fwa's '97 Legacy wagon, update: The final chapter.

[fwa2500]

This is the story of my '97 Legacy Brighton wagon. I purchased it from the original own in October of 2007 with 65k miles on the clock and ended with over a quarter million on it's second engine, and had many parts changed and upgraded.

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Basic Stats
1997 Subaru Legacy Brighton wagon
-Glacier White (230)
-2.2 SOHC n/a (EJ22)
---135hp
-4EAT
-AWD


Modifications
Interior
-'02 WRX Momo steering wheel
-'04 2.5RS front seats
-'12 WRX floor mats
-Cobra CB and antenna
-Dual X2DMA400 CD and iPod reciever
-Polk Audio db6501 speakers (front)
-JBL speakers (unknown model, rear)
-Infinity BassLink powered sub (10" 200w)
-Tint (20% rear, 35% front)
-Outback gauge cluster (w/ tach and red needles)
-Cruise control

Exterior
-JDM grill
-JDM GT-B front bumper
-JDM projector headlights
---4500k HIDs (low beams)
---Osram Nightbreaker +90% H3s (high beams)
-JDM projector fog lamps
---Optilux Yellow H3s
-JDM tail lights and garnish
-JDM side indicators
-JDM flush door strips
-JDM TS-R model badge
-GT hatch wing
-Outback scooped hood
-Mercedes S-Class horns
-Honda Pilot rear wiper
-Blacked out chrome strips

Engine and Exhaust
-'95 EJ22 (dualport)
-Williaty hybrid intake
-STi motor mounts
-Optima YellowTop battery
-SPT battery tie-down
-Paranoid Fabrications grounding kit
-Borla replica UEL headers
-'05 2.5RS cat-pipe
-Custom midpipe
-Prodrive oval tip axel-back
-Kartboy XL exhaust hangers

Suspension, Wheels and Tyres
-Tein Low Down Spec Cool Style Master Super Wagon coilovers (awesome name, eh?)
-'01 RS 6-spoke wheels (16")
---General Altimax Arctic (winter)
-JDM GT-B wheels (17")
---Hankook Ventus V12 Evo II (summer)
-McGuard Spline Drive lugs (black)
-Whiteline 22mm adjustable rear sway bar
-Kartboy solid aluminum rear endlinks
-Tribeca 25mm front sway bar
---Energy Suspension 25mm bushings modified to fit stock brackets
-Kartboy solid aluminum front endlinks
-Whiteline rear strut tower bar
-'02 WRX brakes
---Pads: StopTech Street Performance (front and rear)
---Fluid: Motul RBF 600
-H6 rear brake upgrade
-Whiteline steering rack bushings
-Whiteline roll centre adjustment kit
-TiC Enthusiast bushings (full rear end set)

To-Do (Stuff that is ready to be done)
-Outback rear bumper
-Tow hitch
-GT side skirts

Planned (Stuff that might happen eventually)
-Various bushings
-Alloy A-arms
-Stainless steel brake lines
-5MT swap
-Rear LSD
-WRX/STi/H6/Frankenmotor swap, budget depending
-what ever else i can think of along the way


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how it was when i got it (minus the stickers)

just about finished installing my JDM bumper from a GT-B

and how it looked afterwards

[Huffer]

Slick conversion... very nice!

[2.5GT]

wow...looks much better with the new bumper...the old one was worn out and a shit load of battle scars

[deadlydave]

Wow, very nice. I take it that the grille and bumper are just the beginning.

Looks great!

[fwa2500]

thanks guys

ya, ive got alot planned for it, but not enough money to fund it, haha

[Plays_with_Toys]

Welcome to the light

I hadn't seen your car with the bumper mounted, but it looks tons better! You even got the JDM foglights. Very nice.

[fwa2500]

heres a couple newer photos.....and yes, it desperately needs to be cleaned, but i just havent gotten around to it




and demonstrating its bird-eating abilities



that was bird #7....just hit #10 yesterday


also revised the list of planned mods to be more realistic of what i want done. i have determined that this car is damaged in some way from a previous shunt by the original owner's husband (note how the hood, bumper and grill dont quite line up) and is not worth sinking a ton of money into......next car, i will but thats a long way off...

[fwa2500]

well, i now own a set of WRX wheels.......they need paint (im leaning towards bronze) and matching tyres, but they were only 225 for all 4 plus the tyres already mounted on them.....i couldnt not jump on them as an early b-day gift to myself:

[97legacygt]

Those wheels defiantly need some paint! The second gen wagons always seem to look good with WRX wheels on them.

