What have you done to your car today?

[Wiscon_Mark]

I don't understand why dealerships won't do warranty work like that. They get reimbursed for it. If they really weren't sure that they would, they should have looked into it rather than telling you flat out no.

[Dead91silvia]

Well, some lose money with doing it and they can also get backlash from the parent company for doing it too much... I heard a few stories....

[grayguy]

Today I pissed off a state trooper with my Legacy and it's 3'' TBE with practically no muffler :)

[jjay03]

My engine compartment is slowly looking better and better.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/04/Legacy0081-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/04/Legacy007-1.jpg

[Yokosilver]

My engine compartment is slowly looking better and better.

That is something I need to work on.

Planning on putting the yellow tint on my fog lights after work today. not sure how well that is going to go, but I got a big roll so I have some room to make mistakes.

[96LegacyWagon]

Today I pondered about redoing my ground wires under the hood. Can I do them in any order and from time to time, or do they all need to be done at the same time for it to be effective? I'm thinking maybe blue shielding to match (what's left of) my paint job.

[jjay03]

My engine compartment is slowly looking better and better.

That is something I need to work on.

Planning on putting the yellow tint on my fog lights after work today. not sure how well that is going to go, but I got a big roll so I have some room to make mistakes.

I just start pulling things out 1 at a time and painting them. The PS reservoir and lines are new though. Next I want to pull the intake and clean it and paint it a color that looks original.

[Huffer]

Today I pondered about redoing my ground wires under the hood. Can I do them in any order and from time to time, or do they all need to be done at the same time for it to be effective? I'm thinking maybe blue shielding to match (what's left of) my paint job.

Yep, you can do them one at a time.

[Thomistopheles]

I got a big box today.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/04/a22cf33a-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/04/961f40cf-1.jpg

[eekay]

How much did the gate cost you? I actually have one for sale but have no idea what it's worth...

[Thomistopheles]

$120 + 60 for shipping (ouch). They go for around $75 used, but I haven't seen any for sale around here... just ones for foresters and newer legacy/outbacks.

Oh well...this way I got a massive amount of bubble wrap to play with and a shiny new genuine part.

[eekay]

Very true. I'll price mine at $75 then! Thanks for the info. :)

[Dead91silvia]

Washed up the BD and my little work truck! I think I'm gonna roll the truck to church tomorrow, took the canopy off and its really fun to drive with the cap off! =)

[02_Legacy]

I just bought a set of JDM tails from hansvonaxion :grin:
Also worked on my supercharger build a little, see the thread for an update.

[Thomistopheles]

I'm a bit weird, but my favorite part of pulling an engine is drowning everything in Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner, sandblasting and powder coating brackets and the intake manifold, dressing plastic and rubber components, and replacing rusty bolts with shiny new ones. :smt007 Unfortunately my car still has an engine in it, so I had to stick to cleaning whatever I could reach today. :lol:

I could do a legit build, and the thread would say "Meh, did a STi swap with a giant turbo, got new wheels, painted the car, put on coilovers and OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS BRACKET I PAINTED! IT'S BEAUTIFUL!" :smt016

[geckoboy86]

Didn't do anything with my car but I did meet up with some Subarus and some good food. Some were SLi peeps.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/04/IMG_3480JPG-1.jpg
Myself, xoSubieLegacyxo, reallyhow, amgarrety

[mike-tracy]

Drove my turbo Legacy a little bit today, post HG job. Seemed to run fine but I haven't completely buttoned up the TMIC. Still I'm loving the stock WRX clutch - it's so smooth and easy to drive.

[jjay03]

Same here haha im a neat freak when it comes to my cars.

I drove my car to work today and she drives really nice now just waiting for the alignment on tuesday.


I'm a bit weird, but my favorite part of pulling an engine is drowning everything in Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner, sandblasting and powder coating brackets and the intake manifold, dressing plastic and rubber components, and replacing rusty bolts with shiny new ones. :smt007 Unfortunately my car still has an engine in it, so I had to stick to cleaning whatever I could reach today. :lol:

I could do a legit build, and the thread would say "Meh, did a STi swap with a giant turbo, got new wheels, painted the car, put on coilovers and OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THIS BRACKET I PAINTED! IT'S BEAUTIFUL!" :smt016

[Benfolio]

OOoop, just noticed yesterday was me and my Legacy's 3rd birthday together! YAY WAGON!

Currently its the 2ND longest I've owned a vehicle.

[96LegacyWagon]

my Legacy and my 3 anniversary was back in Feb/March of this year. :)

[Okin DaVanh]

but I did meet up with some Subarus and some good food. Some were SLi peeps.
Myself, xoSubieLegacyxo, reallyhow, amgarrety


Nice... I'm in Ocean City, and have seen a couple (2) modded Leggy's down here.

[Yokosilver]

Washed the car and Armor All'ed the cabin. Cleaned up the engine bay pretty good. Hoping to color coordinate it a little bit - there is a blue grounding kit, a red boots on the battery and the alternator, and a bunch of yellow caps.

[Okin DaVanh]

Found out why there's a few modded cars here....NJ Motorsports Park. :-] I am fighting the urge to head on over instead of going to the wedding..... AmIWrong? lol

[dglas128]

had my car die on me in the parking lot after running into the store for a min now it idles around 500 rpm but runs fine

[jjay03]

had my car die on me in the parking lot after running into the store for a min now it idles around 500 rpm but runs fine

Long shot but maybe your iac valve or egr needs cleaned.

[dglas128]

yeah it might and i noticed when i get on the gas theres a loss of power at 4k rpm and its not the normal lag between the turbos

[98legwag]

Found out why there's a few modded cars here....NJ Motorsports Park. :-] I am fighting the urge to head on over instead of going to the wedding..... AmIWrong? lol

Apparently there was an over night endurance race last night there.

And I changed my driver's sun visor out. The cloth was so old and worn it had a hole.

[Okin DaVanh]

Found out why there's a few modded cars here....NJ Motorsports Park. :-] I am fighting the urge to head on over instead of going to the wedding..... AmIWrong? lol

Apparently there was an over night endurance race last night there.

And I changed my driver's sun visor out. The cloth was so old and worn it had a hole.

Yeah... just found that out after having lunch with a few streetbike owners and some entrants and I bumped into a few people from my home state.

[Dead91silvia]

Just ordered a set of clear marker/signal lights for my Volvo! Took for ever to find a seller with both!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190671141447?_t ... 97.c0.m619 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/190671141447?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619)

[Benfolio]

Looked at it when I took the dog out. It's been sitting all day. Was supposed to go to Chicago last night, but with the trans making more and more noise, I didn't want to chance it.
Gonna put its replacement in next week me thinks.

(side note to my last post, I have put more miles on this car than any other I have owned, ever. 50K and counting!)

[Grafton]

the drivers side rear quarter is 99% fixed up from where I cut the metal cancer out. The rear suspension is 100% off the car now that I pulled the trailing arms off the car, the forward bushings were unbelievably shot, the center crush washer fell out of the rubber on both sides. Also I finally finished the major sandblasting on the rear sub frames and got everything painted with a coat of rust reformer and pulled the fuel neck and de-surface-rusted and painted it

[Huffer]

Got some repair/maintenance items in the mail from RockAuto.com

Debating whether or not to put them on because I might be trading it for a stock Outback for the wifey...

[Dead91silvia]

Debating whether or not to put them on because I might be trading it for a stock Outback for the wifey...

You my friend are walking a fine line of insubordination with crazy talk like that!







You know I gotta give you a hard time.... :smt005

[Thomistopheles]

Took it to the dog park, which has a gravel road. Pretended I was Collin McRae for about 15 seconds. :smt077

Made an appointment to get the stupid exhaust welded on Friday, I'm sick of this farty exhaust leak.

