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A few other things I was able to do whilst home was pick up my vanity plates, and properly clean up my headlights. I also adjusted my headlights so they point down the road more. I am happy with my output and I can see much better than I could when the headlights were improperly aimed, naturally. I cleaned my headlights using Thomistopheles guide found here: https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/headlight-restoration-guide-201687.html Very much worth spending the money on the supplies for the results. I did not deviate at all from his guide, and as a result my headlights look like glass. Check out his headlight restoration guide. The photo of my headlight in the dark is not entirely helpful for how clean they look at night (sorry for the potato quality), but maybe someone who is considering doing an 80mm LED halo ring and 6-inch LED strip will be able to use it for reference. Bonus photos with the homie.

I was fortunate enough to make it home for the Christmas and New Years, and attempted to get some work done on the car. Here are pictures documenting my adventures: - coilovers & - a rear sway bar Done in two separate days. Coilovers I have put about 700 miles on this set up and have loved almost every mile. I cannot give them a fair review because nothing is broken in yet, but here is what I can tell you after 700 miles of driving in less than a week: The car previously had blown shocks and struts before I put the 7K/8K BC Racing coilovers. I have the settings of the coils at 7 clicks from hard all around. They sit at the height the BC built them (measured them with a digital caliper tool, but don't recall the measurements). The car is not by any means slammed. The car is a ton more stiff. I am running a stock wheel and tire set up, and I can really feel major disparities in road surfaces. I've taken two road trips and I was mostly comfortable. I have had two middle-aged individuals and one young guy, who have been for a ride in the car, enjoyed the ride, and complimented me on the tightened up suspension. Only one was a car enthusiast. I would like to play around with the dampening a little more, and see what a little softer adjustment has to offer. Sway Bar The sway bar is adjustable and is on the softest setting - the hole further from the bar. The bar is significantly thicker than stock and I do not track the car, so I found it unnecessary for what is supposed to be a daily driver that I can enjoy on some twisties. Maybe I'll see what the stiffest setting is like in the future. I'm not worried about it now.

That's too bad. I could actually use these. I just drilled through mine and made some errors while installing BC Racing coilovers w/ the rear dampening helpers. But I can't justify it with shipping.

Thank you sooooo much!!! Big fan of your set up. I look forward to seeing more pictures and hearing updates on the car.

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If there is still a traditional carbon fiber scoop available. I'll take one. PM sent.

Bwahaha. One of the safest with consistent 5-star safety ratings from the NHSTA.

I'd be like a bear with honey on this if I had an XT or GT. GLWS!

Looking for a full set of 18x8 OZ Racing Evo Chrono wheels - 5x100 et +35 with/without tires. I do not care the what the color is of the wheels. I only care that the dimensions are 18x8 +35 with a 5x100 lug pattern. These are the first generation OZ Racing Chrono wheels that I am looking for. If anyone can get me any other info they have on anyone they know who has them, or anyone they know who is selling them, that would be greatly appreciated.

Perfect! Thank you for the heads up! Headed to his instagram now.

Not lucky - blessed. I've gotta call it "divine intervention" on this one. Nonamedude just claimed of all the cars he saw in a year and a half, non were as bad. And the one fatality he did have wasn't close to touching this one. I walked out without so much as a concussion. Definitely a miracle

Dang! We gotta find that. I really want.....need, one of these. And I would like to support the guy instead of find some EDM, AUDM, JDM wing.

No kidding. Thank you! That makes two of us.

Thank you for the kind words. Yeah, he was a super genuine guy. The nicest.

Been keeping my eye on this build. Very interested for an update. My eyes are glued to your exhaust set up. I really want the boxer sound and won't be able to settle for anything other than a UEL if I modify my exhaust. Looking at getting some 2.5RS headers, but mating it to the OB exhaust would be tricky. Looking at some of the guys who have done this to their 2.5i Legacys, it seems as though the 2.5i Legacy exhaust mates right up to it. Considering doing some sort of Frankenstein exhaust after confirming some part numbers and other dimensions. If I don't do the Frankenstein method, then I will be looking into the custom 2 piece adapter you mentioned.

