BE-Fresh - '03 Legacy SE

[BE-Fresh]

As it sits now:

Appearance:
Black JDM L7 grille
Sylvania Silverstar headlights
Yellow film over fog lenses
30% tint
Random stickers
SLi sticker

Wheels/Suspension:
Rota Torque 17x8 et+48
Nitto NT-05 235/40/17
Whiteline Control springs
KYB-GR2 struts

Drivetrain:
ACT Streetlite flywheel
Exedy Stage 1 clutch kit
TWM shortshifter/bushings
Group A Pitch Mount

Misc.:
Removed airbox silencer
K&N Filter
Black headliner/A, B and C pillars/interior molding and sunvisors

Future plans:
Micro suede steering wheel
Coilovers?
Borla E/L headers/ STi axle-back
Intake and throttle body spacer

8/2/09: Black interior
Got bored one day and decided to let my friends sign my headliner...it was all good until a phallic object showed up. So, what did I do? Painted everything black!

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Finished..took me about 7 hours between two days...and a few broken clips here and there.. :smt013
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Four cans of fabric, and three of Plasti-dip. I only used 1 and a half though, and I'd suggest five of the fabric spray.
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All in all, it was an experience. Would I do it again? Not on my own car, and definitely not for free. I left some pieces the stock color, just for some contrast (oh shit handles, seat belt...thingys, and the map lights), and I need to get the drivers-side C-pillar to fit properly. Probably the last thing I do on the inside, besides some new seats. Oh, and after a month, my pitch mount finally arrived.
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7/28/08: Bored on a Saturday

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I can drive with no feet :lol:
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7/13/08:
Night shots, 3 day old clay/wax job and some of my boy's 08 SE. He's riding on MR coils btw

SL-i represent! (by 3rd brake light)
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Don't give me shit because I don't have my independent fogs yet either!

2/26/2008:
Fresh wash

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When she was stock

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[Reason]

Very clean, these rims look better on the BE's rather than the BD's.

[Huffer]

Very clean, these rims look better on the BE's rather than the BD's.

Give me a set to see how pimp they'd look on a BK/BG...

[Reason]

You never seen them on a BD before Roger?

[Huffer]

You never seen them on a BD before Roger?

Sure I have... :lol:

[dplacencia]

Very nice!!! :wink:

[badbasser98]

Very clean, these rims look better on the BE's rather than the BD's.
You know who was one (if not the) first to have 'em on a BE right? :eek:

I'm curious to see what my Rex wheels look like on the BE...

Fresh - The cars lookin clean :cool:

[SilentRacer]

Very clean, these rims look better on the BE's rather than the BD's.
You know who was one (if not the) first to have 'em on a BE right? :eek:


You know where I got the idea for mine from right :withstupid:

[2000LWAGON]

what type of grill is that and where can i get one. its sexy.

[BE-Fresh]

Thanks all, I'm really happy with the result I got, especially since I was at stock height for the longest time haha. Am I the first lowered BE on these wheels?

2000LWagon, it's a JDM grille I got from Andivic about 3-4 months ago. It was either this or keep the stock one and get a pink badge.

p.s thats a shot from my phone, so the next pics will turn out alot better

[2000LWAGON]

its look really good. im going to try and find one for myself. it looks different than other jdm grills ive seen. i really like this one. how much did it cost from him? do you know how much they are new?

[llaprad1]

Very very nice. I like this body style the best.

[BE-Fresh]

Up for new pics

[peugoby]

Looks really nice! Its got a good stance, and the 17's fit your car well.

[MitchGT]

Were those rolling shots on 202?

[BE-Fresh]

Yup, comin back from KOP. When did you get a G coupe??

[badbasser98]

^^ LOL, where have you been? :lol:

[MitchGT]

Yup, comin back from KOP. When did you get a G coupe??

Yeah I thought I recognized the sound barriers with the fake trees etched in them. I got the G back in March or April.

[BE-Fresh]

Updated

[BE-Fresh]

Updated

[Wiscon_Mark]

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I really like the color in this picture. Either you did an awesome job waxing, or the photography on this picture was a standout compared to the others.

[BE-Fresh]

Good pick! Thats my favorite from the ones that were taken the other day. But I havn't waxed her since... October haha

[BE-Fresh]

green truck red bed

[BE-Fresh]

Up for pics!!

[Reason]

This car is weak, wheres the independent fogs??

[BE-Fresh]

FUNNY!

[deadlydave]

hehe, lookin' good. Nice picture snappin' skills. Those look great!

[BE-Fresh]

Silentracer takes it like a $3 whore...

[SilentRacer]

I takes it like a $3 whore...

Had some more soup did ya? :wink:

[BE-Fresh]

That aint fair you can't change my shit!

[BE-Fresh]

Up for mod list

[JLav211]

Any rubbing/ride quality issues with the 225s?

[rougeben83]

I'm kind of jealous that you still have those little flappy things in front of your front wheels...

[BE-Fresh]

Any rubbing/ride quality issues with the 225s?
None that I have noticed, unless I'm driving like a complete ass and taking corners faster than I should. If I went the coilover route, I'm sure i'd have more of a chance of rubbing issues.


I'm kind of jealous that you still have those little flappy things in front of your front wheels...

I'm sorry :grin: . My car stays on road lol

[Reason]

I'm kind of jealous that you still have those little flappy things in front of your front wheels...

