TylerHartman's 2006 2.5i Wagon

[Merc6]

Looks like it turned out great. You have any updated interior pics? In the tan interior was the seat belts tan as well? I wish my LL Bean wheel was only $10, nothing new or good makes it here to a yard to pick.

[Tylerhartman]

Looks like it turned out great. You have any updated interior pics? In the tan interior was the seat belts tan as well? I wish my LL Bean wheel was only $10, nothing new or good makes it here to a yard to pick.

Thank you! I haven't found a Rear seat yet, I do have a lead on black door cards I might be getting this weekend. Seat belts are still tan sadly, I haven't been determined enough to want to buy new ones haha. I regret selling the LL Bean wheel, It was very special compared to my now Black Momo GT 5MT Wheel

[Tylerhartman]

Some Junkyard finds! I'll be making a Crown Vic Honeycomb grille soon

Installed minus the covers

Plasti dipped till I get other stuff together to paint

All done!


Quick side update! The Steering feels Incredible after the linkage and Rack bushings

[Tylerhartman]

Picked up some Hankook Ventus V2 Concepts H457 215/45R17XL's for $395 Mounted

[Tylerhartman]

Found a guy on Craiglist parting out a 2008 Legacy 2.5i Limited, So I went and got some more parts

08-09 Wood Trim

Door cards, the Driver's side isn't great but I can find a replacement later


Heated Seat switch and Extended arm rest (Isn't perfect, but in better shape then my normal rest)

[Tylerhartman]

Another Update! Tonight I Installed a 05-07 2.5GT 5EAT Sport Shift steering wheel and it plugs right in, and just works like it should. Awesome on Subaru to use the same Clock Spring and wiring setup on 2.5i's vs 2.5GT's

[Tylerhartman]

Well my 1999 Legacy GT Couldn't make it to the meet due to Last min issue, So I took the Daily and well... I wasn't expecting this! I would have washed it better then a 15 min wash if I knew it stood a chance at all haha. Super stoked

[iampetro]

Congrats!

[Tylerhartman]

Congrats!

Thank you I'm still shocked a little haha

[Tylerhartman]

Small Update!
I have Aquirred 05-09 Legacy GT Front Calipers, Brackets, and Very low miles Front Pads for Cheap. Also picked up Rear EBC Yellow Pads for my 2.5i Brakes for a price I couldn't refuse. Later on I'll upgrade to the Vented 2.5GT Rear Setup but for now, this should be a solid improvement over my stock setup.

Also Got the Replacement Marker light for my JDM Mirrors and the LHD Mirror faces. So I'll be tackling that hopefully before winter

I need to Order Some Blank Rotors soon and paint for the Front Brakes. I'm considering doing Stoptech SS Lines up front while I'm at it.

I'll be installing my Billstein's once my Saggy butt spacers arrive. After that, I plan to get some Sway bars and possibly Endlinks.

[98legwag]

I recommend Centric Premium Rotors. Or the KNS 4K rotors from knsbrakes.com. Those are made by DBA.

[peugoby]

This wagon is so fly. All the right mods. Cool that steering wheel is plug & play.

[Tylerhartman]

I recommend Centric Premium Rotors. Or the KNS 4K rotors from knsbrakes.com. Those are made by DBA.

I'm actually leaning towards the Centric ones, Priced fairly and appear to be good rotors. Hopefully the Hub part is coated/Painted like they appear in some Photos

This wagon is so fly. All the right mods. Cool that steering wheel is plug & play.

Thanks! Means alot coming from you, I know. I was excited. I actually ended up selling my 08-09 Paddles and Selling my 08-09 Wheel in Favor of this setup. I might see if Redline or someone can do a sweet wrap/Cover of it.

[Tylerhartman]

Picked up a Tribeca 25MM FSB, $15 bucks at Upullandpay.. Can't beat that!

Time to find a 22-25mm RSB, and Figure out what I'll be doing for Front Endlinks.

[98legwag]

A lot of people used Forester end links with the Tribeca bar. As far as the rotors having the hat painted, my Centrics did.

[Tylerhartman]

A lot of people used Forester end links with the Tribeca bar. As far as the rotors having the hat painted, my Centrics did.

I'll probably Endup getting Moog Fozzy links, and Perfect. I hate that my EBC Rear STI Rotors didn't come painted on the centers. They look ugly now :/

[Tylerhartman]

Won some Spec B Trailing arms for 3,400 Yen this morning.


My Friend sent me some Cheap Aero Spats so I guess that's happening soon too haha, More stuff I'm getting that requires paint the more i'm considering a Rear bumper and Facelift Garnish

Took a few pictures this week too

[*thomas*]

Nice to see you doing all these tasteful mods to a 'normal' 2.5i, these cars deserve to be threated well .

And oh man, am I jealous about those spec B trailing arms, that's dirt cheap ! What service are you using to place your bids on yahoo? I use 'fromjapan', but they are very expensive, esp their shipping fee.

[Tylerhartman]

Nice to see you doing all these tasteful mods to a 'normal' 2.5i, these cars deserve to be threated well .

And oh man, am I jealous about those spec B trailing arms, that's dirt cheap ! What service are you using to place your bids on yahoo? I use 'fromjapan', but they are very expensive, esp their shipping fee.

Thank you Not a whole lot of people get it, on LGT My Thread has a 3 star rating... Been made fun of doing all of this to a Non Turbo wagon. I don't care, but it's funny a guy with a AP and Rally armors will get more people talking then my wagon

Super cheap, I hope I can find the Upper arms and Rear Diff Brace/Mount in Spec B Alloy as well. Normally I use Buyee, Jesse Streeter did the bidding and with all fees and shipping I should have under $200 shipped for these. I'll keep you posted, I won't know the exact amount till he get's these at his place but I think I did a fairly decent job getting him numbers to work off of.

I need to get some WL Bushing and Spec B Wheel bearing bolts ordered up soon

[*thomas*]

Thanks for the info, Tyler, will check them out for sure.

Well, I guess if I would be in the US I'd skip the N/A subies and stick a nice LGT, but that doesn't mean you can blame someone doing tons of cool stuff on a non-turbo car.
On the European mainland we only have N/A Legacies and Outbacks so there's quite a few people choosing those as a base to work on. On the Dutch Subaru forum there are 2 guys who have done some very tasteful mods to 2.0R cars (165bhp N/A engine, you guys don't have that engine I think). One guy did some engine mods and got the thing up to 185bhp, which is nice.

[Tylerhartman]

Thanks for the info, Tyler, will check them out for sure.

Well, I guess if I would be in the US I'd skip the N/A subies and stick a nice LGT, but that doesn't mean you can blame someone doing tons of cool stuff on a non-turbo car.
On the European mainland we only have N/A Legacies and Outbacks so there's quite a few people choosing those as a base to work on. On the Dutch Subaru forum there are 2 guys who have done some very tasteful mods to 2.0R cars (165bhp N/A engine, you guys don't have that engine I think). One guy did some engine mods and got the thing up to 185bhp, which is nice.

Problem is finding a Decently Nice Turbo Wagon here:/ Besides I wasn't going to mod this as it was a daily haha, but we see how that went The 2.0R Is super cool, Sadly we only got the 2.5i and 2.5GT in the legacy wagon's here I'd almost rather the 2.0R even though the Outputs we're about the same as our 2.5i's

[Tylerhartman]

I Picked up some Black Outback Cargo Walls, and Rear hatch fabric, Black Rear Seat Belts, and Rear Power Outlet. Sadly the Spare Tire cover Was missing but I did get the side parts. Getting closer to my fully Black Cabin
Here's some Picture's I've forgotten to upload
JDM Alloy Trailing arms

25mm FSB

05+ LGT Front Brake kit (316mm)

HK Speaker system

[Tylerhartman]

Ditched this stuff today

Can't figure out what this plug is for, any ideas?


Cargo walls installed! Plus I have the hooks for the Cargo nets and Power Socket now
Also Installed Black Rear Seatbelts

[Tylerhartman]

HK Speakers and Tweeters Installed

[Tylerhartman]

Made a Custom Harness to use my 07-09 Radio Aux Jack in my 06

[Somac]

Nice! I love OEM+ additions like that. So that head unit already supported aux input, but the 07-09 just has a jack in the center console or something like that? That's pretty sweet!

[*thomas*]

Like those OEM additions indeed!

Keep it up.

[Tylerhartman]

Nice! I love OEM+ additions like that. So that head unit already supported aux input, but the 07-09 just has a jack in the center console or something like that? That's pretty sweet!

Thanks! Actually not quite, When I picked up my 08-09 Dash conversion I already picked up the Radio from the 08 Parts car so It plugs in the same so the radio and CD Player still worked but just didn't have the wiring for the AUX plug and sadly Subaru made the AUX Jack apart of the body loom so it's not plug n play. I do need to go back in and add a few wires. I found out I'm prewired for the rear Subwoofer so I want to be able to use that in the future

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Like those OEM additions indeed!

Keep it up.

Thanks! I'm so happy to have a good sounding sound system with an Aux Input. Next up, Factory Navi

[Tylerhartman]

Got some goodies installed today, Getting a alignment setup tomorrow

Some random photos too

[Tylerhartman]

Wow, almost a year since I updated this. have sourced all the rear cargo area pieces earlier in the year, and found the black cargo mat (not great, but will work till I find better).

Earlier in the year the passenger rear wheel bearing started making a fuss (just replaced this ugh..) and a rear squeak over bumps (spring? Shock?) sorta of forget about these as most of the year I'm using the 99 LGT as a runabout since it's funner and short little 20-35mph trips you normally don't hear the Wheel bearing going to town. I'll be tending to that pretty soon even though its cold

after all this time I finally found the piece I've been needing, Black leather back seat that wasn't insanely pricey. It's still dirty going to take several cleanings as it sat in this guys barn for a bit but doesn't smell or have any major wear. and it was only $50 since I jew'd him down from $300.