Very in-depth build. I love the wing! Do you still make them? Willing to pay.

If it's only a 2018, there's no way the hoses are old enough to have broken due to brittleness. I'm willing to bet one of them popped off somewhere. Check to see if there is a puddle of washer fluid after toggling the washer fluid nob.

Subbed for a wagon build. Whoop!

The two photos at the gas station were the only photos I had of it lowered on the LGT struts. I took them with a potato of a phone.

*Reminder to not drive drowsy for the safety of others and yourself.* On January 24, 2017 I woke up for a day that was different from the routine. Today was huge! Our annual fall Texas A&M Career Fair was happening, and we freshman Engineering students would get an opportunity to practice speaking and interacting with the 400+ companies at the convention. All those seminars and elevator-pitch drafts would finally come into play. And so it was put to us that this would be a good time for exposure and practice. We were told that it was highly unlikely for us to walk away with anything but a learning experience - and it would be safe to say that all of us did. However, a few of us managed to walk away with a little more. I landed myself one of the two A&M interview spots Toyota was offering for a possible Plant Production Manager assistant co-op for their plant up in Plano, Texas. The interview was scheduled for the next day at 8:30am on campus. We got back from the fair and I decided to be irresponsible with my time. I stayed up all night doing a combination of things that could have been done earlier in the day. I know I was scouring this forum for everything I could find on doing a LGT suspension swap. I'm sure I was on YouTube a little. I cranked out a ton of Calculus II homework, and a ton of Physics homework throughout the early hours of the morning. And afterwards, I began preparing for a the interview I was to have in a few hours. I lived 50mins off campus and it's all backroads (twisties!), so I gave myself ample time to get suited up and get there. I took a ten-minute nap from 5:35a.m. to 5:45a.m., then began getting ready. Found $10 in change to put gas in the tank to make the drive there and back, because college. Left the door at 6:10a.m. to give myself time for travel, stops, parking, and being there early. I made three stops because I was extremely drowsy, and it was hitting me like a train. I spent an additional 20+ mins looking for my phone that fell in between one of the cracks between the seat. So frustrating. I ended up getting to campus around 7:45a.m. Anyway, I made it in one piece. I drove in with a road trip buddy I had found near campus (lady-driven Maxima SE-R), found parking, and walked around for another 20+mins looking for this room in one of the many buildings. Super lost. Ended up finding it and getting there with 10mins to spare. Then I conducted my interview. During the interview I was asked about a problem I might have had one time and how I handled the problem. Funny enough, the weekend before I was at home throwing LGT struts in the wagon and I snapped a rear lower strut assembly bolt and wasn't able to get one in time before I had to make a road trip back to where I was living for college. I ended up using an RX-8 transmission bolt from the project car as a temporary place holder for the week until I could get back and get a new bolt and alignment. I ended up sharing this story because it was the best I could come up with quickly, and it was applicable. I was confident going in, but not so much when exiting the interview. The fact that I as a freshman in college with no real experience, and only a semester of school to back up my degree path, had scored the interview was an accomplishment to myself. There were obviously better candidates and so I think the position went to the other guy who was a junior or senior. I walked back to the "30min Parking ONLY" spot, where I had left my car 45mins prior, fingers crossed that I didn't get a ticket. Hopped in, looked back into the rear cargo space where I left a pillow and comforter for post-interview operations. There was no way I was risking the ticket though, so I convinced myself I could make it back to my residence 50mins away. Made two stops on the way back, got caught in construction traffic (on a two lane highway in the middle of nowhere). While sitting for a few seconds I blinked long and hard enough for 3 car lengths to have opened between I and the car in front of me. "Man I am tired." I did a lot to prevent myself from sleeping. I put down all of the windows to allow the 30* air to hit me in the face at 60mph, blared music, screamed the lyrics to the music. 