[Dead91silvia]

I built a harness for the Projector fogs and for my side lights. Now to figure out the wiring configuration for them... :smt017

[Wiscon_Mark]

Got a new steering rack boot, temp switch, and bleed screw from NAPA. Installed the bleed screw.

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

Took it to the dog park, which has a gravel road. Pretended I was Collin McRae for about 15 seconds. :smt077

Made an appointment to get the stupid exhaust welded on Friday, I'm sick of this farty exhaust leak.

Wish he was still around......

I also need to patch up my exhaust leak, but I'm going to see what happens in the upcoming weeks (wink wink) :smt002

[98legwag]

Changed the oil....

[eekay]

I've done nothing to my car in over a week! :(

[rougeben83]

DBA 4000 rotors all around and stoptech street pads.

[jjay03]

Got an alignment yesterday.

[Huffer]

Got some repair/maintenance items in the mail from RockAuto.com

Debating whether or not to put them on because I might be trading it for a stock Outback for the wifey...

Decided to start installing the parts and fix the car up a bit, going to push to work from home which will save on gas money and we can trade the wifey's Accord for a bigger vehicle for family hauling.

Heading to Pittsburgh later this month to swap/sell my seats with a WRX guy. And visit IKEA!

[Perdue]

I wanna go to IKEA!! We got a new house, for which I will sign for tomorrow. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, and most importantly...A 2 CAR GARAGE!! I'm so excited. Now I gotta get the motor swapped in the subie so I can at least get the car to the house (It's an hour outside of Charleston :-? ) I need it for a daily driver, as I now have a 1:15 commute to work and the truck isn't gonna cut it. I would really like to trade the truck for an outback or forester for a DD.

Anyways, I can't get hold of my friend who said I could use his engine hoist...we are considering 4 of us just lifting the motor out of the engine bay once the fluids are drained...My girlfriend and I picked the new motor up by ourselves to load it into and unload it from the truck, so it might be manageable. Once I can get it to the new garage, I will work on installing the new exhaust, headers, a new front axle, and so on. I can't wait to drive my car again!

[jjay03]

Congrats on the house is it your first?

[Perdue]

Yep. First one. I'm DONE with apartments and townhouses. The good thing is that I will also have room to mount my tubing bender, get my welder where I can use it on a regular basis (I currently have to run a 20amp extension cord at mom's to use it, so I can't even use it to its full potential)...I'm up in the air on a 4 point cage vs a harness bar though. :smt002

[Huffer]

I wanna go to IKEA!! We got a new house, for which I will sign for tomorrow. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, and most importantly...A 2 CAR GARAGE!! I'm so excited. Now I gotta get the motor swapped in the subie so I can at least get the car to the house (It's an hour outside of Charleston :-? ) I need it for a daily driver, as I now have a 1:15 commute to work and the truck isn't gonna cut it. I would really like to trade the truck for an outback or forester for a DD.

Anyways, I can't get hold of my friend who said I could use his engine hoist...we are considering 4 of us just lifting the motor out of the engine bay once the fluids are drained...My girlfriend and I picked the new motor up by ourselves to load it into and unload it from the truck, so it might be manageable. Once I can get it to the new garage, I will work on installing the new exhaust, headers, a new front axle, and so on. I can't wait to drive my car again!

First mod for the new garage - install a pulley from the rafters. ;)

[Benfolio]

Got my free driver's seatbelt, FINALLY. It's SO NICE. Comes with a buckle, too. NICE. Tech who put it in rounded off the bolt head. NOT NICE.

Also, finally got the dealership to own up that they "bench bled" the master, and never bled the brakes from the calipers, as is supposed to be done per the Subaru recall for the master cylinder. I work at a dealership. I have access to such things.
Brake pedal is still soft-ish, I guess that's just how it is.

Also picked up two cargo cover clips, and the clips I was looking for for the rear floor behind the rear seats. $9 for all of it. I work at a dealership. I get discounts on such things.

OH! Still looking for a window switch, that and my tranny are my next projects, plus probably getting the A/C working.... it was hot outside today.

[Wiscon_Mark]

First mod for the new garage - install a pulley from the rafters. ;)

I did this with my tow cable in my garage, haha!

[02_Legacy]

My JDM tails came today!!
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_7276-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_7275-1.jpg

I love how the tinted tails look on a black car.
Only problem is that it a corner was broken during shipping
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_7277-1.jpg
I have the pieces that go there but before I glue them in i'm going to go to the post office and see how much money i will get if I file a claim, I doubt the post office is going to pay $250 for me to get a new one and it may just be too much of a hassle overall for me to really pursue it. I'm not too worried, I just set the pieces in the tail light to see how well it would look and you would never notice unless you were looking for it.

[96LegacyWagon]

I just drove it to and from work, but I noticed smoke/steam coming from under the hood when I got home. It smelled kindy soapy to me, and I heard what sounded like a dripping sound (liquid onto a metal maybe?) behind the engine, which is where the white fumes were coming from. Any ideas?

[98legwag]

The last couple days I've noticed a burning smell once the car gets to normal temp. I'm hoping its just the leaking oil burning off. I did start noticing a day or two after doing the MSD coil.

[Huffer]

My JDM tails came today!!

Only problem is that it a corner was broken during shipping

I have the pieces that go there but before I glue them in i'm going to go to the post office and see how much money i will get if I file a claim, I doubt the post office is going to pay $250 for me to get a new one and it may just be too much of a hassle overall for me to really pursue it. I'm not too worried, I just set the pieces in the tail light to see how well it would look and you would never notice unless you were looking for it.

Umm, they're unlikely to honor any claim now that you've installed the parts. In their eyes, you could easily have damaged the parts when you installed them.

[02_Legacy]

Umm, they're unlikely to honor any claim now that you've installed the parts. In their eyes, you could easily have damaged the parts when you installed them.

Ya never thought of that, I could take it off before I bring it in. I was supposed to open the package infront of the person who delivered it and I had all intentions to. But the delivery person brought it to my dads work instead of our house because he knew my dad would be there to sign for it. Like I said though, its not the biggest deal in the world either way. I have the pieces that fit there and if I glue them in it will hardly be noticeable.

[blanquelm92]

Chopped up my shifter lol shorter throw came out nice

[eekay]

Just clue the pieces in. It's an amazing amount of hassle and work to get USPS to cover ANYTHING. Plus, you'll have to pay for return shipping, and the sender will need to file the claim with their postal service. If they aren't in the US, it could be months before they ship you another one. I've been in this situation before. It sucks.

[Danny-G]

A few days ago, re-wired the fender markers on my wagon to blink along with the turn signals, and painted the hood scoop flat black. Also had to remove a dead bird from the front bumper beam, I have no idea how long that bird was there.

[02_Legacy]

Just clue the pieces in. It's an amazing amount of hassle and work to get USPS to cover ANYTHING. Plus, you'll have to pay for return shipping, and the sender will need to file the claim with their postal service. If they aren't in the US, it could be months before they ship you another one. I've been in this situation before. It sucks.
I filed the claim today, they have to send in some form and then they will call me. If I have to ship it back to Japan I'm just going to say screw it.

[Dead91silvia]

I just finished wiring my Side Turn signals and City lights! :smt026

After getting it all back together, my right side head light burned out... :smt022

At least the hard part is done... Now to wire the extra fogs! :grin:

[Grafton]

I need a new rear diff cover, the PO of my car cross threaded the drain plug. That's why I haven't been able to remove it ...

[Dead91silvia]

I need a new rear diff cover, the PO of my car cross threaded the drain plug. That's why I haven't been able to remove it ...

That sucks! I have one on a blown WRX diff thats still good... But I'm betting you need one faster then I can ship it out...

[Benfolio]

Ordered some JDM sidemarkers, been meaning to.

And started working on my repalcement trans, took off the cable-clutch bits, clutch fork (ordered a new one since the one in my car is original, and squeaks) and re-sealed the inspection cover on top that looked like it had been leaking at one time.

[Thomistopheles]

Ordered wagon mafia stickers, washed the car, cleaned up the interior as much as I could without use of a hot water extractor.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/d76b26f8-1.jpg
^--- Yeah, that is still dirty by my standards :lol:

Can't wait to be done with this head gasket nonsense so I can spend money on fun things. There's a set of WRX wheels for sale here... I want to grab those so I can ditch these ugly stock wheels, but I can't spend money on those when I still have maintenance/repairs to do. Damn responsibility...always holding me back from buying shiny new things.

[Perdue]

I laid out in the pouring rain and worked on getting the motor ready to pull. I'm down to supporting the transmission, taking out two transmission bolts, and yanking the motor. Then comes transferring the intake and stuff over to the new longblock, and putting it all back together. I can't wait to move into the new house...doing this in a comfy garage would be much better.

[Grafton]

I need a new rear diff cover, the PO of my car cross threaded the drain plug. That's why I haven't been able to remove it ...

That sucks! I have one on a blown WRX diff thats still good... But I'm betting you need one faster then I can ship it out...


I'm grabbing a 32k rear diff from a 02 wrx thats in a part out thread on nasioc not too far from me. I'm going to try and get the front seats too so I'll defiantly have a rear LSD and possibly awesome front seats

[98legwag]

Just gave it a bath.

[Perdue]

Pushed through the swap today and got it done...its a lot harder and more time consuming by yourself. I left it sitting though, as I have a CEL, and a miss from hell. Gonna change out the plugs and all on Wednesday if my vacation is approved.

[02_Legacy]

I made all the bottom brackets for the supercharger today, the top one will be made tuesday and then they will be painted, then I will get you guys some pics.

[Yokosilver]

I didn't get a chance to wash the car this weekend, but I did wipe down the dash, doors and seats. My 5 year old can be a little hard on the back of the passanger seat. Thankfully, she hasn't done anything but get some mud on the back of the seat, I didn't see any permanent damage.

[dodik]

on friday replaced one of the upper rad hoses, today the second one poped, plus found out that connector it attaches to is broken off, it will hold for a few days but had to order a new radiator. :smt011

[Huffer]

Not mine, but I did an oil change on a 2011 Kia Soul. Holy crap that thing is easy to work on. The drain plug and filter are all within 6" of each other, so no mess changes. And it was so nice not having a rusted bolt to deal with. Inspected an 09 Chevy HHR too, interesting vehicle - in a good way. Engine is big for a 2.2L though.

I did start work on a closet renovation in the master bedroom though, going to IKEA later in the month.

[camroncamera]

This past weekend, I made these:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3417-1.jpg

Details here:
viewtopic.php?p=292077#p292077 (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?p=292077#p292077)

[Grafton]

Awesome, If only those were an option before I cut up the stock harness on my JDM lights. great work anyways

[camroncamera]

Awesome, If only those were an option before I cut up the stock harness on my JDM lights. great work anyways
I hear ya. I reluctantly cut mine as well last year when I first fitted JDM projectors. The harnesses I built this weekend for my wife's car look like such:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3385-1.jpg

[eekay]

Awesome, If only those were an option before I cut up the stock harness on my JDM lights. great work anyways
+1
Cameron needs to sell those things! Hell, I'm sure it would be well worth your time. Charge like $20 for a pair shipped. $5 shipping and $2 in parts along with perhaps the few minutes it takes to make. :)

[Dead91silvia]

Ordered wagon mafia stickers, washed the car, cleaned up the interior as much as I could without use of a hot water extractor.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/d76b26f8-1.jpg
^--- Yeah, that is still dirty by my standards :lol:

Can't wait to be done with this head gasket nonsense so I can spend money on fun things. There's a set of WRX wheels for sale here... I want to grab those so I can ditch these ugly stock wheels, but I can't spend money on those when I still have maintenance/repairs to do. Damn responsibility...always holding me back from buying shiny new things.

looks good! You would probably cringe if you saw how bad my carpet is. Thats why I have floor mats! haha

As for buying fun things, I know how that goes! I have a set of custom painted GT 17's I still need tires for and just havent got far enough ahead to buy some. :smt022

[Thomistopheles]

I need to get some beefy rubber floor mats for mine, something to catch the gravel and sand from my driveway. Between that and the husky hair, I have to vacuum it all the time.

I've rescued some seriously nasty interiors. It's awesome showing the owner their new interior after I'm done, but some of the pet/baby/girlfriend/wife/mistress induced filth I've had to clean up... some of that stuff will make you gag. Pull the front seats to get started on the interior, and there's a used condom, crusty underwear, and a tube of KY. Or a prehistoric half eaten sandwich. Or a dirty. fuckin'. diaper. :smt104

[Yokosilver]

It's awesome showing the owner their new interior after I'm done, but some of the pet/baby/girlfriend/wife/mistress induced filth I've had to clean up...

I knew a girl in high school who never cleaned her Tempo. I understand that it was a Tempo and doesn't have a lot of love for it, but the back seat floor was packed to the back seat with garbage - mostly fast food bags and leftovers. A different time I left for a month long underway only to come home to my wife leaving one of my daughter's sippy cups of milk in the car for about three weeks. On top of that we were living in Hawaii at the time so the temp was a solid 78 degrees year round with a humidity to match. The wife isn't much for cars so I have to take care of both of our. I love what you can do with cleaning cars, Thomistopheles, and wish I could be your apprentice.


Nothing speccial with my car today, just drove it to work.

[Mx4Life]

My engine is in and running. still have to custom fit the ver3 tmic but it drives!


https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/aver3rasti-1.jpg

[Danny-G]

Took my sedan for a little drive, I miss that thing like crazy. After that, while I was drivign my wagon, I got a thumbs up from a guy driving a Saabaru! Made me feel pretty awesome!

[Yokosilver]

I went to the grocery store today and all within 100 feet there were 4 B4's, a 2nd gen legacy, and 3 foresters. I know I live in Japan, but wasn't expecting that. I think I need to make business cards with the sites info on it and slide it under the wiper blades of the Legacies I see.

[geckoboy86]

Most expensive oil change for my subie today. Royal purple and a napa gold filter.

[eekay]

I went to the grocery store today and all within 100 feet there were 4 B4's, a 2nd gen legacy, and 3 foresters. I know I live in Japan, but wasn't expecting that. I think I need to make business cards with the sites info on it and slide it under the wiper blades of the Legacies I see.
That and start taking pictures!

[Perdue]

Drove the car today! I missed it so much, and this new motor is horribly stronger. Had a hiccup...was driving to get codes read and it went into.limp mode and wouldn't idle. Got the normal speed sensor code, but also got a code for the front oxygen sensor and idle air fail safe. Started the car to drive away and it has run fine since. Plan to clean the oxygen sensor ans iacv this weekend if I get time between moving and all. I'm so happy to be back in my car...eff that stupid dodge.

[Yokosilver]

Most expensive oil change for my subie today. Royal purple and a napa gold filter.
How is it running now?


That and start taking pictures!

eekay, I was thinking about taking pictures, but there were a lot of people around. I wouldn't have cared in the states, but some Japanese people get offended when you take their picture without asking.

[sqc151]

gave the 05LGT a bath.

[geckoboy86]

Most expensive oil change for my subie today. Royal purple and a napa gold filter.
How is it running now?
Little early to say but it seems smoother and quiet. Thats when compared to the Rotella T6 I used last time.

