amgarrety Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I've been a member here for over a year and I've never really formally introduced myself or showed off my car. So quick into - I'm Mike, I live in State College PA, and I know a lot (nearly too much) about the Legacy. Mostly the third gen, both USDM and JDM models. Lets get to the car I drive. I'm just going to copy and paste the same kind of "overview-to-date" that I do on other forums, and I'll build from there as I do new stuff. Ready? How she looks right now: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8542446165_4720cde007_c.jpg Winter: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8542240791_73e7787968_c.jpg Interior: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/8727439872_5b64b6cec8_c.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8104192871_305511c81a_c.jpg And how it looked on July 22, 2011 (within an hour of buying it): http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6528101979_3fda10bd98_z.jpg Exterior D-Type Turbo Hood D-Type Front Bumper D-Type B4 Headlights D-Type Stock Grille D-Type B4 Grille (spare grille) Side Skirts JDM Tinted Tail Lights Chrome Marker Bulbs OEM Spoiler Complete Japanese Stock Badging High Mount LED 3rd Brake Light Hella Horns (3 Horn Setup) Interior JDM B4 Tinted Gauge Cluster JDM Momo Steering Wheel (D-type with black metal ring) Momo Shift Knob Gauge Lighting (Blue) HVAC Lighting (Blue) Interior Lighting (Purple) Painted (Metallic Charcoal) Radio/Fog Switch Bezel w/ Cup Holder Broadway Rear View Mirror Redline Goods Custom Shift Boot Custom B4 Dead Pedal WRX Seats ('02) (Not Pictured) S401 Hazard Switch (Not Pictured) Electrical DRLs Disabled Independent Fog Lights D-type Headlight Leveling Switch GT/Outback Windshield Wiper Stalk GT Courtesy Door Lights Scangauge II ECU Monitor (Not Pictured) Audio/Video Pioneer Touchscreen Bluetooth Radio Polk Speakers GT Tweeters Engine B4 Hood Dampers Grounding Kit Lightweight Flywheel (Awaiting Installation) Green Air Filter Wheels 17" Prodrive P1 Rims with 215/45/17 Sumitomo HTR A/S P01 tires (Summer) 16" Stock Snowflakes with 205/55/16 Tiger Paw Touring tires (Winter) Suspension Tokico HTS/D-Spec Adjustable Struts H&R Wagon (Non-Outback) Springs Brakes Ceramic Brake Pads Wearever (Advance Autoparts Brand) Rotors Exhaust Custom SR·S Catback Exhaust Future Plans Engine Swap Custom interior trim upgrade Rear wheel spacers Window Tint (at some point, not urgent) Japanese Rear Windshield (with wiper) (again, not urgent) Past Modifications Hella 500 Driving Lamps GT Headlights JDM HID Headlights ZeroSports Eyelids Silver JDM L7 Grille Blue JDM L7 Grille Red JDM L7 Grille B4 Turbo Hood (A-C type) OEM Mudflaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 A brief walk-through from July 22, 2011 until now: Day I bought her: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6528101979_3fda10bd98_z.jpg First try with the Hella 500s: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6089/6101573791_97f9117ca5_z.jpg And got them right the second time: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6083/6131551436_a282ffe13b_z.jpg The new tail lights: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6528199751_5f4cbdcea6_z.jpg New radio with new wood grain surround: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6211/6332800141_5cf5d268f9_z.jpg All interior lighting and gauge/hvac conversion: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6547187063_4eeb3a2de2_z.jpg And my (first) JDM Grille: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6528222785_c2e5016edc_z.jpg New Headlights: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6565571565_ee49b01ec6_z.jpg Current JDM grille installed: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6576500157_3374033a71_z.jpg And since I know MRLancaster is on here, here is an old photo of us chilling at a meet together: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6657376339_383eed1a33_z.jpg Japanese Momo Wheel: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6838798273_2085c77f58_z.jpg New exhaust and B4 badging: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7195/6777948714_6f54635598_z.jpg Cleared corner lights: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7206/6835908638_b83517cfb3_z.jpg Spoiler installed: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5271/6909424984_3d78eb3650_z.jpg Turbo Hood: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7206065730_58bef11b62_z.jpg Hella Horns: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7798459556_aeb412b376_z.jpg My 9 month comparison photo: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/7287185318_fff901e81b_z.jpg And as I sit now. Photo taken at a meet in RI. The white car is the owner of SL-I (Reason), the blue car is a S401 (basically a twin turbo STI, only 286 made, owned by YamazakiSubaru), and of course, I am the silver car. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7681299332_80115ccea6_z.jpg And one last artsy photo for good luck. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8295/7947608160_67dd90843d_b.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritefiend Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Sweet car! Nice work done on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSTOVE Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Great looking Legacy. I have very similar interior LED lights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 A preview of my current project, expect to see it in my car hopefully by the end of October. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/8041410776_37145a5c2d_z.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 A bunch of updates regarding lighting. First up, new HID headlights, because the light output of halogens sucks, and putting HIDs in a housing with a refector made for a halogen bulb is borderline irresponsible. Yes, they are aimed up a little to the left due to Japn driving on the other side of the road, but I'm working on the headlight leveling switch to control that myself. