Dodik's 02 BE H6

[dodik]

The morning of the day I sold my car :-(

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[Superu264]

what's that ugly thing next to it ruining the picture? :wink:

[Sarra]

what's that ugly thing next to it ruining the picture? :wink:

Oh, I thought he had a Sentra GT... Oops, my bad!

[blackgtbeauty]

Oh, I thought he had a Sentra GT... Oops, my bad!

The s**t you come up with. Rediculous.

Welcome!

[subba]

what's that ugly thing next to it ruining the picture? :wink:

Oh, I thought he had a Sentra GT... Oops, my bad!

= :smt046

[d1giPhux]

Welcome! get some more pics of your car.. looks nice! :grin:

[SilentRacer]

Ahh you've finally took my invitation to come over here. Welcome indeed.

[dodik]

Here are some more pics from the two years I own the car.

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[GrassyKnoll]

chea

[Navig8r]

Looks good.... Looks like you come upstate for some of those pics....

[phi11]

ur car's hot. :grin:

[dodik]

yeah 2 shot are from my parent's drive way the one where the car is really low andthe rear shot is from camping the last two are from bear mountain

here the latest pic
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[dplacencia]

^ WRX wheels and clear corners! :wink:

[dodik]

old and new side by side

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[Wiscon_Mark]

1000 bucks? You got ripped...was the headgasket cooked or something?

Nice SUS though.

[dodik]

yep 273k on the odometer and blown HG

[d1giPhux]

yep 273k on the odometer and blown HG

damn man, only $1k tho.. shittt.. they will turn around and sell that for $2.5-3k easy. Nice new car tho.. how much you pay for it?

[SilentRacer]

congrats on new car, wanna show me on the weekend?

[dodik]

i have drill this weekend maybe next??

[Reason]

Shit I would have gave you $1,200 for it...

[dodik]

um let me put it this way the car needs new suspension, new driver seat, new block, new fender, new paint job, new exhaust system, new floor mats, new right cv shaft, not to mention counless hours of labor to do all of that, if the previuos owner kept maintaining the car properly it would've ran longer. and dont tell me that i could've made more that is just wrong the dealer didnt even look at the car they just looked at the mileage and that was it but the car was overheating when i pulle dinto his parking lot. but as i sad any1 interested try talking to them maybe they will sell it cheap
the car is at
Ira Dodge
104 Mystic ave
Medford MA
plus i got a good deal on the H6 9k for 02 outback with 86k on it.

[dodik]

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MODS:
Yellowed Corners
Yellowed Fogs
JDM BH Legacy Seats
CAI
20% Tint all around
16x6.5 Powdercated black 03 WRX rims
Muffler gate spring(H6 only mod)+ welded on tip
Syms Spoiler
Painted Interior Trim
Vinyl eyelids

Scoop waiting on the shelf for warmer weather,
Rims and Suspension are next on the list.

[sheepdog]

MODS to be installed:
Clear Corners
CAI
35% Tint all around
16x6.5 Powdercated black 03 WRX rims
Muffler gate spring(H6 only mod)
Spoiler?! (sstill undecided)
FSB polyurethane Bushings
RSB at least 19 mm + polyurethane bushings
Supercharger

Fixed

[dodik]

cobb is not going to make tham as far as i know :-( and for 4500$ my wife would kill me.

[Feiton]

yep 273k on the odometer and blown HG

damn man, only $1k tho.. shittt.. they will turn around and sell that for $2.5-3k easy. Nice new car tho.. how much you pay for it?

haha, if it wasnt for the date and the milage I would swear that was the one I bought. $1k is pretty good from a dealer, at auction I would be suprised if it did that much. At least in NY no new car dealer would try to resell anything like that because of the milage, lemon laws make it way to easy to screw the dlr over, not to menton give them a bad name.

[SilentRacer]

car braw = puke

[dodik]

car bra goes before 1st car wash its just i dont want it to lay around my trunk.

[studum]

I've always kinda liked the Outback sedans (except for the wheels and grille)

Nice buy!

I've never really liked the OEM spoiler on the BE body's. I'd love to find just a lip that runs along the trunline similar to the BMW M3/M5s but I haven't really looked at what's out there for fear of wanting something lol.

Does the bra remove and install easily?

[dodik]

less than 2 min to remove 10 min to install if you know what to do

[studum]

If you were going to throw it away send it my way instead :wink:

[SilentRacer]

If you were going to throw it away send it my way instead :wink:

Wouldn't do that if I were you, those things damage your paint.

[subaru_terrence]

Nice RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey do you guys know if cobb cai any good?

[studum]

Wouldn't do that if I were you, those things damage your paint.

Was only going to use it for long road trips in an effert to help protect it. In a couple of months I'll likely be driving a lot more.

I actually hate them lol

[dodik]

dont know much about cobb cai and im making one myself for this thing
and car bra doesnt damage your paint if you read instructions and follow them when installing=== wax your car before putting bra on!!! my friend has it on his corolla for like two years now and no problems with paint!!
And im keeping it in my garage just in case i need it.

[Huffer]

The leather car bra actually traps moisture underneath. It's like a giant sweatsuit.

It isn't harmful if it's removed each time the car is washed, and washed and treated itself, but most people don't bother.

[pdawg]

I thought the RSB was like 18 mm on those things already. Replacing with a 19" seems like a waste.

Nice ride though.

[deadlydave]

slick H6.

[dodik]

from peeking uinderthere it seemed like RSB was maybe 14mm??? ill recheck and still get a bigger one :grin:

[Wiscon_Mark]

from peeking uinderthere it seemed like RSB was maybe 14mm??? ill recheck and still get a bigger one :grin:

I don't think so...

[dodik]

but it is 14mm the front 1 is like 19 or 20 i will take pics eventually

[Wiscon_Mark]

14mm on an outback? huh...

[dodik]

just an update on the car did my clear corners, put that rubber stripe on front bumper, black wheels, some minor exhaust and intake work it still needs tints and a sysms BE spoiler other then that im happy with it
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i figured since im doing short air intake i might as well get it to be as short as possible :grin:
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[studum]

How tough is it to do the clear corners? Is there a DIY somewhere?

*Edit: nevermind. Search is your friend. Found
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=3636&highlight=clear and https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=3513&highlight=clear

Both have been added to the to do list. :wink:

[dodik]

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[ryu_haneda]

Very... nice... Outback.

The black wheels are a fantastic touch, and the bumper strips and cleared corners really finish the look.

:smt023 for a unique ride. God bless you and rock on!

-ryu_haneda

[02LGT]

I did mine. It's not too difficult. Go to nasioc.com and search for Koji mod or something like that. They have ones for different model wrx headlights...also theres one for BE...but couldn't find it.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... t=koji+mod (http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=384488&highlight=koji+mod)

http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/showthrea ... adid=14169 (http://www.clubwrx.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14169)



How tough is it to do the clear corners? Is there a DIY somewhere?

*Edit: nevermind. Search is your friend. Found
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=3636&highlight=clear and https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=3513&highlight=clear

Both have been added to the to do list. :wink:

[dodik]

just a small update 6.15.07

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[Reason]

What did you do?

[dodik]

oh uhm blackout tails and fogs.

[Reason]

Can't really tell with your fancy pictures, The tails I noticed.

[dodik]

those pics arent fancy, just sephia and just because i didnt wash the car in like three weeks

[Plays_with_Toys]

do you scare small children with that car? It's getting darker and darker :twisted:

[dodik]

yet another update
since painting interior is new hot thing on this forum i figured i should share what my looks like now and few pics in the process
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ill take a few better shots of the interior when i get a chance

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spoiler is not on the car i sanded a bit too dip when preping for clear coat now i need more paint :(

[deadlydave]

oh man, that looks sharp. That is the best looking spoiler for the BE. Hotness. :twisted:

[Reason]

I like how you went with silver and not green or blue :roll: . Should make it look sharp. As for the spoiler that looks great too, where did you get it?

[SilentRacer]

finally finished the spoiler ay? looks good.

[dodik]

spoiler came from one of the member on nasioc he got it for his BE but sold the car before putting it on.

[Reason]

I just never seen that spoiler before.

[dodik]

no i didnt finish the spoiler read small captions under the last pic :(

[dodik]

there is one more in the US its one the white GT on nasioc i dont think its real SYMS spoiler but a damn good replica of it, iether way i like i just need to repaint it and put it on. by the way on ill take better pics of rain guards when i get a chance but the do work.

[Huffer]

Interior looks slick now... silver was a good choice. Did you hit it with clearcoat?

[dodik]

yes clearcoat FTW i think it will help prevent a lot of small scratches

[dodik]

just a better pics of how interior looks enjoy!!!

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[SilentRacer]

what shiftknob is that, better pics?

[dodik]

some random thing they had at advance (the only place to get accesories around my duty station) ill get something better eventually something that has to move more than jsut to D.

[deadlydave]

How hard was it to get the faceplate off the radio/hvac?

[dodik]

not really hard but tedious just takes some time to completely dissasemble the units and then carefully very carefully pull it off. Stereo one was easy hvac was a bitch to put back on. oh and they are just glued in place.

[ryu_haneda]

Hopefully I don't suck at this... if I do laugh at me anyway :grin:

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Enjoy! :cool:

edited pic to rub out lp, out of respect

[SilentRacer]

Very creative ryu. :smt023, I think you should have your own post where you throw in all the ones you made.

[Reason]

Your own post (sticky) in members rides would be cool and do it for all the active members ;-)

[ryu_haneda]

And so it begins... :cool:

One of the only reasons why I didn't do DeadlyDave's Baja yet was that I was waiting for the grille to be done. But I tell you what, I will put up a post with my next job and keep adding them in.

Later!

[deadlydave]

And so it begins... :cool:

One of the only reasons why I didn't do DeadlyDave's Baja yet was that I was waiting for the grille to be done. But I tell you what, I will put up a post with my next job and keep adding them in.

Later!

Well, the grille is cut up, awaiting final sanding, and bondo. The dremel was easier but took longer than the hack saw did on my last project. I broke 3 medium-grade cutting disks.

I like the sticky idea! :twisted:

[studum]

You should swap out that steering wheel for an all black leather one now.

[deadlydave]

You should swap out that steering wheel for an all black leather one now.

maybe he <3's the wood?

