99 Brighton making steady progress

[NALegacy]

MIKE'S 99 BRIGHTON BG
MOD LIST
INTERIOR:
Reupholstered camo door panels
Dyed black carpet and headliner
Peel and sealed the doors <-favorite mod, makes the stockers sound decent and decimated road noise
Rubber Cargo Mat
Replaced rear door panels with ones with speaker grills
Wired for an amp
OEM Tweeters

EXTERIOR:
Outback front bumper
Thule snowboard attachments

Engine:
Airbox delete

Brakes/Suspension:
02' Wrx stock wheels





I've done some work to it so far but have been so busy I haven't really archived any of it so IIRC the first thing I did was dye the carpet; I couldn't deal with the mangy smell that came from it nor the death gray that it was colored. I yanked it out and cleaned everything up.. ffter a steam clean and spray of dye it turned out pretty well. It looks muuuch darker in person.



Should probably vacuum but meh I will eventually

Also re did the door panels..


Next thing was some DIY clear corners. I need to re bake them and get them settled in the frame a little better, but over all I'm satisfied. I know there's a link for the chrome coated ambers somewhere but I'm too lazy to find it any help? Also did a DIY Grille that turned out somewhat shitty.. I had never worked with bondo before and didn't quite sand enough before paint. Learn from mistakes I guess


Damn that dent is killing me..

[foohfooh]

rad dude. dig it so far

[LeggyxPower]

Love my brighton because its the base model and you build it up to what ever you like! best of luck

[NALegacy]

Oh and did I mention.. she only has 75k original miles? I'm the second owner and bought it from a family of four with a maintenance receipt stack 3 inches thick.. I cant find under rust either, knock on wood

[N'CTRL]

The car looks great. Lucky to find one with such low miles, good condition, and no rust! I like the grill. Can you post a write up or link to one you used? Also.. can you take a few pics of the front end from farther away? I like it but want to get a better idea of how it looks.

[NALegacy]

The car looks great. Lucky to find one with such low miles, good condition, and no rust! I like the grill. Can you post a write up or link to one you used? Also.. can you take a few pics of the front end from farther away? I like it but want to get a better idea of how it looks.

Gut the inside of the grille and then use some bondo to repair teh main shell. Make sure everything is uniform and to your liking before painting it because I taped over the outside chrome ring and plastidipped the inside all black figuring the plastidip would even out the imperfections in the bondo. I won't make that mistake again. After that I just went to the local hardware store and bought 3 ft of rain gutter mesh and found a couple spots to zip tie it on. I've seen a few write ups but dont see them anywhere in the DIY.. I tried to take the cheapest and easiest route and it wound up looking like s$%& from less than 5 feet away. Ill see about getting pictures tomorrow once it's light out and hopefully stops raining

[98legwag]

Nice wagon. My 98 is the same color. You should get some Outback sway bars. They are a cheap option and greatly improve the handling.

[Muse]

Very nice find, man. Don't sweat the dent, I'd bet that you (like most of us other 2nd-gen owners) want a GT/Outback scooped hood anyways. That dent's just there to encourage you.

Love the door card inserts, BTW.

[98legwag]

Very nice find, man. Don't sweat the dent, I'd bet that you (like most of us other 2nd-gen owners) want a GT/Outback scooped hood anyways. That dent's just there to encourage you.

Love the door card inserts, BTW.

Funny story. My wagon is the same blue and the scoopless hood had a nice dent in it. I watched a squirrel fall out of a tree onto the hood when I was in college. So fast forward a few years and I found a nice blue Outback at a pick and pull with scooped hood. Of course it had a dent in the exact same place. I bought it anyway since I could not find blue scooped hoods at the time.

[Muse]

Fuckin' squirrels... They're out to get us...

[NALegacy]

I'm actually looking for a outback rear sway/gt hood/outback front bumper but not having the best luck sourcing them. Pick n pull has been doing me dirty lately

Also used a clay bar for the first time and I think I've fallen in love. Even re kneading the clay the whole bar was brown after just the hood. Gat damn need to get me some cut/polish now.

[LeggyxPower]

ah just wait itll come...i paid i think 7$ for my outback sway from a pick and pull...and man look at my thread, i have side by side comparison...our cars are body roll happy...it gave me more of that grounded feel...

[NALegacy]

I definitely could have used that grounded feel yesterday.. Was on a cruise, pushed it a little too hard and ended up sliding through some gravel into a gate. Will post pics soon.

[NALegacy]

so yeah this happened... haven't decided exactly what route to take but in the mean time i'm looking for a gt parts car

[98legwag]

That sucks. Sorry to see it. Glad you are ok.

[Muse]

Good luck, man... Sorry to hear about the accident.

[LeggyxPower]

that sucks dude, i guess Colin McCrae did help you out there "when in doubt , flat out"... its just a hump in the road

[NALegacy]

Alright so I've decided to get this thing back on the road. After taking the bumper off and really looking into all the damage, it's not as bad as it seems. The right hand side frame rail is bent ever so slightly, the left side of the car is chewed up, and the front sway bar is snapped in half. That being said, I'm just going to leave the frame rail and think of it as a battle scar. The left side, who knows at this point.. will probably find some replacement parts over the next few weeks as I hit pick n pull. The sway bar though, I can't quite make out whether or not it will fit, but I found an 02-07 impreza wagon pair of front/rear bars and don't want to jump the gun on something I can't even use. Anyone know for sure?

[NALegacy]

Soooo it's been a while since I've had the time to do much to the legacy but I've at least repaired all of the body damage and given it a facelift. shout out to r3v3nge, his subie graveyard, and expertise. thanks to him the lagacy is getting much closer to where i wanted it in the first place. it's not pretty but it's a step in the right direction. shout out to pick and pull for having way way overpriced parts as well! here is how she sits currently;



steady as she goes

updates are:
forester steelies
outback front subframe and sway bar
outback bumper/fogs
outback grill
replaced left side fender, both doors, and mirror
replaced bumper beam/mount
new windshield
oem tweeters
used a cheap dynamat alternative called peel n seal for the doors that actually worked pretty well, but im skeptical on how it will last in hot/cold conditions

[Muse]

Good to see your car's getting work done. I know it's not as pretty as before, but I can see the progress. And I'm grouchy, because I think you have more colors of panels than I do... Gotta fix my doors to remedy that problem...

[NALegacy]

At least your panels are similar in color! i thought the different shades would grow on me... they haven't

[Muse]

Actually, I've got a green hood, that's not shown in my avatar. It's the only part of the car that's the right color, LOL.

[Airgne]

look at the members ride rule and comply. thanks

[NALegacy]

It's been a minute, but things have been moving with the legacy! here's how it was sittin yesterday:



and here it is today:



I picked up some wrx wheels and front brakes for only 60 bucks majaja. Had some dunlap direzzas put on and balanced.



I painted the calipers black but didnt get pictures of the after. Super stoked on this craigslist find.

[NALegacy]

baby gettin some gas with a new summer coat



didnt have time to get the side mouldings back on. I broke the clips and need to pick up some 3m to get them back on there. Refinished them in black while they were off. At the same time refinished my ob fog light lenses and refinished the grills. I was ordering up new bulbs and some rally armor flaps when I saw this picture on the rallysport website haha:




things to do:
paint ob bumper
gt side skirts
mouldings
mud flaps
wire up ob fogs with pigtails
finish tint
install impreza brakes

things im looking to buy:
gt wing/rear lip
turbo parts