Subaru parts reviews

had really good luck with PIAA Aero Vogue part #s TireRack (cheapest place I found) 96145 & 96165, these also take refills and are Silicone based so they cause rain to bead and help preserve the rubber blade. My sister has them on her Outback and loves them. I might switch to them on my Highlander as I bought used and they put really crumby wipers on.

I just has a set of Copper Endeavor Plus put on my '22 about 2 months ago. Just a standard all-season tire, nothing really special. Pretty happy with them. They're quiet, and good in the rain.

For road tires I have Yokohama Avid GT on my Impreza and I’ve been very happy with them in the wet and light snow that we get in Memphis (they are a snowflake rated tire).

Ended up with General ALTIMAX 365 AW. Wife wanted a solid ice/snow tire. Best rated tire for snow/ice . Fairly good for Ride quality and noise. Dry/wet driving is not rated as good as other two tires on this list.

I have Michelin Cross Climate 2’s on my 2019. They are a great tire.

I just replaced the Firestone weathergrips on my 13 OB. They lasted a good 50k, and were great on the snow and ice and wet roads.

You can save yourself some time and money by buying the Aisin water pump / timing belt kit on RockAuto. Don’t mess around with other ones. The parts are all the same OEM you’d get from Subaru at a fraction of the cost, except for the pump itself — but that’s a good thing because while Aisin didn’t make the pump for these, they were an OE pump maker for Subaru and the company that made the OE one for that generation (Gates) has apparently started producing crap. I don’t think Subaru even uses them anymore for their OEM pump.

I replaced mine with Bosch Icons, but to be honest, they don't really seem to perform any better than the OEM wipers, which, in retrospect, were surprisingly good.

The OEM radiator sucks anyway.

I did the powerstop drilled slotted rotors thing on my Outback 3.6 which I’d run on the heavy side on family trips. The Gen 4 Outback’s are known to have poor brake performance and I thought it would be a smart upgrade for extra margin. In the end I wouldn’t recommend. More noise, faster pad wear, premature cracking around the drilled holes on the rotors, questionable performance upgrade.