Legacy wagon DD

[boxerturbo]

Well i pick up this car in october last year for cheap. It had 188k with a bad clutch. I limped it home and toss a new clutch in. The plans are to have a fun reliable daily driver.http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/subie.jpg
This is the car after putting on the outback hood and bumper.
Than i got some legacy sport seats.
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0474.jpg
Made my own intake out of a WRX cold air intake and a MAF adapter.http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0475.jpg
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0471.jpg
Painted it semi flat black and welded on a WRX muffler as well.
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0473.jpg
The car was a brighton so it didnt have a tach so i pick up one from a junk yard and swapped that it too. Future plans are to make a nicer exhaust, rear disc swap, rims and maybe turbo it some day.

[RCKSTR]

Good luck with your project man, should be fun :up:

source'n out parts on this forum should be pretty easy :)

[98Wagoon]

Looks good! Love the flat black.

[itsmy04wrx]

Fun project!

[squeethebee]

Kinda miss mine, those things are reliable as hell, enjoy!

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[boxerturbo]

Thanks guys. Hopefully this week i can get a hold of a outback rear sway bar and do the body work.

[boxerturbo]

Update. I took the WRX muffler off and welded in a flowtech turbo muffler. Didnt get a chance to get pics today. Ill take some pics tomorrow in the day light.

[Spilner]

nice daily beater

[RCKSTR]

How's it sound now? Do you have the boxer rumble?

[boxerturbo]

It sound ok but still need to fix the leak up by the cat. Its not a deep boxer rumble. I like to call it the mini boxer rumble lol.

[boxerturbo]

I know its not center but it works. Im not sure what the tip is from but i think it fits good. Let me know what you think.
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0476.jpg

[Bu11dogg2]

I'm lovong the flat black :)


I think a set of 2005 Legacy GT wheels would look awesome on your car :)

[boxerturbo]

Anything other than steels would look better lol. Thats next is rims when i can afford em.

[boxerturbo]

So ive been thinking about what engine i want to buy for the shaggin wagon. Im gonna start saving and use my income tax money. Ive been checking out the EJ20 jdm or maybe buying a EJ205 and just building it till i have the money and all the parts. What do you guys think?

[boxerturbo]

Update!
I ended up buying some wrx wheels with some snow tires!
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/subaruw.jpg
Kinda of been low on cash lately with X mas and just doing the timing belt, water pump and crank seal on the legacy. Than doing the U joint, wheel bearing and ball joints on my jeep killed me.

[subaru_crazy]

nice leggy.
was it on craigslsit awhile ago?

[boxerturbo]

Thanks and yes it was. I was going to sell and save up to get an impreza but figured it was already inspected and register that I might as well fix it. Plus I got sick of driving my jeep every day. The jeep isnt the best DD have 32" mud tires and it was cold!

[Bu11dogg2]

Looking good!

[hiprsha666]

I like the steelies better. I heart steelies. :lol:

[subaru_crazy]

sweet i love legacy's:wub:

[My Name]

i thought all legacy's had rear disc. loven the flat black.

[hiprsha666]

mine has drums.....

My long term plan is to fix my rust and do flat black. I like it a lot.

[Berge56]

WRX rims look good mang!

[boxerturbo]

Thanks guys. The first gen legacy's had disc rear brakes in all models I believe. Mine is the base model brighton. Didn't even come with ABS! I liked the steel rims at first but when I put the wrx rims on I like those a lot better. Tomorrow I'm going to work a bit on the grill and look for wrx front brakes.

[subaru_crazy]

Thanks guys. The first gen legacy's had disc rear brakes in all models I believe. Mine is the base model brighton. Didn't even come with ABS! I liked the steel rims at first but when I put the wrx rims on I like those a lot better. Tomorrow I'm going to work a bit on the grill and look for wrx front brakes.
first and second gen legacys the brightons came with drums and some l's
3rd gen all models have rear disc.

[hiprsha666]

first and second gen legacys the brightons came with drums and some l's
3rd gen all models have rear disc.

They were so slow back then it just wasn't necessary. :lol:

I have never had a problem coming down from high speed in my Leggy (that is about 65mph) :lol:

[boxerturbo]

I didn't even now they made 1st gen brightons. Good to know. The stock brakes on legacy's suck! The first month I had the car I warped the front rotors. But I wasn't driving the car like subaru intended it for!

[boxerturbo]

Did some painting last night! I never like how the gauges were black on black so I painted the plastic piece around the gauges and the needles red. I also changed the color of the dash lights from green to red. It was a pain in the ass but well worth it I think.
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0528.jpg
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0548.jpg
Next will be springs and struts to give the car more of a stance :devil:

[boxerturbo]

Just picked up my struts tonight. Im hoping some time this week I can get them in.

[BogeyBones]

lovin the dash. good lucks on turning an old busted lady into a nice brunette with gold rims. :D

[boxerturbo]

Haha Thanks man. So monday I picked up kyb gr 2 with tein springs. I put them in yesterday but by the time I was done it was to dark to take some pics. Tomorrow Ill snap some pic when its light out.

[boxerturbo]

http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/100_0553.jpg
Not the best pic but its all I had time for today. It rides a little stiffer but I like it. Next is outback rear sway bar with new end links.

[boxerturbo]

Latest pic of the wagon. This was about 11 am coming down my drive way. At one point the snow was coming up over the hood.
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz275/xtrmjeep/legsnow.jpg
I came back home at 1 and made it a quarter way up.

[SubySnacks]

Hey It's looking really nice, gives me more hope for my brighton. When you installed the Tach did you have to replace the whole gauge cluster or did you just install the tach itself? I'm hoping to grab one of those hoods and bumpers some day. But I have to fix some rust and replace some doors and wheels and whatnot first/as well lol.

P.s. Want to flat black mine out?

[boxerturbo]

Thanks! I just replaced my complete cluster. All the extra plugs are there already for the tach. Ill help you with painting it flat black. I just spray bombed my car. Just go buy 6 can of paint, some sand paper,acetone, masking tape and news paper. We could have the whole car done in 2 hours.:devil:

[07xtreme]

Nice stance. Hope those struts and coils treat you well. I enjoyed them myself

[boxerturbo]

Thanks nick. The car looks killer now!

[subaru_crazy]

looked like mine yesterday. plowing threw snow banks going around stuck suv's and truck's its so funn.

[02wrxman]

love the winter pic i seen all kinds of cars off the road in that snow storm we just had and i am happy that i have a subaru now love it and how it plows the roads

[boxerturbo]

Thanks. I love the way mine goes through the snow. If I had new snow tires it would almost be unstoppable.