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nice! the jdm headlights fit no problem?

 

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Looks amazing! did you have the lip molded onto your bumper? it looks higher and flush with the front bumper vents. details please. also what are you lowered on?

i like the house better lol.

Lowered it some more. Rears are maxed out and fronts have a few threads left.

 

looks amazing. i wish i had the balls to go that low.

nice. what suspension?

17X7.5 unless somehow you have bigger wheel hubs. looks good.

^ nice. i'm gettin that lip next!

^yes and swirl marks LOL.

first thorough wash for 2011 LOL. washed wheel wells really well, clayed car, and waxed. not really completely thorough but enough to hold me til it gets a bit warmer.

 

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what suspension mods? rubbing?

ok i'm drunk, but i'm thinking of my car LOL. no i'm not driving but anyway i have 18's and i don't have a full sized spare and that worries me on how useless it would be if i had a flat. i have a 2.5i 5mt so no rear LSD. ok so our awd system is very sensitive to the tire's circumference, but that got me thinking; don't the inside wheels spin slower when we are turning? isn't this similar or worse than to having different a tire that slightly different? if i took my car to a nascar race my diff will eventually blow up?

lol yea. but i like a clean car when theres fresh snow coming down. it looks so hot LOL. plus its easier to clean a clean car with snow on it then a dirty car with snow on it. theres coin wash 1min away so i usually rinse anything off before i come home if its been snowing that day.

 

on another note, i like QSM because theres a cool purplish hue to the paint when the sun is just about to set.

quick rinse/detail before storm.

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I cannot stress this enough. I went to town on my hub for about 5 hours with a heavy sledge hammer before I rented the slide hammer and FWD hub adapter. Let's just say the hammer didnt even BUDGE it; the slide hammer had it off in about 5 minutes. Dont waste your time thinking a hammer will do the trick...chances are, it won't.

 

i did this a while ago and i had a slide hammer. it pulled the freaking hub right out of the bearing assembly . it was fun . its probably best just to take the whole knuckle/bearing out, then just press it out.

 

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how do you go about making a custom shield so that everything is focused and sharp. wouldn't that be kinda tough?

i love DBM. one of my favorites. i just wish it had a black interior. my choices were DBM > SWP > QSM. since QSM was the only one with a black interior thats what i got.

still won't work i think. considering that the sti's have a hub bore of 73mm where as the 5X100's have a hub bore of 56.1mm. even if you could, the (assuming sti) wheels, need somewhere to sit on.

 

bolt-on 114.3mm wheel bearing assembly probably won't fit either. part of the assembly sits inside the knuckle, and considering the bearing is bigger in the 114.3mm, that part that sits inside the knuckle is probably bigger too.

 

considering that when 5X100 impreza's do a full sti drivetrain swap + 5X114.3, they swap the knuckles/suspension pieces front and rear i believe to make it work; i wonder if there are even actually any 5X114.3 legacy's running around; considering the difference's in the 05+ legacy's suspension, to the sti.

its not about the being different as it would be useless on that car.

 

yea because obviously only LGT's can do the speed limit on the highway, 2.5i's can't.

slide hammer? you can borrow one at autozone. i advise against using it though. for me it pulled the hub out of the bearing and left the rest of the bearing assembly still in the spindle. pain in the ass.

what type of seats are those? looks good.

yearly inspections right? in PA, there inspections for vehicle and emissions.

good job.

 

just curious though, those that use "black tape", would you pass vehicle inspections if the tpms light is on?

+1 i love it. clean.

Just picked this up.

Lightly modded and a 5sp mt.

 

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looks clean and simple. lightly modded? you lowered or is that stock height?

^ so you have this bushing replaced on a new STi?

 

i'm wondering guys, the bushing ripping, is not specific to the legacy? since the wrx and sti are similar in design now, they will eventually rip too? funny, my cousins 05 TL, the rear bushing for the front LCA, similar to ours, is also ripping. common problem going bad 30-50k miles also; and acura fixed it by going back to the old design on the latest gen TL.