ags18 - 93 RHD Legacy Wagon: Many Rear End parts!

[ags18]

Craigslist trolling has gotten me into trouble again. Too good of a deal to pass up.

1993 RHD Legacy Postal Wagon
2xx,xxx?? Miles

Current:
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When I first got her:
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Build List:

Exterior----
*Legacy SS Turbo Front Bumper
*Legacy SS Turbo Front Grill
*JDM BF5 Side Skirts
*White Power Side Mirrors
*Replaced Rear Hatch
*Replaced RR Tail Light

Plan: 16" of 17" Wheels, Custom Clear Side Marker Lenses, Tint

Interior----
*CLEAN Grey Carpet
*Sparco Harness Bar
*JDM BG/BD Steering Wheel
*JDM BG5 Momo Steering Wheel
*93 Legacy Gauge Cluster from a 5MT car
*NEX Black/Blue Fixed Back Seats

Plan: Blue Race Harnesses

Suspension----
*Nothing yet

Plan: Impreza GC Sprigs and Shocks, Front and Rear Strut Bars, WRX Wagon Front and Any Rear OE Sway Bar, Poly Bushings here and there.

Brakes----
*Goodridge SS Lines

Plan: H6 Calipers Front and Rear, all new rotors, pads, bearings and hubs.

Engine and Transmission----
*JDM GC Impreza Manual Pedal Set
*93 Legacy 5MT Pedal Switches and connectors
*93 Legacy 5MT Driveline
*93 Legacy 5MT Transmission Crossmember
*93 Legacy Turbo Hydraulic Clutch Hose
*97 Legacy Clutch Master Cylinder
*00 Impreza 2.5RS Clutch Slave Cylinder

Plan: EJ20G

[98legwag]

Nice find.

[BDAlex95]

When you mean passenger window, do you mean JDM passenger or USDM passenger? Haha

[Zangado1]

Nice with no rust either. Too bad it's automatic....

[ags18]

Haha...I'm always speaking "RHD" when I type or talk about stuff on my cars. It's second nature now to say or type "US Driver" or "US Passenger" if I do.

Automatic is no big deal to me. We'll see what my research digs up with pedals, shift linkage and trans options. Never know...manual swap could be a fun project if I find some cheap stuff.

[Red85Celica]

I'll have a cheap 06 trans, diff and axles to go in it lol

I need a RHD car. I'm feeling left out. Glad you got this one.

[Dead91silvia]

I'll have a cheap 06 trans, diff and axles to go in it lol

I need a RHD car. I'm feeling left out. Glad you got this one.

HAHA

Andrew, did you ever check out that car Brad and I found at Pick N Pull? Lot of good stuff up there!

[peugoby]

Awesome pickup Andrew! Brad told me you & Jose went to pick it up. Looks like a great start. Really cool, can't wait to see what you do with it.

[peugoby]

Awesome pickup Andrew! Brad told me you & Jose went to pick it up. Looks like a great start. Really cool, can't wait to see what you do with it.

[ags18]

Haven't checked out that one in Lynnwood yet...I'm itching to though! I hope I don't get carried away!? :/

I can wait to start creating this thing too....it's already done in my head. I've got the plan! Cleaning up the interior and getting the motor healthy and swapping in a different rear diff need to come first.

3 cars all needing/wanting things ranging from $100-$500 a pop....stressful. #firstworldproblems

[ags18]

Successful removal of the headlights, corners and grill. Nothing broken!
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Drivers Side fender removed
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Passenger Side Fender removed
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Bi-product of the fender removal...
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Super rad weight reduction yO! Gonna give me better traction for the holeshot! Saving more weight than switching to Koni Adjustables! :P
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[Dead91silvia]

Weight reduction Stage 0.5! Cleaning car! :grin:

[thenines']

My '91 sedan would make a nice parts car for you-though-it's a FWD auto

[Reuben]

Hah, that's hilarious, mud only down the drivers side, lol.

Also, turbo the fuck out of that old girl, do it fag!


(Also fuck you swear filters, this isn't primary school! It's incompatible with Southern Hemisphere vernacular. I love how it doesn't censor cunt though, almost like 'nooo, surely no one will say "the C-word"! Outrageous!')

[ags18]

The Great Pacific Northwest is a mecca for these Legacy's....there are atleast 15-20 to choose from at local yards within 30-45 minutes of me. Making a trip to one tomorrow to poke around.

