1998 Legacy wagon rework.

[SPR]

my friend and i are fixing up his wagon, turning it to a decent showable ride.

so so far we have swapped the old single din/pocket am fm cassette radio for a 6 disc changer out of my 06 STI, dark red suede door cards, and some sti racing buckets. and ill include the engine bay paint in here too.

our next goal is figuring out the back seat. any one know if a wrx wagon rear seat will fit very well??? other wise not sure how we are going to get it looking nice.

but next we are going to work on the carpet, prob taking it to black insted of grey. a harness bar with some 5 point harnesses, and then some more cool little custom tricks that you'll have to wait and see about! not going to spoil everything all at once!

also going to start the exterior very very soon. so ill prob have a thread in there before long. anyway i know this thread is worthless with out pictures, so here they are!!


no before, sorry just after.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_6e127b5ab5512f86d4b36cfc00814a90-1.jpg


before

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_4637b4d5902fc5942aef34b1bf9db720-1.jpg

not totally finished. we ran out of time and had to put the car back together. the paint matches the car flawlessly when its totally done. but in this pic the only thing that has the proper amount of coats in the bat tie down.. give me a little time ill update this pic. but for now.... the after..



https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_5f3c06d41529991a2250d5637881ca90-1.jpg


Before

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_f5eef4190e83ad5be022c23f9dcf5ea8-1.jpg

after

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_fe0b71307a210ec2ab85b73b623f0aa2-1.jpg


Before

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_67c319bcdc88cac8e1772916f409d1b7-1.jpg

after

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_84498702eb59ed9d563bad1486a71172-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/09/l_3b6dd5cc89c01424d128c9b2a264e481-1.jpg

okay so thats it for now, not a whole lot done, but some good progess. our goal is to get a ton done before the car show on saturday, so expect a lot of progress to come soon. and of course lots more pics.

[dplacencia]

Is that a NOS bottle I see? Is it hooked up?

[Reason]

You best bet would be to have an interior shop re wrap the rears to match the front's. That's what I would do anyway.

[SilentRacer]

wow, really good job on the color matching :smt023

[SPR]

ricer... its nitrous lol :P no it was in my sti, he thinks he is cool and is running around with it for a while lol.

[Reason]

ricer... its nitrous lol :P no it was in my sti, he thinks he is cool and is running around with it for a while lol.

So he has a NOS bottle on his floor because it "looks" cool :roll: You have to love kids these days. :lol:

[SPR]

ricer... its nitrous lol :P no it was in my sti, he thinks he is cool and is running around with it for a while lol.

So he has a NOS bottle on his floor because it "looks" cool :roll: You have to love kids these days. :lol:

lol exactly. ill steal it back from him some day, but for now i dont really care lol.

we worked on tinting his windows last night and come to the conclusion thats about the only thing i cant do around cars LOL. so i guess were going to have to pay to have that done. pretty depressing i cant believe of all things, window tint master me.

so i guess on to the next thing, prob the harness bar.

oh and the color matching isnt done, i dont see how you can say nice job, i appreciated it, but the color isnt even close right now lol. needs a good 3 or 4 more coats before it truley darkens up enough to match perfect. but thanks anyway!

[Reason]

I hope you plan on matching the yellow caps. That should bring it all together once you have the desired shade down, keep us updated with pics.

[SPR]

I hope you plan on matching the yellow caps. That should bring it all together once you have the desired shade down, keep us updated with pics.

you know i tried telling him that, i did it on my sti too, looks good but do you think he is going to listen? nope lol. he is leaving them yellow and going over the letters with a red paint pen. so yellow caps, red letters/logo


and i think we are buying the tubing here in the next day or 2 to start the harness bar, it will also get color matched with the rest of the car. then throw in the 5 point harnesses, and one more thing knocked off the list.

still trying to find out if a wrx wagon seat will work thou. something a little better than having the rear redone, which around here cost outrageous!

[Plays_with_Toys]

when's the 5speed swap? That woulda been my first step :wink:

[SPR]

when's the 5speed swap? That woulda been my first step :wink:

actually we are toying with that idea... but we are holding off cuz he is still thinking about wrx swapping the motor. so if he does then he will 5 spd swap for sure. but it will be aways down the road. thats a little more expensive than most things lol.

[chipLRX-SLI]

hey that 98 Lrx Sli is actually my car i actually do plan on doing a 5spd swap i just found a trans and plan on buying soon im currently in the process of chopping the grill for the jdm look uh yeah

[Plays_with_Toys]

There's been a person trying to sell a red JDM grill on here for a while. Might look into that as well...

[SPR]

real cars are built not bought lol.

we spent a few hours chopping up his grill the other day but we havnt been able to get back to my shop to finish it. soon thou hopfully. when we go to upull it were going to grab another one and chop it up and sell it lol.

