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Good luck in your search - may need to widen it to European countries as well?

After 8 years you will prob wanna drain the fuel and put some fresh in before trying to fire it. 8 year old fuel is not exactly great lol

Varies depending on brand, spring rates etc what did you go for? Might be you need to soften them up a bit, roads are so crap now adays cant really go too hard with them without them being crashy.

https://uk.subaruownersclub.com/forums/topic/25046-anti-theft-alarm-on-key-fob-not-responding/#comment-166857 Here is a link to a previous comment in the club to the same issue you are experiencing. Hopefully it will help to guide you to a fix solution

This is a UK club but not many events for some time now - feel free to organise some if you wish and we'll see how many we can encourage to attend

Hi James, if the car is still available my son might be interested. Do you have any more details on service history and condition etc. We had one from new (same year) and put 100K miles on it - great cars! Many thanks, Alistair

This era of hub design does not have an installed bearing on hub option . Just buy a proper quality bearing kit such as KOYO NTN etc, if super tight budget you could go BluePrint bearing via Carparts in Motion (20% off until 2nd of feb so bearing kit is like £18.65) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317689424380 You can do these on car using bearing removal/install kits such as linked below . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/397362941519 Use these bearing kits with some sense and they can do the job, can struggle removing a real old rusted in bearing without the likes of a proper long barrel air hammer assist getting it moving . You going want lateral link bushes and bolt too on these unless you blessed with fresh import or one that had recent work done involving these parts. Subaru genuine bush and bolt kit is cheap ... Be careful buying parts off eBay as lot of the more off brand and no name parts are total junk and don't last or fit/function well . It hard enough buying quality these days from well known brands and even oem/original is not what it was decade or 2 ago . In the Automotive repair world good parts knowledge has become a must as using whatever !Removed! comes easy and cheap works out real bad ...

The biggest issue will be your age rather than import or not. glad you got it sorted though

Third-generation (1998–2004) Subaru Legacy models typically use H7 or H4 bulbs for low/high beams, depending on the specific headlight design (projector or reflector). Key bulb sizes includeH1/H7/H4 for headlights, 1156/PY21W for turn signals, and P21/5W for tail lights. There is also a site which lists in more detail the size and specs of the bulbs https://www.powerbulbs.com/vehicles/cars/uk-ireland/subaru/legacy-gen3/1998-2004/car-headlight-bulbs

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Hi. If you needed any help with insurance at all then please feel free to drop me a line. Regards, Dan.

Just gone out again on the last trip so I've ordered a replacement sensor.....

Don't think they have a seperate battery for the locks so if it starts theres plenty of power. If the battery died did it leak or corrode the contacts? Did you replace it with a rechargeable one? iirc they get charged while in the ignition How long they last will also depend on how much you use it of course.

Not sure, but worth checking the tyre sizes are all exactly the same dimensions, tyre pressures good and tread wear even before going any further into replacing parts or expensive garage bills

Now sold to a happy buyer who drove it home !

That would make sense I suspect I'll investigate further.....thanks!

I have an Outback R Auto estate - variant BPE - version 5K0, is a 3000cc petrol, 2004 model. The fan went caput back in November, waited a month for a used fan to arrive from Europe, had it fitted only to find out it too is U/S. The car is in good condition, 130k on the clock, and I hope to keep it running, but this is the first time I have struggled to find a part. If anyone has any ideas where I might get a fan, please let me know. Thanks Stuart

Do they actually use power/batterys or are they passive?

I'd have a look and see what is and isn't covered. Prob find wear and tear items arnt, like brake pads/disks, battery, tyres etc etc Beyond that its a tad pot luck, could be you pay £700 and never need to use it, you could not pay it and get a bill. I would def still get breakdown cover either way, but can always go direct to a provider as mentioned above.

While it might be a 'special' car, other than differing bolt on parts and body panels, there's nothing really mechanically special about it compared to a normal 2 door impreza. So really depends how true replica you want it to be. Bearing in mind you can spec it however you want, closed deck 2.5 and 6 speed is my personal favourite :D Start point will be finding a Type R body shell and getting that into a decent condition then the usual building the shell up form there. Don't expect it to be a cheap either, I would budget 50k at least assuming new parts + shell.

Hi pete. U still got ghe forestets. I. From longbenton. Just recently got an auto

The newer car you own the more problems/pain and cost you will have to endure . DPF GPF are far from miracles of environmental gain, sure the particulate count can look amazing but if you review total environmental effect in terms of system parts manufacture, constant maintenance/service products to keep it functional along with fact you got to drive pointless miles to keep it working and fact that DPF & GPF are a big factor of the reason modern car mpg hasn't really improved in a big way in last decade and a half you can start to calculate that in reality you doing sweet FA to benefit all round world pollution . The reality is even worse than this as particulate filters are nothing more than a collection bin for particulates and if you evaluate the emissions during regen which is basically dumping this bin out on the motorway it an absolute environmental disaster coming out the tail pipe hidden behind marketing bullshit and engineering stupidity to beat incompetently thought out emission legislation .

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Hi hope this is ok to post. Not sure if anyone would be interested but I have a number plate for sale S555 SEG, curently on a certificate. Contact me of you're interested.

I’m fixing up an gc8 type uk and I’m wondering if anyone has this part as there is none on eBay or anywhere else?