[dodik]

that wood will be painted silver as well as soon as i found out how to take SW off.

ryu_haneda thanks thats pretty funny

[deadlydave]

that wood will be painted silver as well as soon as i found out how to take SW off.

ryu_haneda thanks thats pretty funny

You know, that will look pretty cool. Maybe not with a normal dash, but with your bitchin' silver one it's going to be sweet.

[dodik]

a few pics with yellow fogs

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[Huffer]

Shifter knob - why not install the regular "5spd" knob from a WRX, the neck would be longer and might fit the look a bit better. You could always shave a bit off the top and sink it lower.

Or maybe the STI "piston" titanium style knob would work better with the silver accents.

[dodik]

that shift knob is temporary when i find what i want ill switch and i want to be low very low maybe ill even chop some of the shifter off.

[deadlydave]

Still lookin' good. I may yellow my fog lights soon as well.

[rougeben83]

that shift knob is temporary when i find what i want ill switch and i want to be low very low maybe ill even chop some of the shifter off.

Nice dodik :) how about those plain silver ball shift knobs? I think it would match well with your interior panels.

http://www.modernperformance.com/dcx/mpx_knob_installed.jpg

[SilentRacer]

Fog lights are much better.

[BE-Fresh]

Thats one big ass curb...

p.s car's lookin fresh :cool:

[Reason]

Thats one big ass curb...


I was thinking the same thing, and the fogs look good.

[dodik]

im just starting out to make my lighting where i would like it to be i still need to buy projectors and 2 sets of HIDs, and maybe do a few other things.
yeah that curb is actually a retaining wall for the ramp off manhattan bridge

[subaru_terrence]

I think the 05+ Legacy AT shift knob can make it feels shorter.

I had it on before and it was definitely shorter than the stock one but now I have the MOMO AT shift knob


By the way, I love your syms spoiler! I wish I can get one for my car

[dodik]

snapped a few pics of the car on the Thanksgiving weekend washed and waxed it before salt hits the roads enjoy

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and here what my "new door cards looked and look like now
went from this https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/12/olddc-1.jpg

to this
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oh and this was this sunday morning
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[deadlydave]

Wow, the door cards have a MUCH cleaner look. Very Slick.

[ryu_haneda]

Once again, niiiiice car.

[dodik]

finally was nice and sunny day to take a few pics
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[SilentRacer]

overlays looking good

[BE-Fresh]

Hawt I want overlays now

[rougeben83]

Nice Dodik, the green looks like a close enough match with the wintergreen.

Did you trim yours?

I played around with the overlays on the spare set of headlights I have :lol:

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[dodik]

yeah i trimmed mine and that green is 444 wintergreen i had left over from painting spoiler and hood scoop. its just flat i didnt have any clear coat with me at the time.

[rougeben83]

yeah i trimmed mine and that green is 444 wintergreen i had left over from painting spoiler and hood scoop. its just flat i didnt have any clear coat with me at the time.

Oh cool, so you were able to paint the vinyl then? Any special prep or did you just clean it, mask and paint?

[dodik]

yeah the painting was so unprofesional and wrong its not even funny, i went outside to try to bend that left front fender to its original place (i've been hit) and as i was doing it weather kinda warmed up got to be around 40 and sunny so i figured i'd give it a try so i cleaned put overlays on then cleaned and masked all around put a coat of primer let it barely dry for like ten min maybe and put a few coats of paint. they are still on after a week and not peeling off, but since temps were that low im not gonna go to car was for about a month because paint to fully cure will take a while. im still uncertain how tough these vynils are im pretty suer they gonna peel eventually. for now they look ok considering i spend 1 hour doing it.

[dodik]

havent done much to the car since last update. Just took bunch of new shots.

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[1996Battlewagon]

The more I look at it, the more I like it.
I just like the idea of a flat 6 powered Subaru. How does it sound with your exhaust work?

[Airgne]

that bitch looks huge!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!

[rougeben83]

damn, I forgot you had the SYMS spoiler...

I keep threatening DLC that I would steal his...you better watch out when I'm back in town!

:lol: :lol:

[dodik]

I dont really have any exhaust work done to it yet. But eventually im gonna go to 3" all the way thru. And Ben you steal my spoiler ill take your turbo.

[jg09]

3"?! Holy shit!

[rougeben83]

3"?! Holy shit!


H6

[jg09]

Still, 3" for an Outback is big, no matter how you slice it.

[Huffer]

Still, 3" for an Outback is big, no matter how you slice it.

Not when you have 3liters of displacement. 3L = H6

[jg09]

Oh I'm aware of H6 displacement.

Damn, can't a guy think that a certain exhaust diameter is big in this fine, free nation? :lol:

[1996Battlewagon]

Not when you have 3liters of displacement. 3L = H6

Oh, how I miss big six's! I went from 4 liters to 2.2, to 3.5, and then back to 2.2. Oh well, good gas mileage rocks!!!

When you get that exhaust work done, let us know; or else.............

[jg09]

Or else we'll write unkind things about you in your yearbook!

[rougeben83]

Oh I'm aware of H6 displacement.

Damn, can't a guy think that a certain exhaust diameter is big in this fine, free nation? :lol:

It depends a lot on the engine design itself...for instance a vq35 out of a 300z won't have the same exhaust requirements as a Vulcan OHV V6 out of a taurus.

2.5" maybe good enough, there's also 2.75" that some shops stock, but 3" probably wont have any big consequences other than the added-on price...

