Sigood

Hi Can anyone point me in right direction for some secondhand or aftermarket front fogs. Not much on eBay. It's a July 2005 2.0 Forester. Taken one out and bulb completely corroded in there. What a pig to get at too. No wonder manual says it's difficult and best done by dealer. I see some on eBay for £70 each and look like the ones I have but seller said they wouldn't fit mine after I gave him vin no. Simon

Hi Just come up from kent on train to pick a 2005 Forester. Guy genuinely trued sun roof before i came up and its come iff the runners. Ive seen it working on a whatsapp video he sent.he dosent want to try and fix just incase it breaks. Taking out to central eurooe at weekend so need to get it done soon ish. Any where in this area Grimsby i can get it done tonight or maybe in morning if i stay over. If not ill head back to Kent and try tomorriw diwn there. Thanks.

Yeah im sure there is plenty over here .Just a language barrier for me and the wife wouldnt necessarily know the translation for a technical part. It can be very frustrating at times. My own fault for not learning the language better. I prefer to spend me money in UK anyway. I wouldnt mind those part numbers if i get one that still has original suspension. Plus the other bits. I see an SG on Autotrader 2006 2,0 xe manual 70k miles ! Needs a new clutch. Only £2200. Up in Holfirth though so unlikely to travel up just to view and potential of finding out he needs more than just a clutch.( Ill be staying with family in Kent)

wow thats some mileage.! Im now trawling the internet on the SF. I have seen how these Foresters cut through the snow which drew me to them initially. So if the SF is just as good as the SG in the snow it makes sense to try and source a good SF. The Scout failed again this morning on the school run,Snow had drifted a bit at top of track and that was it. Wasnt that deep either. Had to dig it out and put snow socks on for rest of way. Our friend came down with his Forester to take kids to school. He drove into drift and reversed ! back out. . I'm with you on tyres Mr B. Id rather buy a car with worn tyres so I can choose my own choice new set to put on. Ive lined up some Nokian winter tyres for the Forester when i get it. Havent researched which tyres for the remaining 7 months of year yet. If i end up with one with few bits need doing it could be a project to get it sorted as long as it dosen't get silly and i can source parts here ok and not having to pay postage from UK.

Thanks for advice, Dosent look too bad if its that blue one on Ebay. Perhaps i will give that a look over if i can. Wasnt intending to go that far back on age and the mileage that goes with it but it would save me a few quid and less worry about further costs. Only thing is i probably wouldnt get it LPG converted at that mileage but that saves me another £1500 ! Wouldnt be doing more than 10k a year anyway. If its a car i could tinker with myself even better. Plenty of parts around for these then ?

Hello to all ! I am hopefully going to be a Forester owner in the not very distant future. I just dont know which one yet . I now live in Cerntral Europe and currently have an Octavia Scout 2008 (uk reg). We live down a steepish track. The Scout is just not doing it all the time with the snow that's been down since early December. ESP on or off it dosen't like slippery compressed snow or anything too deep. Not that impressed with this Haldex system. A local friend of ours has a 2009 Forester. Its the newer shape than the 2007 ive been looking at but with the 2.5XT engine or whatever they call it here. I haven't seen this shape with this engine for sale in uk apart from one Jap import. He swears by his and the AWD system. I had a look at few snow and rolling road simulation demos on YOUTUBE. I do get why the system works and much better than other so called AWD suvs. They go for a lot more over here and the Pound to Euro dosen't help.So i am coming over this weekend on a cheapy flight to look at a 2007 2.5xt Auto with low mileage and visit friends and family of course. Yesterday a very low mileage 2006 2.0 x caught my eye. The thing that attracts me apart from the low mileage and its condition is the low ratio facility. I have a heavy caravan that i would like to pull up the track (in the summer months obviously). I have a VW T5 to tow but wanted to save the clutch on it.I understand the 2.0 is rated at only 1500kg for towing. Would this struggle getting a 1700kg caravan up the hill ? Do these engines also have the secondary air pump and valves ? If they don't it could be a decider. If i go for the 2.5 xt, I have made enquiries and have quotes for deleting it off the ECU before i drive it back home. I don't know how many independent Subaru specialist are around where i live or how good they are if any. Or should i just wait to the valves get stuck ? then have it done ? The vehicle has had the SLS replaced with something else so thats a bonus. The owner said the Cruise not working but no lights up. Maybe nothing but a little bit concerned it could be something else involved. I would most likely get it LPG converted over here as slightly cheaper and dont have that much time in UK to get it sorted.. Anyone done high mileage on a 2,5xt with LPG conversion. I know these engines have soft valve seats as with most Jap engines apparently. I did have a Rav4 mk 1 once and converted that with a Prinns system which worked fine for the next 30k miles or so before i sold it. So not too frightened of it but would be a shame to ruin a good low mileage engine with LPG conversion. I may have talked myself out of the 2.0 already as i would prefer the Auto box {so would wife} I know there are fors and against manual /auto but starting on a snowy hill if have to stop must be an advantage with auto rather than having to slip the clutch. Have i been miss informed that these manual clutches are quite weak too ? I scan read through 28 pages of previous posts on here last night plus other non UK forums to get an idea of things. I was edging towards a Freelander or a Sante Fe but it would make a nice change to have a petrol again and hopefully less problematic. I have to get a Subaru of some sort as already bought a set of used Subaru alloys off ebay to put winter tyres on. They're sitting in the hallway of me mums house as we speak ; ) I really do think these Foresters are a wolf in sheep clothing. I haven't really seen a bad word against them. Any views or advice most welcome.