theoretically speaking, if i found a Saab 9-2x that had been hit from the rear passenger side. would i be able to swap the front end onto my 05 impreza? Fenders, hood, bumper, headlights and probably radiator support would need to be swapped. has anyone seen this conversion done before?
Yes!! Do it! Check out saab92x.com, there have been a few people that have done it. Let me know if you do pick up a 92x shell and want to part any of it...
I love that look on the sedan, would probably look just as good even better on a hatch, after Credits pointed out the rear fenders. Would like to see some pictures without the steelies + different angles.
I like it. Only thing bothering me is the smoothness of the front fenders compared to the rears. I gotta see it in person, otherwise I'd try it out.
I would have to agree with it looking better on the hatchs. depending how much the front flares out you could even flare the rear fender wells a bit to make them match perfectly. I'll keep a look out for any salvage 92x's just in case. I'd be more than happy to try this out
I think the fogs might also be different, but yeah, generally speaking that's everything I've seen listed as needed for the conversion. Doesn't sound like its quite plug and play either with the radiator support, that a little more customization is needed to make it work; but that could be going from surbaru -> saab, and not the other way as your considering. The Saab front end will match a lot better to a wagon, then it will to a sedan. I'll be curious to see what kind of luck you have finding a saab front end. The only reason I've done any research on going from Saab to Subaru, is the fact that any bit of sheetmetal damage to the front of the Saab pretty much totals them out due to the lack of availability of replacement parts.
Yeah, I know that, maybe to write it more clearly; what I saw in my research was that swapping the subaru radiator support into the saab isn't just plug and play from what I gather. With the following point being; in your case putting the saab radiator support into a subaru might be different, I don't know as I haven't researched it. I've researched the swap before as I have a 9-2x...and saab replacement front ends are getting hard to find.
The front end just seems out of place on there. The 9-2x seems smooth which doesn't fit with the harder lines on the rear of the impreza. Rounded fender versus squared off fender. I would rather have the impreza fenders modified to fit the 9-2x headlights. Then that would be a sweet look.
that probably wouldn't be the case with a outback sport wagon since there isn't any box flare to any of the fenders
Found this while searching for my 07 wrx lol. Might be on the table again due to bumper fender and hood damage.
What happened re: damage? If you find any good candidates and have any intention of parting I know of myself plus at least one other who might benefit.
Father-in-law's driveway has a brick driveway extension that sunk. While i was backing up to leave i finished off the previous owner's front end damage and broke a few more tree clips and stretched the fender mount holes. Hood and fender have odd damage in the passenger rear of the hood that's not noticable unless you're right over it but if i have to drop it off for paint i might as well make the front end perfect again
It's certainly doable, but will be tricky to find panels in good shape. None of the ones on my Saabaru are. It is what it is. If you're patient you might be able to piece it together from junkyards. Gotta watch out for heavy rust on the fenders if you're looking regionally.
