Flash's 95 Legacy RWD conversion complete

[chevyman1968]

He got out of Legacys I think not sure if he is still doing Subie stuff or not.


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[lord flashheart]

Its prime time!!!

WASH IT.

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MASK IT

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PRIME THE SHIT

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[LeggyxPower]

my favourite part is as your doing the coats of colour its starts to come more and more alive from like 1-3 coats.I see more sanding in your future ! :D

[lord flashheart]

Your powers of observation serve you well. I am going to wet sand her tomorrow and spray on Tuesday.

[lord flashheart]

Oh yea check out the rust hole repair job
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[nepbug]

Your powers of observation serve you well. I am going to wet sand her tomorrow and spray on Tuesday.

You on vacation or something? I would love to have that sort of weekday daylight hours for garage time.

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[lord flashheart]

Kinda. I was running my own shop for a while. Then had kinda a rough year. Now I'm taking some time to get my head on strait and look for a day job.. My business is going on the back burner for a while I think.

[nepbug]

Ah, good luck to you. Take advantage of the time while you have it.

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[lord flashheart]

Thank you sir!

[98legwag]

Question for you, how do you like your TSW wheels? I found a set for sale sort of near me. But I would need to get tires.

[lord flashheart]

I like TSW. I would buy their wheels again. But I want a set of these:

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Or


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[98legwag]

OK cool. The set near me is 18x8 Nurburgrings. But they have Outback size tires on them.

[lord flashheart]

Oh man I want a set of TSW nurburgring wheels so bad

[lord flashheart]

Those wheels would look so tits with my fresh paint job.


After wet sand

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2K Primer sealer

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Base coat

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Clear coat

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[98legwag]

No, no, no. Its all wrong, but put it back together then give it to me.

[dynonacht]

Looks beigeish lol

[lord flashheart]

It's kinda a titanium color. The 'beige' your seeing is from the light.

[Hinyo]

Those wheels would look so tits with my fresh paint job.


After wet sand

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2K Primer sealer

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Base coat

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Clear coat

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I think you missed a spot but if you transfer the title to me and deliver it i promise to show you how to fix it

[lord flashheart]

^ Seems legit

[Reason]

It's black and blue...

[lord flashheart]

It's black and blue...
My car has now been 4 colors. Green blue black and silver. The bumper and door have been white lol. Double rainbow Subaru.

[KNaph]

Wow. Seriously good looking. Can't wait til it's 100% back together too, I wanna see some sunlight pictures! I don't think I could ever repaint my car, I can't lay an even layer of paint to save my life. That, and I just can't wait for it to dry, I'll end up spraying on a thick coat next and then having runs.

You gonna wetsand and polish the clear now?

[lord flashheart]

Lol waiting for it to dry is the hardest part!

And yea I think I will. There are a couple spots where the orange peel is pretty bad

[LeggyxPower]

love the colour , i guess its time to peel out the 1000grit-3000grit sand paper :( then a nice detail should look beautiful

[BDAlex95]

Wow, that looks awesome! Makes me want to try it myself on one of my cars haha

[lord flashheart]

Thanks guys!
Here's a picture with it all together and in the sunshine.
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[dynonacht]

Looks good bro

[Oc7ane]

so clean man, that paint job looks solid

[lord flashheart]

Thanks man. If your ever in the Utah area hmu I want to see your machine IRL

[BDAlex95]

Any reason for leaving the lip on the bumper black and the rear lip color matched?

[lord flashheart]

Not really. I just liked the look of the front lip being black.

[BDAlex95]

Not really. I just liked the look of the front lip being black.

Planning on any lip or aero? V limited or anything like that? Unless you're going for a sleeper look, which you've definitely achieved haha

[lord flashheart]

Nah. I thought about it but idk. There are other things I want to do to the car first. There is a guy with a GT wagon where i live and the lip is painted and something just looks off. I can't quantify it.. Just something looks funny about it. So I figured meh. I'll leave it black.

[LeggyxPower]

Nah. I thought about it but idk. There are other things I want to do to the car first. There is a guy with a GT wagon where i live and the lip is painted and something just looks off. I can't quantify it.. Just something looks funny about it. So I figured meh. I'll leave it black.

AGREED! i seen duplicates on my car but with the lip colour matched and it just doesn't look as good IMO love the black to throw in some contrast

[86bratman]

I definitely like the look of black lips and skirts over the painted ones. That color really sets the car off man, but I'm a sucker for silver legacys.

[CaleDeRoo]

Damn looks seriously good.

[lord flashheart]

Thanks guys! I just need JDM lights. WTF happened? I looked at getting a set a couple years ago and they were like $90-$120. Now you can't touch them for $300 and there isn't a single pair of JDM sedan taillights WTF is this shit?!

[98legwag]

Thanks guys! I just need JDM lights. WTF happened? I looked at getting a set a couple years ago and they were like $90-$120. Now you can't touch them for $300 and there isn't a single pair of JDM sedan taillights WTF is this shit?!

Get in touch with kcowles. She found someone on Facebook that works at a Subaru breaker in NZ I believe. She got a great deal on JDM headlights and tail lights for her wagon.

[86bratman]

^^^ His name is Ben Thurgar, I've gotten a few pieces from him as well.

