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Is there anywhere I can buy all new carpetting for my 90 subaru legacy wagon? Or do I have to find it used? There's a smell in my carpet that will no leave. Steam cleaned twice and it didn't even help.

Rain X is stuff you spray on your windshield and then buff it with a towel and it makes water slide off your windshield extremely easily. It's pretty cool at first but then when it's barely raining your get a mist effect on your windshield which makes it hard to see and you have to use your wipers a lot when it's barely raining. When you're going down the freeway though, there's pretty much no need for wipers because the wind will blow the rain right off. I actually saw a guy on the civic forum that said he doesn't even have wipers on his car. He just uses rain X. That's dangerous but he said that's how he rolls.

Milage on the wires is unknown. As I said I got them off a legacy at the junkyard and I've put 20K miles on them in the last 3 years.

Where do you get the OEM wires from? The dealer? Are you talking OEM spec or the actually OEM wires? This is a 90 Subaru Legacy AWD Auto with 293,000 miles on it. Don't know if it's the original engine though. Runs flawlessly.

It's getting closer to winter and my legacy will be getting driven again in a few months so I thought I should replace the spark plugs (may have been a couple years, I can't recall), wires and the air filter. Any specific brands I should get? I usually get NGK. Right now it's got those NGK 8mm blue plug wires in it. I got those off a junk yard legacy 2 or 3 years ago. How long do these things last? Should I even bother replacing them? Where do they sell those?

Perhaps I will get my WRX seats if I ever locate a decent Turbo legacy sedan around here. I look every day. No luck so far. The one I almost bought the guy finally replied to me a week later and said he couldn't sell it anymore. Bummer.

Alrighty, good to know. Thanks guys.

So do they bolt right in? Yeah it was 300 for the front and rear so it seemed like a decent deal. If they're in good shape. I'm not gonna buy them though. I need to locate a turbo 1st gen legacy first.

I see a lot of people with WRX seats in legacys. I have a 90 Legacy Wagon and I found some seats from a 2003 WRX wagon for $300 in excellent condition. Will these fit my car? Are there any modifications that need to take place in order for them to fit? Is this a good deal? Thanks Kimo

Haha! I am? That's cool. They still seem kind of rare. Turbo 1st gen sedans that is. I'd rather just buy a turbo sedan than do the swap. I watch craigslist at least once a day. No luck so far. I found one in Tacoma, WA on legacy central but the guy said he no longer wanted to sell. It had WRX suspension and WRX front and rear seats too. Only thing was he hadn't put the engine in yet, which worried me but I guess he doesn't want to sell it now.

Please tell me it IS that easy!

I'm having a hard time finding a turbo sedan though. I have a couple legacys but don't want to put a turbo motor in either of them because one's a total piece of crap and the other one runs perfect but they're both wagons. I've found several but they're either auto or high milage or too much asking price.

lol I don't understand. Feel free to explain.

Did the SVX only come with an automatic? Will the EG33 mate up with the 5spd from the first gen legacys?

Hmmm I'm new to the EG33. Just looked it up...230hp. wow. I haven't heard of somebody putting on in a first gen legacy though. Is that common? Is it hard to do? Anything special need to be done to get it to work?

Oh, I didn't think about that. I don't want an interference engine. I don't have the legacy yet. I'm still not sure if I want a legacy or an impreza. It's too bad I don't have one though because CCR is having a sale 10% off all their engines until the 31st which is two days away but I don't know what I'm doing yet so that sucks. That could save me $300. I have a couple legacys but they're wagons and when I got the first one the timing belt snapped the first day I drove it. If it had been an interference engine I would have been screwed. I guess I'm probably gonna go with an EJ22 turbo then. Sucks that it only puts out 163 hp though. If I could find a really cheap first gen legacy sedan 5spd with a bad turbo engine I would buy it and get a rebuilt one from CCR. They're so hard to find though...

Alright so the twin turbo setup may be out of the question. A right hand drive legacy is gonna be hard to come by in the US. I guess my best bet is just to find a stock 1st gen legacy with an EJ22 engine and a 5spd. Can you bolt in the 2.0 from an RS or WRX into the first gen legacy?

Those are some excellent questions, thank you. Hopefully somebody has the answers... I posted this over on legacy central or BBS, whichever you like to call it but no replies. That forum gets very little traffic unforunately. That one engine came with everything though. All the sensors, wiring harness, ecu, driveline and even the air box and MAF and the axles. Crazy good deal it seemed. 58K miles they said but who knows how accurate or truthful that is. It's so tempting to buy it though. If I could find a right hand drive car I would buy one of these engines. I believe the output for the EJ20 twin turbo is around 215HP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Legacy It doesn't say twin turbo though and I know there was a single turbo 2.0 engine as well so I'm not sure what the twin turbo puts out. But that's some pretty decent hp for a stock 4 cylinder. Not too bad. I probably won't be upgrading anything. I just want a stock turbo car. Nice car little snowboarding car that has some power when I want to have some fun.

I've wanted a turbo legacy sedan for a while now and I was looking on ebay and they have EJ20 motors from Japan on there all the time for what seems to be a reasonable price. I saw one for $500. Others are $1000 with a transmission. The one I was looking at looks very clean in great shape and comes with the 5 speed tranny,ECU/Wiring Harness, Airbox, MAF Sensor, Intercooler, Piping, Fuel Pump, Driveshaft, Axles, Air Canister, Vacuum Solenoid Box, Boost Solenoid, & Differential Presure Sensor. All that for $1,157 plus shipping. Not sure how much shipping would be though because you have to email them for a quote. Is this a good deal or is it a bad idea? I'm pretty sure you have to have a right hand drive legacy for the twin turbo EJ20 engine. How hard are those to locate?

I started the car up and moved it out of the garage and I noticed that it says the rear doors are open but they're not. The relay in the back is still clicking like mad but only when the car is off and the key is on. The power seatbelts don't move. They stay at the forward position. I spent $1,000 on this car. I hate it but would like to be able to get some of my money back and the junkyard isn't gonna give me much if anything for it.

Is it possible to look this relay up in the chilton or haynes books?

I wouldn't even know where to begin with the wiring. I just want to get rid of the car. Nobody is going to want the car if it's making that noise when you turn the key. Not to mention something is wrong with the transmission. When the car is running it makes a grinding sound and if you put the clutch in, the sound stops. It does this in every gear and even in neutral. Could be the throwout bearing, I don't know. What I do know is that I've replaced a tranny in my other subaru, same model, same year but automatic and I'll never do it again. Major PITA.

As far as I know this does not have the air suspension. It's just the L model.

I have a 90 Subaru Legacy wagon 5spd that I just replaced the fuel pump. Now it runs again after 2 years of sitting. Great, except that now when I hook up the battery and the key isn't even in the ignition I hear some crazy relay clicking in the back of the car. I tore off the interior panel and it's located right below the driver side rear speaker. I have no idea what it does or why it's clicking like that. Never did that before. When you turn the car on it stops. If you put the key in the ignition and turn it back and forth without actually turning it far enough to start the engine, you can hear that rear driver side speaker popping and you can see it hitting max excursion every time you turn the key. I'm guessing somehow some wires got crossed? What is that relay for? How do I fix this? I need this car gone, it has been a nightmare ever since I've had it. Please help me!!!

I slept in my subaru on prom night. Beat that! It looks exactly like that one too lol.