Guitar_Guy

Nah, haven't had it for years unfortunately - sold it to free up some cash and bought a boat instead. Been through a 2004 3.0R, 1997 GT-B, 2005 Forester 2l N/A and a 2000 GT-B since, and now in a 2006 GT wagon. Would love to see the end result of yours! I was just never mechanically minded enough to do it myself and to tight to pay someone else to do it for me so never got around to it. Bought it factory and sold it basically factory as well! Was an insane car to drive though, would hands down buy another one.

Will have one incoming for an '02 EZ30D Lancaster 6 Outback soon-ish.

Supercheap do colour code paint mixing. Have used them a couple of times for it with decent results.

Been photo documenting as we go so will get him doing a garage thread at some stage.

Not my car but on behalf of a mate who isn't super active on here - currently doing a 5MT conversion in an '02 Lancaster Outback w/ EZ30D. Engine was pulled last weekend and did rocker cover gaskets and gave it a general tidy up. Today's activities included... - Auto trans / drive shaft etc came out, brake pedal swapped out, clutch pedal installed. - Clutch master cylinder went in along with hoses for the slave. - HEAPS of cleaning done to tidy things up. - Exedy clutch kit w/ lightweight flywheel went on the back of the engine which is about to be dropped back in. Tomorrow should see power getting to the wheels if we have time to swap out the rear diff. ECU won't run like the 5MT either but should still run (mostly) so will do battle the G4+ Extreme waiting on the workbench sometime soon-ish.

Yesterday actually but sold the BG5 - down to the 3.0R for a bit now.

The BG5 failed a W.O.F last week... So replaced rear rotors, pads and calipers that came off a BH5, balanced the handbrake from scratch and resolved a wiper bushing issue with a cable tie. Took it back this morning for a recheck and good to go!

They were different revisions that the BH/BE series Legacy's were brought out in. Rev A/B/C were all quite similar from what I gather but Rev D came with a factory ECU that can be remapped and some further detailed engine changes that I can't answer confidently. Being a 1999 I would suspect yours is a Revision B but this can checked on the car info plate with the chassis number colour code etc. It should read BH5A, B, C or D which will tell you what you've got.

Bit of work done on the BG5 - New lower ball joints in and upgraded control arms to aluminium jobbies out of a BH5. Also fitted BH sway bar linkages with better bushes than were already there.

Do these ones run an amp/sub/crossover setup like the McIntosh jobbies or just a standalone headunit? Have only dealt with the McIntosh one before but here's my aftermarket headunit conversion to retain the factory speaker/amp install if it helps? http://clubsub.org.nz/forum/showthread.php?48404-Guitar_Guy-s-2004-Legacy-McIntosh-Stereo-Hack-Pic-Heavy

Came across this.... http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/subaru/interior/auction-1122019541.htm

Yep, sure are!

Used to own one and would own again. Same 6 speed boxes as the v8 STi to my knowledge, vf41 single scroll turbo and 280bhp from memory. Drives a little different to a WRX, power is more linear and less aggressive with the 2.5l and smaller turbo but still goes like a cut cat. Basically a v8 STi on stilts really.

+1 on the Hella Supertones. Had them on my old car and will be putting them on my current one as well. 118dB from memory which is enough to make ya ears ring for sometime afterwards if you're in front of them. Roughly $150 for the genuine article.

Did a headlight thing the other day. Pretty happy with the results. Before: After: DIY Demon Eye:

Yeah that was me, he's already seen it. Life commitments restricting the time and effort allowed in order to have a hack at that one I believe.

+1 or make sure the air-con drainage pipe isn't pinched and the water ending up in your car.

Yeah, the main reason I went the whole hog was that my factory headunit was stuffed. Got rubbish reception with the band expander and it made a horrendous buzzing sound for the first 5mins of travel time. If this hadn't been the case I would have put the Anycar 1080B in for sure. I think that unless you specifically want a different headunit, the Anycar link would be the way to go. Hassle free, relatively cheap and you'll maintain all the functionality of an aftermarket unit.

Haha about that... I didn't want to fork out for one so completely dismantled the factory fascia and cut a bigger hole in it. It's pretty rough but has kept me happy for now. I'll probably end up buying a small square of sheet metal or something and cutting it to fit before putting a vinyl wrap on it. The frame behind the stereo actually fits an aftermarket headunit with a bit of fiddling anyway so nothing to change back there.

Cleaned them...

RSRB or RFRB? Run Fast, Run Beautiful to my knowledge.

Didn't realise there were different variations, photo added.

+1

Pretty sure the D2's float around the $1200 mark and BC Golds the $1600 region. Been tossing up between the two myself cause a $400 difference is reasonably substantial... but if the D2's aren't as 'gooder' product then I'll happily save the extra for something better quality.

This!!