mell0_yell0's 99' Outback (Updated - 4/29/2013)

[mell0_yell0]

Hey everybody, last update was a very long time ago so I figure I change a few things here and there. I purchased the car from a one owner older lady who used it for her daily and going to and from the mountain for skiing. It is my daily now as well and also used for going snowboarding, biking, and traveling. This is my first subaru and definately not my last. It's got 131,xxx miles and counting. This car, without a question, will have either a wrx or sti full drive train swap once this motor or trans gets weak or fails.

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I don't have a spectacular mod list but there's a few things.

MODS

Performance:
Hybrid intake setup
Wrapped and Coated Borla UEL headers
Magnaflow muffler
Kartboy short shifter, knob, and bushings

Suspension:
BC Racing BR series coilovers

Interior/Exterior:
Subaru all weather floor mats (made for gen 4 legacy)
Subaru Badge of Ownership (100k plus, mechanical, performance, snow sports, and biking badges)
JDM projector headlights
JDM smoked tail lights
JDM sidemarker lights
LED interior dome light
Brushed aluminum instrument cluster overlay
Instrument cluster gauge lights changed to red
Painted interior trim pieces with duplicolor gunmetal metallic
Removed pin stripe
Removed outback logo from grill
Debadged Outback and AWD logo on the rear
Tinted windows 35% front two windows and 27% on all the rear windows (I think)
Hella Supertones
Yakima roof rack with snowboard attachments and bike tray attachments
Carbon fiber wrapped roof rack fairing
LGT hatch spoiler

Sound:
Sony Mex-bt5000 head unit

Wheels/Tires:
Neo Chrome open end lug nuts (brand unknown)
Rota MXR 18"x8.5" (summer)
Continental DW 235/40R18
04 STI bbs wheels (winter)
Michelin x-ice 225/50R17
ASA AR1 wheels 17"x7" (sold)
OHTSU Zexius XI427 tires 215/50R17

Past mods:
Painted fogs with yellow stained glass paint
Red and a blue bandana shift boot
Spt Muffler
Weapon R Short Ram Intake

That is all I can think of as of now. If I remember more I will post it up.

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['Buru in the Burgh]

engine bay pics?

[Cervantes]

looks great :smt023 looks like its been very well kept up with

[httrdd]

That is a nice color combination. Those rims are perfect for the look of the car!

[mell0_yell0]

Thanks guys, yeah i keep it very well kept up. Bought it about 2 years ago from a one owner who also kept extremely good care of it, they kept all the service records.

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Nothing too special under the hood but here it is.

where in WA?

[mell0_yell0]

Tri-Cities

[anothernord]

Tastefully modded. I like!

[impreza_GC8]

Did you purchase WRX coilovers? How much height adjustment do you have? I have heard that because of all the body spacers in an Outback if you put coilovers on it, even at their highest ride height setting the car will still be slammed. Please verify.

[anothernord]

Did you purchase WRX coilovers? How much height adjustment do you have? I have heard that because of all the body spacers in an Outback if you put coilovers on it, even at their highest ride height setting the car will still be slammed. Please verify.

Get coilovers, then a set of those Forester strut-lift blocks.

[mell0_yell0]

The coilovers i got are made for our year 93-98 legacy, had them shipped from overseas because there are non in the US. Ordered them through import image racing for $1000. Plenty of height adjustability on mine to deal with the outbacks sub-frame spacers.

[subie/legacy]

nice outback with taste full mods.
I'm located in Tri-Cities, WA as well

[b5a4]

Wow, this is offically my favorite car on here. Really well put together. You should give us some more information on the coilovers, I was looking around on their website and didn't see anything on coilovers for our gen Legacys

[mell0_yell0]

Just got back from my first long trip with the coilovers. They ride really well, yes they are definately not as comfortable as stock springs and struts but what do you expect.

B5a4 there is no option for our car on their site, you have to go to the wrx and find the bc racing br series coilovers and there is an option for our car. But i would recommend just calling them if you are interested in ordering some, that is what I did just to be sure I got the right ones.

[mell0_yell0]

Scored a free Chrome STI plate frame the other day :grin:

[subie/legacy]

you gonna make it to the tri-cities meet?

[mell0_yell0]

Yeah i'm gonna try to make it if I'm not too busy with stuff.

[mell0_yell0]

Installed JDM projector headlights on Saturday night! Crappy cell phone pic after work one day, didn't have my camera on me. I will take more pics later.
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[mell0_yell0]

Some pictures with the new JDM headlights, my camera doesn't take the best pictures at night but oh well.
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Check out how bright my dome light is :grin:

[subie/legacy]

seen your car in person, and I must say that you have one clean outback.

[b5a4]

MOAR PICS! Your car is beautiful!

[mell0_yell0]

Alright I snapped some photos of the whip on my way back from Ellensburg today. Took the scenic route through the Yakima River Canyon, awesome drive by the way during the fall season.

Heres the URL of the album on photobucket, ENJOY! :grin:
http://s606.photobucket.com/albums/tt14 ... /7Nov2010/ (http://s606.photobucket.com/albums/tt146/legacy_outback/7Nov2010/)

[Navi271]

Thoroughly enjoyed!

[mell0_yell0]

MOAR PICTURES!

not really recent pics though

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[mell0_yell0]

Over this last winter i replaced my clutch, pressure plate, flywheel, and throwout bearing myself. I went in there to replace the throwout bearing because of it squeaking and just did a clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel due to the convience. I also recently replaced my LF wheel bearing because is was starting to howl quite a bit during right hand turns and at freeway speeds. I keep her in tip top shape!

[MonstarMotorsports]

such a clean outback, beautifully done!

[subie/legacy]

Pretty sure I seen you on the pass (I 90 east) not to long ago, there was a blue impreza cruisin with ya.
Super clean!
Unfortunately I was driving my girlfriends Passat.

[chrish8r]

Nice and clean!!! I especially like those multi spoke ASA wheels.

[mell0_yell0]

Probably did! We were coming back from the big northwest meet I bet!

[explicit_03]

this car is so perfect. I love the way it looks its not to much but right on. Where did you find your tail lights, and how much where they? I cant find a good price on them. For what im finding i might just leave mine tinted at the bottom

[Danny-G]

I knew I had seen this outback before, I took some pictures of it at last years Big NW meet.
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I love how clean it is!

[mell0_yell0]

New shoes on her for the new summer setup, going to need to roll fenders and adjust camber a little.
Rota MXR's 18x8.5 +44
Continental DW 235/40R18
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[Muse]

Woah. That looks wicked.

[EJ22D]

Mean looking Outback.

[shoguy]

that car looks absolutely amazing, so clean! where did you get the stained glass paint for the fogs? I have been wanting to do it to mine too.

and I did the riser blocks after the coilovers too, she was low!!!

[mell0_yell0]

@shoguy
I had to order it online. It's krylon stained glass paint, mine chipped off after a little more than one year.