[Reason]

real cars are built not bought lol.


lol coming from the guy that has or had a STi. You know you have to buy parts to build right? :wink:

[SPR]

real cars are built not bought lol.


lol coming from the guy that has or had a STi. You know you have to buy parts to build right? :wink:

lol smartass.. what if i steal all my parts? whats your come back for that HAHA :P

[Reason]

real cars are built not bought lol.


lol coming from the guy that has or had a STi. You know you have to buy parts to build right? :wink:

lol smartass.. what if i steal all my parts? whats your come back for that HAHA :P

Those parts were bought at some point :wink:

[SPR]

what if someone that works in the factory where they are made stole them from work. then they were never bought.

but i suppose your going to say the materials were bought, so i give up. you win lol.

point is, why buy when you can build. makes the car more "yours"

[Huffer]

point is, why buy when you can build. makes the car more "yours"

Here's the other rule of modifications:

Don't mod what you can buy stock.

:)

[SPR]

lol very true. but a good modifier can make anything work so he should never have to buy stock again :P

anyway right now the rocket scientist and i are working on repairing his car after he decided to try and take a 30 mph corner at 70 and slid out into a field.... needless to say this car is pretty messed up right now haha.

think im going to talk him into selling it and starting over from scratch on a different wagon or something lol.

[Reason]

I bet I know the problem was. The NOS bottle wasn't hooked.

[SPR]

lol come on dont make fun of him now.

[peugoby]

I saw those "STi" seats on Portland's craigslist not too long ago. They were in some guys totaled GC Impreza. I asked him how much he'd sell them for and he never responded. I like the interior refinements you & your friend did.

Are they real STi seats? They look pretty nice. If your friend is totaled his wagon and is parting it out, I'd love the rear passenger side door... my car is the same color.

[SPR]

I saw those "STi" seats on Portland's craigslist not too long ago. They were in some guys totaled GC Impreza. I asked him how much he'd sell them for and he never responded. I like the interior refinements you & your friend did.

Are they real STi seats? They look pretty nice. If your friend is totaled his wagon and is parting it out, I'd love the rear passenger side door... my car is the same color.

LOL yup those were the same seats!! good eye. that kid was a douche bag, he was asking 240 i think but we ripped him off on accident and paided 220. then we just didnt feel like fixing our mistake haha.

well good news looks like its going to cost him 225 to get his car straightened and fixed. so i dont think he is going to part it out. but thats still a possibilty.

as for being "real" sti seats. im pretty positive STI never made a seat like this. they look like those ebay brand racing buckets with sti logos stitched into them. but they are very nice seats and quite comfortable actually. just a little slipry and cold.

[Huffer]

They're not STi seats. They're seats with STi embroidered on them.

[SPR]

They're not STi seats. They're seats with STi embroidered on them.

technically makes them sti seats. the ones subaru puts in are just seats with STI embroidered in them :P

[deadlydave]

They're not STi seats. They're seats with STi embroidered on them.

technically makes them sti seats. the ones subaru puts in are just seats with STI embroidered in them :P

Perhaps Huffer meant "Seats from an STi", as opposed to "STi Seats." Lol, I like'em, they've got a little flash, but still look cool and subdued.

[Huffer]

They're not genuine STi. That's all that matters.

[SPR]

They're not genuine STi. That's all that matters.

lol we know. but they are still sweet.

[deadlydave]

They're not genuine STi. That's all that matters.

LOL, Huffer, have you looked at your avatar lately? :lol:

[Brockley]

They're not genuine STi. That's all that matters.
which is a good thing... I weigh 210lbs and I dont fill out the real STI seats. way to big.

[Huffer]

They're not genuine STi. That's all that matters.
which is a good thing... I weigh 210lbs and I dont fill out the real STI seats. way to big.

You must have small thighs. I weigh 180lbs and I fit the STi seats perfectly.
06 USDM y0!

[SPR]

yeah im a small guy 130 pounds, and i feel right at home in my 06 sti seat, my friends 04 sti seat, and my other friends 07 wrx seat which looks exactly like a sti seat just not blue suede. they dont seem that big to me. i think chips "fake" sti seats are actually wider than subaru sti seats.

[chipLRX-SLI]

i did the jockey box in the red micro seude
it adds contrast idk yeah

[SPR]

i did the jockey box in the red micro seude
it adds contrast idk yeah

wtf you did? when did u do this? sounds kinda goofy, paint woulda been okay... but cloth? i dunno... ill have to come look at this lol

[Reason]

Chip....... You smoke a lot huh

[d1giPhux]

Man, those sti seats are nice.. what type they come outta? How much they run him? I wanna get a pair of those! mmmm.. leather with some racing style! :cool:

What color is the leather.. dark grey.. or black?


edit: oops.. so much for reading.. they ARENT sti seats! :lol: soo.. where the hell did they come from? they look nice! they would look even nicer in my car! LOL!

