Tidgy

Wagon and saloon front wings are different, saloon has a stepped style profile front wing and the wagon a sloped style, but I'm not sure if the bumpers are the same, but could be its a saloon bumper? Its hard to see cos of the hand in the way as it almost looks like hte bumpers not pushed back far enough. is the one that as originally on the car? (does the paint shop have more than one scoob in and they have painted the wrong bumper?) Did it fit before being sprayed? have you got any other pics?

do you know what those code mean?

yeah, could be its pick up knock at high revs, tbh sounds like it my be worth a run on a dyno to see whats going on.

The heat in the cabin comes from the heater matrix which is heated by the engine coolant. So its basically adding additional cooling, which gets rid of the extra heat thats overwhelming the cooling system when its just the normal rad. When the headgasket goes it can cause gas to seep into the coolant from the cylinder, that gas is hot, which is what causes the heat to rise. so basically failed headgasket, add temp to the coolant system, cabin heater takes that extra heat out of the system. hopefully that makes sense. you can try a sniff test that looks for exhaust gases in the coolant, although its not always 100% reliable.

bit late, but tbh i would just replace them with a set of decent coils, correct setup wont be back breaking etc I've got tein flex z on mine and i love em, firmer than stock, but not back breaking etc

Could try importcarparts

Prices are all over the place, but i would guess 4-5k

try importcarparts

could try importcarparts, or might be a good time for an upgrade

I would get a specialist to check out the full system, thermostat etc, but with the heater affecting it doesn't sound great for the HG

I would get it to a specialist to get it checked out, could well be duff cam sensor, which could be bad if left.

I expect you need to use a proper delete kit as its prob stuck open.

importcarparts maybe a good place to contact

IIRC the plastic front is clipped into the housing, so once cluster removed can just unclip the clear front

the pipe is for the blowoff valve and yes you'll need it, looks like its for a a turbosmart style one, normaly they have an adaptor that gets bolted on, but this looks like it has a perminent fixed one. this is the adaptor, https://jdmaccessories.com.au/product/23650/ts-0205-2051-turbosmart-bov-adapter-kit-wrx-1999-00

No probs, sorry to be the bearer if bad news

the bad news is if its got rust then its not gonna be worth much and the cost of repairing it will never be covered by the sale value. You could try a specialist breaker company.

the sigma thing is for the alarm, https://www.jdm-manuals.com/sigma-m30-alarm-subaru-uk-forester-impreza/

nee bother 😄

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looks too short for that, let me speak to the garage tomorrow and see if hers has one like it.

looks possibly the shape of a jack? did it come witha can of foam instead of a spare? If my wifes was here i could have a look, but its up at the garage.

Got any pics? can also put your vin in here and it should give you soime more info, https://legacypic.uk

Clinic do all my work, had several engines in several cars from them, wouldnt go anywhere else 😄 They do have a fairly long time frame, 3 months ish, but worth the wait. As far as replacement, the 2.5 is known for doing HG in stock form, so a replacement could well suffer the same issues, which then leads you down the rebuild route. As far as spec goes, as said, really depends on what you want and budget. Past 3 builds i've had, my old type r, current sti hawk and the wifes are all basiclyh the same spec, closed deck converted forged 2.5's. iot's my personal prefered choice but as i mentioend, not cheap. Best bet would be give them a ring for a chat and discuss options, outline prices etc Some more info and pics of mine.

hate to say it but if you posted saying your headgasket had gone i would have said you will need a full rebuild including full bottom end. my wifes forester did the headgasket a couple of months back, option was to do the bottom end or not. in the end we decided yes to the bottom end, sure enough when it was stripped they found problems with the crank being scored, worn bearings etc etc would have failed pretty quick if it was just the headgaskets done. You need to decide what your gonna do longer term, are you planning on keeping the car? if so, its then a case of decided what you want from it, are you wanting to go for more power? a rebuild will be done the same way, but the spec of the parts going in will change. You also wont know exactly what condsition the engine is untill its stripped and assessed.Worst case the block could be destined for the skip. Then its gonna be looking at if your budget will run to it. The engine being built for my wife's forester is speced to run 500bhp and is north of £10k, spec being closed deck converted 2.5, nitrided crank, uprated rods and pistons, uprated heads incluidiong valves, valve springs etc etc etc the list is about 2 pages long, it's also high due to the old block and crank being toast, in fact i think the only thing left from the origional engine is the head castings lol