[Benfolio]

Clutch kit and clutch fork came in today. Two steps close to trans swap on Friday/Saturday. Getting so sick of the constant whining, groaning, etc. Two more days baby, two more.....

[Danny-G]

Decided to refresh the grill. It got some slight modding, some new paint, and fresh clear. Pictures tomorrow when I install it and it has a badge on it. Also, my wagon turned 267k today.

[Grafton]

^ almost to 300k :D I finally got the new bushings for the rear end

Kartboy comfort outrigger bushings, new sub-frame locking bolts
TiC later link bushings and forward and rear trailing arm bushings
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1843/dscn0020mv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/406/dscn0020mv.jpg/)

[02_Legacy]

Gave my subie a wash today and cleaned the interior real well. I wanted to give it a wax but we apparently don't have any left. :-( Its looking good though.

[camroncamera]

This past weekend, I made these:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3417-1.jpg

Details here:
viewtopic.php?p=292077#p292077 (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?p=292077#p292077)


Awesome, If only those were an option before I cut up the stock harness on my JDM lights. great work anyways
+1
Cameron needs to sell those things! Hell, I'm sure it would be well worth your time. Charge like $20 for a pair shipped. $5 shipping and $2 in parts along with perhaps the few minutes it takes to make. :)

Thanks for the encouragement, I will be putting each of these two pairs of harnesses up for sale shortly. Unfortunately, materials alone (plus the shipping to get them) works out to over US$25.00 per pair :/
I had taken my time building these, but with practice maybe I can assemble new ones in "minutes" (<1 hour, lol) :grin: The labels are very nice but are particularly fussy to apply.

[Surlycamera]

Went to the junkyard and picked up a Neon coil plug and a Legacy coil plug for the MSD coil swap. 2 bucks. Kind of funny that in the entire junk yard there was one Subaru and about 500 Neons! The wife picked up my new hatch latch and mounting plate at the dealer, and my Wagon Mafia decals showed up in the mail! Oh, and I painted my rear wiper arm. Tomorrow, fix the exhaust leak...I hope.

[Dead91silvia]

I moved it... Been sick the last 3 days... F-ing sucks! And we even have nice weather! errrrr

[rougeben83]

finished the overhaul on the headlights...

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/12/051312062751-1.jpg

[eekay]

More pics of the headlights, please. Or, maybe you have a thread for them?

[chrish8r]

recharged the A/c in the SVX today so I can actually have cold air intead of having the widows down all the time and burn up at stop lights

[eekay]

Moved the rally car out of the garage to a buddy's house so I could begin process of painting my wagon! Gonna be so nice to have a regular looking car again...

[Hinyo]

This past weekend, I made these:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3417-1.jpg

Details here:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?p=292077#p292077


Awesome, If only those were an option before I cut up the stock harness on my JDM lights. great work anyways
+1
Cameron needs to sell those things! Hell, I'm sure it would be well worth your time. Charge like $20 for a pair shipped. $5 shipping and $2 in parts along with perhaps the few minutes it takes to make. :)

Thanks for the encouragement, I will be putting each of these two pairs of harnesses up for sale shortly. Unfortunately, materials alone (plus the shipping to get them) works out to over US$25.00 per pair :/
I had taken my time building these, but with practice maybe I can assemble new ones in "minutes" (<1 hour, lol) :grin: The labels are very nice but are particularly fussy to apply.

Yeah I did that to my BD it wasn't too bad. i just like that it makes everything plug and play. Not as clean as yours but it does the job.

[Thomistopheles]

Made a parts list. Hooray, I'm going to be broke. :dontknow:

Also added up the previous owner's maintenance and repair receipts, going all the way back to 1997. $1100 in collision repair, $9500 for everything else. Kinda nice knowing everything that's been done.

[rougeben83]

More pics of the headlights, please. Or, maybe you have a thread for them?

yep, here ya go...
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24780 (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24780)

[Dead91silvia]

Lowered my Datsun truck 4 inches! :grin:

And washed the BD and the BH... :smt023

[eekay]

More pics of the headlights, please. Or, maybe you have a thread for them?

yep, here ya go...
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24780
Nice, man! I like the simplicity of that look. Well done, sir!

[98legwag]

Lowered my Datsun truck 4 inches! :grin:

And washed the BD and the BH... :smt023


Any pics of the Datsun truck?

[Dead91silvia]

Lowered my Datsun truck 4 inches! :grin:

And washed the BD and the BH... :smt023


Any pics of the Datsun truck?

I do, just still in my camera... I just took possession of it from my dad... He's so not thrilled with what I'm doing with it! haha :grin:

[geckoboy86]

New air filter in my recent upkeep.
Royal Purple oil and now this.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3578-1.jpg
-sticker location still being played with...

[Thomistopheles]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/b14f288c-1.jpg

Added 10hp worth of stickers. :lol:
Now I need to find a razor to take off the nasty AWD ones inside the glass.

[Wiscon_Mark]

Now if I'm in Madison, I'll know if it's your car!

[Dead91silvia]

I think my oil pump is getting weak.... :smt017

[96LegacyWagon]

Most expensive oil change for my subie today. Royal purple and a napa gold filter.
How does the RP oil work for you? I have seen it, but have only gotten the 'cheap stuff' thus far for my Scooby.

--
There is a leak coming from a plug down in the dark area of this photo...any idea what plug this might be and why there would be oil(?) coming from it?
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051312134813_01-1.jpg

[r3v_v3ng3]

@96LegacyWagon

That looks like the oil pressure sender area

[Wiscon_Mark]

@96LegacyWagon

That looks like the oil pressure sender area

Yep, that's the oil pressure sensor. I think there's a replaceable gasket you can get to fix the leak.

[Perdue]

It was slow this morning, so I gave the car a much needed bath. I can't wait to get working on it, but the garage is still full of stuff from our move.

[Thomistopheles]

Now if I'm in Madison, I'll know if it's your car!
Should have some SL-i stickers soon, too. Between those and the husky in the back, you'll know it's mine. I took a razor to the AWD stickers last night... had some time to kill while rescuing the Cressida from a parking garage on university ave.

I was about to go wash it, but I saw dark clouds headed my way when I stepped outside. Close enough. :lol:

[96LegacyWagon]

I would like an SL-i sticker, but I have not seen any in stores yet lol (holds out a trick-or-treat bag for giggles).

[Thomistopheles]

PM Huffer, he probably has some more left. I bought a pair in white, just waiting for the mail man to bring them to me.

[Benfolio]

Got my trans in over the weekend. No more grinding, crunching, whining (well, still some of that, thanks Group N!), and I CAN PUT IT IN 1ST GEAR WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO A STOP! YAY!
New clutch is butter smooth, I guess the snout on the old trans was so bad it made the clutch pedal feel a lot heavier than it should have.
Still going to take it apart, go through it, and see if its work fixing and selling to recoup some of the expense for my replacement trans.

[98legwag]

Drove it to work. Im hoping/planning on FINALLY installing the wrx struts and springs this weekend.

[96LegacyWagon]

They say duct tape fixes all... what do you think?

Before:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512150842_01-1.jpg

During:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512190757_01-1.jpg

After:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512191348_01-1.jpg

[eekay]

Started building my custom fender flares and finalizing body work before paint!

[lord flashheart]

They say duct tape fixes all... what do you think?

Before:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512150842_01-1.jpg

During:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512190757_01-1.jpg

After:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512191348_01-1.jpg

LOL THAT IS FANTASTIC!!!!

