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Originally Posted by LetItSnow
Date code's speculation, too. FWIW, if that is a date code, they repop'd the cupholders, too. I dare you to say that they did!
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There is almost as much hard evidence for the date codes (1 confirmed case) as there is for new OEM struts failing.
And of course they would reproduce cupholders, what would we do without those???
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Originally Posted by LetItSnow
2013 - 1997 = 16  |
In that scenario it was 2007. 2007 -1997 = 10.
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Originally Posted by LetItSnow
I bought a pair of Foresters, plan to pick up a new one in three years, and recommend them to people who ask. Looks like the future of the SVX didn't sour me too much!  |
Good to hear! Almost bought one myself last summer, but decided I needed something bigger...
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Originally Posted by dcarrb
Is Subaru likely to cast and machine a new batch of EG33 blocks or heads? No. Might they have a subcontractor assemble a run of SVX struts from unremarkable steel tubing and parts bin components? Of course they would... if the cost/benefit analysis numbers say the'll come out ahead. It's that simple.
dcb
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+1!