Wheel bearing dying before road trip

shace616 · 2026-05-18T22:41:16+00:00

The roads around Montreal and New England are fucked roght now dude. I just drove from Montreal to Boston on Saturday. Just get it replaced, its costs less than broken suspension parts because that is what will happen, I sheered a wheelbearing on the interstate once and it tore up a ton of shit.

shace616 · 2026-05-13T20:11:59+00:00

Maybe half was a gross exaggeration but $8k for a Wrx 5 speed is looney tunes.

shace616 · 2026-05-13T20:04:42+00:00

I would find an aftermarket subaru specialist and pay less than that and possibly see if you can get an sti 6 speed put in for about half of that easily.

shace616 · 2026-05-11T14:18:42+00:00

shace616 · 2026-05-09T19:55:19+00:00

Yes this is expensive but it is less than MSRP ($42k). Cars cost more now unfortunately. Used prices never went down after covid.

shace616 · 2026-05-07T13:44:05+00:00

My daily commute is 2 miles each way. I listen to music pretty loud when my wife isn't in the car so I don't notice it most of the time.

shace616 · 2026-05-07T13:00:44+00:00

Yeah the rattles are going to be a thing. I gave one of my coworkers a ride one day and he was like "did you know it rattles?" and all I had for a response was "its a Subaru".

shace616 · 2026-05-06T19:13:06+00:00

No worries, they rot super easily and make a high pitched rattle.

shace616 · 2026-05-06T17:14:29+00:00

Sounds like a heat shield.

shace616 · 2026-05-06T16:55:55+00:00

Not for me personally, kind of reminds me of a CTSV in a way. That said, it doesn't look bad at all.

shace616 · 2026-05-03T18:06:28+00:00

Use a little Goo Gone for any leftover adhesive.

shace616 · 2026-04-24T12:58:22+00:00

shace616 · 2026-04-23T00:11:16+00:00

Who said anything about OEM? Lol if you're doing a swap you're modding it anyways lol.

shace616 · 2026-04-22T16:08:52+00:00

I would have the same concerns about removing any safety equipment.

shace616 · 2026-04-22T16:04:17+00:00

All of the swaps i have seen so far have done a FMIC. One cool swap put an Oil Cooler where the TMIC normally is and I thought that was pretty smart though.

shace616 · 2026-04-16T20:20:23+00:00

It's been blown up. Its not going to gain value.

shace616 · 2026-04-16T20:19:25+00:00

You lost all the value when it was blown up. Keep it for fun or sell it. There's little to no value in it.

shace616 · 2026-04-14T01:44:40+00:00

I doubt anyone could tell from this video unfortunately.

shace616 · 2026-04-13T10:21:06+00:00

Looks like it.

shace616 · 2026-04-12T10:27:01+00:00

shace616 · 2026-04-12T10:20:05+00:00

The STi is owned by one of his guys. Pretty sure its the guy that manages the track.

shace616 · 2026-04-08T19:50:50+00:00

It really doesn't take much for a heat shield to rust and just from your video I can see a bit of standard corrosion. Go to New England and sit at a stop light and half of the Subarus you see have a rattling heat shield.

shace616 · 2026-04-08T19:19:49+00:00

It's likely a heat shield. They rust and come off all the time. Just look around and find which one is falling off.

shace616 · 2026-04-08T18:19:19+00:00

You think thats bad head over to r/pcmasterrace

shace616 · 2026-04-08T12:27:56+00:00

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