Robsyuk 2018 Levorg Sti

David1972 said:

stunning fella

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It's almost making me not wanting to sell it.

Robsyuk said:

It's almost making me not wanting to sell it.

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don't do it, you'll regret it

looks better than new

Another little mod done, it matches the plastic boot cover really well.
Part number on the last pic. It was £80 delivered

Nice - my car that is coming has one on, but not the OEM one like yours

David1972 said:

Nice - my car that is coming has one on, but not the OEM one like yours

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It's an expensive hobby but I will always try to buy oem or new.

Changed the levorg chrome badge to black.
I might lose the awd drive one.

I went into my boot earlier and without thinking I hit my head. Frustrated I pushed the boot (tailgate) up and it went a lot further than the motor was winding to.

A quick look on here (post 20), scanned the QR code and it showed me how to reset the height after disconnecting the battery.
The boot opens high again, which is a result as I thought it was broken.

Less that 1k of miles on the new rear tyres and have a nail in one already.

Oh no.... repairable?

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Oh no.... repairable?

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Yeah, it's in the middle and a small nail. It should only be £25

Just had the nail removed for the lovely sum of £29.95. Tyrepros now do a fancy car check thing.

Just hit 95,555km so another upgrade was required.
Colour coded mirror caps with dynamic indicators, and working DRL's
Note; your 12v live wire may be a different colour to my JDM import.

While I have the door cards off, I may aswell upgrade the speakers.

Surprised how quick it was to change the reflectors in the rear bumper.
I don't plan to wire them up.

Now at 95566km

I can't remember when I bought these handle protectors, and I still don't know if i prefer the scratches on show or hidden.

looks good to me

Looks bad to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Can't please everyone, do your own thing Robsy

Now at 95600km and I tackled the CVT fluid at home.

Jacked it up, dropped the old fluid and replaced with new.
I was going to take the car for a drive and then drop the fluid again, but it was an absolute horrible job to do while laying on my back.
From having bottles falling over, my syring dripping all over the place and cvt fluid dripping in my face, never again. The faf over 2 and a half hours of going through 9 1litre bottles, I'm paying someone next time, or finding a lift to use.

Once filled, I started the car and cycled the gears and managed to get another 3/4 of a litre in the cvt.

The fluid that came out smelt like burnt tyres and was dark. When shaking it, I could still see some brown colour to it. The new was a light golden colour.

If you have seen my oil change post, you'll see that I lowered the car onto a tray that collected the old oil and it split resulting in a huge oil spill.

Well this time I used a proper oil catch can, lined it up and removed the drain plug.
The fluid came out with such force that it spilled over the catch can, and couldn't drain into the can fast enough, resulting in the cvt fluid spilling over the sides, over my cardboard and onto my drive. what will my neighbours think.

I will take it for a drive tomorrow and see if there's any improvements.

*THE NEXT DAY*
Holly wow what a huge difference.
Before the car always had a bit of a clunk when putting it into drive for the first time in the morning, compared to my touran that just slides in with ease. This was beautiful, it was effortless.
Previously, I would have said the car changed up the gears smoothly, but oh my goodness, it's even smoother. It really feels like a brand new car.
For Subaru to say the fluid is lifetime, I wonder if they ever drove in real conditions and changed the fluid.
Wearing the fluid, and making a huge mess was totally worth it.

Change your fluid!