Papabishop
Papabishop
6/23/17 11:03 p.m.

Well to start off ive been reading forums here for years but haven't had car "worthy" for years.So here goes my first thread! The car of interest ofcourse...1997 subaru forester. Yeah nothing exciting.. but it is 5spd and equipped with vicious lsd!

Papabishop
Papabishop New Reader
6/23/17 11:28 p.m.

In reply to Papabishop:

So i bought 1998 forester few years ago. Car sit for over a year,fresh gas and battery fires right up. Tires still held air and a/c works so win! Long story short one day driving thru a parking lot a truck backs up and boom front right end smashed in. Guy has no license or insurance but was on "private" property so cops could'nt do anyting... At the time i had 2 other DD say car got parked for lil over year again. Well now the time has come she is needed. Within past week i recharged battery, checked fluids and started it and she fired right up with no issues motor wise...

Papabishop
Papabishop New Reader
6/23/17 11:36 p.m.

In reply to Papabishop:

The good, the bad, the ugly.. So when i got the car, it had 268xxx miles on it, I assume hg were done at somepoint, but since ive owned it only the front pass wheelhub had to be replaced. But now after sitting for some time the A/C stopped working, shifter bushings gone to e36/&# and bunch of other minor things need addressing...

Papabishop
Papabishop New Reader
6/24/17 7:20 p.m.

And ofcourse everyone wants pictures. The damage New headlight and grille back on via good ol zip ties http://imgur.com/JvSJE86

Hal
Hal UltraDork
6/24/17 8:13 p.m.

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Papabishop
Papabishop New Reader
6/25/17 10:55 a.m.

Thanks for the help with that, havent posted pics in years.

Now lets try this again.

Had to massage some metal to get headlight to fit and pointed in right direction. Took car out for drive and try get it inspected but failed due to cracked blinker. So trip to junkyard tomorrow is needed. Sucks trying to find subaru parts where I live is near impossible. So for now going to try find one that'll fit to atleast get it to pass inspection.

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