SubOperator Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I should have JDM xenon and USDM headlights in good shape if you can't find anything semi-locally. USDM sets I believe I had both 05 (black interior) and 06 (chrome interior) sets, need to check for sure. 2005 LGT Wagon Limited 6 MT RBP Stage 2 - 248K 2007 B9 Tribeca Limited DGM - 258K SOLD - 2005 OB Limited 5 MT Silver - 245K SOLD - 2010 OB 6 MT Silver - 205K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmP6889928 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 In reading more through this thread, it looks like you've got some folks with decent parts much closer to you than I. Look at all the muscle cars out there now with flat black hoods and seriously consider. It's your track car and it would look fine if you do the prep work and shoot it yourself with flat black. You could even do the tailgate to match and I would use Plasti-Dip because you can use tire dressing on it to keep it fresh and black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 when I bought the race wagon, it came with the hood Gator folded over the windshield when he forgot the hood pins. Just bend the hood sort of flat and move your intercooler to the top of radiator...the ram effect ought to make a difference. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmP6889928 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 As I have said numerous times, and I don't visit here enough anymore due to time restraints, but this is the best car community there is. I'm on several other forums and rarely do I see any brothers stepping up to help out another brother if there is an issue, and to see all of the support from the people on LGT makes me KNOW I've not been wrong in my assumptions. Mr. Shralp-your track car will continue to live and the generosity of all of OUR brothers on this forum is recognized, noticed, and appreciated by all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Sorry to hear man. That must have been scary.. I was going to suggest an eBay JDM front clip. You'd get OEM HID, a nice bumper, etc.. You'd still have to paint the whole thing though. In any case, looks like you have some good options now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 For sure guys, so happy to see people reaching out to help. I means a lot to me. Never would have known after buying the car in '06 and jumping on the forum 2 years later that I would have found myself here now in 2021. Would LOVE a JDM clip but yeah budget is already a huge issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitexc Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Never would have known after buying the car in '06 and jumping on the forum 2 years later that I would have found myself here now in 2021. With a much lighter wallet, some busted knuckles from wrenching, an expanded vocabulary and a bunch of smiles I'm guessing. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 With a much lighter wallet, some busted knuckles from wrenching, an expanded vocabulary and a bunch of smiles I'm guessing. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk Without A Doubt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanyb505 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Serious community happening out there, I know SBT is around here somewhere but I'd be up a bit of a creek in SC if that happened to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTmakes3 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Looks like you're coming along. I see many reaching out with hoods and bumpers and such. While mine have been sold, I do have a set of fans from my 07 LGT if you need . PM me if interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 (edited) Yes, things are finally starting to come together with the rebuild! Sgt. Gator was kind enough to drop off some parts today from the Subaru dealership and I've got a date booked to drop the car at the tuner next week to begin. Couldn't have done it without all my RBP brethren out there that stepped up to help; Gex, and Rhino6303 helped with hoods and bumpers and Boxkita helped with transport. Thanks again to all. Pretty sure I have everything I need now to re-assemble between the new OEM stuff and some of the parts that were salvageable from the deer strike. Had to chuckle pulling a fresh Suby engine cover out of the box, one that I'll have to hack up tomorrow with my Grimmspeed Top Mount modification so it will fit, (yes I like keeping it..). Also need to do a slight trim on my new OEM intake snorkel so it pulls out of the Cobb airbox easier to allow quick access to one of my front splitter mounts at the track. Super happy with the new, (used) bumper cover, it cleaned up nicely and while its not perfect, its in way better shape than mine had been over the past 10 years with all the road pepper. I also have a hood that should clean up nicely with bit of TLC. Also decided to re-do my brake ducts while the bumper was off the car. I had been running black plastic Home Depot sourced gutter down spouts bolted to the back of the fog light enclosure and hooked to 4" brake hose for the past few years. With this I kept the fog light bezels out entirely. It worked great but was certainly not the most elegant solution and it did bleed more air than it needed to. I wanted to see if I could re-do the system with out breaking the bank and ideally go back to using the RBP bezels again. The foglight hole is nearly 3" in diameter, its just