My advice would be to stay away from a twin turbo B4 if you dont know much about them. The TT setup is fairly complex and most people will end up converting to single turbo anyway. Most mechanics & tuners arent interested in working on the TT setup at all. There is a B4 for sale on this forum that is already converted to a single turbo STI engine. Be a good buy. Take it from me, I have a JDM gen2 legacy GT that is currently having the same conversion done with a version 8 JDM STI engine. Total cost of the conversion will be just under $8K, and thats being done by a private installer. Be alot more if you go to a workshop.

Don't listen to the TT haters champ
I bought one without any knowledge of twins, and have learnt lots and love my beast. I'd only ever had a rex before it, but the twins are awesome.
I've spent $800 on it since I bought it on a really good tune and a diffback and totally love it.
No it's not your awesome power delivering car like a single turbo, but if you drive one and love it, go for it.
There are tuners out there that actually enjoy the challenge of twins, to the point where I feel that the tune I currently have is completely safe.
At the end of the day, yeah, a JDM would be better, but have a drive of an AUDM and see what you think.

Check the recent threads, someone asked a similar question yesterday about b4s. I have a JDM, biggest benefit for me is that I can have the wagon and the B4 in one. Also the JDM seem to be less likely to ping (mine doesn't). But the local B4s are probably easier to insure and have the leather interior (most JDMs only got half leather).

Others have had their B4s tuned with chiptorque. I have a 3inch catback and havent encounted any issues with sensors. They are a good car, but they do have most of the power band in the top of the rev range which can mean you really have to rev like crazy to get that big smile you want.

I'm near the Sunshine Coast, bought mine as my first Subaru and Turbo car. I do try to avoid driving it on super hot days (35deg plus). If anything, avoid the early AUDM B4's. Mines MY03, done 7k since I bought it last year. They are an aging turbo car, I say drive a couple and see what you think. I haven't touched the motor or exhaust. I've done other bolt on mods though

Looking into it at the moment.

Saw a Spec B in Melbourne. Bit of a stretch in the budget but will have to work on the minister of finance. My wife is also my bank manager which can be painful at times.

Working on a couple of deals to propose to her. It's probably $10K more than I had hoped to spend, but may keep it longer and they seem to be a much more comfortable car. I might not get to drive it as much too if she likes it!

just remember that the replies your getting here are all from TT owners

if it were me spending that money i'd be looking at a gen 4 gt. what you lose in JDM goodies you make up for by moving to a newer model.

i had a jdm legacy GT (i found insurance was no different for the import over my liberty btw) that was converted to single turbo and also a gen 2 liberty that i did a turbo conversion to using a tt half cut. it lasted two weeks before i pulled it all out and converted that to single as well.

BlackGTB wrote:

As XoN said the little JDM extras are nice - black blue leather (on a black polished car it looks great), electric drivers seat, folding mirrors, and programmable door handles to unlock as well as self locking if you unlock but don't open.

You can program the handle so that if you fiddle with the handle in a certain sequence, it will unlock the door.
There are a number of other JDM goodies other than those above. Plus you can get a GTB if you want a wagon.

I'm with Aek. The gen4 had a twin scroll turbo so it's power delivery is not exactly terrible, without having to live with VOD. Much nicer looking body IMO too.

aekOne wrote:

just remember that the replies your getting here are all from TT owners

if it were me spending that money i'd be looking at a gen 4 gt. what you lose in JDM goodies you make up for by moving to a newer model.

haha well, it did take subaru 3 generations to get a half decent looking car...

I like my electric mirrors, nice little touch. I put them in whenever I park the car. Have to agree with Kev, the 3rd gens retained the subaru personality, while the 4th gens just look like a mix between a ford falcon and a honda

tsg wrote:

My B4 locks if you unlock but don't open. As you say, the only extras on a JDM model is the rear window wiper, and folding mirrors? I believe. Some models had a stereo that also played minidiscs.

I'd like to see a re-incarnation of the B4 (B6?) at some point in the future, 3 (maybe 3.6ltr) twin turbo, GTR style.

Should take mine for a spin this afternoon. Most B4 owners have a love hate relationship. After going for a drive I always fall in love again. When I was shopping a Gen4 GT was over 25k, and I only had 15k to spend. Not wanting a loan I went for what I could afford at the time, and I think that is what it comes down to in the end. Other than an ECU tune, if its not broken don't fix it, I wouldn't buy a B4 to modify the engine knowing what I know now.