I miss my subie

[Chicken's Chick]

Subie is hibernating for winter. Wanna keep it clean. Jeep is my winter beater. My last payment for my jeep is this month. 3 years of payments and how does it repay me?!? By trying to kill me 3 times this week. Last week, wheel bearing let's go. Wheel almost falls off. Thursday... Dunno how this happened but control arm bolt let's go..yesterday morning wheel cylinder is leaking fluid and no brakes! E-brake cable is shot...TPS is gone, it's bucking like a bronco. One more thing breaks and I'm gunna push it off a cliff!!!

[ls6monte]

Welcome to the world of shitty jeeps! lol

[bottledbird68]

Welcome to the world of shitty jeeps! lol

Tell me about it lol.

Got my eyes on another daily so we can lay the poor jeep up and go through it.

[KLAB]

I would rip the shit out of an AWD subaru alllllll winter long. Just pressure wash the hell out of the undercarriage after lots of salt builds up. Camaro on the other hand not worth putting it thru salt when its so bad in snow anyways.

[bottledbird68]

I would rip the shit out of an AWD subaru alllllll winter long. Just pressure wash the hell out of the undercarriage after lots of salt builds up. Camaro on the other hand not worth putting it thru salt when its so bad in snow anyways.

Normally I would agree with you however we're now talking about a Subaru with a paint job that has taken a trophy at a large indoor car show and an sti interior conversion that cost us big $$. Neither of which needs to be subjected to the ravages of winter lol.
I have zero desire to keep repainting the car every year and our nearly 100 mile round trip commute to work every shift on the salted and sanded roads would wreak havoc on a nice paint job.
So yeah, we're the assholes who would park an awd car for the winter :D
I'd rather drive the z if need be, I care far less about that one. But, if all goes well we'll have another winter vehicle in the next week or so. As soon as I figure out how deep to reach in after I bend over to find money this time of year ;)

[Chicken's Chick]

I do miss that car in the snow. The car was fun!!! It's amazing how awesome it handled sideways. I kicked that poor cars ass all winter. I need a winter wrex...

[KLAB]

Pics? Wait is this the pink one with roll cage? woah. Pretty bitchin but normally I'd be awd driftina subaru all winter. but if its flawless its flawless :klab:

[black heartbeat]

JEEP Just Expect Every Problem on and btw pink roll cage sounds badass thats what color I wanna paint the one in the TA

[bottledbird68]

Yes it's the one with the pink roll bar ;)
There's pics in a resu"wrex"tion thread in the project logs section on here ;)

Way took much effort put in just to tear it up all winter :p

[Formula413]

Next thing you know he'll have a snazzy paint job on the Jeep and it will have to sit the winter out too. :haha:

[fasta**z28]

just get a r rover and call it a day

[941LE]

^ waste of money

[ls6monte]

A Range Rover is probably a bigger pos than a Yugo!

[bottledbird68]

Next thing you know he'll have a snazzy paint job on the Jeep and it will have to sit the winter out too. :haha:

Well, I am planning on painting it but it will never be a showpiece. It's a freakin jeep lol.

And hell no on the range rover. Too complicated and expensive :p

[irockidz28]

just empty every pocket

[Slowhawk]

Wimps, I was driving this today in the snow:panic:

[ls6monte]

Wimps, I was driving this today in the snow:panic:
Just another fun ride in Don's every day!

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

Wimps, I was driving this today in the snow:panic:


I HATE YOU!

[bottledbird68]

Wimps, I was driving this today in the snow:panic:

Now that looks like fun :D

I'm about to toss a set of snows on the z lol.
Everyday the list of broken shit on the jeep keeps growing....

[ls6monte]

Everyday the list of broken shit on the jeep keeps growing....
LS time!

[bottledbird68]

LS time!
That's kinda the plan. Just need to find something else to drive so I can tear it apart. And also need to see if I can get the gm ecu to accept the jeeps vin so I can still get a sticker when it's done. No point going through all the work to never be able to get it inspected in mass. Unless you know of any loopholes?

[kaboom]

if not maybe a 383 big block. i got a hole parts car that no good for anything but a donor. i only kept it cause everything i could swap into the '69 charger but it hasn't been driven in 2 years so i don't think it will be blowen anything apart.

[bottledbird68]

if not maybe a 383 big block. i got a hole parts car that no good for anything but a donor. i only kept it cause everything i could swap into the '69 charger but it hasn't been driven in 2 years so i don't think it will be blowen anything apart.While that would be extremely cool I'd never have a prayer of passing an obd2 plug in test for a sticker so that's out ;)

[kaboom]

nver had the pleasure of reg. a car in mass but they sound like a bitch.

[Bayer-Z28]

I Love the new Subie hatches.. I'd love to test drive one.. They say the interior is better than the Evo's.

[Chicken's Chick]

I Love the new Subie hatches.. I'd love to test drive one.. They say the interior is better than the Evo's.

Heh careful. Haven't met a person drive a Wrx or Sti and not love it right away :). I didn't like the new Sti at first but they are growing on me. IMO subie interior is better. Evo interior is bland :)

[black heartbeat]

Theres a guy at my school with an Evo that is pushing 330 horsies by 340 torque last I knew

[Chicken's Chick]

I'm hoping for 400 to the wheels with wrex in spring ;)

[Formula413]

4 wheel burnouts!!!

[Bayer-Z28]

I just really don't want to work on one. I hear it's horror to do plugs on em.

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

try doing head gaskets.... motor has to come out.

[Bayer-Z28]

Fk that.. 0_o

[bottledbird68]

I just really don't want to work on one. I hear it's horror to do plugs on em.

Plugs aren't that bad. Hell I swapped plugs and compression tested the car at the same time in under an hour.
I'd do 5 Subaru plug changes before I'd want to do an lt1 f body.


Head gaskets, now that's another story lol

[Chicken's Chick]

try doing head gaskets.... motor has to come out.

The day I have to change to a head gasket is the day Wrex gets a 2.5 liter ;)

[Chicken's Chick]

The thought of changing the timing belt scares me a bit tho lol

http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd462/jamesie215/20273953.jpg

[Formula413]

LOL It looks like a Rube Goldberg device

[bottledbird68]

LOL It looks like a Rube Goldberg device

Yeah, I know what I'm NOT looking forward to doing in the springtime lol.

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

why there actually really easy. 1 big belt. hardest part is getting the harmonic bolt off. unless you feel like ripping half the nose off to get an impact in there i used the cheater bar and starter routine.... hahahaha

[KLAB]

i used the cheater bar and starter routine....

More info.

[CamaroRacing12]

Pulling those motors isnt all that hard tho. Also head gaskets i believe can be done by propping the motor up by putting a socket in between the motormount and motor

[ILuvPizzaTimes10]

motor needs to drop out lower in the car. pulling the heads on the studs they hit the wheel wells.