[Grafton]

detailed the wife's outback: wash, clay bar, cleaner wax, gloss wax. detailed engine bay, waxed the door jams, changed the oil and rotated the tires. while the tires were off washed them and waxed them. ~11 hours

Tomorrow it's the interior and then off to the import car show nationals in Carlisle Friday.

[eekay]

detailed the wife's outback: wash, clay bar, cleaner wax, gloss wax. detailed engine bay, waxed the door jams, changed the oil and rotated the tires. while the tires were off washed them and waxed them. ~11 hours

Tomorrow it's the interior and then off to the import car show nationals in Carlisle Friday.
Pics, man! Pics! WTF is wrong with you?! :grin:

[Custom Trendz Inc.]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/a6f804717bf3e041-1.jpg

Washed it. Then recompounded and resealed driver door and fender.

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt using Tapatalk 2

[eekay]

Is that a Greddy front lip?

[TireIron]

Stripping apart the 98 LGT saturday before sending it to the scrap yard. 1 more hunk out of the yard, then 1 to go after that.

[Dead91silvia]

They say duct tape fixes all... what do you think?

Before:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512150842_01-1.jpg

After:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051512191348_01-1.jpg

Thats awesome! :smt005

[Custom Trendz Inc.]

Is that a Greddy front lip?
If you were asking me, then no. Its a garage door lip :)

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[grayguy]

Today I bought an 06' Sti hoodscoop off of nasioc to cut into my extra L hood. I'm also picking up an 05' Sti air splitter frommy friend. Once all this stuff and my bigger/thicker tmic is installed I will be getting it retuned.

[Dead91silvia]

Someone asked for pics... :grin:

Dropped my Datsun last weekend! (4 in)

Just took it from my dad... He got it new in 1980... I'm gonna have fun with it... if you all know what I mean... Sawzall and welder will get a workout! :twisted:

Before
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_9324-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_9343-1.jpg

[98legwag]

^^ I asked for the pics. It looks good. I went to a small Subaru gathering last night. Hinyo, Rubie25_GT, and Yamazaki_Subaru were there. I cannot wait to see the Blitzen6 project when its done.

[eekay]

Is that a Greddy front lip?
If you were asking me, then no. Its a garage door lip :)
Oh. Haha. Looks good!

[98legwag]

Ordered LEDs for the dome light, maps lights, and cargo light.

[Thomistopheles]

I made it clean and somewhat shiny.
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr260/TurboThom/a667bdef.jpg

Can't wait to let my rotary loose on the whole car. Then the whole thing will look like the fender I did as a test spot:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/04ece854-2.jpg

[96LegacyWagon]

Yesterday I began by removing my snorkus (was going to paint it, but it decided to be a delete instead)..
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051712161708_01-1.jpg
Then I removed the air intake, and taped it off. In the meantime I went to O'Reilly's and got a thing of Seafoam and an oil pressure sensor (to be used/installed another day in the near future..I know, spoiler alert, right? lol). My assistant holding the freshly duct taped intake.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051712203126_01-1.jpg
Then came the painting step (me holding the freshly painted intake)...
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051712205720-1.jpg
...followed by drying step.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051712210500-1.jpg
The finished project (did the work yesterday, but waited til today to take the final pic for lighting reasons).
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/051812134918_01-1.jpg

[Dead91silvia]

I made it clean and somewhat shiny.
Can't wait to let my rotary loose on the whole car. Then the whole thing will look like the fender I did as a test spot:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/04ece854-2.jpg

I remember when my BD would polish out that nice... nothing really does with all the off roading I used to do... Looks really nice!

[geckoboy86]

Met up with some other Subies
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3629JPG-1.jpg

Found out I had a twin
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3615JPG-1.jpg

2nd Gens
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3614-1.jpg

First pic of me with my car
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3630JPG-1.jpg

[eekay]

Met up with some other Subies
That's awesome! There's a bunch of Gen2's out there. Really glad to see that. And all of them are great looking! Congrats!

On my end, I've been doing body work and such. Just a couple teasers for the moment. I'll have more soon.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/20120519_175733-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/20120519_195934-1.jpg

[1-3-2-4]

^hmmm... waits for the rest

[Thomistopheles]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/a3d43cad-1.jpg

Today I started representin', or something like that... Thanks Huffer!

Ha, compare my rear quarter panel's foggy oxidized paint to the fender a few posts back... :eek:
I really need to find time to do the whole car.

[Benfolio]

Installed my JDM sidemarkers that I got in the mail this week.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/img_20120519_144752-1.jpg

FINALLY replaced the zip tie holding my radiator on one side with the correct bracket I had left off due to a broken bolt (pounded it out, put a nut and new bolt on it), finished up a few things from my trans swap last week, and washed it. Turns out the best thing to keep bedliner clean and dark black is some Armor-All type spray (called EZ Shine, we have it at work for prettying up engine pays and tires and whatnot).

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/04/img_20120519_163356-1.jpg

[rougeben83]

added dynamat to the doors, only to find out one of my rear speakers was blown... :roll:

[Dead91silvia]

On my end, I've been doing body work and such. Just a couple teasers for the moment. I'll have more soon.]

WTF are you building?! LOL... Wide body? not understanding the tack welded metal on the fender... :smt017

[eekay]

On my end, I've been doing body work and such. Just a couple teasers for the moment. I'll have more soon.]

WTF are you building?! LOL... Wide body? not understanding the tack welded metal on the fender... :smt017
Yep. Wide body. The welded metal on the fender are the new inner-fender liner holders. When you cut the fender up, the liner inside hangs WAY down. So, I snipped it up and welded new holders. Once I fiberglass everything, they'll be hidden from the elements. Below is a before:

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/20120519_175831-1.jpg

[Dead91silvia]

On my end, I've been doing body work and such. Just a couple teasers for the moment. I'll have more soon.]

WTF are you building?! LOL... Wide body? not understanding the tack welded metal on the fender... :smt017
Yep. Wide body. The welded metal on the fender are the new inner-fender liner holders. When you cut the fender up, the liner inside hangs WAY down. So, I snipped it up and welded new holders. Once I fiberglass everything, they'll be hidden from the elements.

Ahh... ok... Your off the hook then. I was like what in the hell is he doing! haha :smt005 I'm toying with the idea of doing a mild wide body on my Volvo, but I really want to drive it first! haha

[eekay]

Haha. I'm doing it right! :) Which Volvo do you have? What kind of wide body are you thinking for it?

[Dead91silvia]

Haha. I'm doing it right! :) Which Volvo do you have? What kind of wide body are you thinking for it?

I have a 122 Amazon...
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20334 (http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20334)

Nothing crazy, just wanted to fit 8-10in wheels at some point. However, this is WAY down the line. I was going to extend the qt's and fenders with parts of other qt's and fenders so it looks stock, but not, you know what I mean?

[eekay]

That thing is sweet! And, yeah. I know exactly what you mean. :)

[96LegacyWagon]

Today I looked at Meijer and on ebay for fog lights (the bottom ones on the bumper?)...didn't see anything that would fit.

[98legwag]

Got it aligned after installing the wrx struts/springs yesterday. Also found out it was low on coolant.

[Grafton]

detailed the wife's outback: wash, clay bar, cleaner wax, gloss wax. detailed engine bay, waxed the door jams, changed the oil and rotated the tires. while the tires were off washed them and waxed them. ~11 hours

Tomorrow it's the interior and then off to the import car show nationals in Carlisle Friday.
Pics, man! Pics! WTF is wrong with you?! :grin:

Lot's of things :D

here's what the outback looked like parked at the show, after a ~250 mile drive:
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9703/dscn1196h.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6853/dscn1195w.jpg

I acquired a set of 05 WRX seats, shift boot, knob, and a very low mileage WRX LSD this weekend as well:
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7277/dscn1267r.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/dscn1267r.jpg/)

[eekay]

Lookin' good! Nice to see you're also using superior charcoal...