[dodik]

just some snow i came across about a week ago
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And some photo chopping i think im gonna go with the blue theme i already got a set of different wheels just need to paint them and get tires
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[henryq89]

woahhh...sik car man....the WRB looks great with the car...adn the orange isnt haf bad.... i like it!! :smt023

got any engine/interior pics?

[henryq89]

forget it! i found some cool pics of what i was looking for in the previous pages ..looks great ! :smt023 :smt026 :smt027

[dodik]

so i finally scored some cheap tires and decided its time to fix the wheels and do something to the car,
i got wheels mad cheap all for under 65 bucks so dont flame on offset and condition of them, (they were all curb rashed ). i decided to fill all the scratches with 2500psi jbweld that bonds to aluminum, i figured it'd be better than body filler. and here are some pics.
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unfortunately as i was prepping wheels i found that one had a dent in the lip, wheel would still hold air but i want to have a round wheel to start off, so hopefully ill be able to fix on saturday, the alpins i got moderately cheap so they'll be my year around tire. and center caps will bare subaru stars emblem

almost forgot this one, and to mention that bottom cladding eventually will match the wheels
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[rougeben83]

Looks great, the scratch repair looks damn near professional.

For rim straightening, I've used these guys, they're pretty cheap, I think they charged me $80 when they repaired a bend on one of my rims.

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/wheelrepair/

there's also a couple of places in CT that I've been recommended or had experience with, but they're both around $100/wheel for repair.

[dodik]

thanks Ben i've been recommended a few shop around brooklyn if they fall thru will go with this one

[rougeben83]

thanks Ben i've been recommended a few shop around brooklyn if they fall thru will go with this one

Post up if you get the rim repaired, I've been looking for a place closer to the city for wheel repair...theyre a bit of a drive being on the other side of queens and all :grin:

[dodik]

and finally they are on
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/04/DSC00004-1.jpg

[Legacy89]

How is the ride on 18's? And do they rub?

[SilentRacer]

that different, moving away from rugged to more VIP

[dodik]

haven't seen any rubbing yet and definitely ride is more responsive, although i do feel a little tramlining, i think it will rub just a tiny ity bit at full lock fully loaded doing u turn downhill ( don't ask me how i came to that conclusion but it looks like it should rub while it doesn't). and for reference size is 18x7.5 with +40 wrapped in 245/45/18 Micheline alpines.
it still rugged i mean tires are m+s, its just city rugged

[rougeben83]

haven't seen any rubbing yet and definitely ride is more responsive, although i do feel a little tramlining, i think it will rub just a tiny ity bit at full lock fully loaded doing u turn downhill ( don't ask me how i came to that conclusion but it looks like it should rub while it doesn't). and for reference size is 18x7.5 with +40 wrapped in 245/45/18 Micheline alpines.
it still rugged i mean tires are m+s, its just city rugged

the tramlining is normal when you go to wider tires, especially the stickier the tires get. Where are you rubbing? I want to run some wider tires w/ a different offset but haven't check clearances yet. Looks good though, I bet you don't even feel a thing when you run over a hobo :lol: (urban offroading?)

[dodik]

like i said it doesnt rub anywhere but i've only put 200 miles on them mostly highway, and my stock size is bigger than yours Ben so i have no idea how wide you can go. back in a day silent got a set of tires that were equivalent of my stock size and they rubbed on his old BE, i have more clearance between spring perch. oh and its all about offset and width if you calculate(guesstimate) it properly you'll be fine, although i doubt you can go to 245 without rubbing

[rougeben83]

like i said it doesnt rub anywhere but i've only put 200 miles on them mostly highway, and my stock size is bigger than yours Ben so i have no idea how wide you can go. back in a day silent got a set of tires that were equivalent of my stock size and they rubbed on his old BE, i have more clearance between spring perch. oh and its all about offset and width if you calculate(guesstimate) it properly you'll be fine, although i doubt you can go to 245 without rubbing

I know a couple of guys have been able to use 245's, but I think I would need to switch to coilovers, also need to roll the back fender and dail in some more neg camber...anyway that's a project for the future.

If you want to check clearance you can always raise both wheel, put a jack under the control arm and compress the strut a bit...you can see where you can potentially rub.

[gibbons98legacygt]

I like the rims

[dodik]

kinda funny last time i bumped this thread is when i got rims oh well here some new ones
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/10/Photo00541-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/10/Photo0053-1.jpg
sorry for cell pics ill take some better ones today

[rougeben83]

new outback wheels?
And what happened to the spoiler?

[dodik]

yep 08 xt wheels, and spoiler is removed for maintenance needs new paint the old rattle can job didn't last, still debating of keeping it or making a custom spoiler.

[Airgne]

how many sets you got?

[JLav211]

Like the new wheels, a lot. Now you just need to take off the rub strips and keep the spoiler off! :grin:

[rougeben83]

Like the new wheels, a lot. Now you just need to take off the rub strips and keep the spoiler off! :grin:


And sell the spoiler to me :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[dodik]

now i only got two sets these and 18's Arceo that are a bit too squarish for my taste they are going on ebay soon, the spoiler i still havent decided yet, i want to make out fiberglass a whole thing that covers tails and then transitions into spoiler but i need time for that and warmer weather. so as for now im keeping the spoiler on the shelf maybe ill put it back on in spring. bump strips are not coming off until i get a light bar in front and really tall hitch in the back, today i came out and had an inch in front and back of my car to pull out so yeah they are keeping my bruises to the minimum. lol

[jg09]

Those new wheels are by far the best, IMO.

