teeceRS's 02 Legacy wagon - Few upgrades

[teeceRS]

Black Sheep
From what I've learned so far is this very generation of Legacy's have been avoided by the majority of those interested in nosing and upgrading Subaru's. I plan to be one of the few, I like a good challenge. I started out in 2007 with a 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS sedan, auto, and stock as ever! She and I travelled long distances, commuted to work and school, it got me through high school and almost through college. I put 130k miles on the Impreza, along with every bit of blood and sweat into herI bought her with 70k miles, and sold her with 200k miles for $3,800.



From there I purchased my current 2002 Subaru Legacy L wagon. I'm at the point in my life where I need more room. My girlfriend have a dog and I am running a mobile business called Equipped. Transporting parts in the Impreza was not easy one bit. A wagon or Forester was on my radar, but I am very happy with my Legacy so far.

I bought her with 144k miles for $3,400, completely stock with the head gaskets, timing belt, and water pump done. I was able to save a few parts off the Impreza. IE: 16x7" RS 5-spoke wheels, 02 WRX front seats, Scangauge2, Subaru all-weather mats, and my Yakima roof rack.

This is how I got her:




Mods List, if something is underlined, then that means it is hopefully happening in the near future:
Exterior
28% window tint
GT Honeycomb grill (summer)
Gutted L grill (winter)
GT side skirts
Outback headlamps without amber reflectors
Outback rear bumper (color matched)
Outback "rally" spare
JDM pink Subaru STi badge
Gloss black trunk badges
Yakima crossbars & towers attached to factory rails
Reese roof basket
Gluxlite white LED reverse bulbs
Gluxlite white LED license plate bulbs
Philips CrystalVision low beam bulbs
Hella Optilux Extreme Yellow high beam bulbs
GT fog lamps with Lamin-X fog light tint/protector
Smoked tail lights
LED front signals & clear markers
iKea special front & rear red mud flaps
Upper half flat black Plastidip
Subaru ownership badge
GT badge on rear hatch
Pilot Motorsports rally lights

Interior
02/03 WRX Front seats
Outback dark grey rear bench
Subaru OEM all-weather floor mats
Scangauge II
Gluxlite white LED Map, Dome, & Trunk lights
Sir Shift maple wood shift knob
Panoramic rear view mirror
Outback dark wood grain trim
Red hazard switch
Plaid headliner
Crown Royal shift boot
Nissan One-Touch master window switch
v4 WRX MOMO steering wheel (coming soon)
Bed lined trunk floor
GT Limited black leather door panels
STi e-brake handle

Suspension, Wheels, Tires, Brakes
STi front strut brace
WRX rear strut brace
17" Legacy GT 5 spokes
Continental ExtremeContact DWS tires in 205/45/17
Mutkei Open Ended neo-chrome extended lugs

Performance
Injen Cold-air intake
Magnaflow 3" round tip muffler
Grimmspeed radiator cooling plate
AC delete

Audio/I.C.E.
Pioneer AVH-X2500BT touchscreen radio
Outback door tweeters
Pioneer 6.5" front door speakers
Sony 6.5" rear door speakers
Kicker 10" Subwoofer
Kicker 300w Amp

Upcoming projects:
Exterior
Outback front bumper (color matched) with yellow fog lights
GT upper spoiler (color matched)
JDM tail light corners
Baja scooped hood (color matched)
Full respray in original Forest Green Metallic
Rear diff skid plate (possibly coming soon)
4-Corner fender roll
JDM slim roof rails
Paint door ding strips factory color
Paint GT side skirts factory color
Darker tint

Interior
Dye current carpet black or try fitting wrx black carpet
Find GT leather door panels for rear doors

Suspension, Wheels, Tires, Brakes I want to stiffen to snot out of this wagon!
KYB GR2 struts/shocks to pair with H&R lowering springs (summer)
20mm rear sway bar
Polyurethane bushings
Saggy butt spacers
Beatrush roof bracing
Something 17x8.5 wrapped in 235/40 Continental DWS tires
Slotted Rotors

Performance
Grimmspeed LW Crank pulley
Beatrush LW alternator pulley
Rally Tech (silver) battery tie down
Beatrush alternator cover
Upgrade Cams
Upgrade Injectors
New fuel filter from Subaru
UEL headers
HF Cats

So as you can see I have a lot planned for my wagon, so stay tuned and enjoy the ride with me!
-teece

[teeceRS]

So I picked up the car on a Thursday. That following Friday I had 28% tint installed and took off those ugly hub caps:


That same day I put the RS wheels on, installed the scangauge, threw my all weather mats in and swapped the WRX seats in!





Also replaced the Map/Dome lights with white LED bulbs from Gluxlite:


And in the Christmas spirit I threw the Christmas tree I had on the roof of the Impreza onto the Legacy.

[teeceRS]

So I'm currently out of town visiting my girlfriends family for the holidays and won't be back to my new baby until after the New Year. As for future plans, I intend to keep her fairly stock. I'd like an Outback front bumper and fog lights, Outback side skirts, and the woodgrain trim. This car will be more of functional / recreation car. The girlfriend and I love going to the mountains and with the Impreza I missed my ground clearance. I'm also going to clean up some spots like the head lights, that grill needs some work, removal of some of the trunk badges, possibly decrease some body roll and otherwise enjoy the ride! So stay tuned and I hope to meet some awesome people here!

[Sub-Goon]

Nice improvements!

[teeceRS]

Nice improvements!

Thank you, more to come!

Finally gave her a good wash








before shot of the wiring from whoever installed the JVC radio in the car before I owned it.


after shot of the same wiring matted with my pioneer harness

[teeceRS]

Finally caught a break in the cold weather so I took full advantage and dipped away the Chrome strips on the front grille!



Much more to come to stay tuned and I'll try to do a better job at keeping this updated as I go!

Coming up soon, I'll be working on the speakers, only 2 out of 4 of them work for some odd reason, she needs an oil change, i would like to tint the tail lights all red with the exception of the reverse section until I can afford some awesome JDM clear & red ones! Considering dipping the wheels black until spring, and some various little details like debadging the hatch, finding a spoiler, and the whole Outback conversion (bumpers, side skirts, mud flaps, & wood grain trim). So do stay tuned but be patient, i'm a college student lol

[Hinyo]

=) i understand the college thing. But give it the old college try lol anyways. plans for suspension? sorry gotta ask =)

[teeceRS]

Suspension wise I'm going to stick to stock height, I'd like a front strut brace, and a thicker rear sway bar to tighten up the rear a bit. Other than that I don't know yet, I need to do more research.

Small update: Buddy of mine runs a company called Sir Shift making shift knobs out of wood. He made me a custom one last night for the Legacy!


It feels great and looks great! Can't wait to get some Outback wood grain on the dash to tie it all together!

Note! For anyone curious how I got my stock automatic shift knob off, it simply twists right off. Granted it's been on there since factory so it'll be a bit tight but give it a twist and it'll loosen right up, keep spinning until it comes right off, it'll take about a minute or so, Subaru put a lot of threads on there lol.

[teeceRS]

Small update:

Snapped a quick shot of the front of the car from a distance so everyone can get an idea how the front grille looks with the chrome plastidipped away. But hopefully I can work something out with a member so i can snag a LGT grille!


Today the weather was fair and I took full advantage just as I always will!
Here's how the rear looked when I started:


and here's what it looked like when I was done with it:


See the change? No? Well here's a closer look! lol

No more amber! I used a spray tint to turn the tail lights all red as a temporary mod until I can snag some sweet JDM red/clears.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring

[teeceRS]

So i was curious to see if i could fit some fog lights in behind my grill. I just happened to have a set of Hella 500ff driving lights laying around so this happened:

[elislider]

Hahah that is awesome. Impractical, yes, but hilarious.

[teeceRS]

Hahah that is awesome. Impractical, yes, but hilarious.

wait what? they work great. the grill isn't restricting at all

[98legwag]

I have yellow Hellas in the same place on my 2nd gen wagon. Looks good.

[elislider]

i mean, you're not getting the full reflective illumination potential of the light, but you're still probably getting 80%

[86bratman]

I thought real hard about doing hellas in the same spot on my bd. I like it.

[rkrenicki]

That shift knob gave me a good chuckle.

[teeceRS]

Oh and for what it's worth, I have taken a couple shots of the car with a camera, rather my iPhone. I'll try to upload and post those soon so you guys have some decent pictures of my car to look at.

