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'05 to '08 Rear Bumper and Taillight Conversion


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Front bumper splitter removed and license plate holes filled...

 

Painted the underside of the rear bumper black to partially keep the '05 look.

 

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your camera R suck. :lol:

 

from the pics the color looks off? Is it the camera? I'm very picky about things like that so if something doesn't match I have a cow.. It irks me that the oem door handles do not match the doors perfectly.

 

 

overall.. I cant decide if I like it or not, your camera is misrepresenting it. :lol:

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you had it done at maaco???

 

Somebody had to say it. Yes, I had it done at Maaco. My dad owns the shop. Maaco has a pricing scale... From an affordable paint job to a show car paint job. Just depends on what you want to spend. They are individually owned franchises, so each one is different.

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your camera R suck. :lol:

 

from the pics the color looks off? Is it the camera? I'm very picky about things like that so if something doesn't match I have a cow.. It irks me that the oem door handles do not match the doors perfectly.

 

 

overall.. I cant decide if I like it or not, your camera is misrepresenting it. :lol:

 

It's my crappy camera phone. I'll post high res pics when I have some time. It turned out beautifully, though.

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now i wish someone would rear end me :lol:

 

0_0 .............

 

 

hahah!! jkz

 

but jdmchizad, that's a pretty sweet conversion i think it looks really good. you should have gotten the vents instead of the reflectors in the bumper though, i think that would look a bit better.

 

how much did the bumper and lights cost from subaru?

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JDMChizad, i'm glad that the swap worked out! i also like how the underside is painted black, it's something which i consider the legacy to must have - cause it adds points to the sportiness. but then if you went JDM it'd be even better! =PPPPPPPPP

 

btw, if someone did this swap to a wagon, all you would get is extra reflectors on the rear bumper and nothing else, cause that i think was the only change to the wagon rear bumper look. the design on the wagon rear bumper should be the same for 08 and 05-07 so you can literally swap the old bumper design if you don't like the reflectors on the wagon.

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looks sweet.....anyone know if the front bumper is plug and play?

 

As a minimum you'd have to replace the headlights and the front fenders... and could be more to do, but that's what's immediately visible.

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^ yea, bumper skin, foglights, bumper beam and pad, headlights, probably the headlight mounting brackets, grill, and maybe the splash guard underneath, fenders and any associated brackets for those.
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Thought you might have some good ideas to share with us since you've donethis in person. So, slightly off topic - do you think if we fit the 08 tails onto the 05 Legacy without changing the bumpers? By this I mean fabricating a piece (CF?) that would replicate the "missing piece" of the 08 front bumper.

 

We are "considering" possibly coordinating and finding someone to design LED tails for the sedan.

 

Thanks,

J.

HKC-speed.com

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if the led tails were for the 08 only I wouldn't be interested, but 05-07 I would.. depending on the design. I dont want any tacky "altezza" lights or something..

 

personally, I like my slightly taller less squatty no chrome trim taillights... although I dont hate the 08s..

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Thought you might have some good ideas to share with us since you've donethis in person. So, slightly off topic - do you think if we fit the 08 tails onto the 05 Legacy without changing the bumpers? By this I mean fabricating a piece (CF?) that would replicate the "missing piece" of the 08 front bumper.

 

We are "considering" possibly coordinating and finding someone to design LED tails for the sedan.

 

Thanks,

J.

HKC-speed.com

 

That is an excellent idea and I think it would work great

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