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03-12-2013, 09:28 AM | #1926 |
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Reading up on the front strut tower
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1211609 unless i was getting it for dirt cheap I will stick to just the RSB and eventually a slightly better brake pad whenever I burn the oem ones up.
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03-12-2013, 09:35 AM | #1927 |
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So since were all on the subject of strut tower stiffeners, does anyone recommend the Perrin product over the Cusco unit? I noticed the Cusco unit is hinged at each end while the Perrin is not. I've done some reading on strut towers but so far have not managed to find any definitive information on whether this detracts from or has no effect on performance. Does anyone have any opinion on these parts and which may actually be better?
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03-12-2013, 08:46 PM | #1928 |
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03-12-2013, 10:53 PM | #1929 |
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Just ordered a set of Flapatax Simplified black flaps with silver logos, vinyl badge overlays in black CF and spark silver metallic, and yellow tint overlays for fogs. Should work good with my premium DGM hatch. Next up are Cobb SS w/ KB bushings and STi RSB
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03-13-2013, 01:23 AM | #1930 |
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03-13-2013, 11:09 AM | #1931 |
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nice! I'm looking forward to seeing how all those goodies work with the premium DGM hatch since that's what I drive too.. Where did u get ur fog overlays from?
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03-13-2013, 11:33 AM | #1932 |
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I don't know about Unknown77, but I've been very happy with Lamin-X overlays. I have the yellow on my fog lights.
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03-13-2013, 12:47 PM | #1933 |
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I bought yellow film for my fogs off ebay for about $2, and it is holding up fine.
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03-13-2013, 01:01 PM | #1934 | |
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03-13-2013, 02:04 PM | #1935 | |
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Oh and I just ordered the KB SS kit with bushings instead of the Cobb because there's a discount code "FACEBOOK" that saved me 10%, which ended up being cheaper than buying the Cobb adapter and bushings separately. Last edited by Unknown77; 03-13-2013 at 02:14 PM. |
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03-13-2013, 06:14 PM | #1936 |
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03-13-2013, 06:54 PM | #1937 | |
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03-13-2013, 06:58 PM | #1938 |
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03-13-2013, 07:03 PM | #1939 | |
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03-13-2013, 07:37 PM | #1940 |
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cabin air filter short review
Before allergy season picks up.
bold statement here: So subaru cabin air filters are junk pulled my filter at 5k to take a look at it and I was shocked how cheap the filter element was. So I decided to do a comparison between the oem filter, the wix filter and the atp filter OEM MSRP 26.95 Online Price 20.21 rockauto prices: ATP Part # CF194 12.18 or ATP Part # RA101 (carbon) 14.72 WIX Part # 24030 18.60 The subaru filter is like a 1 ply toilet paper. You can literally see thru the filter element it has maybe 2 layers. The atp filter has about 3 layers and is soft like a charmin toilet paper. The wix was just wow, not only was the filter constructed well but the filter element was robust, thick, and definitely higher quality than the oem and the atp. As the oem element is such rubbish I can see why it needs to be changed at 7.5k. The atp while an improvement on the oem filter could probably be run to 12k/1year. The wix element can definitely pull 12k/1year. As I have always run wix filters I am sure this will hold up well in dirty nyc traffic. I will still change them twice a year and they are definitely worth the price. If you have allergies and want something with ALOT more filtering power definitely get the wix. I of course spritzed it with some fabreze for that outdoor smell. OEM at 5k looks like thin cheap cotton swabs wix filter in the middle, atp filter on the far right oem filter at 8k on the left, oem filter at 5k on the right |
03-13-2013, 08:54 PM | #1941 | |
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03-13-2013, 09:09 PM | #1942 |
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I like how you compared the filter that determines the air we breathe to toilet paper LOL
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03-13-2013, 09:13 PM | #1943 |
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Wix is a awesome filter brand
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03-13-2013, 09:21 PM | #1944 |
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03-13-2013, 10:16 PM | #1945 |
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03-13-2013, 10:20 PM | #1946 | |
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03-14-2013, 01:21 AM | #1947 | |
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03-14-2013, 08:31 AM | #1948 | |
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03-14-2013, 08:37 AM | #1949 |
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Call me ignorant, but I consider the cabin air filter to be of marginal importance. So I plan to install the cheapest cabin air filters I can buy at the recommended interval, and not worry about the quality of those filters. Make them out of toilet paper? That's good enough.
Now as for the engine's air filter and oil filter, those are consumables where I'm very interested in using quality products. |
03-14-2013, 08:49 AM | #1950 |
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lol, already have a k&n in the engine, and when my rokis run out I will just use my purolator pureone
I mostly posted it for anyone with allergies and such, while it may not be a heath concern for yourself lots of ppl have ashtma and other breathing issues so.... |
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