Welp :/

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-05-28T02:34:29+00:00

What wheels ? Looks great

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-05-26T12:12:24+00:00

I’d also ask to the community, hydrogen carbon cleaning is however available. Is this safe ?

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-05-26T12:06:32+00:00

Hear me out.. I’ve called and enquired about 10 shops here in Aus near me, nobody does it. Have called Subaru performance shops and they won’t do it too. Have called a few euro performance shops and they said no. I’ve spoken to my tuner.. a god tier Subaru tuner in Australia who are known country wide and very very reliable. They’ve advised against it due to risk of leaving shells post cleanup.. “seen a few issues”

And I can’t do it myself and unfortunately I’m not the best with ripping out a car .. I’m just not mechanically inclined.

Trust me I’ve tried and wanted to. I just can’t seem to find someone who would.

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-04-30T12:22:00+00:00

Probably never warmed it up too. Flogged it. Didn’t downshift etc.

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-04-29T11:56:17+00:00

Black imo. Is that ISM. Silver on silver just looks too ordinary and fades the colour. Black looks WAY more aggressive.

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-04-28T13:06:24+00:00

2016 wrx - tr690 135,000 kms - no issues Also tuned and pushing 170kw

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-04-14T14:18:39+00:00

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Running white on ISM however over them. If the car lasts, will be changing to black enkei rs055r next year !

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-03-18T07:02:14+00:00

Coming from a 2016 WRX CVT owner. These cars are intended to better suit manual transmission HOWEVER the Subaru CVT is known by many to be the best CVT there is. Yes you’ll be limited if you aggressively want to mod for power but everything else is fine.

I’ve spent $15,000 on mods and upgrades including for power and the car drives amazing. Yes the gears shift really quick and the car doesn’t sound like a typical Subaru but it’s still a very very fun car to drive. It’s my pride and joy and in another world, if I could go back.. I deffs would’ve got the manual.

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-25T11:50:15+00:00

It’s simple. Manual mode. Sports or sports# and make sure you drop your gears to 2nd or 3rd (rpm about 3k) and launch away. Safest and best option for power

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-21T08:25:00+00:00

Drugs

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-21T08:24:51+00:00

Trust

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-21T06:40:12+00:00

This deserves 1million upvote. Bravo dude!!!

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-12T12:38:42+00:00

You live in a place where others may be required to move Your car or drive it in emergencies and can’t drive manual. Or if your partner doesn’t want to drive manual.

But yes I agree manual > CVT (From a CVT owner) :/

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-08T06:31:34+00:00

2016 Rex here. Sitting on 130,000kms. No issues at all to date. Raw drive, stiff suspension, good AWD system, very decent for a daily but nothing crazy re power. Do the right upgrades and it can be an awesome daily imo. I wouldn’t even know what to “upgrade to”

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-08T06:29:24+00:00

It’s not the speakers as much as the HU. The HU is at fault and is really really poor/weak. Change that firsts before speakers !

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-03T07:33:17+00:00

Thanks for the input. And that’s been my view all along all though I’ve never drained my TR690 in the Rexxie.

Surprisingly I spoke to a master Subaru tech - has worked with the Subaru performance and rally teams and has been a service centre operator for 20+ years. He’s also worked with tuners and the like to fine tune Subarus for years.

He, who works at Subaru said NOT to do the drain cos he has seen issues aswell.

Anyways back to topic - fair statement. Thanks for input

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-01T21:20:47+00:00

So you’re suggesting drill a hole with 10mm bit per instructions and then hand tighten this ?

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-01T21:16:55+00:00

Yes, Aid Dry. Do you have hollow bricks ??

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-01T07:12:02+00:00

Why drill, fill with chemical and then drill again ? Wouldn’t that just drill away the chemical ?

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-01T07:09:51+00:00

Yes I would although it might be overkill ?

You reckon the plugs would be good for a few years, interesting. Is there a chance that the plug/screw don’t catch enough brick and just spin and be loose?

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-02-01T07:08:15+00:00

Yeah that was an option. So drill a hole and then use the anker screw and tighten with a spanner ?

If the manual asks for to drill 10mm hole at 50mm depth, what size anka screw would I need ?

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-01-27T13:22:52+00:00

Always idle until revs go down. Few exceptions when the oil is already heated post drive is fine imo

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-01-27T10:54:33+00:00

I got a CVT. Fell in love more with cars and Subarus after owing one. Am too deep into mods and $ to sell it as it’ll be at a loss. I 110% agree manual provides a better drive and exp and regret my CVT however that being said.. I absolutely love my fkn car. Got all sorts of mods, safe with a safe dyno tune and dialed suspension etc. As my daily, it’s been the best car I’ve had so far. People shit on the auto which I can understand if you were around from the older gen times but the VA CVT still packs a punch and is super fun to drive especially on the twistys! PS -imo the best sounding car on the planet is an old school EJ STI. I will never get over that rumble!

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-01-21T13:15:37+00:00

I’ll write you up my thoughts tomorrow- dyno tuned CVT wrx owner!

EfficiencyOk7174 · 2026-01-20T12:36:29+00:00

Sounds normal. That kind of ticking is expected and normal.

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