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Whats the boards recommendation for a new set???
Driving in eastern PA - mostly highway- little to no off-road - year rounders all-weather preferred.
I have heard the Michelins are quircky on the OB's----------any other opinions??
Thanks in advance
I run Michelins MXV4 Energy (~20K miles) on my '98 OB and I didn't find them "quircky", expensive but not quircky
Overall, rain, dry, and snow has been pretty good.
-Dave
-mike
I think I spent $40 at Wal Mart. It's their basic battery, too, nothing fancy.
-juice
I also do what Mike described and give my Forester 1-2 sec with the key at the "ON" position for the fuel pump to prime. It helps for a better starts 1st thing in the morning.
That aside, your dealer should be addressing your concern by asking you to leave your vehicle overnight so they can replicate the problem. If Mike's and juice's advice doesn't work, you may want to have the dealer document it properly.
Ken
-juice
I replaced those wilderness tires about 3 months ago with Michelin Pilots. Did it at Sears (their premium tire). They did a great job installing and balancing them. I was especially conening about them gouging my wheels, but they did great. Just don't let them sell you any unneeded services (i.e. an alignment).
They were rated well in Consumer reports, and offer a good combination (for me) of wear (50K tread warranty), wet and snow traction (I live in Rochester, NY).
There are many tires out there to choose from and your choice depends on where you live and what you want it to do. For example, if you live in a place where it never snows, then why even consider snow traction - you might do better with a tire that is optimized for other characteristics that you do care about.
-Howard
Keep up the good work!!
Don
Greg
-mike
I love everything else about this car.
What modifications have any of you made to correct this problem.
You could look at a Sparco seat, or maybe a "take-off" seat from an Impreza. Lots of i-Clubbers replace the seats, and IMO the OE seats on those cars are fantastic.
-juice
I also experience the sporadic vibration in the steering when turning, as well as the burning smell... My warranty runs out soon, so I'll be sure to get all these things documented!
The burning smell may be the undercoating burning off, does it smell like sulfur? That should fade.
Check the alignment, or at least rotate the tires.
-juice
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Thank you.
-juice
Factory Rep Zernig has ordered work but the
dealer has not complied fully. The only way to reach the zone rep has been through the dealer. That doesn't work when they don't do the job. How do I contact him directly?
I wanted quieter tires for my LL Bean when I bought it and I love these Yokos. Only problem is that Discount tire wouldn't give me a dime for my brand new Bridgestones --- they couldn't give them away. Subaru is hurting themselves by sticking with such mediocre tires, esp. on their expensive (but very very smooth) H6 models.
Good Luck
Norm
Thanks and sorry about the problem!
Patti
I'll post soon!
Patti
There are plenty of brake upgrade options. You can get steel braided lines, new brake fluid (though you have to flush your current fluid out completely), better pads, and even bigger rotors. The pads and fluid by themselves would produce noticeable results.
-juice
First defect that I've noticed in 5 months.
Eric
I bet it broke a seal somewhere.
-juice
I installed the Subaru Bike Rack (Yakima is the OEM) and it interferes with the sunroof.
On the Bean you have a front and back sunroof. The front sunroof must open first then the rear.
With the rack, the front roof cannot open completely without hitting the rack. It actually will lift it a little which cannot be good. This occurs with bikes on the rack or nothing on there at all.
Any solution to this or am I precluded from using my sun roofs with the bike rack installed? Thx.
The OB Ltd, VDC Wagon and Bean model all have the sunroof so I would imagine that Subaru figured that one out.
Ken
If that doesn't do the trick, you may need to use a slightly different system. Yakima makes a 2 different risers which attach to the Subie sidebars. I have the "Lowrisers", which raises the crossbars up higher than the standard Subie crossbars. Then you need the Yakima crossbars too. Gets expensive, but since I already had the Yakima system I needed the Lowrisers anyway. Good luck!
Jillian
Don
You may find that the hip pain has more to do with the arrangement of the seat and controls than your weight. I had crippling pain in my Mercedes' seat until the physiotherapist who was treating me came out and inspected. She recommended some minor adjustments (can't now remeber what) which corrected the problem instantly. Gee did it improve life!
Cheers
Graham
-juice
o Size of pads
o weight of vehicle
o AWD slighty
o Use of Go-pedal
My dad's legacy L goes through them every 15K miles or so. My trooper goes through them every 70K miles or so.
My guess is that the Honda was lighter than the OB and maybe you didn't use the go-pedal as much
-mike
-juice
YetAnotherDave
Are you not happy with the performance of the OEM pads?
Ken
I too have the Bean with the subaru bike rack. I had to buy the ROUND CROSSBAR SET from Subaru to make it work. It is only $140 so well worth it, plus they are much stronger cross bars and more stable. And they look better too, so you can't loose. You will be able to open your moon roofs with them in place. Just remember to remove the other cross bars.
Heather
YetAnotherDave
Greg
Greg
It's "burping". I'd top it off.
-juice
Mike
Does any one have the recommendations of SOA on wear limits of the pads and the original pad thickness? Are the rear pads the same as the front with regard to the wear limits and original thickness?
Also since I will be removing the wheels I will need the recommended torque of the lugs.
While I have the wheels off I will of course WAX the insides of the wheels.
Thanks in advance for the information.
Glad to see you're waxing your wheels. You will love how easy they are to keep clean after that.
-juice
YetAnotherDave
Greg