Mr B

If leaving them in permanently they are best tweaked to have power feed via switched ignition along with on/off switch option, not hard to do.

Changing shock is super simple & if taking care & ones time it would be done in under an hour. hard to say on price of shock as used or new genuine or aftermarket shocks vary greatly from £50 to way past £130.

Same here, do same for customers too unless they dead set against fixing it. Fixed penalty is a PITA :-@

Yep front fogs are not part of MOT test in terms of them working & not listed in lighting section of old or new MOT manual. If lens was broken, hanging out etc it could fail but easily fixed for MOT by removing lens or taping over them. What you do need remember is it is a motoring offence should you be using your fogs with only one working & Mr BIB sees you :-S

Front fogs are not part of the MOT, only rear fog is ...

Could be wrong springs then, as if use sls springs on standard shocks you get same saggy look as with failed sls struts.

Yes, the boge strut you quoted is a patern part to a forester non sls strut. The only company that makes sls struts is Tokico & they only available through Dealer.

Just design option, you have twin tube & mono tube, twin tube being very much the standard for normal shocks.

Standard twin tube gas shock from Boge for SF forester (non SLS) Much the same as the KYB & Monroe for Forester.

length of body and rod

tophats fit, wrx struts are shorter than standard forester non sls struts.

I'm doing exactly the same. Photo licence not a great asset as still has a !Removed! paper part & you need that too if visiting police station for doc check. My Dad renewed his recently as expired & they spelt his name wrong on new licence, absolute nightmare correcting that as wanted proof of his name change & obviously in this case he has not had a name change & it a typo on their part. Putting that *****-up right is proving difficult due to complete stupidity & lack of gumption from DVLA office :-S

Tricky one to protest against as bit awkward for first few thousand people who get legal action then if blank that they got a warrant & without full & total majority support it won't work . We have same issue with local council blowing loads of money on new town hall project & excessive salaries & offices running costs in terms of IT equipment contracts etc, pointless road layout changes at ridiculous cost yet basic road surfaces are all a mess due to a decade of p1ss poor cheap option repairs :-/ I don't drive a Forester just because I like them but also as it good option on the pot hole gravel tracks they call roads & they good at driving over speed bumps & protruding curbs that these council clowns keep adding.

Clutches are normally not heavy, could be clutch or even issue with hill hold mechanism that linked to clutch pedal ! Sounds like rear boot release or lock mechanism needs looking at, can be a PITA that ...

You can insure a car that is not taxed. Also as I have trade insurance as soon as I buy a car I can add it to my vehicle list & it insured. This new system would be fine if simply left it like current setup but no display disc & simply verify tax amount/status via DVLA online data when buying used car. Right tw@t about cancelling- issuing new unless they make system simple. A logical step would be a 48hr exclusion of needing car tax on new ownership as long as reason for on road travel is the delivery of the vehicle to new owners address. If messy I will be going back to trailering cars as nothing worse than travelling several hundred miles twice just for inflexible tax & insurance systems, not very CO friendly either really :-/

Hopefully a jigsaw that never gets finished ... Privatising the roads would be a disaster for motorists who rely on the car for daily commute & with no real practical public transport no option but a car for most :-/ I am surprised with modern liability & H&S they got away with tar & chippings for so long, plenty of funds available just not spent wisely :-/

Could be weak key fob so worth trying another, also worth looking at antenna on car & seeing if can be positioned better or extended to improve the range. What alarm is it ? Sigma ! If you don't have a spare fob worth getting one & if Sigma alarm with keypad worth checking you have a working pin code as easy change code & add extra remotes while you have a working remote but not so easy or free without.

Strut top-hats or struts, lower ball joint ! need jack front up & give all joints, bushes good inspection. If nothing can be seen then removing struts for inspection maybe needed.

bit more room for a nice new style SOC sticker :-) I will be doing garage badges that have last service/MOT slip in backs to fill the void

Badly I expect, makes it awkward buying used cars privately & driving them home legally & hassle sorting refunds ! As long as I see deduction in road tax due to reduced costs I would be happy as current costs & emission classes needs an overhaul ...

More options > Pedders kit KYB struts Excel G or Ultra SR with k-flex springs or custom springcoil.co.uk springs BC coilovers can set ride height to your liking but you need be sensible on spring rates & understand that the shorter working range/harshness of coilovers reduces the usage of your forester.

Have a look at this thread for some ideas (page 2+3 relevant to you) http://uk.subaruownersclub.com/forums/topic/8746-coilover-pros-cons/page-3

Ooops, posted in wrong thread :-S

Can see it lower on front after & sitting level. Would assume pedders base their lowered forester kit on shorter stroke impreza shocks. Will be keeping my eye open for a tidy 99/2000 SF Turbo in red or green :-)

Any good discounts on BC through SOC & a retailer ? I would go 5kg/mm front & 4kg/mm rear at most, BC not cheapest but if shop about should get at £660 to £680 easy enough & if have retailer on here hopefully even better than that. The plus with BC is they will supply custom rate springs at no extra charge, also they quite helpful with spare parts & servicing unlike lower cost options. Cheapest & best road use option but not simplest due to needing faff around sorting custom springs is impreza strut swap. Simplest in terms of bolt on & adjustment to requirement is coilovers but without sensible springs & setup it would be a back breaking buckaru :-S