Midnight - Elbryan Wolf's '06 BL Sedan *Little Update*

[ElbryanWolf]

Hi Everyone,

After having it for over 6 years and now at over 150,000 km on it.

Stats:
- '06 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Limited Sedan (BL)
- EJ253 - 2.5i SOHC N/A
- 4EAT w/ Sportshift
- 173 HP @ 5600 RPM
- Regal Blue Pearl (35J)
- Full Leather Interior
- Automatic Climate Control
- Cruise Control

Mods Installed:

Engine/Exhaust:
- Adding the Perrin light weight pulley
- Changing the oil cap (SPT cap)
- Stock Tunes with OpenECU with corrected Throttle Response by MARS1
- AVO twin mufflers

Brakes:
- New brakes (performance discs and pads) - Fremax and Mountain Rotors / Hawks HPS pads all around
- Caliper refurbishing as well as new paint (VHT yellow color)

Wheels/Tires:
- Winter: Hakka 7 studless 205/55/R16 on 16" silver steelies
- Summer1: 17"x7" Silver Enkei OEM mags - tireless
- Summer2: Falken Azenis FK453 225/40/R18 on DAI 18"x7.5" DW20 Tarmac White mags with Gorillaz Chrome Lug Nuts

Suspension:
- Perrin Front and Rear 22mm SwayBars
- Whiteline Heavy Duty endlink kits (front: KLC139 Front Sway bar - link assembly and back: KLC144 Rear Sway bar - link assembly heavy duty adj steel ball )
- Energy Suspension new swaybar bushings and brakets
- Whiteline Adjustable KTA124 Rear Control arm - complete lower front & rear arm assembly (camber/toe correction)
- LGT '05 suspension with H&R sport springs

Exterior:
- RallyArmor Mudflaps - Black with white writing
- New L7 Front and Rear Badges + Flat 4 + Multiple new stickers
- Black housing front lights from LGT '05

Interior:
- Diode Dynamics LED conversion kit for all lights (licence plate, doors, dome, reading lights, trunk)

Electrical/Lighting:
- VVME HID 4300K 35W on main headlights - Destroyed in crash - pending re-install
- VVME HID 3000K 35W on fog lights (Nice Yellow) - Removed after crash - pending re-install
- Hella Supertones Customized Color match with the calipers - Removed after crash - pending re-install

Others:
- 120K km full service
- 150K km full service
- Subaru Recall on rear brake lines

Mods Waiting Install:
- Ez-Lip front lip
- Window tint

Future possible mods:
- Upgrade Headers
- Cams + Chip + Tune


As it stands today (old pic to be updated soon):
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Here's a couple of pics I took spring 2011 at one of our National Parks. It's still in winter gear and still has winter grime on it. As soon as we move into our house next month it should be getting a proper shine. I'm putting the summer wheels on May 7th so I should have some more pics then.

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-Wolf-

[Zac]

Nice! Love seeing the newer BL/BP legacys!

[ElbryanWolf]

I got a bit of negative feedback from my GF as well as some of my friends for posting unclean pics of the car.

So I gave it a bit of love today and this is what I came up with:

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Hopefully they like this better ;) It took me 5 hours to get it cleaned in and out as well a detailing it.

Cheers

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

Summer Wheels On. Check.
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-Wolf-

[Zac]

your summer wheels are my winter wheels :)

[ElbryanWolf]

Tie down and Oil cap came in today

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Oil cap installed. Next steps: remove old battery, repaint and grease battery pan, buy and install the new one with the new tie down.

-Wolf-

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

looks nice!

[ElbryanWolf]

Thanks man :)

New heart for the car as well as installed the cap and new tie down.

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I have to start somewhere :)

-Wolf-

[Guig'z]

Nice Leg! Are you on MSC?

[ElbryanWolf]

Thx Guig'z

Yes i'm on MSC as well. Now a full member with membership card and all and I'm on the forums. Mostly in the Leggy section, but I do like browsing the Lachute section for the new beast they are building.

-Wolf-

[Guig'z]

Good! I don't know where you saw the Leggy section, except in pictures :P

Where in Montreal are you located? I am in Lasalle

[ElbryanWolf]

Yeah I was talking about the picture section :)

I'm in Rosemont in a condo right now but moving to LaPrairie on the South Shore in about 3 weeks. Finally a house and a garage to work in :)

-Wolf-

[Guig'z]

Ohh good! I am right in front of LaPrairie, in LaSalle!