[Huffer]

Traded my STi seats for some 03 WRX ones + cash. The WRX seats are heavier, but are super comfy. The STi ones by comparison were comfy, but nowhere near as plush. I could sleep in these WRX ones.

Also went to IKEA, and bought half of aisle 13. LOL.

[mike-tracy]

Swapped intake manifolds - from a JDM ej25D Forester (no egr!) with a ghetto rigged setup, to a mostly complete early legacy ej20g manifold! Much cleaner setup, only issue is I need longer spark plug wires, since the manifold has no provisions for a coil pack. I plan to make a bracket off the A/C bracket and hang it where the AC comp once lived.

Got rid of some stumbling issues and idle uncertainty, now she runs about perfect!

[Grafton]

got the WRX LSD into my rear diff, and drilled out the nut that was cross threaded for the sway bar mount.

[eekay]

Still sanding and finishing up for priming. :( Should be primed tomorrow, though.

[Yokosilver]

One of the guys I work with saw me looking on here and said that one of the guys who recently left junked a Legacy because the back window was busted and it was cheaper to get a new car than replace the window. Wish I could have gotten that car for parts.

[grayguy]

Today I got pulled over by a statie and got written warnings for tint, exhaust, front plate not properly located, and a cracked windshield. Looks like I'll be shopping for a 3" stainless resonator, detinting my car, and remounting my front plate instead of cutting my 06' Sti scoop into the spare hood this weekend.

[Dead91silvia]

^ what did you do to piss that guy off?!

no one has bugged me about my tint thats for sure... how dark is yours?

[grayguy]

Mine tested at 40% and legal is 50%.

[96LegacyWagon]

I believe my one window is at 5%, then again that is the trunk area of a wagon, so yeah... but in the front I think the limit require more light to pass through.

[Benfolio]

Swapped my Group-N pitch stop for a stock one. Must be getting old, because the noise was getting to me. It's 80% better now.
Still hearing some gear or bearing whine from the new/used trans though.... :smt009

[Dead91silvia]

Mine tested at 40% and legal is 50%.

Ok, then why are you removing it if your within the parameters? Or do I have that backwards...? Ether way you should just need to do the front door windows.

Mainly cops want to see the driver, so as long as they can see the outline of you, you should be fine. I was told his be a State Trooper friend of mine. I dont even know what mine is. Just think of work vans, only front windows, maybe a rear. So if needed just re-do the fronts and your set!

[grayguy]

Your thinking is backwards. I'm 10% over the legal limit. Basically legal 50% means half the light transmits through from inside to out. Limo style Tint is usually 0%. This is the most legal tint ive ever had, everything else ive had is 20%.

The way the law is written in Minnesota, technically cars can't have anything besides the rear window tinted, but if your legal all around they let it fly. Also, last year they passed a law making the installation of illegal tint a criminal misdemeanor, so if they know which shop installed the illegal tint they will mail then a hefty fine.

So basically, Mn has really been cracking down on tint. I had already planned to detint my car because it is the old style that was starting to look purple...but now I probably won't put any new tint back onto it.

[eekay]

Ridiculous! I have 5% all around and I would absolutely hate to get rid of it. :( I feel so exposed driving around in cars with no tint... MN has some craziness going on when it comes to tint, I guess. That sucks.

[grayguy]

It's mostly profiling around here that is the issue. There are a lot of tinted out, straight piped trucks and muscle cars around here, and upper end lux cars that are blacked out that never get harassed, but if your in an import worth less than $20k and you have any violations you are going to get harassed.

I understand there are illegal things about my car, but ive always felt it was pretty ridiculous what non import vehicles can get away with that we can't.

[Huffer]

^^ change the badge, cops will never know. :lol:

[jjay03]

Changed my thermostat and fixed an exhaust leak. The old thermostat looked like a piece of crap compared to the OEM. The OEM is on the left in the top pic and right on the bottom.
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/Legacy0101-1.jpg
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/Legacy012-1.jpg

[98legwag]

Installed the LED bulbs from www.superbrightleds.com (http://www.superbrightleds.com) for my map/dome/cargo lights. I will get a pic tonight when it gets darker out.

[Dead91silvia]

Your thinking is backwards. I'm 10% over the legal limit. Basically legal 50% means half the light transmits through from inside to out. Limo style Tint is usually 0%. This is the most legal tint ive ever had, everything else ive had is 20%.

The way the law is written in Minnesota, technically cars can't have anything besides the rear window tinted, but if your legal all around they let it fly. Also, last year they passed a law making the installation of illegal tint a criminal misdemeanor, so if they know which shop installed the illegal tint they will mail then a hefty fine.

So basically, Mn has really been cracking down on tint. I had already planned to detint my car because it is the old style that was starting to look purple...but now I probably won't put any new tint back onto it.
Ridiculous! I have 5% all around and I would absolutely hate to get rid of it. :( I feel so exposed driving around in cars with no tint... MN has some craziness going on when it comes to tint, I guess. That sucks.

I was wondering if I had it backwards... I think I would be in trouble over there... I think my car is like 20%... I think Brad has 15 or 20 on his cars. They used to be picky about it over here, but not as much as they used to. 20% here I think is legal.

I even have tint on my work truck! My GMC doesnt have any and I hate the feeling of people looking at the back of my head! That and it makes it hard to loooooooook at hot girls when driving! :grin:

[98legwag]

Hit the 150K mark last night!

[eekay]

it makes it hard to loooooooook at hot girls when driving! :grin:
+1

[grayguy]

I know, I really like having tint. Maybe I should go find an eye doctor to give me a prescription for it :)

[Dead91silvia]

^ HAHA!!!! :smt005


Well.... I gots my new tires mounted... "White Lightning" is now rolling on Gunmetal 17's! :smt026

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_9407-1.jpg

[redlegacygt]

I love the way that looks, great job!

[98legwag]

+1

[Dead91silvia]

Thanks! :grin: I cant stop looking at my own car now... it's funny! :smt005

I think I'm gonna install my new plugs today, try and take care of that small miss she has developed. :smt023

[jjay03]

Your car does look good only thing I might change if it were mine is the grille.

[camroncamera]

Looks awesome, Dead!

[grayguy]

I love those wheels dead, I was SO happy when i found a set for my car.

I just bit the bullet and bought another muffler for my car. I LOVE how it sounds now, but it's not worth the continued harassment I've been getting. So I bought a 14'' Stainless Magnaflow 3"in/out resonator. Hopefully it just quiets it down and doesn't ruin the sound

On a more positive side I got my new scoop in the mail this week! I'm excited. I also picked up another pretty good black trunk and rust free door to replace one of mine. I think I'm gonna pull the wing off one of my trunk lids and see if i like it, I've always liked the Wingless+big scoop look.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/20120524_180853-1.jpg

[Dead91silvia]

Your car does look good only thing I might change if it were mine is the grille.

People ether love or hate the grill... I love it... I would do something else, but the number of people that run it are minimal... I guess I like to be a little different! :smt023

[camroncamera]

Installed 4EAT Power Mode switch. Looks and works good, but I doubt I can make the little LED light on the rocker switch come on. Because the switch is used to short the #4 pin of the Traction Control Unit to ground when "on" and the circuit is open when "off", I doubt we'd want the positive voltage that powers the LED to go to that pin on the TCU.

[BG5guy]

fixed my alarm, ordered coupe Spoiler, installed CF strut bar, wired up hellas

[Grafton]

fixed my alarm, ordered coupe Spoiler, installed CF strut bar, wired up hellas
RS coupe ? if so where are you getting it?

