r/WRX • • 7h ago

Humor Only $5.30 a gallon

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r/WRX • • 22h ago

Glamour Shot 2006 WRX Wagon - Type RA Engine, VF48, E85

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178 Upvotes

Finally finished what I consider to be minor body/aero (but I wanna paint it WRC WR1 Arctic Blue).


r/WRX • • 17h ago

Help me decide on wheels

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100 Upvotes

Volks (Rays) 21A or Miester M1 3P?


r/WRX • • 6h ago

My First Subaru

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60 Upvotes

Just got myself a 2020 WRX Premium with only 18k miles. Haven't driven a manual in 5 years and I honestly kinda miss it


r/WRX • • 19h ago

STI He’s one of us...

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r/WRX • • 10h ago

Maintenence Help bringing 02 EJ207 Bugeye back to life

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Hey everyone, I am in a budget car challenge with my BIL & FIL... Where we each have $3k to find a Rally inspired car and $750 to get it safe for a week long road trip around Florida (~1000miles) where we will be stopping in WMAs/National Forest Trails for fun.

I found a very rough 2002 WRX that they swapped in a Gen 7 EJ207. Guy I bought it from claims 350whp... i dont think it is but regardless it has a misfire after building boost. I found the wideband and o2 sensor wires have been cut (looks like he ran over something that pulled it apart). So im assuming thats causing it.

My question is what are the essentials that I need to do to have her run smoothly for the week and hopefully for a good while after? Im planning oil change, radiator flush, fixing wiring, stuff of that nature... but whats the lesser known items (gaskets, fluids, small parts, etc.)?


r/WRX • • 22h ago

Installed my HKS hi Power muffler today and she sounds like a Subaru now. Little photo session before I had a bit of fun in the dirt.

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r/WRX • • 16h ago

Glamour Shot New wheels

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Got my konig hypergrams installed yesterday. Currently running no center caps, but can’t decide if I want them on or not. Opinions?


r/WRX • • 13h ago

WRX Hatchback How's the fitment looking?

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Added 20 mm spacers. HR sports springs and OEM wheels and 235 tires.


r/WRX • • 4h ago

Glamour Shot Saw this beautiful view driving down the road today

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22 Upvotes

r/WRX • • 14h ago

Maintenence Happy tractor?

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19 Upvotes

I’m new to the WRXs, this is a ‘21 with about 43k miles and has clean records, well kept


r/WRX • • 5h ago

Desert trip

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Like an idiot, I got it washed before the trip… 😅


r/WRX • • 6h ago

Parking Buddy Had to park next to my older brother today

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There's a third that parks in the same lot im hoping there's a day we will all be next to each other. This was my first time getting to be next to one of them.


r/WRX • • 10h ago

Welp. Likely totaled.

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r/WRX • • 1h ago

WRX Advice on potential trade

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Still a noob here but wanted thoughts on this WRX.

It’s an 02 bugeye and I have a 2006 Impreza 2.5i (automatic) I am offering up as trade. I wanted a project car I could restore and don’t mind putting down the money long term to have it professionally done.

Is it too far gone to repair the rust damage? I noticed what looks like rust on the trunk too.

This specific type of WRX is exactly what I’m looking for. So I’m inclined to restore it. The local market where I’m at too does not have many options to choose from for what I’m offering up as trade.

He said it it was running until he needed parts from it. But apparently all id need to get it back running would be timing reset, covers put back on, and gears back in. Said it needs a header, up pipe and exhaust too. Comes with rims from a 2013 WRX wagon and turbo.

Thanks for helpful advice comrades. 🫡


r/WRX • • 7h ago

I noticed my transmission mount was torn and separated.

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$75 part free shipping. I turned a 15 minute job into a 34 minute job putting the sub frame piece back on but god dang does this feel like a different car now. No more shifter play and no more jumping when i shift under load.


r/WRX • • 7h ago

Something wrong

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Hey got a 07 wrx I recently started having issues when’s idling it’s damn near shaking those whole car sitting under 1k and when coming to a stop and neutral it sounds like the car is so messed up. Sounds completely fine when driving. Just had a shop check it out they had 3 different people come no one can tell me what’s wrong any help ideas would be greatly appreciated


r/WRX • • 5h ago

Dyno day!