Turbo?!?.....Maybe. It would be fun thats for sure. I guess a 5 psi homemade kit on the EJ22 wouldnt be all bad. We'll see how much the headgasket fix will be plus all the other stuff needing/wanting to be replaced.


Drivers Door Switches and Bezel: *Passenger side window button sticks, *Random screw through Drivers window switch?
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Getting all the body work out of the way for when the motor comes out. MAJOR pressure wash and degrease session coming too!
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^^^Could knock a cow down with this bash bar up front! 'Merica!

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Gutted the rear hatch, inside and out. Ready to be pulled off for Core $ when I find a good one.
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[Dead91silvia]

You need to use your Sunday and go to Lynwood dude!

[Red85Celica]

You need to use your Sunday and go to Lynwood dude!
Saturdays is where its at!

[Dead91silvia]

You need to use your Sunday and go to Lynwood dude!
Saturdays is where its at!

What crack are you smoking?! You become a football fan? Sunday is when everyone has those footballs party's we never go to! What a noob... :smt005

[Muse]

Core $? Your junkyard will give you a break on price if you bring busted parts?

[ags18]

$4.99 for my hatch is all i could have saved today. :/

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Once again, like with the 99RHD....the donor car was no where near the checkout! It was a long haul with all this. Double backing to move the other pile of stuff I pulled closer as I went. All of this while having my tools around my arm like a woman's purse so no "less than desirables" walk off with them when I was out of site. :/

For the love of the game I guess! :smt030

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Fresh hatch with harness and wiper motor the lady didnt ring me up for. Guess that's a small victory if it works!?

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No dents! No real rusty spots....just 2 small surface ones.

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New door panel with my muddy glove prints all over it.

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To compare!

[Dead91silvia]

Nice! Is that off the car in Lynwood?

I think the hatch they sell complete. I know they do with doors.

[ags18]

Nice! Is that off the car in Lynwood?

I think the hatch they sell complete. I know they do with doors.

Yeah, 1 of them. Turns out there are 2 - White 92-94's up there and I pulled these parts off a different one than Brad sent me pictures of! It was getting late and after fighting with that hatch I just wanted to get back home.

Sucks I might have to go all the way back up again and see the other one for fenders?

[Dead91silvia]

I'm headed out to Cory's Christmas tree farm today, but I might be able to go with ya sometime today.

[Zangado1]

That's awesome that the rear hatch was the same color as your car. Lucky you!

[ags18]

Seats came out tonight, carpet came out tonight....cleaned under the carpets.....typical postal wagon s#it.

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[Muse]

Lemme guess, crumbs, coffee and about fifteen gabillion rubber bands?

[Dead91silvia]

Look'n good!

[peugoby]

Killing the game Andrew. I can't wait to see it

[ags18]

Probably not gonna see daylight for a while! :(

I've fully committed to doing things in this order:

1. Interior: Carpet, Seats, Broken Interior Panels, Speakers
2. Undercarriage: Major Pressure Washing, Rear Diff, Rear Disc Conversion, Front Brakes and Suspension
3. Body and Exterior: Prep and Paint...not gonna waste a ton of time and money on it
4. Motor - Either JDM NA EJ20 or Replace the Head Gaskets and other crap on this current EJ22

Like I always say....It's already built in my head, just need the money and time to get there. :/

[Dead91silvia]

Dont forget about that first car listed in your sig... :smt031

[ags18]

Trying....Trying. :/

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$100.00.....Couldnt pass up the deal. May go on the 02 though. Picking up a set of 02-03 WRX Wheels tomorrow for $50 that need sand, primer and paint too. We'll see what comes of it!? Maybe just some cash on a re-sell?.....Always a good result too.

I've got another wheel choice in mind so, a flip of one of these sets SHOULD (should!) be my game plan. :smt017

[Dead91silvia]

Are those JDM 3rd gen wheels?

[Reuben]

I thought you guys got those too, nothing special, they are just N/A mid spec here.

I still like em a lot though, they are damn nice wheels.

[ags18]

Are those JDM 3rd gen wheels?

No, they are nothin special. Super clean though for $100. They even stayed up on Craigslist for a week or two! :P

They came on 2003-2004 Legacy GT's and 2004-2005 WRX's here in the US.

[meepers]

Lots of funk under that seat! lol Looking good so far. Nice to see she isnt all rusted out.

[ags18]

A 93 SS Sedan popped up at a yard an hour north of me yesterday on craigslist. I hit the road just after 8 this morning!

