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MICHELIN › Tires

tlow569 17 Dec 2025, 16:34

Rating 5.0

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Ride comfort:

I have the same vehicle and put Michelin CC2 on it. They're a grip hugging tire and have enjoyed having them on the vehicle. One other tire that I've come across and considering for the future are the Pirelli Scorpion WeatherActive which was tested and outperformed the CC2 on wet roads. However, the CC2 does have a better tread life and wear rate. Can't go wrong with either.

Pros: grip hugging tire

Cons: better on wet roads

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

YOKOHAMA › Tires

Puiu1 15 Dec 2025, 21:47

Rating 4.0

Noise:

I'm running yoko geolander A/Ts at the moment, the side walls are much stiffer than the last tires I was running which were BF Goodrich vantage controls, which imo were solid all season tires. The geos don't make much road noise and have performed very well in the snow.

Pros: performed very well in snow, don't make much road noise

Cons: stiffer side walls

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

NITTO › Tires

snowflakesoutside 15 Dec 2025, 17:42

Rating 5.0

Grip:

Nitto Motivo 365 are a fair bit less than the CC2 and are an excellent all weather tire. I've had them on my Forester for a year now. On the Legacy, I used to swap between dedicated summer and winter tires, but the Nittos have been excellent, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything by not having snow tires.

Pros: excellent all weather tire

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

OEM Subaru › Brake caliper

FistfulOfMemes 15 Dec 2025, 13:01

Rating 4.0

Uneven wear:

Since passing the 200,000 mark, I've replaced all of the brake calipers because the originals looked really crusty at this point and a couple of them had seizing issues.

Cons: crusty, seizing issues

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

Mileage: 200000 km

OEM Subaru › Shock absorbers

FishyNorseman 14 Dec 2025, 09:04

Rating 4.0

Bottoming:

I have an SJ and have extensively looked into the options. I’m going to get another set of Subaru OE. They are inexpensive, last 100-150tkm and the ride is not perfect but well balanced imo.

Pros: inexpensive, well balanced

Cons: ride is not perfect

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

KOYORAD › Engine radiator

Chippy569 14 Dec 2025, 00:37

Rating 5.0

Overheating:

I went with a Koyorad radiator from rock auto and then I also replaced the inlet and outlet hoses with OE. A new OE radiator cap, too. Subarus are fairly sensitive to cooling system parts, so for any mechanical bits (cap, water pump, thermostat, etc) I highly recommend spending on OE.

Pros: highly recommend spending on OE

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

MICHELIN › Tires

Aeacus- 2 Dec 2025, 09:17

Rating 3.0

Grip:

The only time I’ve had any real control issues driving in my forester with Michelin cross climates was heading to the airport to pick up my daughter during freezing rain. Glazed ice everywhere and you couldn’t stop worth a damn.

Cons: couldn’t stop worth a damn

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

OEM Subaru › Engine oil

Tyesokay 23 Aug 2025, 02:57

Rating 1.0

Engine noise:

Do not listen to them. I have a 2015 forester non turbo I used 5w30 and had all kinds of problems id get codes for over advanced timing on one bank and under advanced on the other, I was getting power loss going uphill, weird chattering noise.

Cons: power loss, weird noise

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

Falken › Tires

draco112233 16 Aug 2025, 17:38

Rating 1.0

Grip:

First set dry rot within 2yr and the other had irreparable sidewall chunk damage within 5k miles. Terrible quality on that model.

Cons: dry rot, sidewall damage

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

Mileage: 5000 km

Falken › Tires

NatayotheCat 16 Aug 2025, 17:31

Rating 1.0

Grip:

2025 forester with 3200 miles on the falken tires. I have already had 2 instances of road damage. First a sheet metal screw in the tread and now a puncture and tear on the inner sidewall due to a piece of gravel.

Pros: low mileage

Cons: road damage, sidewall tear

Vehicle: Subaru Forester

Mileage: 3200 km