Slaytaleras 99 Outback Limited update RFRB wing

[slaytalera]

Ok, back in a wagon after the terrible experience i had with the SS

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Infront of High Point national monument / mountain, the highest point in the state of New Jersey

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Mods done already;
JDM Projectors with FX-R swap
GT-B Limited bumper
JDM Chargespeed knock off grill (also needs to be painted)
03 JDM STi front and 06 STI rear struts and springs
Hella Supertones

coming up:
remove all the Outback subframe spacers and related mounts
maybe sell the grill for a L7 grill?
RFRB wing
electric folding mirrors
jdm rain guards
wheels when spring/summer comes....maybe GT-B?

[MonstarMotorsports]

oh the nasty things i would do to that road.....

car looks gorgeous though! i dont think i've ever seen an outback with a sunroof... maybe i've just never paid attention lol

[98legwag]

Edit- reading fail. Can't wait to see what to do with one! If you want a spoiler for it, I know someone who is selling one that color.

[slaytalera]

Oh the things ive done with that road :twisted:

The Outback Limiteds came with dual sunroofs(front one is tilt only, rear one, over the rear sears, is slide back only)

not looking for a wing ATM, but when i will itll be for a RFRB wing :smile:

[1996Battlewagon]

VF11

I see what you did there :wink:

[98legwag]

Oh the things ive done with that road :twisted:

The Outback Limiteds came with dual sunroofs(front one is tilt only, rear one, over the rear sears, is slide back only)

not looking for a wing ATM, but when i will itll be for a RFRB wing :smile:

The RFRB wings are sweet.

[Dead91silvia]

Oh the things ive done with that road :twisted:

The Outback Limiteds came with dual sunroofs(front one is tilt only, rear one, over the rear sears, is slide back only)

not looking for a wing ATM, but when i will itll be for a RFRB wing :smile:

I have been trying to find something cool about NJ, other then a girl I dated lives there... That road is AWESOME! Wish I could run that with my BD!

I know someone thats going to be selling a Tommy Kira wing if your interested...

[slaytalera]

I can show you a bunch of roads in or around NJ, but they are all up north.

Im strapped for cash, but if they have the wing in like a month ill be interested

[Airgne]

please fix your thread after reading the members ride rules. thank you!!!!!

[slaytalera]

Pics resized, sorry i forgot SL-I doesnt have the auto-resizer like the other places i post >.<

[chrish8r]

Id like to see some pictures of what your retrofit looks like. Im thinking of doing one but I was planning on the morimoto mini's because I thought the fx-r's would be too big for the housing....

[mike-tracy]

What happened to the SS? I saw that the motor blew, then didn't see a follow up.

[slaytalera]

the FX-Rs fit no problem, you will have to cut the mounting bracket off the stock projectors (probably for any set of projectors though)

the SS blew a head gasket, and im assuming a piston ring at the same time, so i fixed the head gasket and then it chomped through all the oil and siezed the motor. TL;DR on that car is that the last owner didnt take care of it at all, and as i fixed things, all the other broken stuff became apparent in an endless cycle of fix one thing, 5 other things break

[chrish8r]

the FX-Rs fit no problem, you will have to cut the mounting bracket off the stock projectors (probably for any set of projectors though)


Oooops, I read it wrong.....I thought you swapped the FX-R's into the stock headlights, not the JDM projectors. Thats good for me because I didnt want to have to cut anything(well once I can find the money to put into buying the kit)

[slaytalera]

Its not bad, just use a hole saw and epoxy the projector to the reflector....the money thing im still trying to figure out, so i cant help you there :razz:

[slaytalera]

Well i didnt expect to go much farther then the mod list above, but when things come in for the right price i cant say no....a friend of mine was selling a potentially built RSRA trans(even if its not, big deal) for $2200....picking it up for $500...win!

[mike-tracy]

Other than being a piece of Subaru's history and rare, what is special about the RSRA tranny?

[slaytalera]

Welp turns out the guy doesnt know what he's talking about and it ISNT RSRA, the big deal is that those are literally the strongest 5 speeds subaru ever made. Not that id need it since im only going vf11 at 5 lbs of boost, but itd be cool to have

[mike-tracy]

I think you're thinking the WRX "RA" gearbox, not the old school Legacy RSRA. The USDM 04+ Turbo 5mt's have the "RA" gear widths, but in the States we got shafted on the gear ratios & final drives. Except for... The FXT (4.44 FD) and the 05 LGT (4.11FD). Those are the ones to get if you want to stay with a 5mt.

[slaytalera]

Yup, my bad. Ive been saying RSRA from the first gen and i forgot to dust off the impreza terminology

[slaytalera]

Sorry for the delay, ive been out of power for the whole week due to hurricane Sandy(she was quite the bitch), here are pics of the car and some of the aftermath around my house

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we lost power almost immediately when the storm started, which never happens to us, so we used the back up generator:
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midway through the storm a tree introduced itself to out deck, had it been any closer windows would have shattered
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some other knocked over things:

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I took a ride after the storm and videoed some of the damage, working on that now

[slaytalera]

I was just informed that i never updated for my bumper, heres a crappy shot from the shop(had the bumper on before the suspension went on)
I also threw my charge speed knock off grill on, to find out that theres STILL a gap, so i guess its for the L/prefacelift cars...ugh

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[Wagonista]

Interesting! I've always wondered what a GTBL bumper would look like on a two-tone BG. Keep up the good work... Your car has loads of potential. So envious of your sunrooves.

[chrish8r]

That bumper looks really nice one there.

