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It's not too bad, typical CR diesel with plenty of torque and awesome economy Sent from my ZUK Z1 using Tapatalk

Niche Milan 19x8.5 Was it you that had that nice stainless BR exhaust for sale? Sent from my ZUK Z1 using Tapatalk

Not many BM's on here...

This might be the one, we picked it up from chick in Otaki, think she said she was from Paraparaumu

So we picked up the Crowesport yesterday, was a good road trip. Quite an interesting car so far, has a unique looking frame number, kind of suggests they were all a specific production run for Crowesport.

Thanks Joker. A mate just bought one, were going to pick it up in the weekend, needs a bit of work but will be a good resto project.

What does the ClubSub community know about this Kiwi gem? Crowe Sport took a few NZ new 91 GLX Legacy's and did more than just put a nice body kit on them I'm guessing, but what exactly?

Car: 2009 BMD Legacy Tuned: ECU reflash 130kw/400nm tune, DPF delete Fuel: BP Ultimate Diesel Fuel Economy: Average (commute to work) 6.6l/100, open road trip 5.4l/100

Thanks guys, and Joker I'm sorry to hear about your goat Joker is correct it may be foolish of me to disclose too much in the present situation, but suffice to say the company concerned should know better - basically its just poor workmanship. Quote for repair sent and ball is in their court now, will play the waiting game and hope it all gets resolved peacefully.

Amazingly enough there are no paint chips, they've creased the panel and the arch radius is deformed, it ain't pretty. I'll try take a pic tomorrow as car is in the garage now and light isn't that great

Awesome cheers, will Google that now

So I got some new wheels for my Legacy and straight away noticed a little bit of rub in the rear. At the advice of a work mate I took the car into a shop in town to get the guards rolled (I won't shame just yet), but yeah they did a pretty S*** job and the rear guards are now in bad shape. I got a quote to fix the damage and I'm hoping they'll cover the costs, my insurance doesn't want to know as they don't cover workmanship, but what about businesses that work on customers cars, are they insured for such things?

Nice one, will shoot him a PM

...that work for the dealership, Wingers etc? I've got an 'off the record question' before I go in to have a service bulletin carried out.

Yes it does. While you have the manifold off, also do the parallel fuel rail mod. What ecu are you running?

Cheers, got the fronts from George Stock for $380 (pair), they were out of rear so had to order off eBay, about 350 shipped, not bad when you consider how much OEM KYB replacements would cost - performance wise there is just no comparison.

It took a bit of getting used to, plenty of low down torque, a bonus is I don't have to fuel it up much, one tanks gets around 1000km!

OK so I take it BM/BR's are not too popular right now, heck I remember being on here years ago when not many had BL/BP's, anyway I hope this helps someone in the future when it comes time to mod your floppy factory suspension. The Konis with the H&R springs are awesome, perfect for the street (I still have to take my wife and daughter out in this car). The rears go straight in: The fronts you have to cut your OEM dampers out and slide in the inserts: paint Koni yellow and pop a little Koni sticker on there (if you are fussy like me): All finished, nice drop and drives like a true sports sedan should:

For those of you who may be interested or have a BM/BR (not just a diesel either), here is my Legacy after installing the H&R springs. From what I've heard on other forums the rears take a good while to settle, so it looks a bit high for now, will see after a couple of weeks. Sorry not an awesome pic, the weather in the Waikato has been its typical crap. H&R's seem like quality products, these are made in Germany, shipped from Germany for just NZ$330! Thats about half what I was quoted for a set of sloppy King Springs here in NZ. http://www.tunershop.com/H_R__springs_Subaru_Legacy_Kombi_Typ_BM_BR_35mm_x200_230_233x_p924953_h44.html They're stiff springs, not sure what I was thinking pairing them with the slushy old OEM dampers, so I've ordered as set of Konis (08-14 WRX fitment), the rears are a direct fit but the fronts are inserts - I'm looking for a set of donor struts now to install them in...

Awesome, I will be doing this then.

Cheers, so inserts into OEM struts are good to go then

In regards to Koni inserts (AKA cut-A-strut method), does this type of modification require an LVV certification? On the LVV threshold table it refers to NOT requiring cert if... 'replacement shock absorbers, including air-adjustable units, fit unmodified OE mountings' OE mountings referring to the attachment point on the hub casting?

Cheers, yep Armstrong's are in Hamilton too and offer a mobile service so won't have to trailer the car anywhere.

Yeah, its CAN/ISO15765

Anyone in the Waikato with access to an SDI to perform immo registration after a cluster swap?