Nice ride. Manual transmission on the Forester? If so, I would recommend the Tranquil input shaft sleeve kit from PDM USA when it's time for a new clutch. https://pdmusa.com/ I know the owner, Father-in-Law. Brother-in-law used to own Sumo parts, and had a wild built-up Forester he used to...
Updated the Tazer in the Jeep with the laptop. Your results may vary. Also a quick touch-up for the hitch skid. Less than 5 minutes in the Texas sun and it was fully dry.
Hold up, wait a minute, scratch that. That was when I had a drain hole plugged. 5 years ago, brain not remembering correctly. The seal is on the door, look to see if it's making correct contact there. A heat gun and a long screwdriver can help stretch it back out to shape.
Remove the freedom panels. With the Jeep toolkit, remove the windshield wipers first. On the inside top of the frame behind the visor are 4 screws. Remove with the toolkit. When lowering, do so slowly, the drains for the front freedom panel channel will pop out of their channel, you'll need to...
I think any tape will work. Mine is a fairly early August '19 build, so they were still figuring things out for noise reduction, but the intermittent whistle I did have went away after the tape. Also, if you haven't dropped your windshield, there's a seal at the A-pillars that might be slightly...
It sounds like it's taking a bit of time. However, you can put the cutoff in place, just loose until it arrives. Mine was a few weeks from order to delivery, but that's also a few years ago.