[geckoboy86]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3668-1.jpg
New wheels

[98legwag]

^ I thought you had just gotten new wheels? The bronze ones.

[Dead91silvia]

Took a high G left corner at about 80mph last night... right rear scraped really bad... The 6mm spacers that make my the wheels more flush are coming out... I'm gonna sacrifice stye for function...

[eekay]

^+1

[camroncamera]

Took a high G left corner at about 80mph last night... right rear scraped really bad... The 6mm spacers that make my the wheels more flush are coming out... I'm gonna sacrifice stye for function...

That doesn't sound good at all. Are these hubcentric spacers or "universal" style? I've heard the universal style are very dangerous. I've had some H&R hubcentric spacers on my Scirocco for years and have never had a problem, though I did have to get longer lug bolts at first.

[redlegacygt]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/IMG_3668-1.jpg
New wheels

they look great! of course im partial to those though..haha looking good!

[Dead91silvia]

Took a high G left corner at about 80mph last night... right rear scraped really bad... The 6mm spacers that make my the wheels more flush are coming out... I'm gonna sacrifice stye for function...

That doesn't sound good at all. Are these hubcentric spacers or "universal" style? I've heard the universal style are very dangerous. I've had some H&R hubcentric spacers on my Scirocco for years and have never had a problem, though I did have to get longer lug bolts at first.

Yep, I got them to fit the wheels when the tires were over sized, but I liked the look with them one with the new tires, but the rubbing is not gonna work. I do have half the threads also, so that is another reason to pull them off...

[Thomistopheles]

Installed new tails.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/05/4e3c682c-1.jpg

[Wiscon_Mark]

You know what that back end needs? Honda wiper arm (http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=19616).

[Thomistopheles]

It also needs a working rear wiper motor :lol:

[Dead91silvia]

^ LOL....


I took my 6mm spacers out of the rear... It looks cooler with them, but I dont like the rubbing at high speeds in corners... :smt022

[eekay]

Need to install some 40mm spacers until I can find some seriously low offset wheels that I like. Makes my widebody look kinda silly. Pics coming soon.

[Wiscon_Mark]

It also needs a working rear wiper motor :lol:

You know, I've replaced several of those in Subarus around here. Seems to be a common issue.

Surprisingly, mine still works quite well.

[Dead91silvia]

Need to install some 40mm spacers until I can find some seriously low offset wheels that I like. Makes my widebody look kinda silly. Pics coming soon.

You better get pics soon! :smt027 haha



It also needs a working rear wiper motor :lol:

You know, I've replaced several of those in Subarus around here. Seems to be a common issue.

Surprisingly, mine still works quite well.

really? I have never heard of them going bad over here... :smt017

[iampetro]

WOOT!

last night I picked up these thule roof racks for $100 from a guy online and now I just got the call from trackwerks, walked the 5min there and when I got back I did this
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/1151/p3210231l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/p3210231l.jpg/)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/4318/p3210232.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/403/p3210232.jpg/)

Flaps FTW

I NEED TINT RAWR!

[Thomistopheles]

It also needs a working rear wiper motor :lol:

You know, I've replaced several of those in Subarus around here. Seems to be a common issue.

Surprisingly, mine still works quite well.

Previous owner went through two of them. I wonder if there's something causing them to die, or if they just got a couple bad parts.

Just washed the car, going on a short trip tomorrow to stuff half an RX-7 in the back of my car for my buddy's RX-4 wagon.

[geckoboy86]

Wheel bearing and caliper pin fixed today.

[eekay]

You better get pics soon! :smt027 haha
Here are a few pics from a couple days ago...

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_01-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_02-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_03-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_04-1.jpg

[02_Legacy]

today I did pads and rotors on my friends 04 forester, I think a shop he brought it to forgot to tighten the lugs on the left rear tire, two of the lugs I took off had half of the stud stay inside of the lug :smt013 so tomorrow I'm going to install 5 new studs for him. Anyone know how hard it is? Do I need to remove the hub assembly or no?

[Benfolio]

Need to install some 40mm spacers until I can find some seriously low offset wheels that I like. Makes my widebody look kinda silly. Pics coming soon.

You better get pics soon! :smt027 haha



It also needs a working rear wiper motor :lol:

You know, I've replaced several of those in Subarus around here. Seems to be a common issue.

Surprisingly, mine still works quite well.

really? I have never heard of them going bad over here... :smt017

Mine made horrible noise when I got it, but lubing it and USING it seems to have quieted it down, and prolonged its life.

Put my car on Craigslist. Entertaining offers and trades. Just getting bored with it, want something else. :smt018

[r3v_v3ng3]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_01-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_02-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_03-1.jpg

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/wide_body_teaser_04-1.jpg


Thats alot of work. Doing a good job, its gonna be sick once its done

[Thomistopheles]

Painted my spoiler black. It'll go on later this afternoon... nothin' like drilling into a virgin hatch. :smt002

[Chrisboy]

had my legacy's camshaft, crankshaft, maf sensors and throttle body cleaned. :)

[Dead91silvia]

You better get pics soon! :smt027 haha
Here are a few pics from a couple days ago...


Your crazy... this will be cool when your all done! :smt023

[98legwag]

Just picked up and installed an underseat sub from an 02 wrx. Sounds good, but better without the seat...

[Felipe]

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24597&p=295537#p295537 (https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24597&p=295537#p295537)

[Navi271]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=24597&p=295537#p295537

I love it when it's an easy fix! Speaking of...

I got my foglights working again, loose connection. The fogs are now yellow! Saw that one of my side markers weren't working. It seems it's just a bad connection right where the bulb makes contact. I might actually end up buying new ones. These ones, I bought years ago, came with mud and dirt all inside and out, pretty weird. I have new license plates (not personalized because I didn't know I was getting new ones...) and also bought a nice frame for the rear and a mounting plate for the front. I've always wanted to try stickerbombing so I tried that on a couple interior pieces, and I think I'll keep it! I kinda personalized the interior a little more. I'll put up pics someday, but it was a good saturday. :cool:

[eekay]

You better get pics soon! :smt027 haha
Here are a few pics from a couple days ago...


Your crazy... this will be cool when your all done! :smt023
Haha. Yeah. I hope so. All the fiberglassing takes forever. :( Especially getting it nice and smooth. I've been working at getting it seriously finished for like 3 days now. I probably would have finished all the fiberglassing today but I ran out of brushes! Of course, I have no ride to the store to get more so I have to wait until later...

[mike-tracy]

Got 19.5 mpg this tank in the 91. Lots of lols and letting people drive her. "Should" be getting around 24mpg or so mixed driving normally.

[Dead91silvia]

Sold the wagon! Hopfuly the kid gets on the forum... I did leave sli sticker on haha

[camroncamera]

Congrats!


Sold the wagon! Hopfuly the kid gets on the forum... I did leave sli sticker on haha

[prodriver1]

It also needs a working rear wiper motor :lol:

You know, I've replaced several of those in Subarus around here. Seems to be a common issue.

Surprisingly, mine still works quite well.

Previous owner went through two of them. I wonder if there's something causing them to die, or if they just got a couple bad parts.

Just washed the car, going on a short trip tomorrow to stuff half an RX-7 in the back of my car for my buddy's RX-4 wagon.
i have had 4 or 5 wagons now (subaru) and they all had bad rear wiper motors, instead of replacing the last 2 i took them apart to see/fix. on had a bad motor, which is 2 skrews and it pops rite off, junkyard subarus are full of new motors as its suck a common prob so i just pocket them :smt018 . the other more common issue is this big plastic wheel in the mechanism, it has a spiral skrew thing on top of it that wears a groove in the plastic wheel so no more wheel turny, the wheel is also easy to get off and on too so easy fix, give it a go, fix your own parts :smt023

[Dead91silvia]

Figured out some stuff on my Pulsar! Whoo Hoo!

