Giro Disc 99 Legacy GT

[twistedautoworks]

i've been working on this car for a solid month now, custom metal fender flares, close to 20 hours in each of the front and rear bumpers... this week it finally had been primed, blocked and re primed.. So began the painting.. the shell went rather straight forward but then all the rest of the parts ran into, well... an interesting situation.. it all started about 630am on friday.... technically thursday night for me... we ran into an error with our carbon fiber method and decided to sleep on a new idea.. after a few hours of sleep we decided to go for it...

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/4449170285_a6a9e54fbd_b-1.jpg

ironically enough, it was sunrise when i was driving home and had the idea...

everything else happened today as far as reassembly and getting the car to actually drive home by the end of today...


https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/4449171025_1ae1301943_b-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/4449171403_c488d0c654_b-1.jpg

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https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/4449947464_f28808e397_b-1.jpg

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and a quick vid before it departed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edoghDjiljg

[ESSYMOND]

Whoa, really amazing how everything turned out... I think I followed you before when you were on NASIOC

Want to write up a complete mod list?

[strat81]

i've been waiting to see this put together after running across the thread on nasioc.

absotively posilutely gorgeous!!!

[twistedautoworks]

yeah just wanted to get this stuff posted since its so new... johann will have a huge write up for sure, plus next weekend its scheduled for a photo shoot to give us all a new desktop background... my shop is filthy and not the best backdrop for such a nice car...

[httrdd]

That looks amazing! :smt007

[geckoboy86]

OMG. I want!

[daleyswanson]

i have been waiting a long long time to see this running. it looks amazing

[chuckthefuk]

NASIOC thread for anyone who hasn't been following:
--> http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=1769902 (http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1769902)

1) Those are some serious fenders. What did you use for original flare?
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/Lego25-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/lego29-1.jpg

2) That rear bumper is very interesting.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/IMG_6065-1.jpg

3) You are one of the first legacy owner I have seen who was brave enough to cut out the spare tire well. KUDOS!
--> what was the reasoning for this? Was it the EZ30 twin tips exhaust?
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/Lego54-1.jpg

4) Very nice work on the strut bar. Not many are willing to spend the time to weld up a $20 strut bar.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/LegoStrutBar04-1.jpg

5) Now thats lego :-D Nice engine cover
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/Lego07-1.jpg

Post more pics :-D

-Chuck

[twistedautoworks]

NASIOC thread for anyone who hasn't been following:
--> http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=1769902 (http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1769902)

1) Those are some serious fenders. What did you use for original flare?


2) That rear bumper is very interesting.


3) You are one of the first legacy owner I have seen who was brave enough to cut out the spare tire well. KUDOS!
--> what was the reasoning for this? Was it the EZ30 twin tips exhaust?

Post more pics :-D

-Chuck

1. the fender flares are 2 left and 2 right fenders off of an 86-89 honda accord... johann did the fab work since it was done at his shop and at the time his 6spd wasnt in so the car wasnt driveable. plus he's my friend and I don't wanna have to charge him for something that he is more than capable of doing himself. he trimmed out the flare, there is an aggressive body line before the flare and he cut about 3/4" up from that to give a smooth transition.

2. the rear bumper is the stock gt cover to start. i cut off the bottom section and grafted in an 09 legacy bumper section in its place.. allowing the dual exhaust and then cut and grafted the small side bumper reflector parts into the corners, only I trimmed out the mounts for the reflectors so that mesh can be installed to sort of tie into the aggressiveness of the front bumper.

3. yo cut out the inner floor for a couple different reasons... yes one was because it would make running the dual exhaust easier, the second was that eventually he's planning on really squaring off trunk area to accommodate relocating the battery, washer bottle, mufflers and whatever else he decides to put back in there. eventually the bottom of the car is going to be covered in abs sheeting for a smooth underbelly and he'll put in a rear diffuser...

this is a link to my flickr page where all the pics that I took during the build are... yo has some other ones he'll be putting up. it should be a slideshow... enjoy..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twistedautoworks/sets/72157623508951397/show/

[chuckthefuk]

:shock: :shock: are these overlays like the hood/trunk?