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/8058007146_cfa1983786_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8170/8058010055_22a02650cb_z.jpg And I have done work with the leveling motors themselves. I hooked up a mock switch to get the motors moving, and I also replaced the wire on the connectors that attach to the headlight. The exporter cut the wires way too short to work with. Before: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8314/8064003730_ee0509d441_z.jpg After: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8174/8063664727_d1a2ca723c_z.jpg Along with HID headlights, since it is possibly harmful to run them at a lower voltage than they are designed, I disabled DRLs. This left me with out DRLs all together, but I still like to have some sort of light on the front of my car, so the last mod for the day involved making my fog lights independent. We finally completed that project around 2am. Now all that there is left to do is wait for my headlight leveling switch to come in, wire that up, and then complete my gauge cluster project. I'm shooting to have the headlights done this week and the cluster done some time next week. Just fogs, no other lights: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8318/8065879353_eb039b8ba5_z.jpg Fogs and parking lights: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8462/8065882380_aaf2e7a7cc_z.jpg And low beams and fogs, as normal. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/8065881423_8866365c65_z.jpg I elected to not enable them to be on with high beams. It's a feature I can enable another time, but this more than covers the things I need it to (basically DRLs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer1.8 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Nice.car.i have seen you around State College a.few.times. I saw tbe turbo hood and was like ooohh thats not stock lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Haha thanks. Yeah, it was stock in Japan, but not here. I do have some bad news though regarding that hood. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8081194436_9f858b62a4_z.jpg It's no longer with us. The car still drives fine though, so I slapped my stock hood back on it and continued forward. I have much better plans for the car, so I'm not all that worried about it. What I have done since then: 1) Wired a headlight leveling switch for the Japanese HID headlights http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8097639538_52ec72a9b3_z.jpg 2) Completed the harness for the BFM, and finally installed it http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8103790850_905329e7f2_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8103789680_eba3d49717_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8104192871_305511c81a_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8104212416_fd87810af3_z.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpundyk Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 gauge cluster looks good! I like your car. lights like that on the inside would get me pulled over instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 I have it wired it to a switch for that exact reason haha. They're for ambient lighting though, not all that different from the feature that comes stock on some cars today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr4v3r Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 i just got a 3rd gen myself and was curious about your bumper. Did the BE legacies come with 2 different model bumpers? here is mine http://i.imgur.com/MPkxU.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 i just got a 3rd gen myself and was curious about your bumper. Did the BE legacies come with 2 different model bumpers? I've seen your car on Reddit haha. I recognized it right away. Yes, there were two different bumpers. You have the '00-'02 bumper, and mine is the '03-'04 style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr4v3r Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 ahhhh ok, are they interchangeable? I also have an RSK bumper but it may be too aggressive for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Yes, they are interchangable. I may be selling my bumper soon. Can you post a picture of your RSK bumper? The old style should look similar to mine, and the new style (D-type) won't fit your car without the correct hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr4v3r Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/aqs7p.jpg I am also moving to PA next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpundyk Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I want that bumper like flys on sh**. Do you wanna sell it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 We're trying to find out what it is for. It should e D-type, which means it won't fit on your car, but we don't know yet. Haha If it is D-type, I may have some plans for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr4v3r Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 it is sitting in my apartment, anything on it that would mention the type? I can check tonigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr4v3r Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 found a picture from when the previous owner had it on http://www.mysubie.com/user_images/v1/vehicle/555/v1_vehicle_555_777f1723872_5815_1024.jpg http://www.mysubie.com/user_images/v1/vehicle/555/v1_vehicle_555_777f1723872_3659_1024.jpg Sorry for the thread jacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Its fine! That's definitely 100% D-type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpundyk Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Shoot me. What's a front end swap.lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgarrety Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 D-type front end installed today. I installed the bumper, the headlights, and the hood all today. I received two grilles, so one is set aside for possibly changing out one day. Also snagged some side skirts, which after paint, will be installed. Here are some photos: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7131/8151328436_a5c57baae4_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8151329446_007652a6da_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/8151335056_c7db51944c_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/8151339082_fe246be364_z.jpg Looking at grabbing myself a new suspension setup while I'm at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr4v3r Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 wow looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRLancaster Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/aqs7p.jpg I am also moving to PA next week Ah, thats the RSKs Bumper. I've been dying to find one for the BH!! :O You lucky lucky basard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRLancaster Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Shoot me. What's a front end swap.lol. When you swap the front end of a car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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