One guy beat me to the car but thankfully he already had an SS but with Grey Interior and he wanted the ALL black. He took the full interior, suspension and brake lines. That poor car will be gutted and crushed by Monday cause there wont be anything left of it for anyone to buy! :P

Anyway....I got the front bumper and grill!


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And, got a WRX Wagon Rear Wiper arm for the rear window.

[1982gl4]

Nice work. The SS bumper looks good on there! I should get around to painting and installing mine.

[peugoby]

Hell ya! The grill and bumper look like they are in good shape. Nice pickup Andrew.

[Reuben]

Did someone get the block? Tell me someone got the block...

[ags18]

Sparco Harness Bar (02-07 WRX)

VERY crude mock up! :P Great score for $100. Just need to get some good bolts for the down rails and the base. I want to pull the decal off, sand and paint it....maybe powdercoat if I'm feeling rich?

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*They work for now!?

[Dead91silvia]

Where did your pics go mate?

[98legwag]

Where did your pics go mate?
This....

[ags18]

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[ags18]

*Harness Bar Mock Up for real this time.

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*JDM BG5 Steering Wheel - (Not installing until carpet, seats, harnesses and harness bar are all done)

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*RHD GC Impreza Manual Pedal Set - And so it begins! :P

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[Dead91silvia]

Much better!

[Red85Celica]

I like that wheel! Harness bar looks good. Throw a race seat in it and manual swap!

[ags18]

A little 1st Gen Center Console schooling for you all!

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This is the one that came in my car because, eventhough its a 1993 actually had manual seatbelts! Not the motorized garbage!

The new carpet I pulled and cleaned was from a 1994 with the power belts, needing these extra cut outs above for the shoulder harness.

Now, thats the reason I had to pick up this different center console to cover these cut outs.

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And, the last gem of the night.... Loaded up my heat gun, extension chord and tools and headed out to meet a guy parting out his 92 before it went to scrap. *Tip to ALL....dont bother trying to pull tail lights without heat!
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[ags18]

Another junk yard run. 2 - new 1st Gens just hit a yard a few days ago!

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-White Power Mirrors in really good shape.
-Blue Leather and Stitched LS Ebrake Handle.
-Pioneer Speakers Front and Rear that are practically brand new! ($7.99 ea!)

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[Dead91silvia]

Where did you pick them up?

[peugoby]

Nice score at the yard. Was it at Lake Stevens? They had a silver gt sedan up there that I'm sure has been rapped at this point of anything decent lol

[thenines']

A little 1st Gen Center Console schooling for you all!

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This is the one that came in my car because, eventhough its a 1993 actually had manual seatbelts! Not the motorized garbage!

The new carpet I pulled and cleaned was from a 1994 with the power belts, needing these extra cut outs above for the shoulder harness.

Now, thats the reason I had to pick up this different center console to cover these cut outs.

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And, the last gem of the night.... Loaded up my heat gun, extension chord and tools and headed out to meet a guy parting out his 92 before it went to scrap. *Tip to ALL....dont bother trying to pull tail lights without heat!
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I pulled a set out w/no heat-didn't crack them-but, it was summer

[ags18]

Lynnwood Pick-n-Pull.

Toby: There are GT's popping up everywhere now. Some with clean scooped hoods and intact front bumpers. Haven't seen silver ones though.

thenines': you got lucky for sure. I've broken 2 at yards after working at the for way too long. :P

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5MT acquired! 1996 Brighton 3.90 (Matches the rear diff in the car now but is a Cable Trans... I just need to get the hydro clutch fork)
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The other small issue.... Need a new case section for this part or find someone local to weld in a piece of aluminum.
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:Edit: 1/25/15 - Trans is garbage. Bigger failure inside ripped things apart. I tore it down and I dont like the way things look. I'm going to wait and save to buy one from LKQ or something when an engine is ready to be put back in with documented miles and a 6 month warranty so when I get it and put it in i've got the full 6 mo. to test it out. Atleast it came with the linkage...that saves me time and money!

Ordered this manual transmission cluster off ebay.
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Major degrease and pressure wash session today! Finally!
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Found and Pulled replacement fenders today. Paid a bit too much looking back on it but...when you find good ones it helps the whole plan to just gettem'.
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Prep, paint....never know they were green.