[Alphius]

I bought a set of headlights for $180 shipped from eBay about 6 months ago. The deals are still out there, just gotta wait for a good set. I also bought a set of JDM fogs for $80 shipped from another seller at the same time.

[iampetro]

Car looks sweeeet
I love looking at the pics before it was primered (after sanding) and then seeing the pics of it painted

And Im also a sucker for silver BD's, that was my first car :)

[lord flashheart]

I really like my car but I dream of a red 99 GT wagon.

[LeggyxPower]

Sell you my 98 gt red wagon [emoji1]


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[superu]

nice dude!!

Blacked out JDM lights would be a good subtle contrast to the lip with the black rims. Maybe blacked tails too? Small, subtle, scattered contrasts make a good package. :thumbup:

[lord flashheart]

I wish I could afford your wagon lol

Yea I think your right I might blacken them.

[meepers]

I prefer my pre crash blacked out tails to JDM tails. And my headlight are tinted as well, the chrome was just a bit too much for me.

[lord flashheart]

Yea I might grab some tint. I need a few things for my car to be pretty much complete and have all the bugs worked out.

1) gauge cluster
2) tail light
3) misc pieces (trunk carpet, rear pillar trim etc)
4) dyno tune.
5) brake master cylinder
6) Spun catalytic converter
7) alignment
8) buff and polish orange peel.

[lord flashheart]

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[nepbug]

Not sure who is following my build but I wanted to give anyone a little heads up I'm going to be gone for a while. I'll be in a rehab. Dont post any 'good luck' or 'see ya later' shit in here. I'll be on when I can.

So you're saying your garage of goodies will be unattended for a little bit. Time to make a trip to Utah, ;).

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[86bratman]

You sure did pick a foolish day to check into rehab man.

[superu]

Word, yo! :glasses2:
Maybe Nick and I will make a trip up there next week.. lemme see, ooh no, I don't think I know where the shop is.

DRAT, no pilfering while the boy's out!!!

[lord flashheart]

Haha I didn't even realize it was today till my sister told me like an hour ago. But I'm totally dead serious.

[lord flashheart]

Updates to come..

[lord flashheart]

Yeah so scoob sat for 6+ years in my parents back yard. it needed a fuel pump, and a MAP sensor, and started right up. after some electrical issues were sorted out she's now my Daily driver to the nissan dealer where i work. I also had to put a new rack and pinion in it, i did Ebay coilovers, installed A/C and painted the wheels.3551

[lord flashheart]

here is the plan:

[lord flashheart]

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[lord flashheart]

I Decided to convert to RWD. That's Rear Wheel Drive for you subaru folks in the crowd. I know, its a rare combination of words in this neck of the woods. I want to upload photos but for some reason it doesn't work for me. I welded the diff. Now I just got to go the the junk yard to get some axle stubs, Fresh fluid and a tail housing gasket and we be in bidniz.

[lord flashheart]

Guess what. My Legacy can do burnouts. I love it, its ridiculous how much fun this car is to drive now!
its also amazing how easily the car slides. if you even think about the throttle, the back tires spin.
So here's everything I've done recently.
added A/C (kinda a pain to do with my car)
fixed the speedometer
RWD conversion
added some trim pieces
New tires (I have 2 pair of old ones to burn up on the rear before putting the new ones on the back)
I had to buy a new wideband guage.. My old one stopped working for some reason.
painted the wheels rose gold
Ebay coilovers
new (stock) rack and pinion
I also found a screaming deal on a 2002 WRX transmission, so i bought it, but its just sitting in the garage.

Heres a few picture updates
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[mike-tracy]

That's really cool! I've always wanted to convert a Subaru to RWD, just never had an extra one to do it do.

[lord flashheart]

yeah I've thought about doing it for a long time, but people always say the transfer gears break, so far I;ve beat on it pretty hard and had zero problem... yet. i have a 2002 WRX trans on the garage floor ready to go.

[ryu_haneda]

The drawing of the rear-wheel drive Legacy is absolutely great.

Also, praying you and your fam and friends are doing very, very well. All the best to you as you continue with your Legacy and anything else you're up to.

[lord flashheart]

The drawing of the rear-wheel drive Legacy is absolutely great.

Also, praying you and your fam and friends are doing very, very well. All the best to you as you continue with your Legacy and anything else you're up to.

Thanks bro. It was mainly just a sketch so I'm thinking of re-drawing it.
Yea I'm pretty goochie as the kids say. I got my ASE certification a few weeks ago, and I started a new job as a "Industrial Production Equipment Mechanic" lol
It's kinda a bummer that this place is so dead...

[ryu_haneda]

Thanks bro. It was mainly just a sketch so I'm thinking of re-drawing it.
Yea I'm pretty goochie as the kids say. I got my ASE certification a few weeks ago, and I started a new job as a "Industrial Production Equipment Mechanic" lol
It's kinda a bummer that this place is so dead...

I remember this place in its heyday. But you know what can probably bring it back? More of this. More conversation! (Even some occasional memes)

[lord flashheart]

Hell yea. I try to log in once a day.
yea more conversation, even if its not car related.

[lord flashheart]

So, i have been meaning to get a downpipe with a catalytic converter so I could pass emissions, the car can get so close to passing on its own, but not quite. Luckily for me, my other project car came with a nice Invidia 3 inch bell mouth catted downpipe. I have no idea how good the cat is, but I think it should get the ol scoob across the line.