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Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

posted by  82silver240turbo on  Sat Jul 6 08:03 CST 2013
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I just welcomed a Subaru Outback into the family to join my 240 and 122. My fiancé wanted to get an Outback for herself and we found a nice one with a rebuilt engine so no head gasket worries.

Being so used to my awesome Volvo community I'm finding it hard to drum up similar resources for Subaru's. Does anyone know of message boards as reliable as Brickboard and Turbobricks and parts sites as helpful as IPD and FCPGroton for Subaru's?

The car doesn't need anything other than the rewriting of the third brake light I just did, but it will and when it does, considering how manageable this car seems for a modern vehicle, I'd like to able source parts and advice as well as I can for my Volvo's. Thanks.








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    Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

    posted by  82silver240turbo on  Tue Jul 23 08:01 CST 2013
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    Hey everybody, thanks for the tips on forums? Where do you guys get your parts? I'm trying to repair the shift linkage in the '05 auto but I can't find the parts anywhere. This is doubling annoying by the fact that the dealer whats to charge $400 to replace the lever and cable, and I can see why since the Haynes says you need to remove the exhaust and heat shield just to unclip the cable from the trans, not to mention all the time disassembling the entire center console and reassembling. Any tips on where to get these parts other than the dealer? Thanks.








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      Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

      posted by  matt b on  Tue Jul 23 09:55 CST 2013
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      This would be a question you might want to post to one or more of the suggested Subaru sites :)

      That said, I get a good many of my 'generic' car parts from Amazon. All the better if you have a Prime account that gets you free 2 day shipping on many items. Subaru clutch cable less than $20... Might not be so easy to find specific bushings that it sounds like you're after...

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      -Matt I ♥ my ♂








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    Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

    posted by  delco on  Fri Jul 12 13:03 CST 2013
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    Hope you have good luck on the board search...can't say I have a good recommendation on that front BUT I do want to congratulate you on being mindful on the head gasket repair. Our '97 Outback was a very trusted vehicle and probably most dependable car my wife and I had 'til that dreaded head gasket repair did it in last year... not before we put 188k miles on it though. It was a great car!








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    Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

    posted by  matt b on  Fri Jul 12 07:13 CST 2013
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    The one I've found to be helpful, friendly, active...

    legacygt.com

    Folks there don't even seem to mind my user name 'VolvoMatt' :)

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    Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

    posted by  the65dartguy1 on  Thu Jul 11 09:16 CST 2013
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    We have a 2000 Forester (164xxx on it now) that required a bunch of work when first purchased used a few years back and had I to do lots of internet searching for answers... The best three I found were:
    www.scoobymods.com
    www.nasioc.com
    www.subaruforester.org

    Im not sure what year you were referring to but bear in mind the Subaru (like Volvo) used the same few engines in all of their vehicles and tweaked them for the specific years/ models. Thus Impreza and Outback information is likely good when taken with a grain of salt regarding a Forester...

    Good luck and watch out for Catalytic Converter Codes, an early source of much swearing by me!








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    Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

    posted by  the65dartguy1 on  Thu Jul 11 07:28 CST 2013
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    We have a 2000 Forester (164xxx on it now) that required a bunch of work when first purchased used a few years back and had I to do lots of internet searching for answers... The best three I found were:
    www.scoobymods.com
    www.nasioc.com
    www.subaruforester.org

    Im not sure what year you were referring to but bear in mind the Subaru (like Volvo) used the same few engines in all of their vehicles and tweaked them for the specific years/ models. Thus Impreza and Outback information is likely good when taken with a grain of salt regarding a Forester...

    Good luck and watch out for Catalytic Converter Codes, an early source of much swearing by me!








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    Nothing near has helpful as this site .... 200 1990

    posted by  Ken C on  Mon Jul 8 14:18 CST 2013
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    My wife and I are seriously contemplating going over to Subaru this summer, buying a couple of new ones with the Eyesight option, a 2014 Forester 2.5 Touring or XT Touring (turbo) for myself, and a 2014 Outback 3.6R Limited for her (and for me when we use it to tow our camper or our boat). The reason is that we've just retired, we want to treat ourselves to modern cars (in place of our two '93 240s), and I just don't like where the new Volvos are going re style, mechanics, and reliability. My daughter bought a brand new 2007 S60 2.5T, and it's been a series of headaches for her, plus her dealer is just not very good.

    Anywhere, I looked all over for a Subaru forum like BrickBoard, and there is nothing even remotely as good. The closest is www.ultimatesubaru.org

    If you find something/anything else, please let me know.








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    Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

    posted by  someone claiming to be CB on  Sat Jul 6 14:15 CST 2013 [RELATED]

    IPD started doing Subaru's sometime in the mid 2000's

    http://www.rallitek.com/vm-77








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      Subaru boards and parts sites? 200 1990

      posted by  82silver240turbo on  Sat Jul 6 21:05 CST 2013
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      Yeah I assumed that department was out of business because the offerings are so slim and what's available seems to be useless to someone who just wants to do a good job maintaining their car.







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