first test drive the 2022 Honda civic sport soon, to see if I like the NA motor

I’ve been looking for a nice clean diffuser that isn’t too much like most of the options are and I just came across this new diffuser that came out recently from flow designs. I’ve heard of them before and they had a nice design before but this new one is definitely an upgrade and a little less tacky. Only concern is idk how the experience would be ordering from Australia. What your guys experience ordering from foreign companies? Is it safe? I don’t mind waiting around a month just would like to not get scammed.

2018 wrx 6mt 135k miles

So I started smoking and burning a lot of oil and I have a lot of blowby. PCV is fine. I did a compression test and as I was taking the plugs out I noticed Cyl3 was drenched in oil. I tested all cylinders twice and Cyl was consistently the highest? Any advice I’m a little confused here.

Anyone know the size and thread pattern of the top bolt in the caliper?

Hello guys, I've always been a Honda guy, but I'm looking for something else. I want an AWD small/medium-sized car that's manual, so the WRX seems to fit the description. Currently, I own a 2021 Accord Sport 1.5, so in my eyes, this would be a pretty good upgrade. Anything I should know or any opinions?

Note: I live in Puerto Rico, so I think this car would be good for the really bad roads we have here.

Hi I live in the mountains and am asking for help and tips of what I need to do to prepare car for winter. I appreciate all input.

Does anyone know what the fitting it here. Looking to replace the top half of the oil line with a braided oil line without doing the whole thing.

Im really into WRXs and Ive had my mind set on a 02 because of its “non-exploding” engine. But aren’t all base WRXs 2.0? Whats the difference, could someone explain please?

2019 WRX Base My garage is a pretty tight space, and I can’t easily jack up both ends of the car to get the car level. Is it ok for the front and/or back to be slightly inclined while draining and filling front and rear diff? I’ll be paying attention to amount of fluid according to spec and filling to that, as obviously the incline will allow me to overfill if I go to overflow. How detrimental is it if I slightly overfill the front and rear diff anyways?

WRX Garage’s tutorial video for example, he jacks up either end one at a time, and states he doesn’t have issues with it.

Did you have that much money in backup? Parents help? How did you get to work n stuff at that point. I'm just curious cause it's not a cheap repair. So I know it can be a stressful situation

She sat broken for four years. I doubted myself literally every step of the way. Every bolt I tightened, every gasket I sealed, I was certain she wasn't going to run again.

Technically she never stopped running. I knew I was pushing the limits with nearly 400 WHP on stock EJ255. Cleo and Vince both told me, but yolo... right? Started getting a lot of blue smoke so I just parked her and drove my Tacoma.

The smoke was actually from a blown FP blue (see below), but I didn't find that out until after first start with the new block and I was getting crazy smoke again. Let me tell you how I nearly sh*t my pants when I saw that blue smoke start up again. Whew..

Pulled the engine Jan 15th

Ringland failure

So it was pretty obvious, right? Ringland failure. Of course it is. I knew I was pushing it hard and this is what happens. The team at RalliSpec decked the heads and built a new block which I assembled.

Assembled June 2nd

Installed and first start Sept 28th

I don't have video, but she was smoking... a lot. I was freaking the eff out boys and girls. I did all this and we're right back where we started? It was ringlands! We have new ringlands! There should be no smoke!

I pulled the downpipe and... well..

Bad turbine compression ring... RIP

I sent the FP Blue to Forced Performance and they reported back;

Model or PN: Sub FP Blue

Date of MFG:
Axial Play: .003 Radial Play: .020
CW: Okay
TW: Bad; Collapsed piston ring
BH: Bad; PRBD
CH: Okay
TH: Okay
TB: Ramp wear
JB: Pinstriping
ACT: N/A
Leakage: 60+ cfh

So a rebuild later and here we go!!!

https://reddit.com/link/1h5zdlv/video/2xs8wisvap4e1/player

More than enough!

This was my first engine replacement / long block assembly and it feels so, so good.

An absolutely huge thanks to Dave, Gen, and Jodi from RalliSpec, Cleo for being a wizard, John from Flatirons Tuning, everyone that answered my many stupid question in the Flatirons Tuning Discord and Smeedia for the many many videos.

Can't wait to blow this one up and do it all over again!!

Hello everyone,

I hope you're all doing well!

I'm reaching out to see if anyone here has access to the Factory Service Manual (FSM) for a MY00 Subaru Impreza GT. It’s an EJ20 turbocharged, left-hand drive (LHD) model for the European market.

I've done extensive searches online but haven't had any luck finding the FSM for EDM (European Domestic Market) models. Most of the available manuals seem to be for USDM (U.S. Domestic Market) models, which have several differences.

I'm currently in the process of restoring my Impreza, and right now, I’m focusing on the wiring harness. Having the complete FSM for a Version VI EDM Impreza Turbo would be incredibly helpful, but for now, I’d greatly appreciate even just the wiring diagrams section.

Thanks in advance for your help!

(Pictures of the car when it's running; most of the time, it's sitting in the workshop.)

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Hi guys, I am very new to the Subaru community and I don’t know much about access ports that much. When I got the car everything was running fine. My dam was at 1 my feedback knock was at 0 and everything was smooth sailing. I woke up this morning and turned the car on and it starts moving the Dam to .725 and showing feedback knock when I was pulling out of my neighbor (around 30% throttle) I live in Oregon idk if that has anything to do with it but can I can some insight on if this is bad?

Is there a solution to fix/hide this?