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Old 01-01-2016, 05:45 PM
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How good are the bugeyed WRX's? Someone by me has one for sale pretty cheap and I was thinking about picking it up. It has 104,000 miles on it and the body is in good condition. Looks pretty stock with nothing done to it. Is there anything I should look out for with these things?



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Old 01-01-2016, 09:35 PM
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IDK what year that is, but some model years had like paper head gaskets that 100% will blow out eventually. Check that out first!
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(02 wrx) a few people I know blew out their gears under mostly stock conditions.... Look into it. Apparently this was not an issue w the sti




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