5mins out from my apartment, and I fall victim to a mirco-sleep going 55mph. The car veers over 3 lanes of not-so-busy highway hits a curb at 45* angle to which my eyes shot open. Now if you ever been woken up abruptly in the middle of sleep, your eyes open all the way, but your sight isn't all there yet. That is exactly what this was like. My first thought was that I just bottomed out. I had a roller coaster feeling in my stomach and just heard a bunch of brush cracking. I had hit a curb, went airborne, through some thick small trees, hit the ground on the front right corner of the car and initiated a roll, where I then rolled over one and a half times into a tree. It all happened extremely fast. And the actions and thoughts that I am about to describe took place over about 45secs. When the car settled I felt jarred - how appropriate. I hung sideways from my drivers seat. My left leg hurt. My vision came to and I saw a deflated airbag, lots of smoke, and a very translucent, shattered windshield. I looked to my right and just couldn't believe what I saw. I saw the ground! How? What just occurred? Blood dripped from my behind my ear on several copies of my resume that lay below me. I looked to my left and say my headliner and a bunch of metal. "My window used to be there." I quickly let myself down and looked to the rear cargo space. Folded! I could barely see light. "I need to get out of here." "The car might be on fire." "Another car might come and hit me." "Oh. Oh, did I hit another car?" "Wow." I looked around evaluated my options, what little I had. I decided the windshield was the only way. I proceed to give it a couple kicks, and a small hole was made on the third. I boogied out and ran around the tree my roof was lodged into and out into the clearing. There I saw three vehicles had pulled over and a several ppl had come to check on me. Can't thank them enough. They were all wide-eyed and almost speechless. "How is this kid walking away from this?" was a thought they all shared. I turned around to my car revealing that it was a single-car accident, THANK GOD! My mind flooded with thoughts "No! I'm going to miss my Calc quiz!" (The teacher said at the beginning of the year no matter what, there would be no make-up quizzes. Of course my thoughts when he said that were "What if some thing out of the ordinary happens? Surely you can make it up." When later sharing my experiences with him, he still wouldn't let me make up the quiz.). "My car is sideways." "New tires, new suspension, gone." "My ear hurts." "Do I still have an ear?" "I hope my parents are too mad at me." "I really don't want to share this with them." "I already feel like a burden and I haven't even told them yet." I was a little in shock, so I was processing way too much. This didn't even don on me until a couple days later that it all happened. I don't know why. I'm no medical expert. The sheriff came and mentioned I was remarkably calm, asked if I wanted an ambulance, I politely declined. He was taken back at my physical and mental state given the nature of my accident and the carnage. The tow truck driver came and was in disbelief. He wanted a picture with me since I was only one of two or three victims to such a severe accident who he had seen survive, let alone walk around as I was. He got choked up several times as we shared good conversation. I made the call to my parents 30mins after all this happened. The tow truck driver took me and the car back into town and dropped it off at the Ford dealership wreckage yard, and me off at my apartment. My dumb self, exhausted, stripped off my shredded suit and laid filthy in my bare bed with a small sheet and pillow. I took a 2hr nap before I woke up. Good thing I didn't have a concussion. Both my parents made the trip up to me and took me back home for the next day. On January 25, 2017 I and those around me learned a very important lesson to not drive while drowsy. It is extremely dangerous. Everyone says, "Oh, it can't happen to me, and then it does." Lay your pride down! I said the same thing. "I'd never fall asleep. The fear of dying would keep me alive." We get too comfortable and complacent. It's not worth it. Pull over. Have a passenger keep you company. Just don't hop behind the wheel of a two-ton vehicle and think your resistant to sleep. Sleep always wins. My best friend just had an extremely similar case happen to him. He fell asleep on a desolate stretch of highway and ended up rolling his SWP STi Type RA. He and his passenger were unscathed, thank God. Don't let it happen to you. Please share this story with your loved ones. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Have a great day! And a Merry Christmas!!!

Throwback to my first Outback. Gone but not forgotten.

So this just came in today... Whiteline 20mm rear sway bar (BSR39Z) I'm also excited to announce that I ordered a replacement mudflap from Rally Armor today to use in place of the missing one in the front right corner of the car. It was lost in a car wash several months ago. My dad just wanted to clean the car quickly for my return home. Learn from the mistake and never take your car through an automated car wash. Anyway Rally Armor had awesome customer service and I am thankful for how smooth they made the process. Whoop!

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