I'm sorry :grin: . My car stays on road lol

Well that's only if he doesnt end up in a ditch almost in a pond.... Right Ed! :smt023

[BE-Fresh]

OUCH! not cool lol

[BE-Fresh]

Do want...36K original miles

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[subaru_terrence]

how do you like the pitch mount?

[BE-Fresh]

When I first got it in I was very impressed, I could tell the difference immediately. Now that it's been in for.... I guess a month or so, I'm kinda used to it. Maybe wish it was a bit stiffer actually.

[Airgne]

well were are the updates. i got mine, time for yours.

[BE-Fresh]

Haha, no updates for a bit....schools back on full-time, and I have to get the T-belt replaced before anything. :smt012

[BE-Fresh]

Oh herro!

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[Snoozie]

Looks good! I'm going to be making my way over to WC probably late November. Let's meet up so I can get that grill (finally). :grin:

[rougeben83]

lol looks like the OEM lugnuts worked? :wink:

[BE-Fresh]

Sounds good Suz!

Yeah, I actually JUST put the spline drives on 5 minutes ago. Getting them re-balanced tomorrow

[BE-Fresh]

Forgot this one. Finally flush! :grin:
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[Snoozie]

Annnnnnd, we should get some pics of the twins together. (And by twins I mean our cars, not my boobs because it totally sounded like that's what I meant.) :lol:

[rougeben83]

If I was close by we'd be triplets :wink:

[BE-Fresh]

Pictures will have to be postponed until later...

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Might as well have some fun!
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[dodik]

ouch man that blows, look on the brite side its time for baja hood and jdm bumper maybe some GT lights

[BE-Fresh]

Baja hood is up in the air; I kinda want it, but kinda not at the same time. As for the bumper, I wanna do an 04 Outback, and keep the L headlights.

edit: this one
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[dodik]

aah the face lift bumper they started in 2003 on pretty much all the outbacks, unless im missing something

[rougeben83]

A scooped hood on an NA car? Meh, I guess if you just like going with every other person that owns a BE around here...

Let me know what youre going to do with the old bumper, I wouldn't mind getting those grey surrounds for the foglights from you :)

[BE-Fresh]

A scooped hood on an NA car? Meh, I guess if you just like going with every other person that owns a BE around here...


Not sure I wanna give them to you now :lol:

[rougeben83]

A scooped hood on an NA car? Meh, I guess if you just like going with every other person that owns a BE around here...


Not sure I wanna give them to you now :lol:

well the ironic part is that I'm one of the few BE owners that could technically use a scooped hood but I don't... :smt002

So who's going to cover the repairs? At least you're ok after the accident.

[BE-Fresh]

Paying for it myself, don't feel like going through insurance. Popped the hood yesterday and looked at what I needed to replace. I'm already at about $530 and I haven't found a hood yet

[BE-Fresh]

Yeah so... slightly bent the frame rail. Forced to go through insurance now....

[02_Legacy]

Sounds like fun... good luck.

[rougeben83]

Ouch, can it be put on a machine to straighten? Frame damage to insurance co. usually means scraptiem :(

[BE-Fresh]

Yeah it's only bent a few mm, but I want everything to match/align up properly so I'm getting it done.

[BE-Fresh]

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As of Wednesday, the 1st of December. She had just gotten back from getting alignment done earlier that day. Outback bumper is painted, but I may wait until the spring to put it on.

[BE-Fresh]

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Well...here she is, all finished. Decided to hold off on the Outback bumper until at least March-ish. Didn't wanna ruin it if I happened to have another incident because of snow...which would happen because I have drag radials on these Rotas :smt013 . P.s Ben, we used the fog surrounds from the old bumper, so unfortunately I can't give 'em to you. But......if you want, I'll sell you the whole bumper with everything come next year!

[dodik]

glad you fixed it looks pretty good, now get some proper tires

[BE-Fresh]

Ha, that's my next plan of attack. Need to get some finances situated first, college is a bitch.

[STIdarkside]

Any issues with the 235/40r17 tires rubbing? How much space is there between the struts/shocks and the 17x8 +48 rims? I'm looking at getting some 17x8 +48 Rota DPT's in the future... Thanks

[BE-Fresh]

Ah, sorry it's been a bit. Like I said, school is a pain. Didn't have any issues other than pulling into the entrance of my job. There's a small gap about 2 inches wide and a slight incline from the road to the parking lot, and if I come in any faster than 10 miles an hour, I'd hit the inner fender liner. Other than that, none whatsoever. Mind you, these are also drag radials. An all-season or strictly summer tire may not act the same.

And Dodik, I have 15in steelies on now. No pics yet, though.

[dodik]

they cleared your brakes?? i though 15s dont clear BE/BH more info on those i need some super ugly snows next year

[BE-Fresh]

Well, you may have larger brakes since it's an OB, but the base model BE/BHs came with 15in steelies behind nicely styled hubcaps. L-SEs and GTs had the 16in snowflakes.

[rougeben83]

L SE's came with 10.7" front brakes, those can clear 15" wheels. 11.5" front brakes will only clear 16's. (not going into 4pot blah blah, just the good old 2 pot floating caliper design).

[BE-Fresh]

Soooooo here was winter status for like 3 days:
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And this was a for a few months:
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And this was yesterday:
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[BE-Fresh]

A few I took myself with a buddy's camera the other night
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Big plans coming up when schools done for the semester; brake lines, finally get my valves adjusted, and hopefully some exhaust mods so I can get rid of that squeal :smt013 .

[Snoozie]

When am I coming out to WC from some pics?