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Replying to: lucien2 (Nov 04, 2008 1:19 pm) The crossmember and sways should have been very close, if anything you might have needed longer end-links. Heck I think we've installed them before. Similar to the OBXT/LGT stuff, not everything works 100%. We've been trying a lot of trial and error stuff on an OBXT customer's car recently. If Cobb sold it for the 04 FXT, then they should have stood behind it and at least took it back. -mike Motorsports and Modifications Host
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Replying to: paisan (Nov 04, 2008 6:53 pm) What blew my stack was that Cobb never openly admitted to rushing the parts into service- eventually conceding that Trey's FXT suffered the same problems, but only at the track, so I must have been racing. In my view, track punishment is simply accelerated road punishment, so what's the difference? And of course I never tracked it, not on stock struts, that's too risky. Eventually they offered to sell me a new and improved set of bars for 30% off. Needless to say, I stopped doing business with them and put the car back to stock, leaving theSTi lateral links on there for good measure, since they made a difference, even stock. Now, as you know, I'm no whiner, and am probably patient to a fault with vendors. I was very, very disappointed in the whole affair, especially with Cobb. Others forged ahead with experimenting on the cars, but my shade tree wrenching days were fast coming to a close with the approach of Elie's birth. I learned to live with the car in stock form, plus a good set of wheels and summer tires, until I sold it. That little Impreza that followed, now THAT was turning into something interesting. WRX brakes alone transformed the car. I miss it....but it made no fiscal sense to keep it once the company car arrived. Maybe when I have more disposable income in the future I'll have a little project again, but for the next few years, I'll live vicariously through you! 
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Replying to: lucien2 (Nov 05, 2008 5:19 am) Let me help you with that Loosh. I've been trying to sit on my typing fingers until I could take and download some pics, but I've been too busy. Signed the papers and brought home the WRB WRX on Monday. No buyers remorse yet and both the boys and Dra give it a thumbs up. Dra really likes that it is smoother to drive than the 04 was. I won't bother gushing on any more about how it drives right now, but will post a mid-term review after some more driving. Although head and shoulders above the 04 in performance in so many ways, it is still a better daily driver. The one downer is that the snow has already started and I was driving on frost covered streets this am so I had to rush to get winters on. Nobody locally could get Subie compatible alloys in 16" so I ended up getting those ugly black steel rims. I could have ordered from Tire-rack, but that could take up to a month and I didnt want to be driving in winter conditions with those Dunlop summer tires. If I hate them, I can always order some next year and sell off the winter rims. The local dealer has previously helped customers sell their used tires and rims when they trade in their Subaru so that's a real option.
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Replying to: lucien2 (Nov 05, 2008 5:19 am) They have it on the shelf, from the diesel. The catch - only 6% are XT models, so manuals would be an even smaller subset of that - 1% at best. We may be more likely to see an X model with that 6MT.
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Replying to: volkov (Nov 05, 2008 9:27 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 05, 2008 12:28 pm) They have it on the shelf, from the diesel. The catch - only 6% are XT models, so manuals would be an even smaller subset of that - 1% at best. We may be more likely to see an X model with that 6MT. Juice, I know the guy who built those show cars. They aren't related to any current or future actual options they are considering. My guess is that the future cars will get 6MTs across the board as std equipment. as Volkov said though, I want a 6MT with the 6th gear as a highway gear, even if I have to downshift to pass anyone. 6th gear at 80mph should be roughly in the 2500 rpm range, not the 3500 rpm range our 5th gear is now.  -mike Motorsports and Modifications Host
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Replying to: paisan (Nov 05, 2008 8:54 pm) The Forester XT is geared taller than our Forester X - revs get too high when you're at high speeds, so fuel economy could be even better.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 06, 2008 7:53 am) In my experience, it never turns out that way, though... 6th usually ends up with the same ratio as the old 5th gear, and numbers 1-5 are just closer together.. I'm not really interested in more gears, unless I get a taller overdrive...
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