legacydan

Small update, Haven't done much lately. Car is has been in for a respray for the last week. Getting there. slowly but surely! passenger side dinks and dents filled and smoothed and sanded Wings and bumper removed, Bonnet being sanded and dents fixed etc Drivers side was being started when i was there. Still another good week or two in it me thinks

Not much to update, STI lip fitted, i decided to paint the chrome surround on the grille black as it doesnt really belong on a a Subaru i think. Car is going in for a full respray on Thursday so cant wake to get it back looking pretty!

it will look more lovely once painted properly and STI lip fitted :)

New bumper and wings and headlights fitted, now I need to get them painted and fit the sti front lip Before: Old, dated front end: New botox, facelift version:

There was this black oily stuff all over the engine bay one day after the engine decided to explode on the motorway one morning! Pistons just werent happy staying in the block it seems!

So i should probably start a seperate build project thread, I have had my legacy since 2008. imported from Japan through my uncles garage probably one of the early ones to take an interest in these models, I wanted something a bit different than your average impreza, and a bit more subtle 280bhp and 4wd without the large spoiler and gold wheels(:hide behind couch:) and had no intention of modifying it in anyway except a remap to local fuel. As everyone on here knows that doesnt last for long. Engine gave up not long after a good thrash around Mondello, Was loosing oil pressure for some reason: Self re-bore internals So it was a tough call what to do, onwards and upwards i decided to keep her and get it rebuilt a bit stronger: Many different intercoolers have been tried: I have gone from standard twincsroll to TD04HLA-19T to Vf36 to current TD05-20G billet twinscroll. Current spec is as follows with upcoming planned mods Engine: EJ20Y engine Kinugawa TD05 20G billet twincsroll with uprated 1.2 bar actuator Kstech 73mm mega maf CAI Process West TMIC GTspec twinscroll headers and uppipe Wiseco pistons Eagle rods ACL bearings 11mm uprated STI oil pump Gates racing timing belt kit Cosworth head gaskets ARP head studs NGK H7 plugs Mishimoto rad hoses Syms oil filler cap STI rad cap Perrin ALternator cover Perrin radiator stays Laile cooling panel Perrin turbo inlet Grimmspeed 3 port boost solenoid, Exhaust Milltek de-cat reosnated downpipe Magnaflow 200 cell center sports cat Fujitsbo Super Legalis R CBE Suspension Whiteline front and rear anti roll bars, Perrin solid endlinks front and rear, Whiteline anti-lift kit, AVO rear anti roll bar reinforcement brackets. Whiteline bump/steer correction kit STI pinks on bilsteins Braking AP racing CP6600 calipers 330mm 2 piece grooved discs EBC rear drilled dics EBC yellowstuff pads HEL braided lines 18 x 8 Rota Gravels Goodyear eagle f1 asymmetric 2 in 225/40/18 Interior Pioneer SPH-DA110, Phormula equipment KS3, Custom air vent digital boost gauge, Innovate Motorsports MTX-D oil pressure/oil temperature gauge Innovate Motorsports AFR MTX-L gauge Uk Spec B leather interior Custom trimmed leather steering wheel with red stitching and black Nappa leather Exterior Sti replica front lip rear aero spats Subaru sports mesh grille Planned/ordered Facelift to 06-08 front end JDM Xenon lights with washer jets New front winfs New JDM gt spec b bumper Honeycombe mesh grille Fog light covers Fog light units Parts needed: STI front lip Facelift rear lights Facelift rear bumper Adjustable fuel pressure regulator Power mods Re-map needed Future mods: KW v2 coilovers Full respray Safe to say ill never part with this legacy at this stage! Roll on remap and respray, just in time for the summer hopefully!

The bumper will most likely be chucked since its cracked and chopped up to suit my old FMIC. The badge in most of the pics above was part of a Subaru sports grille which i have since sold. I current have this grille fitted, which has a smaller badge which i think is glued onto the grille. I might have someone buying that locally.I can measure it up for you anyway and see if its what your are after

yeah that Process West TMIC was pricey alright and it came from Australia so by the time it was delivered and VAT paid it cost me a small fortune! Nothing is cheap for these Legacy's!

Ah right, no need to swap the slam panel, very little changed between the 03-06 and 06-08 models. I need to swap the bumper, wings and headlights to make it all work. I have done nearly everything else i have wanted to this car so now onto making it look pretty again! i got the missing headlight today so ill maybe attempt put it all together and see what im missing over the weekend

Slam panel? Not sure what that is. Do you mean the crash bar? Hoepfully not or that's more parts to buy!

Cheers lads, thanks for the welcome. Yeah a few familar faces of UKlegacy.com, seems like it has been down for the last 3-4 days! I like this model of legacy but it does attract a lot of BMW/Audi diesel twats but they are easily put in their place with a squirt of the loud pedal. Currently on restricted boost waiting to get a remap after fitting new turbo and intercooler, so driving it around like a n/a 2.0! Im currently upgrading the front of it to the newer 06-08 look so just gathering the parts for that, and nearly have it all there. Front bumper is hacked up after going from FMIC back to TMIC setup. These cars can be expensive little hobbies! I have this sitting beside my desk in work, begging to be fitted and painted! ill probably go all out and get a full respray and update the rear bumper and lights too. Better spend it before she does!

Hi Dan here, driving a old 2003 BL5 2.0GT legacy, Came across this site while looking for some other legacy clubs online! I have had my legacy since 2008, spent a small fotune on it, ill call it the "money pit" A few familar usernames on here from other legacy forums im on. I look forward to spamming and asking just as many usless questions on here too! Few pics: