New from Illinois

Hey everyone, I am new here. My name is Chris, I am 22 years old and live in Illinois.

 

I just got a 1997 Subaru Legacy GT. It has a 2.5 L automatic transmission. I will be loading pics tomorrow as I do not have my camera (better resolution than my phone haha).

 

It needed a hood, windshield, and brakes when I bought it. I fixed all that, and now I just need to figure out a slight hard shift in first gear.

-well i took this to a transmission place and they replaced the c-solenoid. It drives better, and well still going ot do a rear differential flush.

 

Anyone got any thoughts?

 

So lets get to the good stuff here she is

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/toyotaman15/Mobile%20Uploads/100MEDIAIMAG0312.jpg

 

I decided it should be easy for those who want to look at this thread to see what I have done.... so

 

Updated mod list:

Exterior:

Blacked out oem grille

JDM fog lights

6000k HID's

Sickspeed horns

STI tire valves

"Hellafunctional" Decal

 

Interior:

LED dome

LED maps

LED doors

LED glove box

LED trunk

LED dash

LED shifter indicator

STI floor mats

Pioneer headunit

 

Performance:

Stock engine

DNA headers

new front cat

new rear cat

new o2's (rear is pending)

2.25" custom catback (resonator and cherry bomb)

GRIMMSPEED master cylinder brace

Raceland ultimo GD coilovers

TruHart 6 peace rear links kit

Whiteline sway bar rear 20mm

Whiteline front and rear 20mm bushing

Whiteline sway bar links (4)

Whiteline STI mounts for rear sway bar

Technafit SS lines

2006-2007 v-limited STI lip

Flapatax mudflaps

shes pretty lol i love the snowflakes

thats just the lovely chicago land rain lol.

 

Im looking into HIDs, and led domes for now. Any other suggestions?

Looks good!

 

Personally I'm not a fan of HID lighting I like to keep things simple. http://store.candlepower.com/h4hb29003bulbs.html

 

For the dome lighting check out http://www.diodedynamics.com/store/index.php/ they probably have a kit for that car.

nice ride man, the hard shift could be your mounts, thats where id look first. I agree about staying away from HIDs, especially in stock housings.

Thanks Schreif Wolf, and Sdavidson. I wanna yellow the fogs, but cant find the yellow housings. Is it just down to the film now??

 

And thanks for the links, looking now

Looks good! I have same car with 5mt! I wish I woulda got 4eat :/ yours is clean! Alot cleaner than mine!

Thanks Schreif Wolf, and Sdavidson. I wanna yellow the fogs, but cant find the yellow housings. Is it just down to the film now??

 

And thanks for the links, looking now

No problem man, as for the fogs i did mine with this yellow spray paint for stained glass, it adheres perfect and is durable since its made for glass outdoors, i got mine at a local craft store im sure you can find it somewhere.

Sdavidson, I shall be looking for that. I got to take my passenger side apart and clean it out (dirty inside).

 

And Isooby, dude you got a clean one. I wish mine was manual, but I got another car as a manual. I wanted something I could get in and drive and not shift lol

Just ordered these for the front dome...nex week I will get the back one.

http://www.google.com/imgres?start=91&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=617&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=8uQMkEjYivU9WM:&imgrefurl=http://www.diytrade.com/china/pd/3696170/LED_Dome_Light_9bulbs.html&docid=BfwOJajk-31ZQM&imgurl=http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/639095/5047684/0/1250649513/LED_Dome_Light_9bulbs.jpg&w=1024&h=768&ei=2X-6T4DCCIiWgweytrjJCg&zoom=1

Went to Subaru for what I saw as a hard shift, and delay shift (P/R to D/P). Found out my transmission in general is going out. So $400 later I took car home. Now time to bust ass and get money and search for a place to rebuild and swap my transmission. I could do it, just dont wanna do it myself.

Went to Subaru for what I saw as a hard shift, and delay shift (P/R to D/P). Found out my transmission in general is going out. So $400 later I took car home. Now time to bust ass and get money and search for a place to rebuild and swap my transmission. I could do it, just dont wanna do it myself.

 

The delay going into gear is a seal in the back of the trans, pretty common actually. I'm a tech at a Subaru Dealership. Either it will have to come out and come apart anyways.

Ah, lol wish I could have found you earlier.

 

Well to help with the diagnosis it came to, the front end has a feel like its sluggish when turning unless I am on gas. They said it was the piston for from end seizing in the bore. That part of trans needs to be rebuilt

 

Then something about the rear diff starting to lock up and such. He said in short, " It is going to pretty much lock up on you sooner or later."

 

So far as I can tell new trans is needed right?

 

And I appreciate your input

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/toyotaman15/Mobile%20Uploads/100MEDIAIMAG0345.jpg

The red machine is dropped off at a local transmission shop. Doing parts, labor, rebuild (awd and all) for $1900 (as far as guy tells me). Should be done tuesday

I finally got it back, I still need to get the rear diff rebuilt.

 

Any ideas for what fun add ons to do to car?

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/aftermarket-parts-upgrades-new-and-improved-191755.html

 

^-That will put you onto some ideas

DAMN, you might have started something here lol. After I yellow tint fogs, ill be starting some of that stuff. Thanks man

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/toyotaman15/8BF179C8-2978-4786-8570-0888CB89CA92-9826-000003E5670D33D4.jpg

Also finally got a head unit for it. Not much done to the car, just slight stuff for now

So, now onto my current task. 2 new axles and ball joints. Haveing a load of fun on the pass ball joint....the head snapped off the pinch bolt. Oh joy

Thanks to SubiKid90 for helping me get and install these. How do you all like them?http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/toyotaman15/C4DF44E7-3B62-45F6-B97D-920DBB562FFE-20755-00000AFF6FA41F73.jpg

Looks good. I am doing that this weekend. Can you take a picture of how you mounted/bolted them to the beam?

Thanks

 

98-, sure will do. If you want, check this link for a full install (credit to subikid90)

http://sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=2766

 

if you want, text me and ill send you some asap

630-388-8343

I got some toys in the mail...cant wait to connect up the red hella horns...i just dont know how

 

Some threads say "need harness"...others say don't. I didn't get the subimods ones tho. I will be working on the connections over next day or so. Mainly concerned about mounting them.

 

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Your lighting is amazing.

How hard was it to put the JDM fogs in the USDM bumper?