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Cleaning out my engine bay and have my COBB intake up for grabs. If you still have your OEM airbox, here's a chance to upgrade for dirt cheap!

• Used? Yes.
• Issues? No.
• Should you buy it? Yes.

I'm located in Ohio but will ship this via buyer's expense.

16 minutes ago, KZJonny said:

You need to have a smart phone for Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto to work I think? If so, I do not, so they are no advantage, yet they are costly.

I'm fine with just ya know... looking behind my car while backing up...... Also, a backup camera does not provide particularly good lateral vision, (child or dog runnning at you from the side while backing up) which just using the old mark 1 eyeball does. I also really hate video screens, like... I have never had a television and my computer is tucked away out of site in the corner of my spare room. Putting a screen into my car would completely ruin the experience of driving the car, which is, I think, why most of us are here?

I also think getting in the habit of using driving nannies is a bad one. I suspect very few would argue I should put an LCD screen and a backup camera in my '71 Datsun for example. As a result I will still be looking backward to park while driving 2 of my 3 cars....

And I really doubt the "improved sound" would be meaningful to me. I typically listen to journalism radio in the car, or a CD if what is being discussed on CBC or NPR isn't especially interesting at that moment. Stock system is more than sufficient to listen to people talking and most video units don't have CD players....

I don't begrudge people that can take advantage of these things, or enjoy having them. I just don't like being told that something is "better" than my way of doing things completely out of context of the use case scenario. Not advocating for people to keep stock if they don't like it. Hell, I benefit because that puts more stock head units on the market for when mine inevitably breaks again....

 

Copy all. Yes, in your case, makes perfect sense.

Apologies if any offense taken! I just thought by your previous comment that (like so many still do) you had a phone mounted somewhere on the dash or windshield due to no stereo that supports mirroring your phone instead.

Also, on the backup camera front, I still use all my mirrors too but I'll look at the camera at the end for the final parking position (I back in 100% to every parking spot). I agree and would never advocate for sole reliance on a limited view camera :)

On 10/11/2023 at 12:12 PM, KZJonny said:

We're all allowed to like the things we like. I would personally remove a 2x DIN unit from a car if it came with one, and replace with stock. It has no advantages that are useful to me, and doesn't look good IMO.

Why spend hundreds of dollars on a things that you aren't going to utilize?

Apple CarPlay / Android Auto + backup camera is not an advantage? That's the sole reason I swap out a stereo in any older car that doesn't have all that from the factory. Plus, far better sound and sub/amp support than any factory stereo is a nice perk, too. But, that's me.

@KZJonny & @Febreze Mee thanks for the feedback; poll adjusted! Curious to hear your feedback & others, now, too!

No votes yet? 

On 10/4/2023 at 5:29 PM, Febreze Mee said:

Just throwing more references out for you, in case you had come across some of my other posts on the topic.  

On at night.

Off at night. 

On during the day. 

Funny, I need to grab some of the rubber stopper caps for the bleeder valves, and order a new set of bleeders for the fronts. My speed bleeder on the driver side is clogged, and I had no luck cleaning it. 

I'd highly recommend smoked halo ring covers from Morimoto. That way, the rings don't look like they are always on even when they're not. 

IMG_8936.mov

1 hour ago, blackobxt said:

Man why do your jdm controls seem reasonably bright 

Mine looks this way, too. Check if your dashboard dimmer is at max?

All, in an attempt to consolidate years of feedback and bring coilover personal experiences up to the present, please vote on which coilover set you personally know (have used or ridden in yourself) rides the best (aka, smooth as can be) for a daily driver Legacy. Let's go!

What'd I do? Detailed the Legacy & took it to a show where people continue to say "look at that sweet WRX" 

This was yesterday. But, oh well. Here's what I did:

1. Opened my aftermarket black headlights
2. Removed turn signal plastic shroud & reflector completely & for good
3. Painted inner housing gloss black
4. Glued in smoked reflectors
5. Wired & installed smoked switchback halo
6. Put front of car back together

On a black car, the chrome turn signals & orange reflectors were annoying me. So, here's the results:

Movie of them installed & functioning:
IMG_8936.mov

VERY late to the party. So, to catch up...

I did a LOT of mods since snagging my LGT and never stop wrenching on it. Here's a quick visual before & after:

Interior, exterior, engine, etc have all been meticulously overhauled and I've yet to meet an STI that can keep up.

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As purchased:

And, today:

As purchased:

Now: