Quoting mitsuturbo:
Quoting silence911:
Hey I am new here, I have a 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS. Now I am looking to trade my Subie a Galant VR-4. Is there anything that I should look out for in a GVR4? How is the maintenance in these cars? Thank you very much
Look for one with good paint, a nice pliable (clean) engine harness, no hacked wiring or anything else, a GREAT body and NO rust. Running or not is irrelevant so long as everything is there. Honestly, i prefer to buy them broken, since i don't want someone else's headaches or to have to catch up on someone else's poor maintenance schedule. I'd rather put an engine i built myself into them, and go through everything, modifying for easier maintenance and deleting all the unnecessary crap. It's easy to clean the engine bay with nothing in there as well. At least then you can make sure EVERY Fastener is tight and in good shape, everything is sealed, all the seals are new, no valves are bent, compression is good, balance shafts are gone, pancake oil cooler is gone... the list goes on and on.
That being said, don't trade a 2.5RS straight up for a GVR4. Find one for about a grand in good shape, and put another 2 into it. Then you have a 3000 dollar car. You could probably take out a loan vs your Subie and be able to afford all of this with a low payment like i did this year. So far it's working out well. While 555 is not on the road yet, it is coming along nicely.
+1 to that. Seriously, I was better off buying mine not running. That way I could have tuned it, wired it and cleaned it all up myself. Instead, I blew the motor (literally) out of the engine bay.
Oh well, now its completely re-done with meticulous detail. Only thing I can think of that I have left to do is the suspension (bushings and aftermarket parts) but that might wait until after the winter and possibly in the summer.