Pulled all the switches and wires out of a 94 Legacy Wagon 5MT car to make things easier swapping my pedal set over with whats needed.
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Gear shift surround bezel that holds in the rubber membrane around the gear shift on the same 94 5MT car. Small but important part.
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[wentz912]

Woohoo! I'm glad you are getting to put that thing to good use Andrew! That case repair should be fairly certain. As far as welding it goes, that may be a little difficult sine it is cast aluminum...

[dynonacht]

Car is so cool!

[nepbug]

This would be so tempting to put in a JDM ej20tt.

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[ags18]

93 Legacy Driveline and Tranny Brace
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A bit dry but, no cracks and no "life threatening" rust on the driveline.

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Safely removed the rear interior plastics I broke on my car during the hatch swap. Got lucky! It was cold when I took these off. :o
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And then there was this....I got blinded by my "finders joy" and didnt even notice till I got it home that it is Gray and not Blue! :P I may use the boot to add a splash of Gray. We'll see?

Finally, just a few minutes ago these arrived.
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Hydraulic Hose might be too short but, it was pretty cheap so it wont be the end of the world. Probably will end up just getting a steel braided one made or order a custom one.

[ags18]

Old
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New
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New Lighting arrangement done! 4 - 100W Equivalent (18W Draw) CREE LED Bulbs. Amazing light put out from these 4 bulbs...absolutely no need for the hassle of long fragile florescent tubes, ballasts and all their BS or need to upgrade the 15AMP fuse most garages use. Such a perfect solution.

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2 Dump runs the previous weekends, some stuff moved to the shed out back and a lot of crap thrown away....feels great to have it all clean.

LETS DO THIS!!
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Welp...Pinkish, Redish, Rusty, Gloppy "Coolant" drained out. :/ I'll keep ripping it apart and working on it from here.

[ags18]

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What a mess!

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Heads look good!

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Just some wheel well before pics....full cleaning and painting in months to come.

[ags18]

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*Auto Gear Shift Crap Removed
*Driveline Removed
*Brakes Bled
*Front Brakes Removed
*Front Brake Lines Removed
*Brake Booster and Proportioning Valve Removed
*Bumper Beam Removed

*Motor ready to pull. Trans ready to drop!

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JDM GC Manual Pedals on the Left. Identical Gas & Brake section minus the brake pedal width.

[nepbug]

Shoot, I find out easier to just pull both the trans and engine out together. If you have the radiator there is plenty of room for it.

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[ags18]

Good thinkin'. I probably should just do that. It's all loose and unhooked, ready to pull so it should slide out nicely. Just gotta get my friends picker over here for a few minutes and it'll be done.

[ags18]

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Meh. I'm not a big brand flasher so I probably wont use the head pad.

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Very quick and crude mock up. Had to see them in the car cause they wont be mounted for months.

Still need side brackets, sliders or fixed mounts and of course harnesses. Slow piece together.

[ags18]

Ready for lift out!
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Made room for the pull.
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Cleaned up pretty good after a degrease and pressure wash.
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Junk pile...growing each night I step out into the garage. :P
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[Reuben]

Woo Hoo!

I love seeing SOHC Auto's discarded for bigger better things. I couldn't help but notice there's an awful lot of transmission, and not a lot of engine, when sitting next to a DOHC manual.

I haven't been following the thread enough, have you sussed your new engine? If not, slap some EJ25D heads on the 2.2 for great success.

Also don't biff those half shafts if they have good CV's... Subie half shafts are all interchangeable between each other. Auto, manual, 89 to 03.

[Dead91silvia]

Woo Hoo!

I love seeing SOHC Auto's discarded for bigger better things. I couldn't help but notice there's an awful lot of transmission, and not a lot of engine, when sitting next to a DOHC manual.

I haven't been following the thread enough, have you sussed your new engine? If not, slap some EJ25D heads on the 2.2 for great success.

Also don't biff those half shafts if they have good CV's... Subie half shafts are all interchangeable between each other. Auto, manual, 89 to 03.

I agree... Also, I have like 3 sets of EJ25D heads. No reason not to play with a hybrid. ;)

[ags18]

I'm very happy to have it finally out! The Trans is HUGE and ridiculously heavy too. I will save the axles. I just got carried away gutting this thing out! :P

Soo...as far as the engine goes...it started and idled just fine before pulling it and sounded pretty good with no rattles or ticks but, will need to be cleaned thoroughly because I think part of/maybe THE problem with it overheating was the gloppy, pinkish coolant mix that came out when I drained it. T-stat, radiator and other passages may have been blocked?

