Hey thank you for the reply!
Good call on the belt being broken in one or some haha tires. It’s about to get new ones so fingers crossed that will solve that.
Everything was tight and nothing looked particularly bad when I was under it. Wheel bearings all seemed tight. No brake issues. Axles looked new but had surface rust. Looked like newer sway bar end links on the rear.
The oil level seemed high to me but was very clean and didn’t smell. Almost like it was just done. Also looked like a new filter. And the coolant was also very clean. Which, I guess would be expected with all the cooling bits recently replaced. I’m really hoping that they just overfilled it when replacing parts. The high oil level is concerning though.
I’ve had only one head gasket issue in my previous Subarus and that was on the 05 forester. My wife drove it while it was actively showing her on the temp gauge she shouldn’t be for quite some time haha. Hopefully I won’t be going down that road again.
The heads did have a small amount of oil on the bottom of both but looked more like it was from the valve cover even though I could see what looked like new valve cover gaskets. They were bright blue.
As for the suspension lift portion I didn’t even think about the shock/strut drop out not being suffice for lift springs. I was looking at kings for a while then settled on a Rallitek set up with the 1” springs, 1” spacers and rear link set. Then was going to run kyb’s but maybe I should keep looking.
As for the worn out bits I have no idea. I’ve briefly looked for bushings but haven’t had much luck as of yet.
Thank you for the suggestion on tires. I had some Falken wildpeak’s on my wife’s all4 mini last year and they were great but can’t find them in the correct size for the outback. At least not the more aggressive type.
Good call on the belt being broken in one or some haha tires. It’s about to get new ones so fingers crossed that will solve that.
Everything was tight and nothing looked particularly bad when I was under it. Wheel bearings all seemed tight. No brake issues. Axles looked new but had surface rust. Looked like newer sway bar end links on the rear.
The oil level seemed high to me but was very clean and didn’t smell. Almost like it was just done. Also looked like a new filter. And the coolant was also very clean. Which, I guess would be expected with all the cooling bits recently replaced. I’m really hoping that they just overfilled it when replacing parts. The high oil level is concerning though.
I’ve had only one head gasket issue in my previous Subarus and that was on the 05 forester. My wife drove it while it was actively showing her on the temp gauge she shouldn’t be for quite some time haha. Hopefully I won’t be going down that road again.
The heads did have a small amount of oil on the bottom of both but looked more like it was from the valve cover even though I could see what looked like new valve cover gaskets. They were bright blue.
As for the suspension lift portion I didn’t even think about the shock/strut drop out not being suffice for lift springs. I was looking at kings for a while then settled on a Rallitek set up with the 1” springs, 1” spacers and rear link set. Then was going to run kyb’s but maybe I should keep looking.
As for the worn out bits I have no idea. I’ve briefly looked for bushings but haven’t had much luck as of yet.
Thank you for the suggestion on tires. I had some Falken wildpeak’s on my wife’s all4 mini last year and they were great but can’t find them in the correct size for the outback. At least not the more aggressive type.