I have alot of friends in St-Constant and Ste-Catherine!

[ElbryanWolf]

Well small update. I've now move back to the south shore of Montreal in La Prairie, with a garage :)

Ordered my new performance discs and pads for the 4 wheels on the Leg. Getting them on saturday.

Also buying paint to re-do calipers. Any suggestions on color and type I should be using?

Finally after I have all these, I'll be ready to get the brakes, the 100K service and the pulley install done at my local dealer :)

Yeah for my first step on the road of customizing ;)

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

Nice and sunny today. Shopped around for parts as well as cleaned up the car.

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Now can't wait to have all this installed on the car :)

-Wolf-

[rallywagon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmF9Zuw-mwY

Watch my tutorial on how to install that Perrin light weight crank shaft pulley!

[ElbryanWolf]

I'm actually bringing all this to the dealer next week. I was due for my 96K km service and decided on going to the dealer on this one since I'm over 99K now and my warranty ends at 100K and I wanted a full check up. I asked them if they did performance installs also. As long as I have the parts, they agreed to install so I decided to get it done at the same time. Car's going in on Tuesday and I should have it back Wednesday night. They're doing my pulley and my breaks at the same time on all 4 wheels: disks and new pads install as well as restoring my 2 pot callipers, sandblasting them and painting them yellow :)

I think it's going to be sweet :)

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

Well a big thanks to Brossard Subaru :)

They did everything in one day instead of two with 2 techs on it. They did all that was described on top + they changed multiple broken or almost broken suspension and direction parts under warranty (bushing, links, bearings, etc). It's now almost as good as new :)

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Now I really need to work on the windshield as well as tinting my windows :)

-Wolf-

[Huffer]

Car looks clean. Well done.

[chuckthefuk]

"Bonjour" from Toronto.

I don't know how you guys drive on this cracked roads with no highway merging lines..

Nice ride theres so many options for the BL..

Don't forget to grab a copy of the Factory Service Manual from the literature section.

Cheers
-Chuck

[ElbryanWolf]

Thanks for the support guys.

N/A mods are a bit harder I'm finding for this '06 Leg model, but I'm sure I'll figure out some more stuff to add to it ;)

A couple pics during the day.

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Also the subby reached a new step in it's life this weekend :)

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I'm hoping I'll put at least another 100K km on it in the next 5 years :)

Another 100K km of pure pleasure!

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

New windshield and a bit of love for the SubieFest tomorrow.

Next steps:

-Mudflap Rally Armor
-Window tint
-Cold Intake Cosmo Racing
-Cone filter K&N

Hoping to get these steps done before Christmas, more pictures to come after this weekend :)

-Wolf-

[Huffer]

Thought about replacing the grill? What about a low profile wing spoiler, a la M3?

[ElbryanWolf]

The grill yes, a JDM one with the L7 yellow, grey or silver or just a grill with hexagonal mesh and the logo in the middle, but I can't seem to find one close to me without importing it.

As for the spoiler, I'm the one that had it added to the car when I bought it :) M3 is to subtle for my taste ;) Since I decided to have a spoiler, might as well show it off :)

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

Added:
- Front and Back Perrin 25 mm Sway bars
- HID 4300K 35W
- Rally Armor Mudflaps

Installed HID with Guig'z tonight + Photo of Winter Mode 2011

Left STD; Right HID :)
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Final Look:
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Thanks Guig'z!

-Wolf-

[chuckthefuk]

How does the new bar ride?

[ElbryanWolf]

Stiff like a rock, but damn the car turns now :) New problem broughtby the stiffness, my dashboard noise has increased. Getting that fix this spring with a couple MSC members. But I'm very happy with the rigidity. Now I'm missing the front strut bar. :)

Also due to bar stiffness... broke some endlinks drifting in the small amount of snow we got this winter. Whiteline links are in order and waiting for them to arrive to solve my "clunk, clunk" anoying noise.

