Joe's 1992 Legacy SS/TW Documentary

[CAV3MAN227]

hey caveman. I'm a local 1st genr too in littleton. although mines in the garage for some massive upgrades. when i'm done we should meet up

-That would be awesome. I know quite a few Tleg owners and I'm always down to meet more.

-Joe

[CAV3MAN227]

-Since the snow stopped, got to check out the CEL, now with more codes. 22, 24 and 41. I have no clue whats going on. car still runs but this is a huge annoyance.

-Joe

-Still battling this issue. Weird thing is, its intermittent. CEL will come on then sometimes go off. My idle issue is the biggest annoyance as shown here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=63 ... =3&theater

-Here are some pics take these last few weeks of looking for the problems:
-Changed up my setup a little:




-Painted some pipes:






-Finished product:




-Joe

[Legacy777]

So what is the rocker switch inside the cubby hole for?



I like the placement of it.

[CAV3MAN227]

So what is the rocker switch inside the cubby hole for?

I like the placement of it.

-Its my fuel cut switch for dummy thieves. Figure it would buy me a couple more seconds if someone tried to mess with the car at my place of living. I'll just say I don't trust my neighborhood.

-Joe

[Legacy777]

Yeah thought it was something like that.....that's pretty cool.

My ECU has an anti-theft type feature that kills fuel & ignition. I would like to wire that up to a dummy switch like that or I'd love to hook that up to an RFID tag setup where I can put a transmitter in my alarm or the key fob.

[alexandermf]

Dude that's sick! Super smart lol, so u always flip it in order to turn key? My theft deterrent is my breathalyzer haha, u can't start that or mess with the wires very easily

[CAV3MAN227]

-Played with Plasti-Dip for my first time and I would have to say, I am sold on it. A little pricey, around 8-10 bucks a can, but much cheaper than vinyl or a real paint job. Not only that, if I don't like it, I can take it off... awesome stuff! So I went ahead and painted a bunch of my trim pieces and here is how it turned out.

-So an example of what it looked like before. All the painted chrome was peeling, etc.


-Prep:


-All pieces got three coats, and two cans covered all door and front/rear bumper trim, the grill and top, door center trim:










-The trunk garnish I wanted to redo but ran out of product... next time!


-As I was masking off pieces, I realized how bad my rust really was:












-I have to say, it looks much better than what it did. Cant wait to do more, rims might be next too!

-Joe

[xise]

That rust is nothing....your rocker panels still exist. Nice work though very clean and stealthy fmic setup

[cj91legss]

I really thought hard about painting my trunk garnish black but was afraid it might not look good. You confirmed that it does.

Nice budget edm mod man, im going to add that to the list of stuff I will do.

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[robertpaige]

Hate black center garnish, IMO. But the car is sick! And I like the fuel cut switch. How did you wire that up? Id love to know.

[CAV3MAN227]

-Plasti dipped my rs rims. I think they look much better.
-Coat one:


-Coat two:


-Coat three:

-Coat four:

-Final Product:



-Joe

[turbo970]

hey what 2 tmic did you use before your fmic?trien to find one for mine

[CAV3MAN227]

-When I first got the car it had the air water intercooler. I took that off then went to an 02 wrx intercooler. That was a stupid fit. Then I went to an 06 Forrester XT top mount. Now I have my MRT front mount.

-Joe

[turbo970]

how tight of a fit was the 06 tmic

[CAV3MAN227]

how tight of a fit was the 06 tmic

-Not bad at all. here are some old pics:
-The 02 tmic:
http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/a141537 ... ebfa92.jpg

-The 05 tmic:
http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/9782bbc ... 527609.jpg

-Also if you go back through the pages in this thread, you can find the differences in the tmic's.

-Joe

[CAV3MAN227]

Hate black center garnish, IMO. But the car is sick! And I like the fuel cut switch. How did you wire that up? I'd love to know.

-Sorry, I must of overlooked your question. I just tapped into the fuel pump relay, under the dash, kinda above the fuse box, or kinda like, behind the driver side air vent.

-Joe

[kimokalihi]

Looks great. I plan to do the same although maybe not the whole trim piece, just the chipping paint on the top parts. I have 3 cans as well.

Tip: Now that you've got your rims painted and fresh, coat them in opti-coat 3.0 and they'll be a breeze to wash after that. Otherwise they'll get dirty and nasty and not want to get clean ever again.

[CAV3MAN227]

Tip: Now that you've got your rims painted and fresh, coat them in opti-coat 3.0 and they'll be a breeze to wash after that. Otherwise they'll get dirty and nasty and not want to get clean ever again.

-Sounds like a great idea, dunno if its to late already, I just took the car on a 150 mile cruise lol!

-Joe

[turbo970]

do ya still have the 06 tmic?

[CAV3MAN227]

do ya still have the 06 tmic?

-I do not. That has been long gone. I do plan on going back to a tmic though. I'm just getting bored of the lag from the fmic and would rather have better response.

-Joe

[COTruckin]

Joe, the car is looking great.

do ya still have the 06 tmic?

I have one, let me know if you are interested I am in Aurora.

[CAV3MAN227]

-Thanks COTruckin. We should meet up soon.
-Been having fun with plasti dip. After doing the trim and rims, I got hooked and had to do more. Just pickin' pieces that have nicks and chips, I decided to do my mirrors, wiper arms and hood scoop.









-Also have a 3" Magnaflow Resonator for sale. It is 16" long from end to end. Not really sure what its worth so $50 obo.





-Joe

[CAV3MAN227]

-So my custom coolant tank decided to spring a leak today, luckily I had a wrx tank backup. So found some metal in the shed and fabbed up some brackets to hold the tank where the a/c use to be:









-I'll finish hooking up the hoses tomorrow and see how it all works out!

-Joe

[CAV3MAN227]

-Well finally finished my wrx coolant tank install. Turned out the backup tank that I had leaked from the bottom of the filler neck. Picked up another one and completed the install...

-The leak:


-Job complete:








-Joe

[Legacy777]

Looks good! Like I said, I like how those tanks fit in the spot where the AC compressor sat.