GeoffLeggy

I've found flaps tight to do before without a jack

@kershaw-330s definitely will mate. Firstly where I am with it. Suspension - Sourcing a set of the original Bilsteins its difficult to say the least and gave up from a second hand pov. Subaru want circa £400 per strut alone so that was a no go either. @stants put me on to a local company my way called Pedders. They were very helpful and offer replacement struts all rounds and standard springs for the rear. Unfortunately the only springs they offer for the front are lowered 40mm versions, which are no good for me. This led to a call to Subaru at Slip End, Luton to see what the crack was with some original Bilstein front springs. They contacted Japan and within 1hr got back saying they had 2 on the shelf and were £73 each what a result that was. So on order I have new standard spec suspension all round inc top mount kits all in cost me £692. Exhaust - Already sourced a very nice condition original stock back box to replace the H&S. Hopefully this will take the db down a bit. Brakes - Ordered up some new STI Brembo sized Godspeed front grooved discs with kevlar pads, bargain at £150 delivered!! Rears ordered up as standard discs and pads £60 delivered. Needs new wheel studs all round. Have ordered some fancy new nuts to go on to them too. Appearance - Have been down to my body shop and had a good chinwag about the whole thing. Decided that the passenger side is tidy enough to leave for the moment. Im going with a respray of bonnet, front bumper (remove canards), entire passenger side inc skirts etc and rear bumper. The rear spoiler is coming off completely and will be smoothed in so no evidence there ever was one . Finally debadge the boot. Booked in for the 12th September not sure of cost yet though. Id like to see it all come in under £3K. Pictures coming soon......

Welcome! Firstly..........'wife wants it to sound louder' shes a keeper lol. What year is your wagon? Any pictures?

I would love to see more traders, I'm a sucker for random ****! Only event this year with a really good turn out was Silverstone Japfest.

Welcome Peat! Glad you found the light again, enjoy the forum.

Looks good there. Im not a fan of tinted lights but crack on mate its your car. How much more mental is the exhaust?

Should've started a thread when I joined really but Im lame. Anyway Ive done quite a few things to the car and would say its fairly racy! All being well, early next year I will be a dad again and its fair to say this car is not very family friendly, with exception of size. My initial plan was to use this as an excuse to get a Fozzy STI or 2.5 XTEN but the Mrs was not keen and preferred the idea of an Impreza Wagon. Looked at a few examples locally with no joy. It suddenly occurred to me that I would be spending £k's on something new and with all second hand cars a potential headache. With that in mind I realised that the Legacy was 100% solid, mechanically reliable and Ive spent quite a bit of money making it that way, so was my money better spent taking the old girl back to its original form as a sporty family wagon? The answer you may have guessed was yes! 3 big things need to be sorted Suspension - currently running Meister R coilovers. Exhaust - currently straight through Hayward & Scott. Appearance - Stickered up, canards and large spoiler Ill leave it at that for the mo and keep updated with the plan of action.

Welcome! Looks really clean and tidy! Look forward to seeing how you progress

My knee swells up just thinking about it!!! Good work though

Might be the browser your using. Interior looks really swish!

Erm...I'm not sure really. I don't think it's terrible in that pic. The spoiler looks out of place for me. Bet it looks well **** with the roof up though

Welcome! Nice cars! Shame they are rarer seen.

Yeah so Subaru want £400 per shock and the spring on top of that. Think I'll stick with Pedders. I'll start a 'restoration' thread soon about what's going on.

Subaru main dealer at Slip End was really helpful quoted £73 each for the front springs which I'm well happy with. So happy that just as a matter of interest asked to price up the shocks and springs all round. See what he comes back with. I'm looking just over £600 for the pedders set up and the 2 Billie springs from soob.

Perfect mate, spoke to them (only down the road!). They can supply everything but the standard front springs, only offer a 40mm lowered spring. They do standard rears which is odd. Anyway now on the look out for a standard pair of springs for the front.

Icp can do them from Subaru at circa £400 a corner lol

I did briefly but need to get on the lappy and do it properly, cheers

Must be in full working order please. Thanks

Welcome! That is mean!! I do love a big spoiler!

Welcome Brendan! Glad to see another happy owner joining up

@aucky cheers man, will do. Thankfully no major rush. Gutted on the good one though 😤

So looked at a couple of Wagons as Mrs does not seem to like Fozzy's 😠 Looked at a classic that had a rotten rear 😳 Looked at a late Blob that was rotten and had a very bad bottom end!! (blue 55 plate 145k on the clock Bucks) Decided as the Leggy is so good mechanically and solid I'm going to cost up respray + stock suspension. Fingers crossed 🤗 thinking £2-2.5k otherwise it's gonna be a pukka Blob WRX wagon in a few months.

Welcome! We look forward to seeing the machine enjoy Spain!