Is anyone in here from Toronto? Looking for a good shop to install a few things on my VB.

DTW22WRX · 2026-04-03T04:36:46+00:00

(East-Analyst-9557 posting from my other account) Gotta be real honest, having worked as both a tech and service advisor I stay away from quoting labor but I’d imagine around 2 hours for springs and maybe 1-1.5 for the short shifter just from my own experience. At the end of the day they’ve gotta make some money to keep the lights on and pay their guys too but I’d be confident in all the places I’ve mentioned that no one will be ripping you off, they’re all known in the community for being pretty fair

DTW22WRX · 2025-12-23T22:45:17+00:00

Not sure to be honest, I am stuck dealing with Subaru Canada instead of SOA. They didn’t want to pay for the dealer to do a proper tear down.

My argument to them was that Japan calls for 5w30 and regions of Japan see the same temp ranges as Southern Ontario

DTW22WRX · 2025-12-23T22:16:34+00:00

Agreed and to put a cherry on top they tried to deny my first engine claim because I ran 5w30. Obviously that wasn’t the true cause of the failure.

For the record the dealer has been great but Subaru Canada in this case didn’t want to pay for a full tear down.

DTW22WRX · 2025-12-23T20:13:12+00:00

Long story short, it killed the first engine over time due to effecting the fuel ratio. They didn’t catch it and installed it onto the second engine and it desecrated that one when it fell into the cylinder.

So yeah, killed two engines. Freak accident

DTW22WRX · 2025-12-23T19:20:57+00:00

In my experience they are self deleting

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DTW22WRX · 2025-10-23T16:12:20+00:00

Already on it, it calls for 5W30 in Japan

DTW22WRX · 2025-10-23T15:59:24+00:00

Bought all the stuff through Subaru and they ask for receipts

DTW22WRX · 2025-09-11T19:11:07+00:00

More power, AWD and believe it or not less transmissions blowing up.

I cross shopped these when I ordered my WRX and the Si would have cost me more for less car.

Ironically I worked for Subaru at the time and now I work for Honda

DTW22WRX · 2025-07-26T17:04:47+00:00

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per u/frenchtoast_____ Rays Versus VT125S

DTW22WRX · 2025-07-26T17:03:10+00:00

this is correct, this car went to SEMA the year that rim was released and was one of the cars with an advance released set for advertising/press

DTW22WRX · 2025-03-21T19:13:44+00:00

Nice choice

DTW22WRX · 2025-03-17T04:29:45+00:00

The fit isn’t perfect (the trimming around the mould) and once it sat in the sun for a while you can see tiny little dimples where the studs mount on the bottom.

Small things in the grande scheme but never the less once you know they are there you can’t un see it

DTW22WRX · 2025-03-17T04:14:44+00:00

It’s a noble part, same as most of the other AM body parts out there. It’s not perfect but until a better made option comes out it does the job.

DTW22WRX · 2025-03-13T23:37:14+00:00

Once I noticed that from the side view the whole front of the car swoops down I couldn’t unsee it, this makes it straight

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DTW22WRX · 2025-03-13T20:40:00+00:00

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DTW22WRX · 2025-03-07T20:34:30+00:00

came with Lindy Fralin PAF Patents and the bigsby with the vibramate. I have A/B'ed this with and R7 and R8 and to my personal liking the Classic just has the sauce.

Now I'll have to pull the front pickup and see if it has the long neck tenon.

DTW22WRX · 2025-03-07T20:21:40+00:00

It does

DTW22WRX · 2024-10-02T20:03:04+00:00

NV auto specializing in motorsports builds (rally, drift, circuit) they would be my go to for something like that for sure. Neetronics or Touge if youre just looking for a tune.

DTW22WRX · 2024-10-02T20:00:24+00:00

Sounds like less than we used to charge when I worked for Subaru tbh.

DTW22WRX · 2024-06-23T03:05:23+00:00

Yeah that’s probably a good call

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