The Dude Abides

http://www.roadrallycharities.com/videos/ Check out the 2010 mud coast video. You might recognize a couple soobs but you wont see them in action.

Its just unique like me. I love the looks it brings. Shock and awe effect. I wont get rid of this until something catrostraphic happens.

Hey man i know you dont live in town but you should go to the exhaust guy we have here. He fixes mick up all the time and he fixed my exhaust headers really good. He specializes in custom exhaust.

Let me explain this before i start. We have been getting alot of rain, 41 counties are declaired under advisory and ames is all but cut off from the world right now. Buy the way McBrat lives just south of ames but hes on high ground so he should be ok. I wanted to get some pics of the stuff so i thought id mount up the suby and head out. I found this kick a** trail right along the river. But with no recovery gear, no cell phone, and no buddy i didnt venture to far but it was still fun. I only had alittle time before work to do this so i dont have many pictures. And my clicky CV shaft has gotten worse after i stretched it a couple times so i didnt want to push my luck. For what they are heres the pictures. This isnt suspost to be this big, its a stream normally. 3 days of 5 inch rains have taken a toll. Guido contemplating a river crossing. Playin in the woods Leaving the trail, didnt want to get into trouble

Yea i wouldnt mind doing this upgrade. But when i got the car i bought the silverstars because i had a headlight out. I didnt expect them to last this long but there still going strong. But your right, not near as strong as the conversion you are talking about.

Weve had alot of rain, and no one wants to go mudding. Im gonna go check it out. Pics to come.

Type of Wrenching - Shadetree Automotive and Motorcycle, Professional Aircraft What - Ive worked on just about every average joe gasoline engine still made today. From Acuras to VWs, For aircraft i do work for boeing, lockheed, honeywell, airbus, bell, etc... How long doing it - The airplane stuff only 4 years. Automotive probally 15. Ive been into cars since i was 5. Started collecting them when i was 10. 1st repair job i did was changed my stepdads tire on his red dodge d-50 pickup. Ive never pulled a motor or tranny but ive worked on everything else. All self taut, just learned from my mistakes. Other skills - I have diped into alittle home repair fixing broken pipes and sinks. Done alittle electrical, furnature repair, computer repair. Kinda a jack of all trades but a master of none.

Im pretty sure you will need to upgrade some wireing but i run the sylvan silverstars on my DL and they work great. They dont have alot of the blue hue that the light bulbs do. I hear GE Nighthawks are the brightest factory light available without upgrading wireing. Others have upgraded so they will be able to help more. I drove my DL as a daily driver for 4 years with the silverstars and they have worked great.

Ok thanks GD, thats above my abilities. Ill keep checking the JY for a impreza.

So i found a perfect set of blue 1993 legacy seats in the junkyard. I would like to know how hard the swap over to the ea82 is and if anyone has done this befrore (im sure there are). A search yielded only ea81 swap info and late legacy, impreza info. Im looking for 1st gen legacy info. Ben

Bra i was saying i didnt know you could do that. I will look into getting the parts for the swap next time im in the Junk yard. I think you totally missed what i was saying on that one.

I didnt know about the wipers. I will look into that the next time im at the yard.

Upgradeing the wheels are what most people do when they lift. It just gives you a better selection of tires since there is hardly anything in 13' tires anymore. You would find it wont effect gas mpg to much and would look sharper. These are what im talking about. Sorry oneeye to hyjack a pic to prove a point.

You have the push button 4wd which is only 4 high. It still gets around great in the winter but if you were wanting to wheel you would benefit from the 4 low. Though that hasn't stopped me. Your car is awsome. You need to get some pugs on that quick. The larger wheel with wider tire will make them handle really well. You will be disapointed when you see how many parts dont really cross over into these cars. Not alot of aftermarket following and even certain parts like better brakes arent available with stock equipment. Things like great brakes There are some pretty impressive sealed beam units out there that you can still use the factory wiring. If you wanted to get things interesting you can swap a legacy 2.2 motor into that thing. Gives you about 50more hp and torque. Much better motor that propells the car further. But with hardly any miles on the car its barely broken in.

Correct me if im wrong sir, but if you replace the HGs with the new designed ones. Isnt that the end of your HG problems for the most part. And you must understand. The average person thinks replaceing the motor with one thats not really suspost to go in there is a silly idea.

sl33py i am your man. My 1st suby that i still have is a dl and i can help you out with all of your questions. 1. Yes any gl mirror will bolt up. When you get one from a junkyard electric or not make sure you get the screws and the gray plastic cover. Be careful because the triangle trim piece can be brittle. If its power then just rip out the electrics like i did and mount it up anyways. Position the mirror buy hand and your good to go. 2. See Above Post 3. You need different rear package trim in order to have the privacy roller shade. You can transfer the GL trim into your DL if you wanted to badly enough. 4. All GL seats should bolt right up. Infact if you replace the rear seat you might as well replace the front 2 as well. GLs had better plush interiors as well so the seats are comfier. On a side note, if the tops of your DL door panels are shot you can use GL ones as well and swap the middle section out for the manual window setup. You could rewire for power windows but its a royal pain to do stuff like that. 5. Stereo is anything you want and i have fit 6 1/2 speakers in the front doors useing the factory mounting area. But you will need to run new speaker wire and drill out the holes in the back doors to mount speakers there. There shoudl be space in the door frame but not on the door panl. Alittle tip. I got 6 1/2 factory speakers from a subaru impreza wrx and they bolted right up to the factory wireing. They were nice panasonic or pioneer speakers, but to each there own. Couple of side notes. If you want bigger rims other then 13 inch you will need to find some peugeot wheels or redrill 6 lug toyota wheels. Is yours a 5 speed or a auto Look up a rear disc brake swap. They are way better then the drums. Be prepaired to make others jelaous of the 4 headlight system. They are far superior to the GLs Big Headlight setup. Yours is Fuel Injected, not carbed. You cannot swap in the tach dash. Theres someone on here called mcbrat. He likes makeing fun of dls. But then you can say atleast you bring subarus to subaru shows. Theres lots of other things but im needing to go to work. Rockin the DL since 05. Ben

And silver. In McBrats defense he still has a awsome almost rust free brat he has only put a lift on but not wheeled. Its pretty nice.

So after working on my brothers brakes in his cutlass i thought i would check out the tauruses brakes. I didnt half to check far. Both rear brakes rotors are covered in rust. Like they havent been used in quite a while. All the braking is being done up front. Before i dig into this i was wondering if anyone had come across this problem before. Could the calipers be siezed open. Maybe the sliders need greased, or my porpotioning valve is garbage. Any other ideas would be very helpfull. Ben

Im a V8 guy. I love hearing the rumble of the engine. But even that gets way old on a daily commute.

You just cant let that DL thing go can you.

Theres alittle mud on mt grizzley. You might want to wash it up.

No that would make it LOUDER inside. Its an offroader but i enjoy less sound inside.

Lets be honest, the early subarus werent known for plush interiors. Something like what your doing is what i had in mind. And hell 35 bucks for 2 seats aint that bad of an upgrade. Oh and those seats were pretty tore up.

Tried a vacuume. Only scratches the surface.

Just curious as what just bolts in to the original seat mounts. Crawling around i noticed my drivers seat is in really bad shape.