WTF Japan?

Dynamic Entry · Post by **Dynamic Entry** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:52 pm

This is pulled off a Japanese auction listing. Seen it before? What does it mean?!!!

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:03 pm

Maybe it varied the amount of power-assistance on the steering?

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:16 pm

That was on of the things the Legacy RS had. Very cool I believe it makes steering more responsive. Again one of the things our US Subaru's didn't have. Actually I think the 94 US legacy's had them. These cars had ALOT of goodies that most cars today don't have with the JDM versions and were subaru fast. Especially the Legacy RS-RA.

dscoobydoo · Post by **dscoobydoo** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:28 am

You, what ericem said. It adjusted the valvebody inside the steering rack, or the pump I think.

There were so many parts on JDM and EDM cars we never got.

Every week I find a new part.

ericem · Post by **ericem** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:17 am

A few things our USDM vehicles should have had.

power folding mirrors, fog lights, EJ20TT motor, entire skirt package, and the sporty steering button.......

Yet we didn't, and I ask why

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:24 am

ericem wrote:A few things our USDM vehicles should have had.

power folding mirrors, fog lights, EJ20TT motor, entire skirt package, and the sporty steering button.......

Yet we didn't, and I ask why

maybe because ours were built in Indiana?

Aerotech · Post by **Aerotech** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:37 am

I just got the folding mirrors from JDM Hot...
(And she IS kinda hot... check out the picture in About Me on EBay!)

Now I have to figure out how the hell to wire them up. I almost bought a 2nd gen set, but decided not to, then the next week these came up.
Anyone have JDM-spec wiring diagrams???
She'll be pretty close to a real RS-RA, if they ever get done with the engine. Still need the skirts...

Check out this launch!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yHMDTiKAfOo
It's a Liberty RS

PhyrraM · Post by **PhyrraM** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:21 pm

The real reason we didn't get most of those options is because Subarus are already kinda expensive (for what you get) over here. Adding cost for stuff that really is just fluff wasn't in Subarus best intrest.

Folding mirrors? Nobody had them in North America at that time.

Variable assist steering? Some cars had it, but a well weighted fixed setup is just fine. Read reviews of some cars that had it back then. The T-bird S/C comes to mind.

Ground effects? The Legacy was a mom-and-pop car in the early 90s. No need for such gaudy add-ons in thier eyes.

EJ20TT? Easy. No twin turbos till the new bodystyle.

EJ20G? Too high reving and no low end torgue for the target mom-and-pop audience. A normally aspirated ej22 feels better off the line, which is where 'us americans' like thier power.

No fog lights is an interesting choice. Not sure why the SSs didn't have them. I would guess there was no money to design a new bumber beam to accomodate them in the North American market.

IronMonkeyL255 · Post by **IronMonkeyL255** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:39 am

internetautomart wrote:maybe because ours were built in Indiana?

I dunno about yours, but my SS was built in Japan.

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:22 am

IronMonkeyL255 wrote:
internetautomart wrote:maybe because ours were built in Indiana?
I dunno about yours, but my SS was built in Japan.

1. I don't have an SS
2. I thought that all the first gen legacies were built in indiana

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:09 am

internetautomart wrote: 2. I thought that all the first gen legacies were built in indiana

Turbo Legacies were (and still are?) built in Japan. So are STis, and possibly most other Imprezas.

Also, one other reason for no twin turbo is that they won't fit in a left hand drive car due to the steering and brake stuff.

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:51 am

jamal wrote:Turbo Legacies were (and still are?) built in Japan. So are STis, and possibly most other Imprezas.

I believe all Imprezas and Foresters are from the Yajima factory.

555BCTurbo · Post by **555BCTurbo** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:41 am

All Legacy Turbos are of Japanese origin

Manarius · Post by **Manarius** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:13 pm

The SVX has variable assist steering! Speed Sensitive to be exact.

jilo860 · Post by **jilo860** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:27 am

Aerotech wrote: Check out this launch!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yHMDTiKAfOo
It's a Liberty RS

thats you? i hate you!!! damn im jealous i saw that video last night and thought it was a sick t leg. good job man!

Aerotech · Post by **Aerotech** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:52 am

Nah, that's not me...I wish!!! That vid is from Australia.

Hoping to be that quick when the car gets back from ECS.

SP-Boxer · Post by **SP-Boxer** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:05 pm

Wow, I see this thread a bit late.

I also never saw that switch

It's a pitty that those JDM cars have all those features and we don't.

Here in Europe we do have heated seats in the 2.2 version and from 1993 all 4wd's had heated mirrors as well. I wonder how they combined that in Japan, because the heating switch was on the same position as de folding switch...

It's also impossible to combine all the functions.
Headlight adjusting, cruise, fogs rear, fogs front, rear window defroster, headlight washers, sporty steering...

I count 7 functions, while I have 5 positions in my car. I saw cars with 6 positions for those buttons.

Damn, I would kill for a set of those folding mirrors and also for a MT cruise control kit!

internetautomart · Post by **internetautomart** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:10 pm

heated mirrors could be wired into the rear defogger switch.

SP-Boxer · Post by **SP-Boxer** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:31 pm

That's true, I know it's like that on most German cars.
But I just like all those OEM switches that tell me what they do exactly

legacy4ever · Post by **legacy4ever** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:41 pm

the mirrors were either heated or folding. you couldn't get both. JDM got folding, euro-spec got heated, USDM got... ehm 2.2T :>

SP-Boxer · Post by **SP-Boxer** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:59 pm

legacy4ever wrote:the mirrors were either heated or folding. you couldn't get both. JDM got folding, euro-spec got heated, USDM got... ehm 2.2T :>

Damn... But, when you get a set of both, you can combine those two and fix it up with the defroster!
Or... Buy Legacy IV mirrors, that fold and are heated

Ben, you've got heated mirrors?

legacy4ever · Post by **legacy4ever** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:11 pm

yep, I got them

91riored · Post by **91riored** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:46 pm

who do companies base there target market off of?not us.. why don't they scan the forums for thoughts then maybe we can get some cool cars... we get options like a/c seats(caddy)or weatherband radio(can just tune it to am have to have special buttons??)I do like the heated wiper area on the widows in the wagons nice after ski trips but i also have a scrapper... hads my buddies 540 bmw great car but not as nice as the one we had in germany... ford mondy(contour) euro wins
focus rs(svt)euro again aussy finding turbos are nothing here there like looking for a needle in a haystack....WHY?? do they tease me with things i can't have

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WTF Japan?

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