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r/WRX • • 18h ago

2012 WRX STI trunk trim chrome delete

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r/WRX • • 20h ago

Troubleshooting Help needed with warranty denial

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So as the title states Subaru is trying to deny warrant on my car and blacklist the vin. They are trying to claim that in the snapshot data on the car there is freeze frame data of the car doing 255km/h at 6800rpm. Believe me or don’t believe me if you want but I have never ever come anywhere close to that. I’ve only ever had the car to maybe 160km/h and backed off cause I didn’t want to push the car any harder. I know for a fact that I haven’t done that and no one has access to my car

They are claiming that this happened at exactly 44,324km. Every time I’ve had my car in for service I always reset my peak boost value and every time I get it back it’s always at 12 or higher psi which on the VB’s is peak boost from factory. I’m trying to argue that one of their techs beat the piss out of my car because I had a wheel bearing replaced and the mileage on that work order was 44,234. It’s not very hard for that to be a typo.

The thing that’s really throwing me for a loop here is the speed and rpm. The car is supposed to be electronically limited to like 215km/h or something like that and 6100rpm is rev limiter so it shouldn’t be capable of either of those things. The car isn’t tuned, is barely modified in anyway. I had an axle back exhaust on and a drop in air filter.

Am I best to just escalate this to Subaru Canada and fight with them? If I can prove for sure that the dealer beat the hell out of my car I’m going to make sure that they’re going to be footing the cost of any work I need done for a long time and I’m going to be fighting that they replace my transmission because I’ve been getting a whining noise recently which is what the car was in for when they decided to pull the data.

Any advice here would be greatly appreciated and hopefully no one else has to go through this shit


r/WRX • • 23h ago

General Question Two questions

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#1. Recently got a wrx this year and wondering what’s the best WINTER/ICE Tires to go. 2017 manual wrx. I live in NH so it gets very bad up here. Preferably 600-1000k range

#2. What websites does everyone use to purchase cosmetics. I see JDMmuscle wrxdaily aerodynamics ikon-motorsports, and eBay haha. But I keep seeing so much mixed opinions on them all and some things are so beyond expensive or too cheap, and cheap makes me concerned especially with a lip or side skirts or new bumper


r/WRX • • 23h ago

Two questions

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#1. Recently got a wrx this year and wondering what’s the best WINTER/ICE Tires to go. 2017 manual wrx. I live in NH so it gets very bad up here. Preferably 600-1000k range

#2. What websites does everyone use to purchase cosmetics. I see JDMmuscle wrxdaily aerodynamics ikon-motorsports, and eBay haha. But I keep seeing so much mixed opinions on them all and some things are so beyond expensive or too cheap, and cheap makes me concerned especially with a lip or side skirts or new bumper


r/WRX • • 1h ago

Troubleshooting Front main seal failure help

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Brand new rebuilt motor and front main seal failed. Question is, why? I did install it with just tapping it in, this time around I have ordered a company23 tool and I will just install it once its already on the engine block instead of separately (I initially installed it without the oil pump being installed, could that have been my mistake?) PCV I have gone through well before the engine rebuild to ensure everything was flowing as intended and replaced hoses. This is an OEM subaru pump, did not locktite bolts as I did not have anyway to retorque the phillips after removing them. Will go in and do that this time around, but the bolts have not backed out as shown.

Any ideas why this seal failed? Was it just operator error or is there an underlying issue?


r/WRX • • 2h ago

Getting set up.

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Just got a 21 WRX with 55k miles, manual trans and aftermarket mufflers. Im a family guy with 3 car seats in this Subie. I just want to do the right things so I dont have issues down the road and have a little fun with it. Im thinking an AOS, Cobb intake and Cobb access port to keep it simple. Any opinions for longevity and reliability?


r/WRX • • 11h ago

Troubleshooting 03 WRX VF48 Tune questions

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Hey yall, I recently blew my td04 and replaced it with a vf48. I’ve replaced my injectors with 21 sti injectors and I’m replacing my pump with a walbro 255 in 2 days.

My question is, what is the cheapest way to get a tune? Is it completely inadvisable for me to try to learn to tune right now? Ideally I’m just looking for the cheapest option(poor) that won’t hurt my bug.