[1996Battlewagon]

They do need paint, but I'm just throwing this out there............. what about red? Might be kinda cool!
Nice conversion by the way; looks good.

[2.5GT]

Red? phshh. A nice shade of cherry blossom pink will do

[fwa2500]

the thing though is i want something more subtle and less shouty, plus i just like the look of bronze on white.

EDIT:

oh, and the other day i clicked past 80k miles

[Navi271]

Only 80k?! I thought my car didn't have many miles compared to other people here.
I have roughly 110k, but 80k is awesome.. It's practically brand new considering how long these cars last!
Diggin' the wheels too.

sexy front bumper , where'd you pick that up from?

[fwa2500]

sexy front bumper , where'd you pick that up from?

thats the JDM GT-B bumper, i got it off ebay through J-Hot Imports. they are a great bunch to get stuff from


and side note, here is a photo of my legacy from the meet in Cincinnati yesterday, over 40 cars showed up it was awesome.....and i was the first to arrive, haha

[Navi271]

J-Hot is pretty good, I've had no problems with them.
You were first! not my style tho, I'd get there way late.. fashionably late that is..

And i just remembered that this has to be car eating bird season or something. My car has tried to eat 2 birds with no avail recently. Those zenki bumpers just don't do the trick. Maybe I should get a JDM bumper too?

[fwa2500]

J-Hot is pretty good, I've had no problems with them.
You were first! not my style tho, I'd get there way late.. fashionably late that is..

And i just remembered that this has to be car eating bird season or something. My car has tried to eat 2 birds with no avail recently. Those zenki bumpers just don't do the trick. Maybe I should get a JDM bumper too?

haha, i was rather suprised to be the first one to pull in, im usually late.

im up to bird #21 now i dont know what it is about my car and birds, but it eats them.....and i damn near hit a turkey vulture a while back....literally inches away from a very large dent

[99gtlimited]

Only 80k?! I thought my car didn't have many miles compared to other people here.
I have roughly 110k, but 80k is awesome.. It's practically brand new considering how long these cars last!
Diggin' the wheels too.

I'm not even to 65K yet...

[fwa2500]

Only 80k?! I thought my car didn't have many miles compared to other people here.
I have roughly 110k, but 80k is awesome.. It's practically brand new considering how long these cars last!
Diggin' the wheels too.

I'm not even to 65K yet...

but considering your's is 2 years newer......

[99gtlimited]

when i bought it a year ago it only had 50k on it, so my one year doesn't do it justice.

get those wheels painted and on your car i'm interested to see how this turns out!

[99gtlimited]

when i bought it a year ago it only had about 50k on it, so my one year doesn't do it justice.

get those wheels painted and on your car i'm interested to see how this turns out!

[fwa2500]

it might not be until spring that i get them painted and new tyres on them on the up side i may soon be getting the JDM tails

[99gtlimited]

oops double post! what happened to the delete option for the posts?

also you need a sl-i sticker to counteract the two NASIOC stickers!


enjoy the winter!!

[fwa2500]

oops double post! what happened to the delete option for the posts?

also you need a sl-i sticker to counteract the two NASIOC stickers!


enjoy the winter!!

i do indeed need an SL-i sticker or two :P and man, i cannot wait for snow, last year was so much fun

[SpeedmanRC]

looks great, but I vote black or a gun metal gray for the WRX wheels.

[Huffer]

You can do any color with a white car. As long as you like it, who cares?

I'd do Mazda Protege 5 yellow on mine if I had another set. I'm a bit sick like that though!

[99gtlimited]

yeah the only color I'd stay away from for the wheels is white. Other than that I think it's pretty open, but my vote is a gold or bright green.

sexy front bumper , where'd you pick that up from?

thats the JDM GT-B bumper, i got it off ebay through J-Hot Imports. they are a great bunch to get stuff from

they're KILLING me with the pick-up only scooped hood for $40....
im tempted to make the 900+ mile trip to get it, lol

spokane, wa to denton, texas..

roadtrip

[Wagonista]

Hey, I never realized you color matched the bezel of your grille. Looks great.

[fwa2500]

they're KILLING me with the pick-up only scooped hood for $40....
im tempted to make the 900+ mile trip to get it, lol

spokane, wa to denton, texas..

roadtrip

i think it would be more worth wile to look for an outback or GT hood with the scoop than drive that far for essentially the same thing

Hey, I never realized you color matched the bezel of your grille. Looks great.

yep! got it for an awesome price too, only $50 im not much of a fan of chrome, so it works