LUIGI-3 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 im sure some of you will surely have answers for me :) why some of the models have pink swoosh badge on front? mine is blue looking at upgrading back box, what are your recommendations lads? is it good to get of fleabay? coolant- coolant i have in now is blue but in garage the bloke said its pink ??? cambelt - i have no record of it being done previously, although car has only done 36k it is 10 years old. i opened that cover last week and it looked quite good. but im still looking at changing it after christmas - is it lot more difficult than any other car? and how long should it take to change for a skilled mechanic? Thanks for any info :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Standard badge for UK cars is the blue Subaru oval with the stars in. On Japanese imports the older cars had badges to depict the model, so Imprezas had badges with an "i", Legacy got a badge with "L" and the Forester got... yes, an "F". In addition to this there are loads of other badges you can buy from eBay, for example P1 owners can buy a P1 badge. These are not official Subaru badges, they are just from badge makers trying to earn a bit of cash. The pink one is probably some sort of STi copy. I have a H&S backbox on my Legacy. It's well made and sounds good, but it's not so big you risk loosing small children up there. I like it, but not to everyone's taste. Coolant comes in all sorts of colours but blue is the most common. There is no difference, it's just the dye they put in it so you can see it. Try not to mix to different colours together as it will look a mess and you wont be able to tell if there is a contaminant getting in there. A lot of Subaru owners like pink as it's the STi colour! Cambelt is no harder than any other car, but you need to remove the radiator to gain access so say goodbye to your pink coolant :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 If you are doing a coolant change it doesn't matter if it's blue or pink just don't mix them, but you would be better off draining and refilling it. Which I am just looking at doing funny enough ;) My fav is the Nur-spec exhaust system but not cheap :( Cambelt should take someone about 2 hours at a guess And I think the pink badges was Import STI originally, but could be wrong :) Dam phone takes me ages to type on it :D Adam beat me to it ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 so if i was told that it takes 5 hours to do it in garage just because its a boxer i was told b*****t. am i correct? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 If they know what their doing it shouldn't take them 5 hours. And that's doing the full kit worse case would be 3 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 yeah thats what i thought, when that bloke said 5 hours i went are you sure. Git is just trying to make money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I would say so it might be just because he's not worked with one before so giving himself room to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 i dont think mate, that blokes car is blobeye wrx sti he drives around with A1 garage advert on it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 !Removed! then wanting another £200 for labour. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 same !Removed! told me last year that it takes whole day to change brake discs and pads!!! Thats why i do most of work on cars myself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Is he the only mechanic over there ? Guy sounds like a real douchebag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 no there are like 4, 2 of them are owners including this !Removed!, other fella is nice genuine guy and always helpful but not always there. its a good garage when this ,,anomalia" isnt dealing with public. They should keep him in a pit. They charge 55quid an hour. so not a cheapest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Ouch my local mate not a subaru specialist charges me £30 an hour mates rates. But now any big work I need doing I drive 76 miles to Sheffield to let a guy called Martin do the work he's spot on bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 There are quite a few garages to choose from. Cheapest garages are like 35 quid an hour but you get places like Jacksons (VW, Audi, Porsche, Aston Martin specialists) and they charge 100quid :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Thats why I always try to fix things myself but I know my limits too :D I would try more if I had some real hydraulic ramps on my lotto wish list :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlag Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The Subaru 'book time' to do a cambelt is 5 hours from memory. All I can say is that that must include at least two coffee breaks and a long lunch! The problem is that a garage with no experience of Subarus only has that figure to refer to. We have got it down to about an hour/hour and a half now, but thats after doing a lot of them :) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 The Subaru 'book time' to do a cambelt is 5 hours from memory. All I can say is that that must include at least two coffee breaks and a long lunch! The problem is that a garage with no experience of Subarus only has that figure to refer to. We have got it down to about an hour/hour and a half now, but thats after doing a lot of them :) thats a very good time mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 He's a pro and my hero what more can i say ;) :D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 He's a pro and my hero what more can i say ;) :D Every heard that phrase; "Never meet your heros"? Well I've met Tlag... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Hero is not a word to be used in the same chapter as Tlag. In fact, hero should NEVER be used in any way while referring to Tlag. Not even in the same book! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 When I think of Tlag this always comes to mind ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Belt us easy once you get the whole front end off Depends if you want quiet or loud backbox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUIGI-3 Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Belt us easy once you get the whole front end off Depends if you want quiet or loud backbox loud mate :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Good example of the Nur-spec here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quit Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Nur spec is loud , very loud if you go turbo back ! My mates Sti often gets a tug from the law and I can hear it miles away ( flat fenland don't help ) I had a tsl firestorm on my old white wagon and on idle that was 98db , got a pic that I used a cheap app on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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