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What year is your car & what engine code ? I'm not much help with the newer foresters, http://www.japanesecarimports.net/parts.asp?cat=96⊂=494&sec=1539&var=51&dc=y If your changing the turbo maybe these, turbo to cat pipe gasket and studs are down a bit like i say no idea if it will fit yours but if you call them they should be able to help with your enquiry using vin number, as for hoses it again depends on which one's gone ? And if your gona drain the coolant do you want to change them all ? (Once you start it's a slippery slope). I'll try and dig out wjere i bought my silicone hoses from

Importcarparts.co.uk are cheap for gaskets, may be worth buying new studs and bolts if yours hasnt been removed for a while could be a pain to remove, last thing you want is to shear a bolt and have to wait. As for hose depends if you want to upgrade to silicione hose or not, plenty of ebay shops will sell you it by the meter, just measure the diameter 1st, you prob need some clips if you go down that route as they are normally thicker than standard. I presume you'll have to drain the system when you change the hose ? Someone with more knowledge will answer that i guess.

Could be age of the coolant lines into the turbo? They do get hot as hell do you have the heatsheild on the turbo ? Or turbo gasket ? Mine appears to leak coolant slightly on start up just blows a little onto the back of the downpipe until the gasket's warm. It's being changed this week to stop it

Haha like the b&w shot very moody !

Being liquid cooled turbos, they are a bit of a waste, depends really on how you see it, my car takes a good 5-10mins to get warm and its a pain sitting around looking like your trying to steal your own car, least with a timer you can pop in on a cycle and go back in for a brew. Back ot. hello and welcome, :-) All i can say is until your used to the car and when it comes on boost plan your overtakes wisely !

Yeah he wanted to know which ecu i had to be able to get the right esl board for it :-) just need to find the cash now. He was the only person who got back to me promptly, and was happy to answer all my daft queations so i'll be using him when the time comes even if he is a little bit dearer just because of the service he's already given me

May be worth getting the code off the front off the ecu when you take a look save having to go back again at a later date, 1st thing simon asked me when i was enquiring about a remap was the version i have.

see the white plug under the master cylinder,to the left, it attaches to the loom there i just unplugged it as it doesn't do much apart from tell you your onfire, mines been ok since, the dash light comes on at start up and goes off when it's supposed to:-)

Didn't even see the thread . I wouldn't even use tie, gambit, and club in the same sentence :-D Seriously it's great to have been put forward to do this as like everyone is saying there's a fair few of us from yorkshire here so i'm looking forward to helping out when and where i can. Getting some regular meets going and generaly having some good banter. And all the road works on the m1 were starting to get on me !Removed! :-) (only joking ash) the chaps from sheff are a good bunch too, the last meet we had there about 20 people turned up. So if we can get anything like those numbers and a nice home base (Richard henry looks perfect) well done to pomny for sorting that one :-) it's gonna be a good 2014 I've just become a dad so if i can't get to some places/dates thats my excuse haha

Just gone for sports cat and twin resonated centre section.3" all the way through, Sounds nice not overly loud no drone just a little burble at idle. (And i can her the turbo spooling up now) :-) I wasn't looking for major prefomance gains or something to wake the world up. I just didn't want to pay dealer prices to replace a dead exhaust. So far seems to be running well can t see any gains as to power (i wasnt expecting to be fair) Boost is falling withing the same ranges so no spiking or overspool. Only thing i'm not happy with is the 'all inc price' didn't include a new tubo gasket so i'll have to change that soon

Not cheap though

http://www.subarupartsstore.co.uk/category/Forester/Protection,b.html Front bullbar here

Finally got time to take it for a wash, just need to get time to spend day on detailing at some point

I'm more of a rubber/latex man myself sorry mate :O

Tuts ! Call yourself a mod ! Should stop looking at leather monthly and do some work hahah !

May not be at this one seeing the inaugural west yorks ones on the 6th. Don't think i'd be allowed it twice in a week !

Funny you should say that as ive been poking around and it's only a two wire sensor meaning it doesn't do a lot, one sensor wire and an earth so i just unspliced them and hey presto no lighty ! So essentially it still thinks sensor's there still no cel codes too :-) It looks like it's jsut the 1st one that does all the work and thats brand new. So we'll see how it behaves tonight Toch wood it's all good, and my car now sounds proper :-D

Yeah i've been looking around but can only see them for new age cars. Any help would be appricaited. Didn't know if it would run too rich ? Drove back from sheff and around thia morning and all sems fine. Just want to get light turned off

Yesterday i had a new sports cat fitted which did away with the 2nd cat and 2nd o2 sensor, the problem being that they had to vut the sensor as it was rusted, the garaged then spliced the two ends together and said not to worry as it will run ok without, normally they just tape it up out the way. This has brought the cat overheat light on the dash. My questions are, Am i ok to run with it as it is ? Will adding a new sensor but not installed cancell the light How can i cancell the light if the 1st question is ok ? Resistor or simillar ? The car runs ok and has no ecl light Ta

May have bit wrong in my description of the towbar points but you get the idea from the pic. It's only bolted onto the floor by one big bolt looks like the balck protective stuff has been removed to do this so i couldn't tell you if they are pre pressed mounting points or not. I'd have a look in general location on yours to work it out :-)

Been to cobra sport in sheffield :-D

Not sure about 18"s 17in would be ok although i'm not sure what tyres would be available as every time i search it always brings the re-inforced option up. 18" may kill the ride comfort, what do you have on at the mo 15" or 16"

Pedders do a lowering kit new shocks and springs, need to re use top mounts. Bc do a set of coil overs with mounts included bit more pricy though. As for wheels how big do you want to go ? Running boards/steps are available as a factory fit option so i guess someone must do aftermarket ones ?

I've taken one off, i left the hangers on though, from what it looks like the holes were already there, can't be too sure, lift the spare wheel tray out and the underboot storage compartments and see if there are any rubber grommets should be two either side, thats where the bar bolts in if they aren't there then it needs drilling. I'll have a look and take a pic tomorrow for you if you want

Did it sound like the sea ?