Had a bad power window motor in the driver door, just got one from a 98 Sentra that is the same one. Also have a possible bad passenger window switch thats no good, got one of those from a 89 Sentra... Hopefuly this fixes all my window problems!

Also scored another set of 99 Limited wood-grain and found and BD SUS rear bumper assembly for $125... Been looking for one for the last few months! Getting it tomorrow... See if I like it on my GT... Want to change the rear up a little, make it pop a little more.

[Thomistopheles]

Today I got some good news. I have cash to go pick a EJ25D to work on. The place has 500+ subarus, and a fat pile of EJ25s since they stick ej22's into the cars they fix. Maybe I'll see if they'll throw in a bucket of rear wiper motor parts as a bonus.

[xoSubieLegacyxo]

Took off all but two of my stickers on my car. Luckily I found a nice "retractable" spot to hide my forum stickers.

[grayguy]

This week I've been concentrating on clearancing the pesky sheetmetal on my jeep :),

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/07/G9-1.jpg

my car goes in tomorrow to get the AC fixed, which I am SUPER happy about!

[mike-tracy]

^ wow you're using her like she's meant to be abused. :)

[grayguy]

Yeah, she likes it like that ;(
I should do a members ride II thread on it sometime

[prodriver1]

Today I got some good news. I have cash to go pick a EJ25D to work on. The place has 500+ subarus, and a fat pile of EJ25s since they stick ej22's into the cars they fix. Maybe I'll see if they'll throw in a bucket of rear wiper motor parts as a bonus.
that sounds like a "destination" salvage yard:) where is it? i will drive the 6-hours to madison area :smt023

[prodriver1]

got busted driving on the trail behind St.Scholastica ( a college in my town) by some nuns on a hike XD. first they said I couldent drive back there, then they asked how I got my "car" back that far :smt005 , I said "its a subaru :smt023 " then drove off.

[prodriver1]

my car goes in tomorrow to get the AC fixed, which I am SUPER happy about!
fixed? I still have the full A/C system from the GT, it worked fine I just didn't want it. will that fit on the 2.0?

[grayguy]

As far as I know it just needs an o ring or 2 and to be recharged, but if they find something else wrong and I need parts so they can fix it tomorrow I'll call you.

[prodriver1]

As far as I know it just needs an o ring or 2 and to be recharged, but if they find something else wrong and I need parts so they can fix it tomorrow I'll call you.
word

[Thomistopheles]

that sounds like a "destination" salvage yard:) where is it? i will drive the 6-hours to madison area :smt023
A friend of a friend works at Don Miller Subaru in madison, he gave me the info for the place...then followed up with "Watch out, he'll try to screw you over" about prices. The guy who runs the place seemed nice enough on the phone, but I've heard reports of him being a total jackass to other people.

I'll post up the info if everything goes smoothly...or if he's a total dick. Either way, keep an eye on my members rides thread for an update about it. :wink:

[Snow Wolf]

Just purchased Zero Sports Radiator Air Diversion plate...now begins the long wait :(

[SilverSuby]

Began the process of JDM projector rewiring trouble.
-Logan

[prodriver1]

that sounds like a "destination" salvage yard:) where is it? i will drive the 6-hours to madison area :smt023
A friend of a friend works at Don Miller Subaru in madison, he gave me the info for the place...then followed up with "Watch out, he'll try to screw you over" about prices. The guy who runs the place seemed nice enough on the phone, but I've heard reports of him being a total jackass to other people.

I'll post up the info if everything goes smoothly...or if he's a total dick. Either way, keep an eye on my members rides thread for an update about it. :wink:
:( dont want to drive 6-8 hours just to get into a fight with some hillbilly:( keep us posted on this if you would :smt023

[Wiscon_Mark]

Hey, don't call us Hillbillys!

[Thomistopheles]

I'm heading over there tomorrow morning, I'll keep you posted.

[Dead91silvia]

Big difference with Hillbilly's and Rednecks... I think Hillbilly's are more south... :smt031

Anyway, I got my SUS bumper today! Gonna see if it looks like something I want to add to the BD... Now to find a rear lip to cut up to make my mud guards fit... :twisted:

[Chrisboy]

changed idle up motor and put on bendix dot 4 brake fluids on my bg. brakes alot better now.

[Thomistopheles]

Engine has been acquired. Report on the experience is in my MR1 thread. ->CLICK ME!<- (http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?p=296173#p296173)

[mike-tracy]

Installed a boost gauge that works finally (had some old 80's VDO that didn't measure negative manifold pressure). Bpv was leaking like a mug: -10inHg at idle when it should have been -20. Swapped it out for a spare bpv (primary of a TT, lol) and I'm idling much better, but still boosts as high as before. Spool up may be marginally faster, but I was expecting better lol. Maybe I need to reset the ecu.

[Benfolio]

Cleaned it out.

Because I sold it.

[geckoboy86]

Painting
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/IMG_3736-1.jpg
Product
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/IMG_3738JPG-1.jpg
Mock up
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/IMG_3744-1.jpg

[96LegacyWagon]

Been working on trying to take care of 'little stuff' this past week.

1) Went to 10 different auto stores trying to find that little red 45A box fuse from in the main fuse box (96 Legacy Wagon). The number on the side of it is 5512, not sure where to get it from or how much it will be now?

2) I had to pour water between my seats on the way to work yesterday cuz my floor was getting really hot (right where the tailpipe section fell off). I need to figure out how to reinstall the piping.

3) I bought the oil pressure sensor piece, but didn't have the right socket size so still not done (got the piece a week or two ago now).

[Legacy98]

painted my air vents bezels on my interior...
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/photo3-1.jpg

[Thomistopheles]

Pulled the timing covers and valve covers from the new engine. Everything's looking good so far, other than rusty brackets and bolts. I got one VC in primer tonight, the other side and the plug wire brackets will be done tomorrow.

I need a blasting cabinet...and a parts washer. Life would be much easier. :smile:

[prodriver1]

Hey, don't call us Hillbillys!
are you the owner of the salvage yard? if not then i was not referring to you, I live in duluth MN rite by you so its not an area thing or i'd be a hillbilly too. :lol:

[Dead91silvia]

^ LOL!!!

[Yokosilver]

Ran into a guy with a red B4 in the parking lot. Its a 5MT with eyelids, front lip, and a painted grill. I also noticed that the bulb for the ignition was replaced with a red one. I told him about the site, maybe he will jump on. He was talking about wanting to change the headlights (he was kinda being vauge on what exactly he wanted to do) but said no one localy would touch it because of some sort of Subaru contract in the area. Anyone know what he is talking about?

[Dead91silvia]

Changed the plugs in the BD...

also cut the front end off of the Datsun to get the core support and some rust replaced... yes, a car in the great Northwest has some rust... LOL

[unsullied_spy]

20% all the way around :cool:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2012/06/DSC02947-1.jpg

[mike-tracy]

Found out why my windows didn't open. err, the driver side switch wasn't plugged in. Too bad it was the last one I tested, lol.

[Dead91silvia]

^ hahahahaha! Dude, thats too funny... So classic... I once couldnt for the life of me figure out why my car wouldnt start, then realized I had the coil wire unpluged the whole time.

[eekay]

Had a dream my engine exploded. Literally. When I woke up, I had sex with the tail pipe just to let her know I love her...

[Huffer]

^^ I want my eyeballs to not have read that.

My poor car is being driven 2hrs a day now... on a stupid commute. It needs a wash really bad, but the office driveway is asphalt till the house, then it's gravel. Stupid.
Working 14hr days too, same pay. What a joke!