Starter motor Bosch or OEM Subaru

One replacement Bosch starter later and it fired up almost immediately.

these are remanufactured VW/Bosch parts redistributed by autozone. IMPORTANT!!! the whole job took me aboiut 3 hrs....cause i'm a newby VW garage mechanic, but it went off/on with no issues really. she starts better than ever. the starter is smooth as hell.

Just get a Bosch rebuilt starter. Others will work, but after 4 brand x's (local rebuilders), I went with Bosch and it's so much better. Strong motor, strong sub-zero cranking, everything's strong now.