ErrlyBird Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hello all, I've been using the forum since I've owned a legacy and made an account not too long ago. Most of my information about my car came from reading over countless threads on this site. I figured it's about time to make a thread introducing my car. I'm going to lay out all the mods that come to mind and keep this thread updated as I add more. Day 1 http://s7.postimg.org/6vs857m9z/IMG_1228.jpg This is how my car came to me. Nearly dead stock minus replacement parts, Rotas and some decently executed interior paint Pre-mod http://s8.postimg.org/oi6adfcy9/IMG_1330.jpg sat like this with rims only for about a month before the modbug bit Pics from 2/08/16 http://s8.postimg.org/ab32ekpqp/DSC00916.jpg http://s13.postimg.org/pf983dcpv/DSC00913.jpg http://s13.postimg.org/er5h4j2qr/DSC00911.jpg http://s7.postimg.org/wpa015x1j/DSC00921.jpg http://s7.postimg.org/wqjxukyvb/DSC00879.jpg Found a place to post up for a walk-around Car Pearl white 2005 Legacy 2.5GT Limited 5mt sedan Stage 2+ SF tune Bought stock with 208,500 miles on the body Full replacement long block at 145k by subaru dealer DRL delete Performance Cobb SF intake Cobb airbox Cobb catless UP Cobb high flow DP Nameless Performance DP heatshield Nameless Performance catback No mufflers, 4" neo-chrome blue/gold tips Cobb AP v3 Stage 2+ SF tune Bracketron A/C vent mount Grimmspeed gaskets Exterior 18" Motegi MR128s wrapped w/ Toyo Proxes 20% tint all the way around with 5% brow (Tintsmith done locally) Tinted license plate cover 5 stickers @ 6 hp each Interior Custom dyed black/white front seats and black back seats done by P.O. Black/Silver door card swap w/ non-lim. Silver radio trim swap 2 12" JL subs w/ 500 watt JL amp Weathertech floorliners Kartboy knuckleball shift knob Suspension 1/2 inch saggy butt spacers Have and need to put on Plasti-dip (badges) C&C Car Worx perfect-fit weather deflectors Rally Armor universal mudflaps Need to do Refinish headlights Diode Dynamics full LED conversion +reverse bulbs Sway bars WRX driver seat Full dyna-mat Dampen rear deck vibration Rear deck speaker vent mod Full JL cabin speakers Good condition OEM TMIC Exhaust tip leveling Slight fender roll to stop scrape on the very edges of the front two tires Radiator shroud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 White, I gather its a 5eat or you would have said 5mt. they didn't make many of them. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 White, I gather its a 5eat or you would have said 5mt. they didn't make many of them. Oops forgot something. It's a 5mt- updated my previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 48......SWP.....2005 Legacy GT wagon MT Ltd (blk) Is that your's black interior ? Or this one, 61......SWP.....2005 Legacy GT wagon MT Ltd (tan) ? the first number is the number of them made. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobino Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Damn! That's an impressive amount of mileage. Would love to hear how she holds up on you. I would love to drive my car will into the 200Ks. I bought another LGT that was crashed locally so I'll have a spare engine, tranny, and diff in case anything goes. Great to see! Sent from my LGLS740 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 48......SWP.....2005 Legacy GT wagon MT Ltd (blk) Is that your's black interior ? Or this one, 61......SWP.....2005 Legacy GT wagon MT Ltd (tan) ? the first number is the number of them made. Pretty sure the car came with tan interior and the P.O. painted/dyed the seats, door cards, ebrake boot, carpet, cupholders, arm rest, and a couple more areas. I've been working on replacing the parts that have any obvious paintwork and have swapped all the wood trim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Damn! That's an impressive amount of mileage. Would love to hear how she holds up on you. I would love to drive my car will into the 200Ks. I bought another LGT that was crashed locally so I'll have a spare engine, tranny, and diff in case anything goes. Great to see! Sent from my LGLS740 using Tapatalk Why thank you . She sits nice for the mileage that's for sure, could most definitely use some dent removal and a fresh layer of paint though... It'll feel good having easy access to those parts if/when you need em. I'll keep this thread updated with pictures, issues, projects, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 What shape is the spare engine in compression wise ? 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Why did I think you had a wagon...I could see the pictures from work. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battelready Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Welcome to the high mileage club. 232k on myn. I bought an auto be more involved in my uninvolvedness . 200k+ Club If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. My high mileage turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Some pictures from last weekend when a few friends and I did some back road cruising and hit the drag strip. http://s14.postimg.org/8792nzb1p/IMG_2059_edited.jpg http://s14.postimg.org/u55jhrq25/IMG_2061_edited.jpg Didn't race the camaro, but I did a run with the lancer and the 02 wagon. For both I had a bit less than a quarter tank of gas. Lancer was no problem, it has a slushbox transmission and is pretty slow. Beat the WRX (turboback, intake, tune) but not by near as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Been getting a smell this last week that I think is burning oil but not very strong nor frequent. Going to Kwik Kar for the "Full Service" oil change to check all my fluid levels and hopefully find something out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Have them take a good light and look at the bottom of the engine by the passenger side valve cover for a oil leak, its common on these cars. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Have them take a good light and look at the bottom of the engine by the passenger side valve cover for a oil leak, its common on these cars. Went yesterday, said the oil level was low but nothing super bad. Then said there was oil everywhere. They didn't diagnose the leak location yesterday but they put some dye in that they say should help when they go in with a uv light at my appt. on Thursday. I'll tell them to check there first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battelready Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 You know in which general area . There are some known problem spots. I bought an auto be more involved in my uninvolvedness . 200k+ Club If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. My high mileage turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Went for the dye check-up/diagnosis yesterday. Bad news. Said they didn't go looking deep at all once they saw all the oil right by the turbo(Kwik Kar doesn't do work on turbos). They suggested taking it to the dealer for a full run down to get a specific diagnosis. Worried of the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battelready Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Hmm it might not be that bad yet. Get it fully checked out. I had a similar issue where the oil return line of the turbo started coating everything in oil. I bought an auto be more involved in my uninvolvedness . 200k+ Club If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. My high mileage turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErrlyBird Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Got my car back from my mechanic yesterday, good news for now. Turns out the main oil leak was just the drain plug gasket- Kwik Kar -replaced that and also fixed up a couple small oil leaks they found. No more oil smell so far. He checked out the turbo and said it seemed fine although was leaking a very small amount of oil. He said if I am worried I should take it to the dealer for a turbo-specific diag. I'm happy for now having taken care of the leaks and when I go in for my recall work in the beginning of April I'll probably have the dealer check the turbo out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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