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/5052/carbonroof.jpg
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6650/carbonroof3.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5609/carbonroof2.jpg
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7048/carbonroof1.jpg

even if they are overlays you got my vote :smt023

-Chuck

[twistedautoworks]

yeah they are the 3m di-noc dry carbon overlay... its like vinyl but i think its made out of pvc... its not bad stuff to work with, by pearling it and clearcoating it changes the final appearance but eventually we'll sand down and reclear the carbon overlay parts to get rid of the texture so it will be as smooth and glossy as the rest. the 3 coats of clear with 5 coats of pearl still sucked down into the texture of the overlay and killed the gloss and texture, but that'll be fixed soon

[boricuajr]

looking great bro, gotta post more pics
great to see the aggressive movement get in the BD body

[twistedautoworks]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twistedautoworks/sets/72157623508951397/show/

is a link to all the pics i took during the build

[hallowpoint]

finally you make your way over here. im in love with your car. do you make it to any seattle area meets? i want to see this thing in person

[twistedautoworks]

well not sure if johann has an account here, i think he just hangs out on nasioc and legacygt.. but the car is plannin on coming down to seattle next weekend for the triple x meet and a photo shoot.. at least that was the plan last time i talked to yo...

[Grafton]

damn that is awesome looking, wish my exterior looked like that!

and i am going to have to get my city lights wired in that looks sick!

[twistedautoworks]

well since i posted the thread for johanns car i might as well put a pic of my car up since i finished it today.....

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/4468666127_5e69b3db70_b-1.jpg

nice, reminds me of the jdm ones

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t232/wakeboardingguy/automalljp-img600x450-1174202261leg.jpg

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t232/wakeboardingguy/13046045_full.jpg

[twistedautoworks]

pfewww... that was the look i was going for lol... now i just need a huge set of bronze 18's

[)2edline]

Falken Hanabi's? interesting look. I never thought as how they would sit with Legacy's

[bluebaru]

you guy do some amazing work. twisted we need more picture of your car!

[redlegacygt]

thats awesome. how bout i send u a bumper and you do that for me? haha awesome awesome work man.

[twistedautoworks]

yeah i'm contemplating changing the wheel setup... they have an aggressive offset which i like, not totally sold on the style since angled spoked wheels have always been a gray area in my styling... but i thought about painting the lips lime green and flat black spokes... would kill the resale though and i prolly could get 500 for the set..

thanks bluebaru, i'll try to get some pics of it soon.. gotta find some fancy photographer guy to gimme some hi res ones since my shop camera is 2.0mp lol..

redlegacy, yeah i'd love to make some bumpers for people, if it was a plug and play setup i'd do it, but unfortunately everything i've been doing lately is practically one off. i guess i could build another one for my car and u could bolt it on yours though. probably wouldnt be cheap since it takes so frickin long to make

<---this guy('s girlfriend) has a nice camera, come to spokane

[redlegacygt]

lol nah i wouldnt ask you to do that man, like u said it would be hella expensive, plus i like the idea of people having one off vehicles which is what yours is. although if there was a way to get those 2 bumpers you made mass produced, i'd be first in line. haha :lol:

[twistedautoworks]

heres a nice hi res shot on our way down to golden gardens today
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/03/4471693339_e033bd7f38-1.jpg
hit the link below for hi res
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4471693339_21bd619f02_o.jpg

[02legacygt]

ohh my god i think i tinkled in my pants a little!

[chuckthefuk]

Not to hi-jack the thread but can you give me a link to that disgusting fozzy! The damn thing has a bolt in cage!

Oh btw those fogs are out of this world.. Think about some hella grills for those suckers?

-Chuck

[twistedautoworks]

hmmmm yeah i'll have to do some research on the link for my buddy's forester.. i dunno if he really has a ton of pics of it... it has a wrx swap and probably 300+hp.. and i'm thinkin for my lego to put some smoke covers and/or yellow film to kind of match the head lights, since the chrome reflecter really stands out now

[Reason]

You and your friend has two of the coolest BD's around. I love the custom fabrication put into both cars.

[daleyswanson]

You and your friend has two of the coolest BD's around. I love the custom fabrication put into both cars.

TROOF! i'm stoked i get to see yours tomorrow

[Kyleross18]

Hey man you did a GREAT job on this! im from the seattle area as well with a 1997 Legacy GT an very intersted in some of these shows you guys are talking about

[rebounder]

finally you make your way over here. im in love with your car. do you make it to any seattle area meets? i want to see this thing in person
It looks even better in person. unless i was hallucinating I thing he has a central antenna on it currently too

[TGX4776]

congrats on your win btw

[StatGSR]

^ what he said, saw your legacy on the nabisco homepage! congrats!