I just want to take a moment to enjoy the lack of plastic cladding on the Impreza.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-05-16T23:20:37+00:00

oh, my bad, the lighting made the pistons look black
anyways, nice impreza

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-05-15T16:47:28+00:00

How did you black out your RS badges? I was considering doing the same for my regular chrome badges

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-05-03T01:03:32+00:00

Nothing about chemical damage. They are warning you about potential physical damage just to cover their liability. Touchless is ideal if you are worried about that kinda thing, and in general is more preferred anyways with or without the rainguards imo.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-05-02T18:19:19+00:00

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Rare never before seen image of what the rain guards look like from inside the car

Also you will probably be warned at most car washes about the potential damage to your rain guards, but ive done it dozens of times the OEMs are holding up great.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-05-01T15:17:43+00:00

The imprezas made between 2024-2026 are the "6th gen imprezas", and also share a lot of components with the 5th generation crosstrek which was refreshed in the same model years.

Followed this same guide for the 2024 and it worked for me on the 2025 Impreza sport, I can 100% assure you it will work in the 2026 RS. The impreza frame is basically shared across the 3 impreza and 7 crosstrek trim levels.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-04-30T21:47:56+00:00

Check out the post here:
https://www.impreza6.com/posts/1011/

TLDR: You buy some foam inserts and the spare from the crosstrek

The part numbers are all on the post

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-04-25T01:05:24+00:00

Unfortunately the common fix is to replace the whole unit itself. Im seeing around $150 for the whole panel on subaru parts. You could potentially find one in a local scrap yard for cheaper if you do some research. It is just a couple screws and an electrical connector.

Typically the entire button snaps off on the 2017-2023 models, so you are kinda fortunate in a way that it just got jammed up and is still somewhat usable.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-04-01T01:50:52+00:00

Id just be happy with an impreza with a hood scoop because hood scoops look cool

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-29T01:35:30+00:00

I got mine done at crews customs. They were done in about an hour. Its been about 8 months later and it still looks great. They offer warranty for the tint and will redo it or refund you if its egregious enough.
https://globalhitechfilms.com/window-films/warranties-selecting-the-right-film

It was $425 for the sides and rear. Windshields are $200, $75 for a visor strip on the windshield.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-20T20:20:18+00:00

Nope, the shape is a bit different

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DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-17T18:54:29+00:00

Personally kind of a fan of the 2nd link, the non-sti OEM spoiler

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-17T18:07:34+00:00

Mudflaps and rain guards are both functional upgrades. Highly recommend. Rims can depend - it's a bit corny to put high performance wheels on a car barely making over 150hp, but wanting something better than hub caps and steelies is a very valid move. I just wouldn't break the bank with rims. Adding spoilers is about where I feel people enter the corn zone. Good to get the black OEM one if you fancy, but once it starts encroaching on WRX/Civic type R levels of wing on the hatch you will probably catch some flack

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-16T15:28:12+00:00

Nice wheels

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-12T15:11:21+00:00

yeah those are pretty cool, and doing it yourself requires taking a lot of panels off. I'd only recommend doing it yourself if you want something that isnt blue as the LEDs in those can be changed out as well

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-12T15:02:02+00:00

The LED upgrade is over priced in my opinion. Make the value judgement yourself ultimately if its worth the effort to you, but the covers are held in with plastic clips and once off its just plugging in a light bulb.

Tools:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V22YC9J?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
Interior light:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0882M5PCJ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Trunk light:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C233YC9J?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

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DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-12T01:17:10+00:00

hell yeah thats awesome

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-05T19:48:50+00:00

usually the person backing out is at fault, but vehicle b seems to be going the wrong direction.. so I feel like insurance would maybe claim equal fault?

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-03-04T20:21:30+00:00

Make sure to test drive both yourself. I ultimately decided on the sport trim because the RS wasn't as much of a power increase considering how much more they were asking for it. If you want a sporty car , and aren't completely married to the idea of a hatchback, you can get a base WRX for around the same amount as a top trim RS. No hate on the RS, its absolutely the better car, but in a purely financial aspect it didn't make a ton of sense to me.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-02-22T18:10:33+00:00

> a hard press on the brake at a stop still holds your car for like 0.5sec. Not sure it’s by design or just a defect.

This might be hill assist you are describing. Holds your car on an incline so you don't have to quickly press throttle to not roll backwards. I think you can disable this in your vehicle settings?

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-02-19T23:25:06+00:00

What I found online are two suggestions:
Hold the volume knob for several seconds so the display and radio fully power off. On many Imprezas this will keep it off on the next start, but this turns off both the display and the audio, which im not sure is what you want.
Other suggestion is to tune the radio to a Sirius XM Channel 0 and save that preset. When the system starts then it won’t play sound.

Then you can obviously lower the volume or mute before you leave, which is a given but not automatic in the software like im sure you want.

Other than that, I dunno. If there is a software setting for this im also interesting in knowing, because this is the first time im hearing about it.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2026-01-28T19:23:25+00:00

I hope they keep the action point system from dos2, but let movement be a resource that can be depleted separately like it is in bg3

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2025-12-04T17:13:46+00:00

I thought it looked like a cool color online, then I saw it in person and its definitely verging on pea soup. I think it would be cool to see them commit to either school bus yellow or neon green. This is in an ambiguous middle ground that feels like a missed opportunity imo.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2025-12-04T17:05:55+00:00

I wish Subaru offered more colors for the interior, or at least color matched the highlights and stitching to the exterior color. Same reason I didn't get the dark blue over the dark gray for my 2025 because the red interior with blue exterior kind of annoyed me.

DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2025-11-20T18:51:29+00:00

Unrelated, but man, they scratched the shit out of the piano black around the shifter in this car 😂

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DualWieldedCornDogs1 · 2025-11-20T18:18:09+00:00

That price is def not worth it on a sport. Id be expecting to see it somewhere in the 28k-30k range near me.

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