[98legwag]

I didn't see what suspension set up you're running?

[slaytalera]

STI struts and springs, 03 JDM in the front and 06 USDM in the rear

[98legwag]

It looks really good.

[slaytalera]

Thanks!

also, first snow of the season, and a better shot of the front end

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[slaytalera]

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Threw the Supertones I got for my last outback on here, finally. I love them, but all the bad drivers out there seem to hate them for some reason

[slaytalera]

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Got the center fogs FINALLY, i gave up searching for the yellows that i got the bumper with and just went with clear, it looks way better either way then having it look derpy without the fogs

[slaytalera]

hmm, a box, what could be inside???
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lets just take that bubble wrap off:
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RFRB???
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the wing itself
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Off to the paint store to get some rattle cans(place by me sells color matched paint in spray cans, uber convenient!)

[slaytalera]

Not sure if its just me or not, but i downsized the photos in photobucket but its showing up for me as fullsize, if this affects anyone else let me know and ill re-upload as a smaller image

Also i have an L7 grill that needs some love that im re-painting and putting on

[wentz912]

Nice snag on the wing!

[slaytalera]

Thank you sir, i cant wait to get it mounted!

[Grimmrican]

I went crazy searching for the yellow fogs and just couldn't find anything that I felt comfortable with. In the end I bought a rattle can yellow tint specifically for fogs. They usually run around 40$ on eBay. IMO I believe to be better than the vinyls.

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eBay Item # 290694933476

[slaytalera]

I wound up getting the same fogs that were in the bumper (Bosch pilot 160s) but they are clear instead of yellow, and even those were hell to find, only one guy has them on ebay, and they are just thin enough to fit. Hella 500s are too thick and hit the mount and look really weird. I might go the spray route, i saw someone else with the yellow centers and fell back in love with them.

[nikolaus.conrad]

Hows that spoiler coming along? :wink:

[Sub-Goon]

Yes yes, spoiler pics, please! Hahahaha!

[slaytalera]

Im picking up paint tomorrow to spray it, and sometime during the week i gotta visit my buddy whos a parts manager at a dealer, see if he can get a template for the holes in the hatch, if not i might have to either find someone local(Nik how close are you to NJ??) or just use some adhesive/automotive 3m tape to stick it on

[nikolaus.conrad]

AHH I live about 4 hours from NJ, and I work until Saturday. Can you post a picture of the mounting side of the spoiler?

[98legwag]

I thought about buying this spoiler. Glad it went to a good home and a sweet car!

[Sub-Goon]

Im picking up paint tomorrow to spray it, and sometime during the week i gotta visit my buddy whos a parts manager at a dealer, see if he can get a template for the holes in the hatch, if not i might have to either find someone local(Nik how close are you to NJ??) or just use some adhesive/automotive 3m tape to stick it on
are you sure it uses the same holes/location as the factory wing?

[98legwag]

It looks like it does.

[Grimmrican]

Can u take a pic of the underside wing? I'm sure the rfrb should have the same mounts as a usdm one. Only difference being that it says rfrb and has brake lights on it.

[98legwag]

Here is the FS thread for it:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=27486 (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=27486)

There are a couple pics of the bottom there.

[Grimmrican]

Yea that'll mount right up. Then you'll have to splice the wires to ur brakes

[slaytalera]

Im picking up paint tomorrow to spray it, and sometime during the week i gotta visit my buddy whos a parts manager at a dealer, see if he can get a template for the holes in the hatch, if not i might have to either find someone local(Nik how close are you to NJ??) or just use some adhesive/automotive 3m tape to stick it on
are you sure it uses the same holes/location as the factory wing?


Reuben replaced his RFRB wing with a standard one after his cracked, so it should be be a problem, here are some better pics of the bottom. Im heading over to the suby dealership tomorrow to buy/order(if i have to) the mounts, and see if they have a template

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2013/08/null_zpsb3954bfb-1.jpg (http://s17.photobucket.com/user/Slaytalera/media/null_zpsb3954bfb.jpg.html)
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Oh, and i picked up a lil somethin somethin yesterday :smt023
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[Grimmrican]

^excuse my ignorance and lack of knowledge, but is that paint or what??

[slaytalera]

Yes sir, OEM Granite Black Pearl paint matched to the cars flake....in rattle cans XD

[Grimmrican]

That's cool where'd u fetch those at?

[wentz912]

Paint, to my understanding will never match 100%, if you aren't already aware. Due to the flake not laying exactly the same from one batch of paint to the next. It will be close, but won't have exactly the same sparkle the rest of the body does.

[slaytalera]

The local paint shop, most higher end auto paint shops shod do it, they were $30 a can with the clear coat mixed in already.

And yes, paint is never a 100% match, but given how faded my clear coat is, this will be the shiniest, best looking part on the car, paint wise anyway.

[nikolaus.conrad]

It looks the same as the USDM GT/Outback wing mounting points. The three bolt/studs shouldn't be a problem, I had difficulty with the two upper mounting thingys, not exactly sure what to call them lol. On my wing i just took them right off and sanded the fiberglass to make it flush, then used 3M double sided adhesive to hold the front of the wing on the hatch.

On a side note, I may have to pick up some of that paint, there are a few areas I'd like to touch up on my car lol

[wentz912]

For the paint not matching I was more talking about the way the flake will lay when sprayed. Depending on how that happens, it may "pop" a lot more or a lot less than the rest of the car, or anywhere in between.

[Sub-Goon]

Really looking forward to seeing how it looks! Any update??