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Changed the oil with break-in over. It's interesting coming from a 1st gen discovering the changes Subaru/Toyota made, like how the skid plate cover is no longer sealed where the primary cat is. I'm guessing they saw from the 1st gen how much heat was getting trapped in that area (and causing coilpack failures) and decided to vent that area a bit. They seem to have re-used the same skidplate so there's just an empty hole where the plastic push clip used to be haha.
While changing the oil, I installed a Fumoto valve, nipple-less design to maximize clearance with the skidplate. Unlike a lot of the install videos I saw, I had to remove the skidplate to get adequate clearance with my crescent wrench to get a full 1/8 turn tightening the valve but YMMV. I also opted not to use the plastic locking clip since it just reduces clearance with the skidplate and is unnecessary with the way the revised skidplate protects that area on the 2nd gen.
Lastly gave the car its first carwash. It's depressing how fragile the paint on these cars is. I saw a handful of rock chips and the car is only at 1000 miles. It's not going to be pretty after a few years.
Oh almost forgot, father's day present from the wife.
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