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

New goodies... can't wait for spring to get here to throw all this in :)

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-Wolf-

[geckoboy86]

I'm thinking of getting a 4th gen. Are you happy with the fact yours is an NA or do you wish you would of gone turbo?

[ElbryanWolf]

Since it's my daily, I'm happy I went with N/A, regular gas vs. premium, regular oil vs. synthetic, better millage, low insurance, as fun in winter, as eye looking if I keep on adding, the only thing I miss is the power from the turbo engine (+70HP stock), the hood with the scoop and the all inclusive "Vroom Pisssh" with a BOV, but besides that, I think there's more good side to the N/A, but that's my personal call :) The only thing I would like to change is the fact that I'm semi-automitac and it doesn't come with manual transmission with the limited package on the models non turbo.

-Wolf-

[iampetro]

I'm loving my New 06 legacy wagon
these 4th gen models are so much more luxurious then my old BD's
so much more room too

[ElbryanWolf]

More goodies :)

Thanks to Perry Performance in Laval (Carl and the gang) for the good service!

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Now, I so can't wait to put this all in!

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

Alright added the first parts to Midnight, the End Links to stop the persistant "clunk clunk".

Here are a couple of pics of the OEM links and the Heavy Duty links from Whiteline! "Activate More Grip" :)

Before, front:
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Before, back:
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After, front:
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After, back:
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Next, the Supertones, but not today. A couple of hours to put the links in + road slush dripping on my face since I decided to work on the car on a snowy day, I've got enough for the day :) .

-Wolf-

[chuckthefuk]

very nice

[LGT Kirby]

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I really like your house.

Oh, and the car is nice too. Hahah. I like the yellow calipers.

[ElbryanWolf]

I really like your house.

Oh, and the car is nice too. Hahah. I like the yellow calipers.

Thanks for both :) We moved in last summer so still getting to know the neighbours and the area.

[evolegacy]

looking good so far, would love to have my own BL but I cant get enough of my BD :3

[ElbryanWolf]

Alright, with the help of El_Nino from MSC (my other thread: http://www.montreal-subaru-club.com/mscforum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=109579) and with a bit of spare time I decided to try myself at installing the Hella Supertone.

I ended up passing by the wing's undercover to get to the OEM horn's wiring:
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2006 + Leggies' wiring is a bit different from the older years as they now have a specific connector. I spliced one of the wires from one of the horn to bring the power to the relay. This way I kept the OEM horms + the Supertones.
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A bit of wiring later, I finally mounted the Hella on my radiator shroud. There were already holes on the top plate that I decided to use since they gave the right stance to the Horns. I used M6 screws of about 1", 2 buts and 2 lock washer. Place the screw in the hole, use a first lock washer and nut to create a stable and usable stud. Then, mount the Hella on the created stud with a second lock washer and a second nut. It looks like this:
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I placed the relay at the same place I had found for the HID:
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Final look with a couple pictures:
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It sounds like death now :twisted:

-Wolf-

[LGT Kirby]

Looking good! I love Hella supertones!

[ElbryanWolf]

Well on this 18th of March, it's 20 degrees C here in Quebec so I decided to clean, wax and buff the car to get rid of the winter grime. Only interior left tomorrow.

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Can't wait to install my summer wheels... just being patient in case we get one last good one from Mother Nature.

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

Well took a chance and installed summer shoes

Also realized that the car is already dirty and that my camera sucks at night. I'll have to take more pics by day, and also pass a little scrub on the car... again :neutral:

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-Wolf-

[chuckthefuk]

still clean

[ElbryanWolf]

Well abandonned the Short Ram and Cone filter idea as they kept on giving me a CEL. I'm guessing the resonator box was more important than I though. So back to stock on that side.

Now a bit of free time today so did this:
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Reassemble them this morning:
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Can't wait for it to dry and see them back on the car :)

[Zac]

Well abandonned the Short Ram and Cone filter idea as they kept on giving me a CEL. I'm guessing the resonator box was more important than I though. So back to stock on that side.

Read this thread and you'll understand why you cant run an intake and it will show you how to build a Hybrid one

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=1471819 (http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1471819)

[ElbryanWolf]

Everything back on the car :) Looks real nice!

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-Wolf-

[Navi271]

I'd recommend the hybrid intake. It seemed to help my car rather than hinder it like the short ram intake did.

