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Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:42 am
by gazza021
Hey everybody, thought I should introduce myself, I'm a longtime lurker but haven't really posted before, been into Subies for ages though, used to be a member with the OzLiberty crew before that went all pear shaped. Anyhow...:/

Name: Gerry (Gary or Gaz work too, whatever's easier.)
Ride: 2004 GT Wags, 1995 Lib Wags
Location: Toowoomba, QLD
Mods: Pretty much bone stock.
Plans: Only maybe's nothing concrete, but, ECU retune, Exhaust and some paint fixes are about as far as I've thought so far...
Occupation: Assistant Manager
Year of birth: 83
Interest: Same as most blokes, Cars, tech, loud music and beer. :P
Previous Rides: All Subies, still have the first one. Had a Silver GT wags before a kangaroo necessitated getting another one. :/ Subies seem to be a family thing, we currently have 4 of them!

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:44 am
by alessandro132
Welcome mate!

Be sure to get some pics up (which you know is mandatory ;))

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:14 am
by bigBADbenny
Nice one and welcome ;)

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 7:36 pm
by oldmate
Nice mate. You'll have to come on the next cruise with us all.

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 3:35 pm
by gazza021
Thanks guys. A cruise would be awesome. Pics are coming, as soon as I figure out a place to upload that won't disappear in five minutes. :-)

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:41 pm
by oldmate
gazza021 wrote:Thanks guys. A cruise would be awesome. Pics are coming, as soon as I figure out a place to upload that won't disappear in five minutes. :-)

imgur is your friend

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:50 pm
by Deep Heat
oldmate wrote:imgur is your friend


Isn't that the place where people upload nudes?

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:53 pm
by oldmate
Deep Heat wrote:
oldmate wrote:imgur is your friend


Isn't that the place where people upload nudes?

No, you're confused. You're thinking of the internet :) Can honestly say I haven't seen any nudes on there, yet.

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:03 pm
by jacks-GTB
Welcome :) we love pics here...

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:57 am
by gazza021
Pics as promised! Pardon the quality, they were taken with my phone, plus needed to edit the plates out. Also the QLD plates are ugly, need better ones soon!
This GT is originally from Sydney, I think it's had 3 owners before me, good service history too. I've no idea if it belonged to a forum member at any point? Needed some attention when I got it, idle was terrible (loose vacuum hose from BOV), faulty O2 Sensor (from what I hear it's a fairly common problem? Easy to replace anyway) and the original trip computer was dead. There was one from a newer TBSTI in there instead but it wasn't very happy. Owner gave me the dead original so I sent it off to Sydney from some TLC and it works fine now.
Previous owner also replaced the McIntosh HU with a refurbished one, so it works great but there's some damaged trim that I've yet to replace. Pretty happy with it overall, though I've mixed feelings about the 18's, my previous GT had factory 17's and rode a bit better, 18's on Toowoomba's crappy roads can be a bit stiff, though they do look good in my opinion.

Next thing I really need to look into is I think there may be either a small boost leak (I have looked over everything but need to pressure test to be sure) or perhaps the wastegate is having an issue. Factory BOV was past its prime, replacing it made a marked performance difference but I don't feel it's 100% yet. Generally though, it's a great cruising machine and just eats the K's without fuss. :)

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Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:29 am
by bigBADbenny
Nice one :)
See my tune FAQ in my sig for more boost leak diagnosis techniques ;)

Re: Intro from T'Bar

PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 1:59 pm
by gazza021
Thanks! I'll definitely be checking that out!