ShawnW Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I am about to open a box I have been dreaming about receiving for about 2 years now. Finally got all the details figured out and my wagon will go under the knife next month. I have lots of parts to obtain now. This will be the first one of these kits on US Soil and RetroRoo/me will be the USA vendor for these. Still working on pricing for them and how to deal with currency changes, shipping and a possible large shipment eventually. I think we have most of the details worked out. This makes your 4 lug car a 5 lug car with rear e-brakes and all Subaru Impreza/Legacy parts. These might seem expensive until you consider the cost of Peugeot Wheels, safety, rear disc swap you are probably already thinking of buying, and piece of mind. I think a friend of mine might still have his hatchback today if he had these brakes instead of 25 year old tiny ea81 brakes. The car had the awesome big tires, lift kit, new radiator, disc brake swap, the works but it couldn't stop itself like a normal car. Most of us already spend around $100 (if not more) to get disc brakes from a Turbo Ea82 car and these are getting harder to find. XT6 even more difficult. When you do find them they are 20 year old parts and at times very rusty, maybe not even possible to get off at the junkyard. Lots more availablity at the parts store for pads, rotors, calipers and rebuild kits.....aftermarket Hawk pads and such.....yes I am excited. Photos will be coming of course. To me this is an epic day I know the swap has been possible for a while now but not as a professional, complete kit. Feels like the days when the first BYB lift kit came over from Brett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 (edited) So just to be clear - this is for EA81's? Or do they make kits for EA82's as well? Very cool! Nice to see there is someone out there getting parts made up for the older stuff. Pics? What's the ballpark price on a full kit ($250, $500, $1000?), and what parts have to be obtained from the junk yard? Does it retain the EA axles or does it go to EJ/hybrid stuff? GD Edited June 8, 2010 by GeneralDisorder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratsrus1 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Hi Shawn This is Jerry, well looks like you need to come to the show so everybody can see this set up, oh btw MR. DeMoss needs to come to the show also. Thanks Jerry:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 I agree but I have to decide if I am going to RallyX national championship that weekend or not. Its only 55 miles away as opposed to the show that is 1255 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted June 8, 2010 Author Share Posted June 8, 2010 So just to be clear - this is for EA81's? Or do they make kits for EA82's as well? Very cool! Nice to see there is someone out there getting parts made up for the older stuff. Pics? What's the ballpark price on a full kit ($250, $500, $1000?), and what parts have to be obtained from the junk yard? Does it retain the EA axles or does it go to EJ/hybrid stuff? GD Its for ea81 and ea82 type vehicles. Working on keeping it at or around $1000 but no huge promises. When you see the machining and pieces in the kit you will understand why. Also going to have to send core pieces back in the form of the original control arms, and backing plates so he can make them without a bunch of trips to the salvage yard. Heres the kit info page from CrossBredPerformance.com http://www.crossbredperformance.com/kit-info I love that I won't have a single 13" 4x140 wheel around here anymore. Well, after I sell the 12 sets I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renob123 Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Its for ea81 and ea82 type vehicles. Working on keeping it at or around $1000. When you see the machining and pieces in the kit you will understand why. Also going to have to send core pieces back in the form of the original control arms, and backing plates so he can make them without a bunch of trips to the salvage yard. Heres the kit info page from CrossBredPerformance.com http://www.crossbredperformance.com/kit-info I love that I won't have a single 13" 4x140 wheel around here anymore. Oh man, subscribed:slobber: Looking at the "What else do I need for my installation?" part of his website, it looks like you need a bunch of EJ parts still. What's the benefit of this over how people normally do the 5-lug swap on the front? I definitely see the appeal of the kit for doing the rear. Jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jibs Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 And it looks like you still need to have axles made? It looks that ea81 axles are needed with Legacy outers? Thats the hardest/most involved part of the swap on ea81's for sure, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 And it looks like you still need to have axles made? It looks that ea81 axles are needed with Legacy outers? Thats the hardest/most involved part of the swap on ea81's for sure, in my opinion. Ill be sourcing those thru Marshall with MWE axles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodannyc Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Awesome I cant wait! Shawn we need to go wheelin. Lets make a Colorado meet/off road extravaganza! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmiller Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Very cool! Look forward to some pics of the kit and installed. Thanks Shawn for sharing this info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Photos sooner the better! Add me to the list of interested parties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry DeMoss Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Sweet dude! I will have to come by and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 Sweet dude! I will have to come by and see. Absolutely! In fact any locals that want to come see it in person come see it in person before installation. PM for a phone number/address if you don't already have them. Of course call before coming too. Needed to be said after all the idiots on craigslist that have called asking for an address and then complained when I wasn't home. 4 in 5 years isn't that many but enough to be annoyed and laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowmastered87GL Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 With a baja I dont need one... but really $1000ish is pretty reasonable. I seem to recall trying to assemble a 5 lug setup and it totalling $400 at LEAST for used questionable parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. RX Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Nice to see that someone finally came up with a kit for this. It sounds like what I did on Ulitmate RX many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 Im about 30% done! Most of the work I have had to do was removing the old lift kit that I don't like anymore. Looks like I could put a kit on a car in a 10 hour day now that I have done it once. Quite a bit less if the Legacy Booster swap was skipped. I think it will be worth it to have, just eyeballing the Ea81 booster vs the legacy one its obviously 1" or more in diameter bigger and a lot more volume front to back too. Nice to be able to use the Legacy booster hose with its check valve on my 2.2 swap engine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renob123 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Im about 30% done! Most of the work I have had to do was removing the old lift kit that I don't like anymore. Looks like I could put a kit on a car in a 10 hour day now that I have done it once. Quite a bit less if the Legacy Booster swap was skipped. I think it will be worth it to have, just eyeballing the Ea81 booster vs the legacy one its obviously 1" or more in diameter bigger and a lot more volume front to back too. Nice to be able to use the Legacy booster hose with its check valve on my 2.2 swap engine as well. I'm glad I'm subscribed to this because I'm interested in the booster swap. I looked into it many months ago, but I couldn't find any good info. Jacob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnW Posted March 6, 2011 Author Share Posted March 6, 2011 The booster swap isn't too bad. I had to modify the gas pedal to move where the cable comes thru the firewall, and weld the end of the brake booster nut to another one. The cable has to be moved to the right because the bigger booster covers the throttle cable hole. I also had to bend the brake line that goes over the top edge of the booster and have flex lines made to go from the bottom of the master cylinder to the distribution block below the booster. All in all, I have now done it and could do the fix in under an hour but it fought me for over a day the first go around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmiller Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Any new pics or updates on the completed install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subyrally Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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