The Grand Sport. Part 2: The experience.

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Jeff V. wrote: ↑Tue Aug 19, 2025 2:43 am My black car had cursed AC. Maybe it followed the strut bar :eek:
I hope not :runaway:

Worst part is I didn’t even get it installed. I tried but the bolt holes on the firewall are just slightly off (my car was in an accident before I got it so…)
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I think it's the bar. It needed some tweaking to fit my car too.
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as annoying as this is reading it (the problems), part of me misses having a modded car. I need to finish the garage so i can fuck with the forester...
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AC fixed. Orings at the firewall were toast.

41F air coming out the center vent. Can’t complain :lol:
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At least your AC bulkhead fitting didn't crack. That was the last straw for me.
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Oh man that would be terrible
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Jeff V. wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 2:20 am At least your AC bulkhead fitting didn't crack. That was the last straw for me.
Yeah I remember that. Was it on the line side or the evap?

I’ve already replaced the Evap in mine once. Surprisingly not hard to do really.
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I did some AC work on mine once. Lol


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It was on the evap side.
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Jeff V. wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 2:20 am At least your AC bulkhead fitting didn't crack. That was the last straw for me.
how TF? corrosion on the bolt?
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It looked fine. I can only guess it was a combination of being over torqued and temperature changes. We only figured it out when Vira's dad suggested we pressurize it and dunk it in a bucket of water. It was a hairline crack right along the flat side of the bulkhead fitting.
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Neat car. Guy was a little obsessed with carbon fiber though.

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For Jeff and a reminder to the rest of you. Not an experience I want to go through.

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My car is 99.9% of the time parked in the garage, and I plan to keep my truck keys in a faraday box once I convert it to keyless ignition.
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i cant be assed to care enough. Thats what insurance is for.
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Been debating on doing something for the camaro. Easily stolen vehicle. It will be garage kept but still.
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Jeff V. wrote: ↑Sat Dec 20, 2025 2:58 am My car is 99.9% of the time parked in the garage, and I plan to keep my truck keys in a faraday box once I convert it to keyless ignition.
I do the same with mine, plus some other countermeasures to just be sure.
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