[Reason]

edit: oops.. so much for reading.. they ARENT sti seats! :lol: soo.. where the hell did they come from? they look nice! they would look even nicer in my car! LOL!

They sell them on eBay.

[d1giPhux]

Yea.. those seats ive seen.. but what about the logo? Wonder how he got that?..?

[StatGSR]

^ probably came on the seats from ebay....

[Reason]

Yea.. those seats ive seen.. but what about the logo? Wonder how he got that?..?

They come like that on eBay, I haven't seen any for some time though.

[SPR]

he paid $220 for both of them off craigslist. they were basically brand new, the sliders that came with them hadn't even been used yet.

they arn't really a leather. they are more of a vinyl. and they are black with the pink sti logos. they are pretty nice seats weather they are ebay knock offs or not. but you have to custom make brackets, or drill new wholes in your car.

custom brackets are easy....


heres a pic of his glovebox..

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/11/l_a3d730aea5f465f25a3fa7a527fe7489-1.jpg

didnt look as bad as i thought it was going too... but not my cup of tea.

[Reason]

What is that suede? A few more panels that car could be submitted to Low Rider magazine :wink:

[SPR]

yeah its the same micro suede used on the door cards. it was the left overs...

i kinda had the same thought u did, mexican low rider, or black mans escalade/hummer. every rap star suedes everything in his hummer.

[HotBoxer]

arent STti seats just recovered recaros?

[PhoenixDownVII]

Does the 6CD Deck fit right in with no modifications?

[SPR]

Does the 6CD Deck fit right in with no modifications?

yes. use the brackets off the stock stereo, theres 3 bolts for each one. they bolt right to the 6 disc. and then it just plugs right in. slip it in, put the 4 bolts in and put the trim back on. no modifications at all. the 08 deck how ever might be different, i havnt looked at it yet. but any deck from 02-07 is plug and play

[SPR]

heres the wrx black carpet swap we did...

FYI not worth it. dye your stock carpet.

OLD

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/12/l_5165b9209884e9778140f1399b317778-1.jpg

NEW

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/12/l_38b6ab0490d60b0b956e8afbf91c8dff-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/12/l_9e6528e0834b62d945793b4c3028d3f1-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/12/l_b40ef00cd2446830f11061ff8c1da873-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/12/l_17e868ddd2d6b27f61eb47e3fbaf2a67-1.jpg


the NOS energy drink bottles were there because that was at a car show sponsored by NOS energy drink. so they were handing out free ones.


https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2007/12/l_a29cc0c492ab2e6898f2f31d893d8951-1.jpg

[chipLRX-SLI]

actaully i dont smoke at all ima drinker . i donbt like the llok of paint it looks tachy and cheap . if you look in the october issue of subiesport magazine the article unexpected encounter, the wrx wagon did the same thing in grey seude . the seats are ngk's warpped in a viynl sti pattern.i aslo learned this by looking in subie sport . they are the same seat just diffrent wraps then the saets subie sport used . the six disc as chace said is simple bolt in took ten mins to do
i think that the carpet swap if done properly looks good dying has potential to bleed out when wet and it is messy

[AJM]

They're not genuine STi. That's all that matters.

Who gives a flying s@#$?

[jackoctober]

Not a big wagon guy, but you win points for uniqueness. Only pinkish suede glove box I've ever heard of.

[rad rex]

I like the door cards, is that the DIY? Looks nice!!

Let us know what you are going to do with the back seat. I am getting a wagon next week (ooberdoobs) and I want to figure out how to match the WRX front seats

[chipLRX-SLI]

ok well a wrx rear seat will not fit the foam sticks out about 2 inches to far on each side. im probly just gonna take it out after the motor swap .
i actually make those door cards . if you are interested i can make you a set .

[chipLRX-SLI]

ok well i have done a couple new things to my sub . i have lowered it using tanabe df210 lowering springs. i got two twelve inch kicker suns, a rockford fosgate punch amp, and a ported box with a plexi face. i just got jdm fogs in the mail and a jdm grill but im not going to install untill all the gravel is off the raods .
but anyways here are a few pics of my sub lowered
(will add later beacsue i cant acess my photobucket at this current time )

[wrxya33]

those are ebay knock off seats with sti emblem also knock off on top come on they have emblem on both sides

[wrxya33]

I had a similar set of those seats but mine were a microfiber cloth. They are decnet seats for the price i got them for 250 shipped used them for like 3 months till they hrt my back on long drives then i sodl them for 400 picked up. Not bad right

[one bad bg]

if your interested i have a 98 ob that im parting out. so if you havent gotten the rear seat thing figured out yet i have black leather interior.

[wrxya33]

heres a link to the same seats 275 shipped
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-01-SU ... ccessories (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-01-SUBARU-IMPREZA-WRX-STi-BLACK-LEATHER-RACING-SEATS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4839329d81QQitemZ310197263745QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories)