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

[fwa2500]

ya, that was the only thing i didnt like about the '01 seats, kept sliding around....i think you might still have bigger bolsters all around (and cooler fabric patterns) but oh well.....this are fine for me

[Navi271]

Oh snap! Guess what I just found?!

A pair of '00 2.5RS seats, same style as your new ones, about 30mins away from me, and all he wants is a 24 pack of Heineken light in return!
Like I said before, I'm really not trying to copy you, it's just I really like what you do with your car

EDIT: I mean your old seats, they're just like your OLD seats. Got carried away there... I just need at least a new drivers seat cause mine is starting to get all mashed down.

[fwa2500]

doooo eeeeet!!! you will like them, so much more supportive than the stock ones

[Navi271]

sweet! I got a question tho. What do you do with your old seats? I have no where to put mine!

[fwa2500]

haha, mine are sitting in the garage, supposedly there is someone on lgt.com that wants them but i have yet to hear back from them......

[Navi271]

hmm... I see. All I have is an apartment! What about your stock seats? What did you end up doing with those? The foam on mine is kinda mashed down, so I doubt that anyone will really want them.

[Grafton]

Nice seats, that's next on my "list of things my car needs" lol

[mike-tracy]

How's the ride height of the new seats? Are they height adjustable?

[fwa2500]

its not bad at all, the drivers side is hight adjustable and at the lowest setting its perfect for me. the passenger seat is a little bit higher but not so bad, just wish it could slide back farther (legs might be a bit cramped there for anyone over 6 foot)

navi, my old RS seats already have a new home, its my stock legacy seats that are sitting in the garage, lol.....im thinking about just making one into a gaming seat or something like that if this guy up in columbus doesnt come through

[Navi271]

Oh! ok cool lol, the gaming seat idea has already crossed my mind too...

[fwa2500]

small update, my old wiper met its death when the blade froze to the window and i was sick of re-painting the wiper arm.

[mike-tracy]

Nice! I really need to do the wiper swap on my wifes outback.

[RS MN]

subscribed!

flawless transformation. keep up the great work.

[Huffer]

Finally! I did something before you. heheheh

[Zac]

haha thats neat, my old rear wiper never really worked either

[fwa2500]

lol, huffer, i liked it so much on your car and the opportunity presented itself so i went for it. the spring in the honda arm is MUCH stronger than the stock one was....it actually remains in contact with the glass now!

thanks guys

[nasioc]

where can i get the wiper! looks dope ya!
how much! do you have the part #'s?

[LiCelsior]

^its in the diy forum.

[fwa2500]

bumping with small status updates and things to come in the next couple months:

done:
-headlights have been restored a bit, this last winter was not kind to them
-cargo area cover (picked up at a local u-pull)
-outback spare tyre well organizer tray (also a u-pull find)

in progress:
-cruise control is now installed, just need to put in the steering wheel control leaver (waiting until i get the wiper stalk listed below so i can do it all at once)

coming soon:
-variable speed intermittent wiper stalk
-outback gauge cluster with tach
-WING (needs to be slightly repaired and then painted, i have a spare as well if anyone wants it)
-25mm tribeca front sway bar
-kartboy solid front end links (bushings are about 3mm too wide for the mount on the control arms )
-JDM door strips (about damn time, eh?)
-outback rear bumper (need to buy and paint, have source with several in usable condition)
-refreshed '95 EJ22 with dualport heads

bonus if things go according to plan:
-side skirts
-scooped hood
-full exhaust (borla reps, track pipe, '07 STi cat back with modified resonator)


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[Huffer]

Hotness. Are you drilling the stock bushings for the tribeca or going aftermarket?

[fwa2500]

im thinking about aftermarket, but i havent really looked yet. my stock bushings are like jello, so either way they are going in the trash, lol

[Huffer]

Let me know what you find, ive been hunting through the Energy Suspension catalog.

[fwa2500]

they are likely what i will end up going with, seem to be the most readily available. ill let you know what i find either way!

gauge cluster and cruise control steering wheel swapped! none of the cars at the junk yard had the adjustable speed wiper stalks, so that will have to be done at another time



i think something is wrong with the cruise control module because it doesnt engage, unless thats just the lack of abs thing.....hmmmm

[fwa2500]

picked up an outback rear bumper and trailer hitch today, i also have a green scooped hood....things are moving along slowly, now just need to get all this stuff painted and im good to go still hunting for a set of side skirts....... by the end of the summer (hopefully before the subaru challenge) my car will be looking a bit different

[Navi271]

trailer hitch? you gonna be doing some haulin?

[fwa2500]

no idea, but i figure it cant hurt to be prepared, lol.

[Huffer]

I might be interested in your L hood when you get done with it.

[fwa2500]

ill keep that in mind, it might need to be re-painted though. its not the original hood (as i suspected since the white doesnt match perfectly) and its previous black paint is showing on one corner

[Huffer]

I can deal with that! Might need to put my roof rails back on to bring it home. Hahahah

[fwa2500]

lol, as it turns out, hoods fit rather nicely in the back with the seats folded down, ive transported a couple now for a friend (spares for roh roh's rally car build). we will definitely have to work something out, maybe meet up at one of the columbus meets since c-bus is about halfway between us