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Originally Posted by MikeM7
interior led's
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Be aware that some people have had issues with LED swaps. The LEDs draw a lot less current than the stock bulbs and confuse the computer. They can cause very strange electrical gremlins that seem to have no relationship whatsoever to the lights.
Some people have no issues whatsoever. Just be aware of it.
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Originally Posted by MikeM7
Another option is a 10" sub.. I thought the Limited trim came with premium sound including a sub, but I didn't notice one in mine and it doesn't sound too bassy.
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The sub was an option. You had an either/or: If you ordered the sub, the system would not allow you to also order the OEM rubber trunk mat, and vice versa. You can't fit both in there at the same time. Personally, I think that rubber trunk mat is more useful than a sub could ever be. With the way this car handles, crap slides all over the place on the carpet, but the trunk mat really does help keep things in place.
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Originally Posted by MikeM7
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There is no need to delete that thing. Subaru included a solution with the car.
Have you found the hidden cigarette lighter outlet inside the glove box? It originally came with a black plug in it, which I'm convinced was a practical joke to make it more difficult for people who didn't read the manual to discover the outlet up under there. If you pull back the carpet on the firewall in the passenger side footwell, you will find the "sound hole" that feeds intake noise into the cabin from that sound tube. If you still have the practical joke plug from the outlet, it is the exact size needed to plug the sound hole for free. No more intake noise. They made it fit like that on purpose, by the way.
Sure, there might be other reasons you would want to delete the sound tube. You might be chasing weight if you were tracking the car. You might just want it out of the engine bay, since it doesn't really do anything other than pipe noise to the cabin. But there is no reason to spend any significant amount of money on it, even if you do remove it. You can get a plug for it at the hardware store.
If your cigarette plug is missing, you can get another one at pretty much any auto parts store. I think WalMart has them also.
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I noticed you didn't include tails in your list of ideas for mods. Personally, I think the stock tails look ricey, so I went with the Tom's tails. They actually look more stock than stock, and I think they add a lot to the rear of the car.
I also picked up a TapTurn with the strobe pack to replace the stock flasher relay. What that allows me to do is put on strobes when someone is tailgating me. It usually prompts the tailgater to back off. For some reason people love to tailgate this car.
I am a big fan of the Torque app for use as an engine monitor. If you're not already using it, consider getting a bluetooth OBDII connector and setting Torque up on your car. I have a dedicated tablet (actually an old Galaxy Note phone I'm not using) that I use to monitor the car. The computer will give you all sorts of engine data that doesn't show on the dash.
This car does NOT have an oil pressure sender capable of giving you an actual oil pressure. It has an oil pressure switch that only gives an on/off signal to the idiot light on the dash, and it's set to some ridiculously low number so that by the time it lights up, you're already in trouble. If you're used to having a real oil pressure gauge, you might want to search around here for threads on adding one to the twins. Subaru left a handy hole for it in the oil gallery on top of the engine.
I actually bought a digital aircraft oil pressure gauge for mine. At some point when I have the time, I'm going to delete that stupid clock on the dash and put that pressure gauge in its place.