I like the yellow, blue, and white colors you got going on here! I would try to keep this color scheme going with any new parts you buy.

[ElbryanWolf]

I'd recommend the hybrid intake. It seemed to help my car rather than hinder it like the short ram intake did.

I like the yellow, blue, and white colors you got going on here! I would try to keep this color scheme going with any new parts you buy.

Well considering it's my daily and it's not going to bring me that much more HP ( :lol: ), I already have a buyer for the cone and intake so I'll try to spread the love and help another driver out and let him try it on his car.

As for the color scheme yellow/white/blue, that's the plan I'm trying to stick too :razz:

Thanks for the heads up :)

-Wolf-

[Zac]

I'd recommend the hybrid intake. It seemed to help my car rather than hinder it like the short ram intake did.

I like the yellow, blue, and white colors you got going on here! I would try to keep this color scheme going with any new parts you buy.

Well considering it's my daily and it's not going to bring me that much more HP ( :lol: ), I already have a buyer for the cone and intake so I'll try to spread the love and help another driver out and let him try it on his car.

As for the color scheme yellow/white/blue, that's the plan I'm trying to stick too :razz:

Thanks for the heads up :)

-Wolf-

I posted a link to a full write-up on the Hybrid intake a few posts up.

It made quite a noticeable difference on my old N/A Legacy so I suggest you do try it out :eek:

Even better since you have an 05 you can get a tune.

[chrish8r]

I really like any multi spoke wheel and especially because they are white.....You mentioned MSC, have you ever been to Lachute for the subiefest??

[ElbryanWolf]

Yup, was there last year and will be there again in september this year :) Also driving down for the WBM in Connecticut next month :)

[Cervantes]

you motivated me to repaint my horns. they are really weather beaten, and i think they would look better if they matched everything else.

[ElbryanWolf]

Well it's almost been a month. Washed, waxed, new goodies L7 front and rear badges + Flat 4 decal + Yellow HID in fog lights

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[Dead91silvia]

Nice looking ride! Kills me to see the effects of the salt you guys use though... Seattle started to use it, but luckly we onlt get snow for about a week a year...

[ElbryanWolf]

Nice looking ride! Kills me to see the effects of the salt you guys use though... Seattle started to use it, but luckly we onlt get snow for about a week a year...

My front bumper is the worst. With all the abrasive (sand and small rocks)... it's all pitted. They use less and less salt theses days. I'm also starting to have a nice collection of small chips on my hood. Finally, I'm on my 3rd windshield due to bigger rocks trucks keep on throwing at me in the winter. With the thermal difference when the heater is on, it's almost always a big ass crack in no time (no pun intended here loll). But I love living here and when winter is good (wasn't very nice this year), we get lots of snow to play with :)

[ElbryanWolf]

Alright, here are some rolling shots of the car. We had a lot of fun at the WBM 2012 and on the roads in Vermont coming back into Quebec, me, the guys from Lachute and from the CS3R had some fun taking rolling shots of all our cars. Here are mine:

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Cheers!

-Wolf-

[Reason]

It's looking good!

[mlitz]

Very clean... whats up next for mods?

[ElbryanWolf]

First I need to get my head gasket changed since they started a leak about 4000 km ago. I'm going to get it done with my next service at the dealership. (probably next month)

Then probably tint, suspension and bushings (if I can figure out what to change and who can change it for me or diy :arrow: Any input here is more than welcomed :grin: ). I want to drop the car a bit and keep my handling as stiff and nice as possible. I don't want the wheels to get inside the fender, but I'd like them as Hellaflush and as Hellafunctional as possible. One set of coils for the winter; One set of coils for summer.

I'm also on the lookout for a front lip like the STi limited ones I've seen, but at a reasonnable price. Also maybe a GT-Spec front strut bar. Performance wise I'll wait. Since it's my daily and it still guzzles pretty good (roughly 11.4L/100km) if I start messing with that, gas price for me will probably sky rocket. But in the future, probably UEL headers, full catback with new mufflers and maybe a tune to make the car react a bit more on the pedal without goin overboard.

[HokieSubie]

Awesome car! Just got my 06' 2.5i and looking to get to work on it (nothing major since I am still a college student with not much money to spend). I was looking at the Cosmo SRI or CAI but glad I saw that post before dropping the money on it. Might look into doing a hybrid intake now (once I can find a pipe that fits).