[dodik]

just took some pics of the way the car is finally with camera and not a cellphone
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/11/CAR014-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/11/CAR021-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/11/CAR040-1.jpg

and my new steering wheel leather recovered by me,
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/11/CAR007-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/11/CAR009-1.jpg
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[jg09]

damn, that leather almost looks factory! Mad props for that

[rougeben83]

looks good Dodik, what did you use to recover the steering wheel?

[dodik]

genuine ebay leather scraps lol, the bottom one was called stallion black and top one i dont remember but i think its some sort of nubuck leather, took some patience and i got too many needle holes in my fingers but it looks decent and feels awesome, i got a few bits of leather left over so if you arent needing your old wheel let me know i may do one more to see if i can make it better.

[Blitzen]

First time I have ever seen an Outback sedan....are they common in the states...you only see Outback wagons driven by grandads in lawn bowl hats here in NZ and Oz.

[rougeben83]

First time I have ever seen an Outback sedan....are they common in the states...you only see Outback wagons driven by grandads in lawn bowl hats here in NZ and Oz.

they are quite rare.

[BE-Fresh]

Props on the wheel re-wrap. Came out lookin pretty damn good!

[dodik]

sedans arent really rare but not too many were built in comparison with wagons, funny thing is no one noticed that its lower lol, means i need legacy springs too. :smt027

[Blitzen]

funny thing is no one noticed that its lower lol, means i need legacy springs too. :smt027

Sorry mate, it might be those black rubber bumpstops you have attached front and rear, they give the car a much bulkier look than the image in your avatar. Try removing them and fitting a slimline police style nudge bar up front and tow ball on the back. No one will go near the tow ball...iv'e witnessed people hook onto a tow ball during parking and when go to leave are missing their grill or whole front spoiler :smt029

[dodik]

Sorry mate, it might be those black rubber bumpstops you have attached front and rear, they give the car a much bulkier look than the image in your avatar. Try removing them and fitting a slimline police style nudge bar up front and tow ball on the back. No one will go near the tow ball...iv'e witnessed people hook onto a tow ball during parking and when go to leave are missing their grill or whole front spoiler :smt029

thats the plan in the future but for now it will do,

[Matty2Hotty]

What is this spoiler Dodik has?

[dodik]

you don't have to ask everywhere, like i said in pm its a syms spoiler same as DLC has, you really didn't have to resurrect ancient thread on nasioc either. lol

[dodik]

so i took some night shots enjoy
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/12/SNV30727-1.jpg
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[Huffer]

I think the car would look sweeter if that exhaust was more stealth, like if you had a rear lip or something.

[Reason]

Wheres the spoiler you had?

[dodik]

its at home waiting for new paint

[BE-Fresh]

I think the car would look sweeter if that exhaust was more stealth, like if you had a rear lip or something.

X2

[dodik]

funny you'd mention a lip the other day i found cheap ebay civic lip in front of my house i wanna see if i can make spats out of it but all my projects are pretty much on hold till spring time, the only thing im going to do is replace a fender upcoming sat. what do you fellas think of my stealth reflective red skidplate lol :smt027

[rougeben83]

Did you ding your fender? Mine looks like crap after my neighbor backed into it with her fatass SUV :(. If you need help, I'll be back in NYC by this friday (hopefully :lol:).

[dodik]

yeah about two years ago i killed civic, if you are back in town we should do mini meet

[95USsubaru]

alright, i like the car and the new rims, but the bump strips.....ehhhh i read why u have em on there so i guess i gotta be ok with that haha. it looks good man keep it up!

[dodik]

well i got hit according to a good Samaritan's note it was a hummmer so hopefully my insurance will find the arse who did it.
enjoy
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[swiftman007]

Thats sucks. Hit and run are so lame

[Okin DaVanh]

Put a light on it... the rest will buff out. :roll: :wink:

Glad to see that it was parked (obviously) and you weren't in it. Sounds as if the "Good Samaritan" helped you out with some DMV info.

[dodik]

yep had a note with a plate number hopefully my insurance can track him/her down

[Huffer]

Oh yeah, Hummer owner is going to get PWNED.
http://www.deadlyroads.com/laws/new-yor ... html#plate (http://www.deadlyroads.com/laws/new-york-hit-and-run-laws.shtml#plate)

[Reason]

I would have call the cops with the plate number first, THEN called the insurance.

[dodik]

I would have call the cops with the plate number first, THEN called the insurance.

precisely what i did getting police report this week

[rougeben83]

sucks dodik, hopefully you can get d-bag.

[BE-Fresh]

Damn dude, that sucks. Hopefully that bastard has whats coming to him. If it was an H2, it was probably a woman, and we all know how well they drive....


I wanna know how you got the damage on the door, though.

[Rockgod]

Sorry to hear about the hit dodik. I know how you feel. Still working on my 01's headlight and fender. At least you didn't lose the connectors to the parking/signal lights. Damn SUV's

[dodik]

have no idea about door damage but it was a side swipe, i dont know which part of the other car hit me could be front side or rear.