ovalized slightly. Home Depot to the rescue again! I found these rubber pressure fittings that come wrapped in aluminum sheet with worm clamps that are riveted thru so they won' slip off. They fit onto the backside of the bezel and stay put with one of the worm clamps. The other worm clamp near the back provides a perfect channel between the two to zip tie a 4" brake hose over the whole rig. Super happy with how it turned out and best of all its simple. My JDM grill was destroyed in the deer strike so I fished out my old AVO grill that has been in storage and decided to re-vamp it. The original mesh I had put in looked great but it didn't flow much air and I needed something more open for track use so I dremeled out the epoxy blobs holding it in and sourced some new mesh from Custom Car Grills. This is the small hex mesh that they offer, I bought it in powder coated matte black. Once I re-templated, formed and re-JB Weld blobbed the new mesh its good to go! Some pics below of the new parts, bumper cover, ducts 2.0 and grill re-deux... Edited November 9, 2021 by shralp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleides Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Glad to see it's coming along! That grille looks pretty interesting, think it'll suit your car better than the prior one that was on there. This is what ya had before, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Yup that's what I had before for a grill. Never really liked the mesh that it came with, it just looked low quality. You'll see from the shot of the AVO the the mesh I had on before was pretty tight. Fine for street driving but just not enough airflow if you're really pushing the car for long periods of time. Also included a shot of my V.1 brake ducts, definitely like the V.2 much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just remove the grill all together when racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanyb505 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 I have a similar homemade grill but without the badge. People ask if the grill fell out. Homemade = no grill anyway lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 To add something to the mess grill, I found the GT emblem on-line, back in 2012 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...
shralp Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just remove the grill all together when racing Oh man, no grill is a total recipe for getting a chunk of debris through your radiator at 100 mph. I see it happen to the grill-less crew once or twice a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VespaGTS Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Dude, you can have my engine cover. Don't cut up a new one. I'm local in Bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeInOregon Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 What a bummer , hope you make that little ****** into sausage Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitexc Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Jerky Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shralp Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Christmas has come early for me this year, the track car is repaired and back home! Huge shout out to Arcflash here in Bend for their work! After they were able to tear into it, they suggested that we forgo tack welding in the new radiator core support pieces and just nut-sert in the new assembly. Since its not a structural component there wasn't really any need to bleed more labor time for fab work. Also, if I do ding the front end again, (I better not!!), I can just unbolt the assembly from the car and install a new one. One added bright spot in all the destruction, my original headlights were getting pretty bad and these new JDM Depo ones have cleared corners which I think look much cleaner than the amber USDM ones. Overall, super happy with how this turned out. I was able to keep the entire bill under $3500 and based on the carnage I'm calling that a win. Couldn't have done it without the generosity of forum members rhino6303, Boxkita, and Gex. Thanks again guys, the RBP hoods and bumpers kept the cash hemorrhage down to a minimum. Some before and after shots below. Looking forward to next season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeInOregon Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Nice looks good and like the lights for sure so they make them for pre facelift sedans ? They awesome at ARC Flash and very reasonable rates for the quality of work they do. Glad you are back on the road. We need to do a bend meet up after we get some good snow Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Febreze Mee Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Or we could meet in Portland tomorrow evening for HIN and admire Shralp's efforts? MILKRUN - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeInOregon Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Or we could meet in Portland tomorrow evening for HIN and admire Shralp's efforts?Wish I could, I got "fixed" today so I'm stuck on the couch with a bag of ice all weekend Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitexc Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 (edited) The car looks fantastic. Hope it is as good or better than before. Sent from my SM-G996U using Tapatalk Edited December 4, 2021 by whitexc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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