Haven't sourced anything yet but I DO want to have some fun with what goes back in for sure! 2.5 heads have been a front running idea, maybe a 2.5 swap altogether or even a JDM NA EJ20 (cause of low miles and relative cost).

Got a long way to go before it'll be needed though. Wheel bearings, tie rods, ball joints, brakes and suspension first after the wheel wells and under carriage are prepped & painted.

[Reuben]

As someone one running a JDM N/A EJ20D, with a link ecu in a BC, I can tell you id have more fun with an EJ22D, and it would go better. But I guess you guys do have that mystical aura that follows the ever rare EJ20 stateside. Maybe worth it just for the point of difference. And with a tenable ecu, they can be quite peppy.

[ags18]

Oh, there isn't any "JDM yO!" status with an EJ20 for me. I've been just considering it from a price, availability and low mileage point of view. I could possibly get one locally for $700-$900 with 40-60,000 miles. Whereas a Re-built EJ22 people are asking $1200-$1600! :/

Cleaning out my current motor and some 2.5 heads (now that I know Robin has some) is sounding pretty fun.

[Dead91silvia]

I have a set right here in the shop with your name on them. ;)

[Reuben]

20D's are good wee motors. You really need to tune them to get the most out of them though, I've found! Not a single person I know here in NZ has bothered making more power out of a 20D without forcing induction, which is sad. But I did have a mate who slapped a supercharger on one, but left fuelling and ECU stock. I reckon he could have made factory turbo power with none of the lag and all of the response with a simple tune.

I'd also love to see what my 20D is truly capable of, but I can't push it with it's blown head gasket. Trust me to pick the only 20D know to man with a blown headgasket, to use as my 1.8SOHC GTFO motor.... Still, it's still hooning about the place as is, I've commuted it to work and the shops etc for a good 3 months now with it's head gasket gone. Little fucker refuses to die!

One more point. JDM 250T foux up/down pipe setup, and a turbo cross member, with turbo headers. The noise that wee 20D makes with that setup is to die for, it'll make the turbo boys jelous. Not loud, just beautiful colin mcrae esk growl.

[ags18]

Robin: I like the sound of that! I'll have to speak with you later on about how to attack the cleaning, replacement/rebuild of this bottom end too.

Good knowledge Reuben. Thanks! The EJ20's I would have access to wouldn't come with ECU's I dont think? Everyone runs their 22 or 25 ECU's to power them I believe.

So, the EJ20 NA ECU is tunable? Or, are all EJ ECU's tunable and I've just never heard of people bother with NA motor power around here!? :P

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2 nights ago I worked on getting the front hubs and suspension off
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Rear brake and suspension as it currently looks:
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Great amounts of cleaning and painting to come while everything else is off and tended to. New Fuel Filler Tube needed as can clearly be seen! :X

[Reuben]

Omg that looks messy :/ fucking salt eh?

And no. Some can be chipped, but that's the hard road. I run mine off a link ECU.

[ags18]

In the past few weeks....

*All suspension OUT
*Rear Subframe OUT
*Fuel Tank OUT
*Wheel wells cleaned and prepped

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Picked up this off ebay for fun.

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Got these at a local junk yard off a 2000 RS. And found a 92 wagon in great shape and snagged perfect rear carpet and the Blue Manual Trans center shifter surround piece I've been looking for!

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Suspension out, cleaned and prepped the wheel wells for painting.

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Rear Subframe out. All scrap...not reusing anything.

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Fuel tank out. Going to have to see whether or not I re-use it when it's time for it to go back in? Some rust, filthy with dirt...?? :/

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Ohh the good ole' Subaru fuel filler pipe! Zero fu<ks were given today...I wasnt going to let that thing win.

[nepbug]

Nice score on the brake lines.

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[meepers]

Looking good. a lot of hard work going in right there!

[ags18]

A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to load up all the old parts and scrap I had and get rid of it all making so much more room for activities in the garage!
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Today...finally got back after it! Fuel Tank final prep and paint.

Before:
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During: Cleaned it up a bit more, pulled the hoses off, fuel pump, etc... found the fuel pump sock missing when I pulled the pump but, it floated over while I was draining the old gas out. Glad I found it! :P
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After:
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Cleaned up the hoses. That shorter, fatter one is $50+ from the dealer! I'm gonna take good care of that little guy!

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Rubberized undercoating test: 55-60 degrees today, I wanted to see how it laid down. Fingers crossed it will be the right stuff I'm looking for.