[95USsubaru]

damn man, that sucks. glad to hear of the GS who got the license plate tho. if it was a hummer, consider it owned haha. ya gotta think that something like a hummer will be noticed. so i hope it gets found soon.

[Airgne]

damn that blows. what the insurance company say? they might total the car from the damage i see.

[dodik]

im still waiting for insurance to assign a person to my case but since i only have liability it will take a while :smt012

[BE-Fresh]

Shit, I hope not dude. Good luck with everything

[dodik]

Well i found the asshole who did it. it is a black 02 Hummer that got it's damaged fixed the only sing of accident left on it is a f.....d up license plate that left all of its paint on my bumper. my insurance didnt do a thing so i had to find her insurance company myself and i filed a claim with them. The catch is the asshole keeps ignoring her insurance company calls and letters so they can't get in touch with her and untill they do i cant get my money. so i am kinda in limbo right now just waiting. cops can't do crap the only thing i can do if they refuse to pay is file a claim with dmv after i receive a denial letter from her insurance co. till then i cant sue and even then i really have no proof that it was her except for the note. on a good side i finally bought black interior to replace all the beige crap and it will go in after i get the car repainted.

[swiftman007]

^^ wow , what a Jerk (the hummer owner) , thats really frustrating. Hope everything will turn on your side

[Legacy89]

You are not the only one, my car has been backed into twice. Both times by people i know. I haven't got squat.
My drivers door has a dent under the plastic strip.
And my rear bumper has some ugly scrathces.
Still trying to get my money tough.

[95USsubaru]

i say you "educate" her in the "fine arts" of "respect" when dealing with these matters

[dodik]

the usual update new wheels lol i think it's the sixth set so far
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/08/Photo0008-1.jpg

[Yamazaki]

So your car is fixed up? How 'bout the interior? You get time to do that yet? Man, I'm dying to see it!

[dodik]

nope the car still looks like sht on the other side lol, im getting my bike registered next week then i'll be able to put car in the shop till then i gotta get to work somehow. interior isnt there yet sorry man

[chuckthefuk]

Epic! Why do they always hit the light? Why cant they for once just hit the trunk or bumper.... I feel your pain on more then one occasion. Rims look tight!
-Chuck

[JLav211]

Oh, please tell me you'll lower it more. I love those wheels on your car.

[rougeben83]

what tire size is that?

[dodik]

those tire are too small and are up fs 225/40/18 im going to throw a set of 245/45/18 on them that i have from the other set of 18's i have. im going to redo the suspension maybe next year again as i am really pushing it now in straight line i got about 1/4" max between tire and lower spring perch so under some heavy driving it rubs a bit. going to throw gr-2s outback specific next time around no more legacy struts for me.

[95USsubaru]

so i gotta ask, what ever happened with all that crap with the ins. the hummer, and all that?

[dodik]

well it still going now i got dmv involved and filing a claim w/ bbb later today. ins said they could not reach their customer to confirm therefore they are denying it. but its not over yet lol

[Yamazaki]

Updates? Fixed? Interior swapped?

[dodik]

wow im surprised this thread is bumped

well i got tired of all this insurance legal battle crap so i decided to fix it myself last weekend i managed to pull most of the damage out with a hammer and a 2x4, so i got the tail light back in. tomorrow im getting my stud welder and yesterday i bought body hammer set. This saturday im going to finish the exterior i doubt my paint is going to come in the mail on time so i'll just leave it primed till next week. if everything goes smoothly then next weekend interior will go in.

[chuckthefuk]

FUC*ING insurance!!

I am happy to hear you want to do some body work! Keep in mind that primer isn't a sealer.. So if your going to wait more then 2 weeks for your paint I would take off the primer and respray before paint goes back on. ;-D

Cheers
-Chuck

[dodik]

yeah i know that primer is porous and if my color matched spray paint isnt here tomorrow i'll use some cheap walmart stuff to seal until i get my stuff or if i find a sealer in a spray can ill use it above bondo/primer

[rougeben83]

hey dodik, let me know if you need a driver's side USDM tail light, I have a spare one you can use for the cost of shipping the thing back to NYC...

[dodik]

thanks Ben but i got japanese corners from Andy already

[dodik]

so here is somewhat update it came out not too bad considering all the shops told me that i need new quarter panel. all work was done by hand tools mostly hammers entire tail area was caved in it still not quite there but i figured i will repaint the whole car next year so i'll live with this for now.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/11/Photo0185-1.jpg
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[Okin DaVanh]

Urgghhh!!!!!! I hate f*ckin hate ins. co.'s sometimes!!! Quick to take your money,But almost never want to help you out.


And it looks like you swapped the tires already... or am I just wishful thinking?

[dodik]

oh yeah tires/rims are on for about a month now here is how she sits
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/10/Photo0177-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/10/Photo0181-1.jpg

[jewbaru]

body work came out good man

[dodik]

well i did it, and never ever again in my life will i buy a car with the wrong interior color. I managed to swap the interior from beige/tan to black/grey. i'd rather replace an engine then do this crap again. I replaced dash, console, all pillar trims, door sills, also recovered headliner and rear panel in new fabric, swapped locks in glove boxes, swapped vin plates, light sensor hole had to be cut in. all together took me about 10-12 hours in just above freezing temps. i've done bunch of things with cars/bikes in years but i have never felt this busted after all. by the way you WILL have to wait for pics for a day or two till i clean up all the mess thats left over.

