K&N air filter for the Subaru

My car came from Japan with the notorious HKS Mushroom filter. Although it supposedly flows air without much restriction, it also flows engine-damaging debris without much restriction! It might keep out pebbles and small birds, but it allows everything else to pass right through. Here is the offending piece:

Straightening a bent steel wheel

After having a bit of fun on a twisty gravel road, I came home to find this:

I’m not even sure how I got it. I guess 16-inch steelies with 50-series tires aren’t meant for gravel roads!

Subaru rear strut brace

One of the downsides of a wagon compared to an Impreza sedan is that that big booty tends to be much more flexible. A rear strut brace should stiffen up some of that flexiness.

This install can be done in as little as 10 minutes, or it can take an hour or two if you’re finicky like me.

Subaru brake pads, caliper paint, and master cylinder bleeding

This began as a simple replacement of brake pads, but was made into more of a project by a few setbacks and the addition of paint.

Courteous driving, chapter 1

Living close to a double-turn lane without a curved line drawn in the intersection often leaves me vexed. You can only educate people with your horn so much before graphical intervention becomes necessary.

Painting the rusty steel wheels for winter

I know - every post seems to be about the new Subaru. Well, it’s new and I’m positively enamored with it and it needs a few things. One of those things is acceptable winter wheels! I had a set of old, rusty, black 16" steelies from the girlfriend’s old Cavalier, and they would do nicely for the winter once cleaned up and painted.

In the spotlight: Subaru auxiliary lighting

Continuing toward the goal of giving sunburns to roadside moose, it’s time to add the spotlights to the Subaru.