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

    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
    Last edited by fwa2500; 04-28-2016 at 07:06 PM.
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