I know she's not much, and you guys may not see me post a whole lot. But that's only because I'm flipping through all the threads I can to learn the ins and outs of the BH model wagons. I need to know everything I can about them before I really start cracking into it. It also doesn't help that it's mid-winter and I don't particularly like working on my car in the cold.

Oh and here's the link to my last Subaru build. It's some what long but it's nice to see where I'm coming from. My last Impreza came a long way as well and I plan on putting the same hard work I put into it as I do for this wagon. Also, I bargain hunt like a mofo, so I don't know how many new parts I'll buy as opposed to second hand, but like I said, just please be patient with me and all the questions I may ask. I only want to learn so I can do thing correctly the first time.
I'M RIGHT HERE ELIOT, LOOK!!!!
cheers!

[elislider]

link? where's the link? WHERE'S THE LIIIIIIIIIIIINK?

[teeceRS]

oh hahahaha whoops!

[Yamazaki]

I need to know everything I can about them before I really start cracking into it.

You are soo much smarter than I am. I just started buying parts for my car just assuming they would fit. It would've saved me a lot of headaches if I had shown some patience and learned a little more...

[amgarrety]

I need to know everything I can about them before I really start cracking into it.

You are soo much smarter than I am. I just started buying parts for my car just assuming they would fit. It would've saved me a lot of headaches if I had shown some patience and learned a little more...

To be fair, your mistakes and successes are much of the reason we have the info that we do now. There was very little info before you went and swapped nearly everything on the Blitzen.

[teeceRS]

I appreciate the kind words, but I somewhat second amgarrety's statement. Sometimes we make mistakes like jumping into something and yet we learn a lot more than we may have taking the safe route. I've done that but now with this car, I want to be well prepared.

On to the update!
I modded the intake set up a little by removing everything shy of the torque box. Nice little baby rumble I hear on acceleration lol. Then I received my honeycomb LGT front grill. I Plastidipped it to update the faded black and get rid of the chrome border it has. It's installed now and it looks great. My buddy is going to fix my headlights and from there I plan to crack them open to black out the housings. I also applied my company windshield banner and then after work, a couple friends and I went and took some pictures with my DSLR. So onto the pictures.

Old L grill versus the "newer" LGT grill:








Company banner:


I'll take more pictures during the day light so you can see the grill better but the green pops so well under those lights!

[rkrenicki]

What kind of company has you put a banner on your windshield?

[teeceRS]

I run a side business called Equipped Motorworks. The banner is great advertisement because I attend car shows & meets all the time, and I often get questions asking what "Equipped" on my windshield is and that's how i get my business other than word of mouth and my website & facebook page. It's not a requirement for myself or the people that work with me to have one on their car, we like to have them. We do an assortment of work to the exterior, interior, suspension, engine work and variable maintenance. Check me out on facebook or my website. http://www.facebook.com/getequippedclt OR http://www.equippedmotorworks.weebly.com

As I divulge deeper into research for an exhaust set up, I think temporarily I'm going to weld in something universal like this:

[Dead91silvia]

Not a bad ride... I had a BH the same color with a 5 speed and it was a blast.

You do need to do an update on your thread to be in compliance with the MR1 rules though. Not at all hard to do. If you look in my sig, click on either one of my Legacy's (links) and you will see a good way to set it up.

[teeceRS]

Not a bad ride... I had a BH the same color with a 5 speed and it was a blast.

You do need to do an update on your thread to be in compliance with the MR1 rules though. Not at all hard to do. If you look in my sig, click on either one of my Legacy's (links) and you will see a good way to set it up.

hopefully my update satisfies the MR1 rules. I don't wanna get in trouble lol. thanks for the tip!

[Dead91silvia]

No worries.. looks good, no one will bug ya about it.

[teeceRS]

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but these headlights were in the worst shape!



So my buddy offered to clear them for me, he said he had a new method he wanted to try out. It couldn't have worked out better. Look at how good they look now!


And no, I did not buy new ones. Now I want to crack them open, paint them black and remove the reflector!

Close up of the LGT grill and Hella driving light set up

[Lancaster6]

Your BH looks good! Polishing the headlights really freshened it up too.

[86bratman]

Would your friend care if you shared his new techniques