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12-09-2012, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: mostly Boston, MA, where the local drivers are both aggressive and incompetent. Delightful!
Car: 2011 Outback 3.6 premium, rear sway bar, and way too many accessories. Anything that can make Boston winters more tolerable (e.g. remote start, molded wintertech snow mats etc).
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Snow Tires and Wheels
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I added black painted steel wheels, with TPMS sensors (Massachusetts laws are getting stricter, probably a requirement soon in order to pass inspection on equipped cars), and Michelin ice xi3 snow tires. Looks rather stark, kind of brutal...I'll find some cheap plastic hubcaps to pound on them with a mallet next week to soften the look a bit. In my garage I have stored my all season tires and OEM alloy wheels that the outback 3.6 came equipped with. Anyone know whether there is any benefit to storing them in a basement where the temperature is pretty much a constant 65F as opposed to an unheated garage for the winter? Might make no difference whatsoever...and I stored them lying on their sides to take the weight off the rubber. Does that matter...? Christopher |
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12-09-2012, 08:05 PM
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Car: 2011 Outback 2.5i Limited, K&N Air Filter, Crystal Black Silica exterior, Notto SE HID Kit, 2 10" Alpine Subs w/Amp, interior LED's, Visor & Windows Tinted, LED Fog/Reverse/Projector Front Position Lights, Lamin-X tail light covers
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12-09-2012, 08:08 PM
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Location: yelm, wa
Car: '11 outback 2.5i premium '12 impreza sport limited
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no, there is no screw. just adhesive. i thought that at first too, it does look like it
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who cares about resale value? this is an outback, not getting something else til at least 200k miles! tired of a sore elbow from the hard plastic armrest? get a cover here http://www.redlinegoods.com/cgi-bin/...r&id=1&aid=774 |
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12-09-2012, 10:55 PM
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Location: Seattle, WA
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I took mine up to Stevens Pass Ski Area today. Had the stock Conti's siped a few weeks back and was not too disappointed in the performance...that said, I will be getting Geolandars on soon.
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2012 Outback 2.5 Premium PZEV, Graphite Gray, Rear Seat Back Protector, Plastidip, 19mm RSB, Lamin-X, Rally Armor Mud Flaps, WeatherTech Floor Mats, Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S |
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12-10-2012, 05:53 PM
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Location: yelm, wa
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 eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww, thanks for posting that pic. i forgot just how hideous the front lights were in the stock form. from this angle the car looks like a neglected chyrsler sebring from a few years ago.
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who cares about resale value? this is an outback, not getting something else til at least 200k miles! tired of a sore elbow from the hard plastic armrest? get a cover here http://www.redlinegoods.com/cgi-bin/...r&id=1&aid=774 |
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12-10-2012, 09:24 PM
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 Curiously enough, FL has a stand your ground law, and in a situation like that where someone could have felt their life was threatened, they might feel they would have been able to get away with shooting the driver of the truck. Perhaps that driver ought to careful who he slams into in traffic. Maybe ramming a car with a tractor trailer is a bit of an overreaction to being flipped off. I don't consider flipping off the truck driver who ran me out of a lane in heavy traffic to be a very grievous overreaction. In any case... PSA over... I had Christmas throw up on my Outback:  Even better at night!  Xmas Outback lights - YouTube
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12-10-2012, 10:33 PM
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paulfolio 2013 Outback 2.5i Premium AWP, CVT "Olivia"  Little Mods/ Accessories: 32% tint on front windows c/o Mr. Tint MagnetBra Red Hella Supertones Harness Kit and Bracket from Subimods.com Yellow LaminX tinted Fog Lamps Plastidipped Rear Emblems and Grille |
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12-10-2012, 10:35 PM
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paulfolio 2013 Outback 2.5i Premium AWP, CVT "Olivia" Little Mods/ Accessories: 32% tint on front windows c/o Mr. Tint MagnetBra Red Hella Supertones Harness Kit and Bracket from Subimods.com Yellow LaminX tinted Fog Lamps Plastidipped Rear Emblems and Grille |
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12-11-2012, 01:38 AM
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Car: 2013 Outback 3.6 Limited
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ctd123 might be the first one to modify the stock racks and replace them? Please post some more pics.
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