Stevo F Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Added a third second gen to the fleet today- 1997 Legacy GT (intended for our youngest son when he gets his license). Car has 198K miles and has an EJ22 swap (with only 90K miles on it). Body is decent except for typical rust on passenger's quarter panel and a dent in the driver's quarter panel. Paint needs buffing badly. Interior is clean Apparently has some bad rotor warpage as pretty bad vibration when applying brakes and a slight shimmy around 60 MPH. Also will need driver's side axle as you can hear some clicking when turning. Motor purrs like a kitten. The seller told me that it has the typical hard 1st to 2nd shift from the 4EAT in cold weather unless you warm it up, but it shifted fine when driving it today. My first plan is to replace brake pads and rotors all around to see if that takes care of the vibration when braking. After that, I'll let my mechanic take a look at it, replace the axle, see if there's anything else that needs attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxBLOOD88SHOTxx Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Post pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo F Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Never have good luck sharing pics here, so lets try this: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8N4p9BHK2dTbmFZNWlSaWNHUEU https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8N4p9BHK2dTLVdtbGg0a1paQjQ https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8N4p9BHK2dTdVYyaWxWQVV1X0E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesA Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Good choice for a new driver. Plus, Dad knows how to work on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxBLOOD88SHOTxx Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Wish I had something as sensible when I was a new driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setnev Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I love the snowflakes on the 2nd gen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo F Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 I love the snowflakes on the 2nd gen! I do too. 2 of our 3 second gens have them (both GT's) and I am tempted to get a set for the wagon when it ready for new tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setnev Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I bought a junkyard set for $140. They were off of a 03 Legacy L sedan, so I know they were swapped and have decent amount of tread on them. My 99 Outback is getting due for new front tires and I am itching to install them due to the larger wheel size, but I am going to lose about an inch of height due to the tire size going from 26.3 inches to 24.9 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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