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Do you also have the cover for it?

 

I purchased it from someone in Japan under the pretense it was a jdm wheel, but I'm not sure what the differences are. I did have the center piece but it disappeared with a bunch of my other parts :(

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Finally got my work bench set up so I have somewhere to work, rather than sitting on the ground!

 

http://i.imgur.com/RKcv5kPh.jpg

 

I am so unbelievably thrilled to have a garage that I own and know that I won't have to move everything out of it.

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Put the crossmember in today!

 

http://i.imgur.com/No372hoh.jpg

 

Got it all bolted in today. The sway bar and tie rods don't bolt right up to the Legacy hubs. The sway bar that came with the crossmember has a different type of bolt on the end, it seems to be pressed in with a nut on one end; while the original one had a bolt that went directly through it.

 

Does the tie rod need to be pressed in, or should it freely slide in? I measured both of them and they are almost exactly the same size.

 

Bonus shot of my garage, which is coming along nicely

 

http://i.imgur.com/Zu8zqsjh.jpg

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Damn, I haven't updated this thread in too long! SO updates:

 

- Tie rods don't fit, I am going to order Legacy end links and put those on.

- Steering knuckle thing between column and rack didn't fit, so I combined the two:

 

http://i.imgur.com/buEtSuNh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VRXk4mbh.jpg

 

Dashboard which was previously thought to be unsalvageable has been brought back from the dead by my lovely wife, who has been scrubbing it with vinyl cleaner whenever I am working on the car:

 

http://i.imgur.com/9XgeJUQh.jpg

 

The whole dash looked like this white dry elephant foot part prior to her starting:

http://i.imgur.com/PiTwuLyh.jpg

 

Here it is now, tough to get a good photo:

 

http://i.imgur.com/g3mim9Th.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/v7DWzNAh.jpg

 

Once she is all done cleaning it I am going to seal it with some product recommended by a detailer friend. I also removed the vents so they could be properly cleaned, they were so filthy and caked with dirt. Even inside the dash was filled with dirt.

 

http://i.imgur.com/5ft6selh.jpg

 

A friend of mine needed a new steering rack, so I traded him my original one, plus non-turbo crossmember for some BC coilovers. They are for 05-09 Legacy GT, so the rears aren't going to work on my car, but the fronts will work once I swap out the top hats. I am contemplating rebuilding them, but I have never done so before and there is a lot of conflicting info on the forums, so Im not quite sure yet.

 

http://i.imgur.com/JoKhbEEh.jpg

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I need to replace a good bit of the suspension pieces:

 

All Lower control arm bushings

LCA Ball Joints

Struts (or replace with coilovers)

 

Would it make more sense to try and find a good deal on some complete front knuckles and control arms?

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Ok ok fixed it:

 

http://i.imgur.com/OBzuiR6.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/nfb3Z83.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/rlRkKUW.jpg

 

I ran some of the harness today so it wasn't hanging all over the place. I also put the fuse box in. There are some wires that I need to identify still, and the drivers side headlight plug is missing and replaced with some shitty loose wires.

 

http://i.imgur.com/AqezztX.jpg

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Spent a few minutes today cleaning up my harness and routing it cleaner. Can anyone tell me what these are?

 

http://i.imgur.com/gp35r1Il.jpg

 

From what I understand this is so I could quickly convert the car to FWD if using a spare. Do I actually need it, or can I just remove it?

 

http://i.imgur.com/x0WlOlzl.jpg

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