Where did you get the white wheels from? My car is silver so white would look terrible but if you got them online, I'd be interested in seeing what else there is.

[ElbryanWolf]

The wheels I got from a deal from one of the Montreal Subaru Club members, but they are Dai Alloy wheels. Mine are Dai Tarmac DW 20. The previous owner had then painted gloss white. The original color is flat black with a thin blue line on the outside. Dai has a nice selection and not too pricy. Check them out: http://www.daialloys.com/?lang=en

[ElbryanWolf]

Alright, added a front lip front EZlip.com + LED conversion kit for most of the lights in the car (licence plate, doors, dome, reading lights, trunk). Here are a couple shots before the install (at the Ripplecove Inn in Magog, QC) and a couple of shots at a local meet with some buddies (Dirty South Meets, check it out on Facebook). Enjoy :)

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Cheers

-Wolf-

[ElbryanWolf]

Back from the dead :)

Got Smashed on the 6th of January:

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Now back in my front yard on the 25th of January, I'm a happy camper!:

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Local Subaru Dealer did all the work, all covered by the insurance. Only need to re-do the whole HID conversion back and re-intall my Hella Supertones and my front lip.

Cheers

[Zac]

Got some 05 headlights?

[ElbryanWolf]

I guess, they didn't let me know what year the nose cut they got to fix the car. I'm guessing 05 or 06.

05 had black housings?

[Dead91silvia]

Looks good, but whats up with the upper rail? That looks like crap... :smt017

[ElbryanWolf]

They unbent it instead of cutting and welding a new one... insurance didn't cover since it could be pulled back into place... it's the only part of the fix I'm a bit sad about.

[Dead91silvia]

Canadian car insurance is the most wacky thing I have ever heard of. When I got my GT-B, the people I got it from told me a bunch about it. Crazy stuff.

Other then that top rail, it looks good!

[Zac]

dude that thing is hacked to shit! Then again most repairs in Quebec are done that way :(

[ElbryanWolf]

Alright, little update after 8 months.

HIDs are back in main & fogs. VVME same as before.

Bought a suspension off Guig'z: Leg'05 mounted with H&R sport springs for a little drop.

Change rear control arms because the car couldn't get aligned. Instead of putting OEMs back in, went with Whiteline KTA 124: http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_det ... ber=KTA124 (http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_detail4.php?part_number=KTA124)

Put the white DAI Tarmac 18"x7.5" back on but with a new thread: Falken Azenis FK453.
The mags were missing the centering rings and one of them was cracked. Everything got fixed and now nothing shows. So with a proper alignement and centering ringds, my thread wear problem from last year went away. Thanks FCP in Delson,Qc, you did a really nice job! http://www.magsandtires.com/en/

This morning (28th of august) just received my AVO twin mufflers from Manchito on the MSC. They are going on the car on Saturday by Kaho at his new shop: Auto M Shop https://www.facebook.com/Auto.M.Shop.

Might as well make the car secure, so bough another set of pads Hawks HPS at Perry http://www.perryautolaval.com/en/# that Kaho will also install on saturday.

Mods to complete before SubieFest 2013 in Lachute, Qc., wine and bother Guig'z until he brings back or my relay or my harness to be able to re-install my Hella Supertones & re-install my font lip from Ez-Lip.

Photos to come :)

Cheers!

[chrish8r]

I have watched the one video on youtube of Subiefest in Lachute. That meet looks crazy, especially with the onsite rally track!

[ElbryanWolf]

It's quite an event. Usually brings in people from Québec, Ontario, sometimes NY state and Vermont. Would be glad to see more of SL-i, come up for it :)

[ElbryanWolf]

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Thanks Kaho for all the help!

Cheers!

[ElbryanWolf]

Well after 10 years of loyal service at my side, I've sold her to my new GF and bought myself a 2015 WRX Sports Package :)

Not a bad upgrade, but I guess I'm out of the usual "SLI" standard now with a WRX.

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Thanks gang, you've been fun!

[Reuben]

Congrats! I'm loving the new WRX's

[HKC-speed.com]

Grats! Good luck with your new WRX!