valkrie hunter

Don't think I've ever showed this here.

Square 18x10 + 44 (with 5mm spacer all around). +44 is very tight, so adding 5mm made it safer. Fenders slightly rolled (not flat) and on Coils. Michelin PS4S 265/35/18

Put on some 18x10 :O

Nothing major changed.. just added some new wheels.

Te37RT in Mag Blue

18x10 + ET39 (+44 with 5mm spacers) on 265/35/18 Michelin PS4S

Project Kics R40 Black Chrome Lugs

Nice!

 

What is that rear CF under the spare tire well, a skid plate? I dont see it in your mods list.

Good catch! Its actually a custom CF diffuser that was originally for an Evo X that I got from my old company and extended it to fit the legacy rear.

The itch to install these got too great.... Looking into the JDM aluminum front arms and to upgrade the bushings.

I'd suggest doing the bushings amd other PM stuff first! Having had to do top hats and now motor/tranny mounts, its such a big difference! Car feels half it's age now. i think you will appreciate all those goodies more putting them on when your car is in top condition.

 

You and Humble got all the good Cusco stuff! The only Cusco I have is the rear swaybar

I'll definitely put that on hold then, and start looking at the bushing/mounts. Thanks!

Grabbed some goodies to get some better handling characteristics. Though... having 160k, I should start to look at the bushing :/

Here's the car with the TS side skirts that I picked up. Had to fill some scratches and recoat them black.

Thanks man! It's an in-house special.

https://imgur.com/gallery/GMxewPA

Here's an album to my build process.

I'm running 18x9.5+38 on Michelin PS AS3+ 265/35/18.

Lowered on RSR coilovers (near lower settings), requires some rolling (I didn't roll flat, but will probably do that later). You can get by rolling the front and trimming the rears.

It's been a minute, but picked up factory Ts side skirt extension for the Legacy as well as an HKS Legamax (however, it's for the FB).. might install to see how it sounds but not sure I'm willing to go down to 2.5" exhaust compared to the Invidia 3"

Getting close to completing my CMOD + Wave Grille

Got the Power Folding Modules installed!

I kept the original Fog Light Accessory Button.

IMPORTANT!: Make sure the fog lights are off (open position) if you want to relocate the fog light switch to the turn signal stalk.

Also, this is by no means a walk through and more of my process and journal. I am not responsible if something happens to your car. Make sure you measure with a multi-meter before connecting anything.

The factory Harness that plugs into the Mirror adjustment and Fog Accessory plug.

Depin the Fog Light wire (Green + Red) [Follow the important note at the beginning. Make sure the Fog is turned off if you want to relocate the fog light switch!]

As you can see, I am testing the switch. It is identical to the JDM plugs in terms of operation. The polarity switches upon on/off positions of the switch.

This is what the completed Harness looks like. My Positive Lines are soldered to the Blue and Blue/White wires. The Negative lines are soldered to the Solid White and Black/White wires per the previous post.

I ended up taking the lower driver dash off so that I could route the wires along the following red lines. Take the center console bezel out also makes it easy to bridge the wires across.

Tested everything out and it all works!

Testing the JDM switch function for the power folding unit. It indeed switches polarity upon pressing the button in/out. Depending if the module is similar to the fog switch, we can verify the use of the fog switch.

From this configuration, the connectors are as follows:

Solid Yellow: 12V positive (from the car)

Solid Black: ground (from the car)

Solid Blue(+) / Solid White(-): paired together with the button (out position) would mean the mirrors have a constant power for open.

Blue with Red Line (+) / Black with White line (-): paired together with the button (out position) would mean the mirrors have a constant power for open.

Note:

1) the black with white wire above/next to the white is the only one that works. The black/white wire adjacent to the car ground wire is probably used for the mirrors.

2) the white and black/white wires are technically interchangeable. I got the same results switching between the two.

3) Patrick mentioned a green wire in the fog module that caused his dash to light up. You will need to trim/cut it so that it doesn't trip. I need to look at the USDM fog to determine which wire he mentioned.

Hope this helps for anyone wanting to do power folding.

Purchased recently silver interior trims and shipped straight to my friend in China, who organized carbon wrap for me. Got the picture of result (wrapped with real carbon) today and currently pending for shipping back to me:

 

I've always dreamed about having legit carbon or wood veneer interior. Carbon doesn't quite match my tan interior but super excited to see the end results!

Started working on the wiring for the JDM mirrors. After talking to Patrick and Sam over on the Fifth Gen Legacy FB page, I think I have a better understanding on wiring up the power folding. We shall see, but so far here is how I was able to add the wires for both turn signal and power folding.

I took apart the door panel (2 bolts), and removed the wiring loom from the door as seen below. It was not that difficult to do (unplug harness, remove the grommet from the sheet metal, there's a plastic locking cap on the fender side that needs to be removed with 3 prongs, then snake the whole wiring loom out the door). I ended up t-tapping into the turn signal wires in the foot well, and grounded to the chassis. Pictures to follow.

Per Sam Wong: Wiring harness is as followed

White -passenger lamp positive | driver lamp negative

Green - passenger lamp negative | driver lamp positive

Black/black - heater (defrost)

Brown/Grey - fold in/out (switch polarity)

Brown - close positive

Grey - open positive

Blue - mirror (switch polarity between either purple or red)

Purple - negative down - positive up

Red - negative right - positive left

Edit: Figured which wires to tap into with images below for turn signals.

Driver Side: Solid Blue for Positive (+); ground to chassis

Passenger: Red with Green Stripe Wire for Positive (+); ground to chassis

More random projects during these quarantine times... J's Racing Rep Diffuser for S2000. Needs a lot of trimming and trimming.

First!

 

Cool you got to work with Rally Innovations developing parts for our cars, what stuff did you guys look into?

Was really looking into light bars, front splitter, fog lights, and started looking at skit plates; but didn't get very far by the time I left.

Edit:

While we are on lockdown. Decided to complete some pending projects.

First up is JDM side mirrors. I just mounted them up and repinned for heat and mirror tilt. Still need to repin/make a harness for power folding and turn signals.

Nice! Curiously are those u shaped LED's the DRL's?

I rewired the lights to turn on with the ignition switch. So it's effectively DRL + Amber switch backs. I deleted the original turn signal location and added turn signal function to the high beam location. I also did a

TRS D1S 5.0 retrofit so didn't need the original high beam location anyways. So... The switchback only looks good at night... Sadly ahaha

As some may have noticed. The bumper is a custom bumper that I made. I basically cut the bumper in half and plastic welded it back together. I have attached my full album but some wips below:

http://imgur.com/gallery/GMxewPA