[chuckthefuk]

How thick did you lay the bondo? How does the trunk line up / tail light?

Bondo is not forgiving specially in the cold..

-Chuck

[dodik]

i laid it pretty thick at first to get body lines at least somewhat to resemble original shape maybe 3/8" or so but then took it down to like 1/8" iirc the thickest is around 1/8" but this is just to get me over the winter, as soon as i find straight quarter panel im welding it in. but yeah paint, primer, bondo do not work well in 50 degree weather

[Yamazaki]

well i did it, and never ever again in my life will i buy a car with the wrong interior color. I managed to swap the interior from beige/tan to black/grey. i'd rather replace an engine then do this crap again. I replaced dash, console, all pillar trims, door sills, also recovered headliner and rear panel in new fabric, swapped locks in glove boxes, swapped vin plates, light sensor hole had to be cut in. all together took me about 10-12 hours in just above freezing temps. i've done bunch of things with cars/bikes in years but i have never felt this busted after all. by the way you WILL have to wait for pics for a day or two till i clean up all the mess thats left over.
Holy crap. Thanks for doing this first and letting us know. :smt023 I was considering settling for a different color and just swapping the interior. Now I'm not. It's black or titanium only!

[dodik]

lol, dont get discouraged its actually not that bad after pain goes away, (i can feel my fingers now), if you do this in warmer weather and not rush like if you have two or three days it will not be that bad. Doing this in summer or spring with longer warmer days would be much easier and less painful. also i spend a lot of time doing headliner and rear deck, if you want to reupholster make sure you get 4-way stretching fabric, i got 2 way which made it much more difficult to glue in. i still need to redo my door cards, repaint all trim pieces around radio overhead lights, redo sunroof cover and find a grey/black sunroof ring trim, redo my visors, just bought a better stereo so that will be done soon, and then get new carpet. i also forgot if you buy used seat belts make sure tensioner isnt poped mine is so i need to locate black seatbelts as well.

[Yamazaki]

lol, dont get discouraged its actually not that bad after pain goes away, (i can feel my fingers now), if you do this in warmer weather and not rush like if you have two or three days it will not be that bad. Doing this in summer or spring with longer warmer days would be much easier and less painful. also i spend a lot of time doing headliner and rear deck, if you want to reupholster make sure you get 4-way stretching fabric, i got 2 way which made it much more difficult to glue in. i still need to redo my door cards, repaint all trim pieces around radio overhead lights, redo sunroof cover and find a grey/black sunroof ring trim, redo my visors, just bought a better stereo so that will be done soon, and then get new carpet. i also forgot if you buy used seat belts make sure tensioner isnt poped mine is so i need to locate black seatbelts as well.
ugh. It still sounds like more work than I want to do....

[dodik]

here are some new pics

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/12/IMG_1212-1.jpg

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[csweston]

Looks good, although a new layer of paint on the grill would definitely help.

[Matty2Hotty]

What type of climate control you have? Looks different.

[dodik]

i have the auto a/c this is one feature H6 got over H4's and i would never ever trade it for manual lol it came standard if you plan on upgrading you'd need new pump, blower motor all the electrical components and way too much crap to make it reasonable.

[02_Legacy]

That last picture confuses me... where did the red come from??

[dodik]

thats my skid plate. Wanna guess why flash lit it up? lol

[Yamazaki]

i have the auto a/c this is one feature H6 got over H4's and i would never ever trade it for manual lol it came standard if you plan on upgrading you'd need new pump, blower motor all the electrical components and way too much crap to make it reasonable.
Yup. which is one (of many) reason why I want the H6. Dodik, you're interior looks great! I actually like the beige trim that's left. It acts as accents to the interior. I just may do something similar...

[dodik]

im still going to plasti-dip most of it, it doesnt look too bad but visors are just too old to clean and o-shit handles in black will look better

[dodik]

we got snow
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2010/12/IMG_1256-1.jpg

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[BE-Fresh]

thats my skid plate. Wanna guess why flash lit it up? lol
Homemade stop sign-skid plate

[chuckthefuk]

mint!

[dodik]

thats my skid plate. Wanna guess why flash lit it up? lol
Homemade stop sign-skid plate
yep and now in snow that plate is making it really easy to plow thru some deep snow, on a side note i got a different sign thats quite bigger so when spring hits i'll make a bigger one lol

[rougeben83]

did you get a school crossing sign or something? lol did you have fun 9n the blizzard? i flew out right before it hit...

[dodik]

i was about to pm you to see if you are in town, its a stop sign, im having fun i drove around till 4am looking for parking during blizzard kinda fun but was mad tired afterward lol, the michelin alpines are pretty bad ass in the snow its much harder to get the tail spinning with those, going to VT tonight for the weekend if it holds i might swing by the floyd bennet on sunday lol

[dodik]

well so most usual update for me can you say Deja Vu
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/Photo0063-1.jpg

[ryu_haneda]

Definitely been a fan of this car for a while. Glad to see you still have it. :) God bless you.

[dodik]

thanks Ruy, yeah the car will roll over 181k tonight on the way home so its definitely staying with me till the end, sometimes i dont really believe that i have had it for four years thi

[Legacy89]

i have the auto a/c this is one feature H6 got over H4's and i would never ever trade it for manual lol it came standard if you plan on upgrading you'd need new pump, blower motor all the electrical components and way too much crap to make it reasonable.
Yup. which is one (of many) reason why I want the H6.
Are you sure?

I have that in my 01 2.5 GX.

[MRLancaster]

Ive had a stopsign in my closet for years. Never knew what to do with it......Mind if you post some pics of how you mounted it! I now have a use for my stopsign :smt026

[dodik]

i have the auto a/c this is one feature H6 got over H4's and i would never ever trade it for manual lol it came standard if you plan on upgrading you'd need new pump, blower motor all the electrical components and way too much crap to make it reasonable.
Yup. which is one (of many) reason why I want the H6.
Are you sure?

I have that in my 01 2.5 GX.
yes but you are on the other side of the pond, i should've mentioned that only applies to US

here you go but your h4 belly looks different
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/03/Photo0003-2.jpg

[MRLancaster]

Yeah, still maybe able to rig something up. How did you bend it. :shock:

[dodik]

sledge and some 2x4
i have new bigger sign i found that i will use this one only mounted on three bolts one upfront and two in the back, new one will use all three existing holes upfront and two in the back and i'll try to make a bit more flat, this one just hangs a bit too low

[MRLancaster]

That is AWESOME!

[Legacy89]

Might be, tough on the Stop sign thing, if you go to a mechanic school or any metal workshop you could get it bent accurately as long as you got the measurments.
I took a big plate of 2mm steel and made a tub for coolant draining yesterday using only the plate-bender and 4 quick Mig-welds.

[dodik]

yeah my father knows a few guys with shear presses so i hope to get it bended there if not then ill fabricate something myself

[jewbaru]

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thats fuckin' hot!

[jewbaru]

looks well used too! :smt023

[rougeben83]

glad to see the outback still running strong!

[dodik]

dialed in my coilovers Ohlins PCV with 300lb f/200lbs rear springs ride is pretty decent and handles much better then my old struts now i need to put my 18's back on
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2011/06/20110621252520102826-1.jpg

decided to put these on while i work on the retrofit on my lights.
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[Yamazaki]

Wow, those headlight gaps really show on non-black cars....

Did something happen to the rear-driver door?

[dodik]

back door is mangled from the accident i had still haven't bought a replacement, hopefully i can get my hands on a nice welder so i can finally repair that quarter panel as well.

[MRLancaster]

I want those lights soo bad T.T

[dodik]

so i finally made a vacuum table so i can finish my headlights here are some pics from today.
this was my first time doing it so i will redo it again as im not 100% happy so far well this is what i started with
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120210142655-1.jpg
then made this
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120210124902-1.jpg
which led to this
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120210142509-2.jpg

[dodik]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120210142422-2.jpg

[Yamazaki]

Whoa, cool. I'm guessing you'll be adding HIDs then?

[dodik]

They are, ds1 4200 bulbs in the projectors. When done signals and marker lights will be yellow leds. From what i counted today i need about 700leds from front to back.

[Yamazaki]

I can't wait to see it!

[amgarrety]

I forgot you were doing this!


It turned out awesome! Im glad to see it worked. Something like this would never work for me, I'd probably screw something up haha. Glad to see you have the skill to do some cool custom stuff :smt023

[Danny-G]

How hard was it to make the vacuum table thing? I need to make one for my own headlight project.

[dodik]

the table is easy, you make a box with holes on top of it. Molding is tricky a bit im still figuring out what temp and time to heat plastic in different sizes and thicknesses

[dodik]

so i've been experimenting a bit and now i can make these
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120215133958-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120215133937-1.jpg

oh this happend over the weekend
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120211134022-1.jpg
ps. dont pay attention to dirt

[chuckthefuk]

+1

[SativaMan04]

Cool Headlights and headlight cover. The cover looks futuristic! Reminds me of the 04 wrx headlights. Niice!

[amgarrety]

I cant wait to see those headlight covers! And the dirt is probably the least attention grabbing thing in that pic. I find the fact that you were quick enough to catch 200,000 miles going 90 mph pretty impressive haha

[dodik]

well i got tired of not having a winter and car in winter mode lol so from this
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120225161011-1.jpg
to this
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/02/20120226105954-1.jpg

[chuckthefuk]

makes sense

[02_Legacy]

It will probably snow tons now, thats how it works lol.

[dodik]

So the usual thing happened I got bored with my wheels again, just picked a set of limited gt 17's kinda in a rough shape but with some grinding and a new paint job should bring them back to life.
On a side note i finally ordered 100 yellow LEDs for the headlights, in about a month I should have my headlights back together.

ps. sorry no pics this time

[chuckthefuk]

:-o 100 leds...

mmmmmm

[dodik]

yep they are piranha LEDs this means 400 individual solders plus however many solders for resistors, should be a fun little project. Once i finish this I will put another 200-300 LEDs into taillights that will be a very time consuming task but what can you do.

[Yamazaki]

Wow. I can't wait to see the results from your efforts.

[dodik]

new wheels again lol
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/20120618091011-1.jpg

[dodik]

finally got proper springs for rear coilovers was really excited to install them then couldn't find my lug key. :smt076

so i went to do some work on the lights these will be parking lights
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/07/20120715202324-1.jpg