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Got sick of looking at this area on the rear while the rear bumper beam is off:

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[ags18]

Oh yeah...and, these are now part of the grand plan as well to bolt onto the 22 bottom end. It's just gonna be a hell of a long time before I get around to playing with them.

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Nice to have my Ej22 manifold and all its stuff to swap over what works and use what came on the Ej25 manifold if needed.

[KNaph]

So much attention detail. I would love to build a car and clean every spot on it but I'm such a lazy ass! Props to you man, this thing is gonna be one cool ride. Oh and any updates on the BG?

[ags18]

So much attention detail. I would love to build a car and clean every spot on it but I'm such a lazy ass! Props to you man, this thing is gonna be one cool ride. Oh and any updates on the BG?

Thanks man! Building cars/ having minor OCD like this is kind of a blessing and a curse. :/ I go just far enough to the point where I can't wait, or tinker with anything any longer and then I just do it and move on. 22B05STI's build on his car just makes my skin crawl with his ability/time/patience and budget he's working with!

The BG is good. Renewed the 5 month expired tabs and bought a new battery for her this week and we went on a little 5 mile drive yesterday to get the juices flowing again. Within the next month, maybe sooner?, I will strip off all the easy to paint items and start making progress on finally getting it all one color. Kinda sucks just after springing for the tabs and batt but...o'well. In the meantime also need to source the few hundred bucks for paint, clear coat and supplies I'm gonna need. Hardest part is always the $...time, ability and motivation are always far more available. :P

[ags18]

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Just some random shots of it all stripped on stands.

Update:
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This stuff was horrible. I completely stripped off what I had sprayed in the rear wheel well and and now just going with Rustoleum Glass Black. It was stupid to think I wanted a rubberized type spray. Screw getting all fancy....just get it painted!

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Pretty happy with how the paint covered. I'll touch up some bare spots if I see them before the tank goes back in. I cant wait till the whole undercarriage is done! Necessary evil for this build though.

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Major cleaning, sanding, scraping, brake cleaning and degrease on these before I shot them with High Temp paint.

[ags18]

Sprayed a good 1st coat of paint to the underside.
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Gas tank back up and in with new fuel pump seal, fuel pump, strainer on both the main and secondary transfer.
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Overkill on the shipping box!
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New Fuel Filler Pipe
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Dickin' around with the side markers to make them clear to match the front and the rear (when I bake them and pull out the amber plastic)
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As it sits now. Still hovering. :P
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Waiting to get the rear subframe out of Red85Celica's old car and then I can start piecing together new bushings, a rear diff, adjustable rear lateral links and trailing arms....wheel bearings, H6 brake upgrade....yadda yadda yadda. The list never ends.

[r3v_v3ng3]

Your putting in work! That's a restoration job. My postal is filthy in the interior, its hella dirty and collected dirt/mud.

[ags18]

I cant do dirty! OCD wont let me. Also just trying to do a little something every chance I get to keep cleaning, prepping and painting. Very little funds available right now so trying to do as much as I can to get ready for when the money is available again to start buying and bolting on! WRX or Outback brakes, EJ20G, 5spd, suspension....yadda yadda yadda. :P

Front Wheel Wells done:
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Continued Cleaning of the engine bay. Dropped out subframe (Turbo Subframe going back in) and Took out and categorized all the bolts in the bay so I can prep it.
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[ags18]

Rear End parts acquired! From a clean 1997 GT Wagon.
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Cleaned up all the parts, tore down the knuckles and will clean those soon too.
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[ags18]

Well..."When in Rome..." As I was updating the 99's page figured I might as well throw up some from the 93 as well.

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Sanded, 2 coats of paint, clearcoat.

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JDM 1st Gen BC/BF Floor Mats.

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JDM 1st Gen BC/BF Side Skirts (same as US but, I got these from the motherland.)


Still need a lot of parts and money before the rear can go in though. We'll see what I can get done next!?

[Reuben]

Wow, some awesome shit happening with this build!

[ags18]

Wow, some awesome shit happening with this build!

Thanks! And, now that the 99 Wagon will be done this weekend I will have a lot more time to devote to this one.

Hope to have the rear end all back together in the next month.

[ags18]

Yes, I still own this car. No, proceeds from the 99 RHD are not getting dumped into this car. Sorry. :/

*Not using 3.90 trans and diff.
*Not making a hybrid NA EJ22/25.
*Getting the car back on the ground and a roller here in the next month and then the engine bay and body will be tended to.

I have been tinkering although not too much.

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