Since I won't be taking out my engine can I remove the passenger tire to do this?
yeah, passenger tire, and that plastic cover piece, under the splash guard, its held in with 3 plastic clips, make sure the balancer is the first thing you do when doing the swap, just in case you need to do the starter trick.
16' wrx sti- stock
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