What did you do to your subaru today?

Debaged the rear, Wet sanded and polished the headlight, foglights, and corners. painted the stock wheel gloss black. Started the grill mod, started cleaning/respraying engine components. busy day.

 

Yesterday, installed the new body parts with help from Tony, Jesse, Tim, Will, and Dan x2. Thanks a bunch, guys! Everything lined up about 90% perfect. The right side of the bumper keeps popping off from the fender bracket, but I'll find a cure for the fender cancer, as Dan calls it.

Da Plumber and I picked up our new project car. '95 Impreza 2.2 coupe with 175k miles on it and auto transmission. It was quite a steal! Pics to come tonight.

 

Pics of everything once your done please!

 

Will do. Got the grill ready for primer today. Going to spray it tomorrow. Picking up some yellow laminex for the fogs in the morning, getting some intake build parts, refinishing my lips/skirts, then I really need to figure out my running problems.

 

I installed the wheels I got from MNGman.

 

I like! Looks great man. Those 08-09 10 spokes look sweet on a wagon.

 

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blinker fluid reservoir
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Thanks, Dan!

Here's the finished product:

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In this pic, you can see where things just aren't lining up right. Subaru Fender Cancer, as Dan puts it.
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Here's the other side, which lined up well!
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I'm guessing that the passenger side had damage to the subframe from the first accident that happened on that corner back in September, and it's causing alignment issues. I didn't notice it until now somehow, but when you look at the car head-on, that side is pinched in closer. I'll be taking it back to Hamline and seeing what they can do about it.

 

And here's the project car The Plumber and I picked up a couple days ago:

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I got this....

 

I powdercoated an engine cover for my rs, a tow hook for a buddies sti, and a pair of strut tower brackets for another friends sti ... Oh and I coated a beer cap!

 

Went mudding after the regatta on tonka!!! There is mud all over, the roof!!! the trunk! mudding!

 

Why the black side mirrors?

Anyhow i can see my kind of bike in the background....i love those streched things!

 

Looking good! Enjoy...

 

"Anyhow i can see my kind of bike in the background....i love those streched things!"
The "bike" is a piece of "art" in St. Louis Park. It's made me do a double take a few times...

 

painted my lgt rims for my wrx. also pulled the tranny to replace a slipping clutch. here are some pics of the carnage. pretty sure it was caused by me being a cheap ass and not resurfacing or replacing the flywheel last time i did it.

 

Welded on a new captive nut for the skid plate, since my last one broke at the Thin Ice Rally-X. Looks like I will mabe need to be be doing another one after this event since one of the rear ones seems to have stripped out. Otherwise pumped the snow tires up to 40psi.

 

cause it's a TR.

<<as is mine.

I think you would rather have a bike that moves

 

Drove it to mcdonalds at break and after 10 min of idle it began to smoke so bad I had to shut it off so the guy behind me was getting smoked out. Then started back up and hasn't done it again. Turbo seals?

 

Dropped in a factory sub... sounds better now.

 

Well to start we finished up putting my new clutch in and did a oil change. well need to put more oil in now being somehow we cracked my turbo oil feed line.

http://mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php/38647-WTB-Turbo-Oil-Feed-Line?p=714191#post714191

 

finally got my 94 legacy sport sedan started. turns out the positve connectors on the battery were too corroded to let the juice flow. now i just need to get a new battery so it will stay running once i pull the jumper cables.

 

Spent 6 hours washing/claying/polishing/waxing my RS. Too bad the body is in pretty rough shape because blue ridge pearl is a good looking color. Also, I wish my garage had any light, that sure would have helped...

 

I washed, waxed, yellow filmed them fogs (first try, looks iffy), and installed new Kenwood front speakers.

 

finished removing interior, exhaust, side skirts, and started in on prop shaft. failed at removing rear window--> harbor freight your tools suck, i expect at-least 1 use out of your tools before having to throw them away.

 

Installed the oil feed line and drove it home. Man is the new clutch stiff but it drives nice

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Hand washed both the GT and the Outback. Not my best work, but it was the first time this spring. I know, I'm lazy, but I hurt my knee 3 weeks ago and didn't feel up to it until now.

 

Replaced:

timing belt
timing pullies / gears
t-bet tensioner
water pump
front cam seals
both accessory belts
thermostat

It was a long weekend...

 

put a brand new turboback on the car today, sounds so sick!

 

^^^ that it does!! and dont let me know when your doing the uppipe, i'll let someone else handle that mess, its got to be so much more work... has your butt dyno noticed much change?

 

i rewired my fog lights and put a new clutch cable in!

 

yeah its definitely quicker, but I'll for sure tune it soon

 

Transferred the title, added insurance, and installed the 3" stubby antenna. Looks better and fixed the grinding when I turn the car on and off, all for 10 bucks!

 

I think it's been 10 days now since I've driven mine. I did put the wing back on it last week so I guess that's the last thing I did to it.

 

Rigged up an intake a couple days ago, mounted a power inverter in the glove box today to charge my laptop/phone/ect on long trips. Much needed.

 

Installed Epic Engineering springs and aligned. Here is a sad attempt at a before and after pic with a cell phone!

 

took me 9+ hours nonstop to installed some tein lowering springs on my car, but totally worth it!

 

It's amazing just how good a 4cyl boxer engine can sound.

 

Please post back with feedback on how they handle/ride and how they settle in a couple weeks. Very interested in how these springs handle.

 

Not so much what I did but what happen to my subie..... Drivers side mirror was hanging by the electronics cord this morning when I got up for work...

 

drained transmission, pulled prop out, drained gas lines/brake lines and moved them, parking cables moved as well as the last bit of wiring. now it's off to the body shop Sunday for a new rear clip.

 

Nice progress!

I hope you get some good pics from your body guy. Chad's pics were pretty impressive.

 

waxed her. man never realized how many rock chips i have...dirt roads r killing her. worked on the tune. on the 2nd step of breaking in the clutch 293wht and 280whp

 

installed stoptech brake pads

 

will do, so far they handle great, not too bouncy. They are a variable rate spring so they ride nice for regular driving and hold tight when cornering hard, I do have f&r sways tho. Just right for me, gives the car a nice look too