A few things to update on over the past few months…
August 24, 2017 – 85,000km
After spending the better part of the summer driving with a windshield that was completely pitted (it was original to the car) I decided it was time to replace it. It got to a point where driving into direct sunlight or nighttime driving in rain was becoming hazardous. I had it replaced at CalAlta on Horton Road and have nothing but great things to say about the service.
A more in-depth review of my service here.To follow-up, I had the PGW glass installed instead of the XYG and I am very impressed, I have still not found a wave in the glass
September 16, 2017 – 88,500km
A few weeks rolled over and I met up with Diamondedge to replace my exhaust gaskets since the overpriced steel Grimmspeed ones I originally purchased were not doing their job… At the same time we also zip-stitched the splashguard back together to cover up a hole the original owner cut into it to speed up oil changes…
We replaced these with Remflex graphite gaskets and so far they seem to be holding up much better. I highly recommend these if anybody is planning to do exhaust since they are cheap and work very well.
I also decided to test out the Sylvania ZEVO LED interior bulbs from Canadian Tire on a whim and I am thoroughly impressed with the build quality, even light output and the colour temperature.
On the left is the ZEVO, next to an eBay “cool blue” LED on the right.
After finishing everything and driving back to my apartment trying to enjoy the throaty new exhaust note from no longer having a leak, I overheard a rattle at ~2100rpm. Of course this isn’t out of the ordinary for a Subaru so I got under the car where Diamondedge and I discovered one of the bolts on the heat shield from the downpipe had sheared off. After fiddling around with it for a while we said uckfay it and I had the Centaur Subaru deal with it at my next service.
October 15, 2017 – 90,618km
So my headlights were starting to get some minor hazing which I wanted to correct before it became a bigger issue. With help from Gabe and the Meguire’s headlight restoration kit we were able to achieve some pretty phenomenal results.
Before:
During:
After:
Side-by-Side:
We had to quickly stop by Gabe’s car before grabbing lunch. It was a nice day so he requested a photo next to it.
October 25, 2017 – 90,700km
Since restoring my headlights I had them along with my mirrors wrapped in clear 3M (shoutout to Kanji) to prevent oxidation and any hazing further down the road as well as paint protection for the mirrors – hopefully this works. I also picked up a set of Morimoto XB LED fog lights back in June, which I had wrapped in yellow and finally got around to installing and leveling.
I’m very happy with the cutoff.
For now, that’s about all I have to update on. I did purchase a BaysonR V-Limited style front lip late in the summer, which will have to wait until next year to be installed. Also, new winter shoes are being installed and mounted this week so I will update on those later.
TL;DR
New windshield. New exhaust gaskets. New interior LEDs. Headlight restoration. My electrician buddy Diamondedge posing next to his car. Headlight, fog light and mirrors wrapped in 3M. Installed fog lights. New winter tires this week.
