WinterKnoll's '99 Legacy

[WinterKnoll]

Owned my legacy since December of '06 and just had my headgaskets done in January at 115k. Here are some pics, most of which are fairly old, but one of these days I'm gonna get it cleaned up good for some pictures. Just lowered on H&R springs + KYB GR-2 struts and I'm blown away, but then again I've never owned a car with any upgraded suspension whatsoever.

Mods:
B&M Short-throw shifter
Borla exhaust headers
Stromung midpipe
Stromung 3.5" muffler
Bosch Platinum +4 sparkplugs
KYB GR-2 Struts
H&R Lowering Springs
PsychoBlaster 152 dB air horn with 3 liter air compressor (w00t lol)
JDM Projector Headlights

Audio:
Pioneer headunit with MP3 auxillary
4 Pioneer 240Watt 4-way Speakers
2 Polk MOMO Subs
Rockfield Fosgate 1800 4 channel amplifier (speakers)
Kicker 1600 watt 2 channel amplifier (subs)
Tsunami 2 fraud diverting capacitor

Interior:
'03 Black Impreza RS Seats
LED lights
Woodgrain > Black panel swap

Pics:

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4127/picture008rx4dq2.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5707/94656797co8.jpg

JDM Headlights: :D

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8111/53929007cx5.jpg

Me thinking about going wingless (before being lowered):

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http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9670/dscf1897ln8.jpg

Custom grill I did (Dremel + Bondo)

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1544/41431783lw0.jpg

Lowered, finally! Sorry for the lack of decent pics..it got dark before I had the chance to take a good picture.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9917/91447059ex3.jpg

[GrassyKnoll]

LOVE the look lowered bro

[banned4life]

looks good.. makes me miss my 03

[2mprzya]

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5707/94656797co8.jpg

damn thats hot! looks good man, love the new stance. [/QUOTE]

damn thats hot! looks good man.

[WinterKnoll]

Thanks guys. And you'll have to excuse the fuel door...working on getting one the matches lol.

[Skidder]

Nice car... I love those little legacys.

[Nate8409]

Hell yeah. Love it.

I love old scoobys.

[Murphy2012]

Yup, very sexy...

[WinterKnoll]

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5880/22064285ab4.jpg

Gave her a thorough cleaning today inside and out. Also repainted the fuel door + clearcoated it (But someone backed into it so there's still a giant dent...lol)

[GrassyKnoll]

sex.

next steps:
-new rims
-paint all gunmetal parts pearly black
-projector fogs

:)

[WinterKnoll]

Yeah with ALL the money I have Jack. But seriously, I wish. Maybe this summer after my car is payed off (Only 2 more months w00t)

[WinterKnoll]

So my engine is destroying itself..I haven't driven my car in a week or two since my license was suspended (For going 80mph on route 89 grrr...). Anyways, I started the engine this morning to move it, it turned over, but struggled big time to start. When it started, it grunted, almost rattled to life. The engine seems to idle fine, but when I give it a little bit of gas, there's some nasty rod knock.. On top of that, I checked under the car and found this:

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2627/leakhy2.jpg

So looks like I've got some fun repairs ahead of me. Aside from that, I had some time to repaint a few things:

http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/3405/65601837qu5.jpg

Went dark bronze with the wheels:

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/1918/41127271sw7.jpg

[GrassyKnoll]

wheels are sex. keep me updated on the knock

[Bu11dogg2]

sexay!

[slsubiekidd]

just curious about your stock struts and springs i want to drop my outback (to stock gt height for now anyways) would you be willing to part ways with them and at what expense?, also does anyone know if 215-45-18s would fit on a stock height GT cuz thats what i want to get (cheap from a friend)

[WinterKnoll]

I would definitely be willing to part with them, however some of the original struts are blown. The springs are fine, however they will sag the rear end of your Outback I'm pretty sure because of the extra weight.

[slsubiekidd]

are they at all driveable? and could you pm me with a price and which ones are bad thanx

[WinterKnoll]

PM'd.

[gtbensley]

Nice looking car....Can I ask how much it was to replace you hg? I am up there in the miles with mine and have yet to replace it so I would guess that at some point it would need to be done. Thanks

[WinterKnoll]

I'm pretty sure it was in the 1.5k-2k range. I had Range in Somersworth do it, but I also had them do a couple of other things at the same time so I can't remember the exact figure for the headgasket job.

[AllWheelDriveIsAllIllDriv]

exeter subaru quoted me 1200 for mine.

[GrassyKnoll]

I think range did this car for $1300 and just a bit more to do some additional stuff while in there (don't remember what they did)

[WinterKnoll]

Yeah that sounds about right. Oh, and by the way subiekidd, I am fairly certain you will have very bad rubbing with 215-45-18s. Biggest I've heard of running on a BG is 215-40-18 and I'm pretty sure it required some pretty heavy modification to make it fit. Could be wrong though, I'm no expert on wheels.

[slsubiekidd]

cool thanks maybe ill drop it on the 15s with smaller tires and test fit the 215/45s

[WinterKnoll]

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9899/0508081544oy6yg8.jpg


I'm gonna do it if I can get find the wheels for cheap enough. I'm in love with this photoshop.

[WinterKnoll]

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4122/34399349ni4.jpg

Winter mode^.


Home depot mudflaps:

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/3140/64639275sn8.jpg
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1935/53614308xk8.jpg
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/6521/40275048at7.jpg


Cost me about $8 in trash cans and $2 in hardware. Overall, very satisfied.

[Murphy2012]

Nice work man! I still love your car. I want a leggy in that body style so bad.

[FREAK]

nice work! I love the older ones