wow.
little update for anyone that cares.. Got stereo installed, that was the biggest PITA ever... accidentally drilled a hole through one of my sub cones, but the front coaxials sound great. Went to install computer that was working great indoors, boom, failed hard drive. stupid OCZ ssds... dont have time to try and fix it, so for now my phone is just plugged directly into the amp.
did the ball joints with some MOOG problem solvers
which feel great. while doing passenger side, the half axle straight up fell apart in my hands. luckily id been hearing some wierd clunks on corners and bought a driver side from rockauto a couple weeks ago. double luckily, both drivers and passenger side are the same length. thank you subaru!
didnt have a 33mm socket, and it was 8pm... so I cobbled it back together and drove to work monday. scariest thing ever, car felt like it was going to fall apart. I will have to check trans mount for damage. Bought socket and decided to book a session with my PT for 630am on tuesday morning. started my first ever halfshaft swap at 730pm monday night. surprisingly, everything went spooky smooth... almost like id done it before..
nervously drove to gym this morning, felt solid as hell, checked axlenut torque in the parking lot, got some wierd looks, everything looked great, hooned every corner on my way to work. great success!
Got an email back from sunny. guy hasnt worked on an aftermarked ecu since DOS days. cant tell if good or bad.
still need to get my itshay together enough to find some coolant/oil lines for turbo and freakin give revhard a phone call finally and take the plunge.
would be nice to figure out ECU in the meantime. Oh and i installed a much noisier fuel pump, got a FPR adapter, and my injector seals started leaking, so I had to reseat again.