98legwag Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I bought this car back in September 2013. My previous car, which I still have, is a 1998 Legacy L wagon. It got me hooked. Interior: LEDs in map/dome/trunk/door lights All weather floor mats 45% tint on sides and rear winshield Liberal Albero carbon fiber shift knob 10 inch Polk Audio sub in a Wicked CAS Magic box to replace blown factory Harmon Kardon sub IAG floor mat bracket Exterior: LED tag lights Hella Sharp Tones DDM Tuning Plus HID kit 35 watt 4500K Osram Night Breaker Unlimited fog lights Narva Range Power +50 high beams RREV LED reverse lights Silver/chrome coated amber rear turn signal bulbs Vinyl overlays on front and rear emblems Bayson R lip Engine, exhaust & Trans: AEM Dryflow drop in panel filter HKS ES Premium axle back Subaru OEM Battery Cover Subaru OEM Power Steering Cover Suspension, chassis, brakes, & Handling: Grimmspeed Brake Master Cylinder Brace Matte black painted calipers Hawk HPS brake pads Tribeca 25mm front sway bar with Energy Suspension bushings JDM 20mm rear sway bar with AVO polyurethane rsb bushings AVO reinforced rsb mounts Perrin front and rear endlinks Cusco front strut tower brace Cusco rear strut tower brace Mevotech aluminium LCAs Wheels & tires: BBS RV723 (04 STI) 17x7.5 +53 wrapped in 235/45/17 General G-Max AS-05 Stock wheels 18x7 et55 currently wrapped in 215/45/18 Pirelli P Zero Nero M+S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Got vinyl overlays for the front and rear emblems. They are a pearl white background with WRB stars. I got them from http://www.jdmfanaticvinyls.com. I am impressed with the fitment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppertone Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I would have loved to have found that exact car when I was shopping for my project vehicle. It's my favorite model in my favorite car color. I will be following this to see what you will do to it. Congrats on a wonderful find. 2010 2.5GT limited is for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Thanks. When I found this there were two more 3.0Rs locally. Both were the deep bronze metallic. I made the right choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppertone Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Yes you did as when I was looking there were also only those colors. I knew that I could always have it wrapped white, but to me it wasn't the same. 2010 2.5GT limited is for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliott Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Really like the white emblem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coppertone Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 So how are you enjoying the car thus far ? Anything else you've found that you may want to change out, modify ? 2010 2.5GT limited is for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Its good. I bought it about a year ago. Next on my list is take the door cards off and put something on them to stop the rattling. Other than it will probably stay how it is for a while. It does have a slightly warped rotor on the right front from the previous owner. I will put new rotors on the front when it needs pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Oh, and the stock horns are awful. It sucks I would have to take the bumper off to get the grill off to put Hella horns in there. I hate that about the 08-09s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris GTO TT Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Pulling the bumper isn't that hard at all. I can do it in about 15 min. 2003 Baja 5MT 2016 Outback 2.5i Premium w/Eyesight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflystyle Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Oh, and the stock horns are awful. It sucks I would have to take the bumper off to get the grill off to put Hella horns in there. I hate that about the 08-09s. I don't know where in MD you are but I would be willing to help out another 3.0R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 I don't know where in MD you are but I would be willing to help out another 3.0R Thanks. I am in Gaithersburg. Right now I am dealing with a blown factory HK sub. I am trying to decide if I want to take my friend's 10in sub and box and run the wiring from the stock sub to that in the trunk or put something were the stock sub is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoh88 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Your LED's look really REALLY white in the pics. Where did you get them? And in person do they have a bluish hue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 Your LED's look really REALLY white in the pics. Where did you get them? And in person do they have a bluish hue? I got them from superbrightleds.com. They are the "cool white" color. I think they look really white in person as well as in the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoh88 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Thank you! I'm going to order a set and hope they are as white as I like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 For those who don't know, the factory HK sub in my car blew a few weeks ago. I got a 10 inch sub and box from a friend on Friday. The box was originally a box for 2 10inch subs that she cut in half and put the other one in her CRX. Oh, and I also ordered my next performance mod. Nothing too crazy, but it should be here Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted November 19, 2014 Author Share Posted November 19, 2014 So today a big box arrived....If you guess it contains a Tribeca front sway bar then you would be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoh88 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 So today a big box arrived.... http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g378/98legwag/2009%20%20Legacy%20R/20141119_170340_zps8xtpq1oj.jpg If you guess it contains a Tribeca front sway bar then you would be correct. http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g378/98legwag/2009%20%20Legacy%20R/20141119_173847_zpsmcmhpi5l.jpg That's one weird mod. How is it different to the stock one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted November 20, 2014 Author Share Posted November 20, 2014 That's one weird mod. How is it different to the stock one? Its 4mm bigger. Its 25mm while the stock 3.0R fsb is 21mm. But I have read that due to its shape and the fact it curves over the tie rods, not under like the factory and aftermarket Legacy bars, it will essentially feel like a 23mm bar. Plus there aren't many available NA Legacy aftermarket front sway bars out there. And this is much cheaper than those that are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share Posted November 23, 2014 Well, the Tribeca front sway bar is installed with the help of a friend. Went a little differently than I thought. After putting the car on ramps to disconnect the end links and unbolt the stock sway bar we jacked the car up and put it on jack stands to remove the stock sway bar. Then we noticed the headers on the H6 are thicker than the headers on the NA 4 cyl cars. This meant the headers had to be unbolted from the heads to get the stock sway bar out and get the Tribeca bar in. The bushings where slightly loose so we wrapped plastic around the bar then put the bushings on that. The bushings I used are part # 9.5161R. Here are pics of the Tribeca bar resting "in place" while the Energy Suspension bushings are being put on as well as some of the bushings and ES brackets. The next thing we noticed was after taking the car off the jack stands and putting it back on the ramps was that the new sway bar was lining up directly over the end links. We solved this problem by spacing the end links in slightly from the control arms. We did this with a nut slightly bigger than the end link bolts. I should add the hardware supplied with my Perrin end links is shouldered bolts so the nut used a spacer had to fit over that shoulder. Here a couple pictures showing that. The next thing we noticed was the bolt hole in the sway bar itself is larger than that on the stock sway bar, end links, and bolt itself. I did not want any clunking. We used brass "specialty washers" from Loews Hardware to fix the problem. We cut one in half and put a half on each bolt holding the sway bar to the end links. The brass washer was slightly larger than the sway bar hole, but is compressed down. My friend had used the Dremel to taper one end of the brass washer/sleeve. Here are pictures of what we used and the process of bolting the sway bar to end link and crushing down the brass sleeve. In this one you can see the brass sleeve on the bolt just next to the head of the bolt outside of the sway bar. The second picture shows it a little crushed/tightened down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispatch20 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Very cool and thanks for documenting with the pictures and story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Total impulse buy, but I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Nothing major to report. I swapped by Nokya yellow fog light bulbs for Osram Night Break Unlimiteds. I am also waiting on a part from Grimmspeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 The Grimmspeed BMC brace arrived today. I plan to install it after work one day this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98legwag Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 I just finished up installing the brace. It was much easier than the one on the wagon. Only hard part tonight was threading in the bottom bolt on this. On the 3.0R that hole in the strut wall was not used so it had a rubber tape over it that needed to be pierced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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