Right - if you talk to Magnuson about drive bearings they'll tell you:

1. Alpine made their own nose for the drive so we don't know what that is.
2. Oh and because Alpine made the nose, we don't know what bearings were used.
3. When asked about replacing the nose - we'll we don't know what the dimensions are so we would have to fab one up for you which leads me to...
4. Anything other than the basic unit, well we'll need to see a banking statement before we'll even take a look at it.

If you call Alpine, they'll basically say:
1. We don't make a unit for a Subaru.. oh an Isuzu? What's an Isuzu?
2. Oh that thing - well you should call Magnuson as they handle all our service on past units.
3. Parts for that unit? Oh we don't have any more in stock (when asked for a replacement billet nose).

So where does that leave us? Oh yeah, there's that company that Joe found...
Tone, I'm not sure if you've actually experienced any of this, as you divested yourself of your Ebony several years ago - but the latest experience (by members of this forum in regards to the Alpine kit with either Alpine or Magnuson) haven't been the best. I think it's great that there are some alternatives. I'm calling Wade in the morning.

-- John