Just wanted to share my pictures of the most recent build i am working on.

car: 1994 Legacy Sport Sedan5mt

issue: bought at auction from CA, you can see the extent of the bulk of damage here.

other things: lifter tick, tick tick.

I changed the oil and ran it for some time, but think i have air in the hla's on one cyl (bleeding some spare hla's now from a spare set of heads) and will see if i can get that fixed Wednesday, its the front side nearest battery using scope. tomorrow high supposed to be 35 so i can deal with that temp for the 2 hour or so job of replacing the hlas.

It is sure a pretty color.

 

Already have bumper and beam, and fender and corner lights.

 

Hopefully i wont have more into it than it can sell for, window is cracked in center, rear spoiler needs repainted. Main thing is no rust.

using the stock exhaust to put on my red 94, that exhaust will go to this car. keeping the wheels as spares, next pictures will show it wearing some WRX 16" wheels.

 

 

Edited January 5, 201115 yr by bheinen74

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO benny want. Let me know a price, you bout have me scrapin the ground with the wrx wheels.

today:

made sure the spark plug wasnt loose.

made sure cam sprocket wasnt loose

proceeded with removal of rocker supports on driver side. Found one HLA that was spongy, so replaced it with a good spare from some parts i had laying around.

 

Put everything back together. Ooh smooth quiet no tick tick tick tick tick.

Has a CEL so i hooked up diagnostic connectors under the dash.

Code was 22: knock sensor

 

proceeded to clear codes, it comes back wont clear.

remove knock sensor. yep it was cracked in several locations. replaced with one i had laying around.

cleared codes, did not come back.

smooth

 

Then next set of things i did was remove old bumper beam and remove driver fender.

Then i pulled on the bent stuff using come along and ratchet straps (used my other 94ss toe hook as the anchor point, to get most everything back in place. I have about 1/2inch more to go on the driver side, passenger side fine. Put on replacement fender just temporary 3 bolts.

Put on other bumper just temporary. need to go 1/2" more and should be happy.

Sweet, I love the colour of it. Should be a good little runner once you're done.

good fender put on today

realigned hood

installed corner lights

adjust headlight mounts that had to be glued back on and pulled out the radiator support

aligned grill.

all that is now looking really good.

 

but.....

my replacement bumper beam also has a bend in it so i got to get that sorted out. It is bent on the passenger side, the original is bent on driver side.

I have to drill out the mount brackets spot welds and make a good one since there are no other Turbo cars in the yards..

more to come.

Cut both bumper beams in half and weld them together. You can't see it anyway, it doesn't have to be a pretty job.

 

I like those 5 spoke wheels a lot more than wrx wheels. If you ever want to sell them let me know.

 

I like those 5 spoke wheels a lot more than wrx wheels. If you ever want to sell them let me know.

 

Agreed but they are 15" and many new model brakes won't work with a 15" wheel.

 

I agree you could weld the beam but I would put reinforcement bars all the way across if I did that, simply welding might result in a weak spot in the center.

the beam will stay together, its the mount bracket that is getting swapped to it.

yes my paint booth is the bathroom.

 

-when its 5 degrees outside and windchill of -20, projects have to be brought into the house.

 

-preparing the bumper with some primer/sealer at this point.

pics mostly done.

Bumper paint didnt match so i reordered from a different place for the fender and spoiler. They match lots better.

again mostly done.

 

going to ask 3k for it but it will come with 02WRX alloys / tires, and i am keeping the stock xhaust it will be swapped with my other SS xhaust.

Edited January 27, 201115 yr by bheinen74
picts

Looks good, especially for a bathroom photo booth job.

Thanks Shawn. I painted the spoiler and fender in my basement, bumper I used the bathroom.

I am for sure not a pro, but decent enough, and this car deserved to be brought back on the road and not crushed or parted out.

 

I do highly recommend the following for spray paint:

http://www.paintscratch.com/

 

My first paint got mixed at the nearest Oreilly, verdict they suck at matching.

So then i went online and found the above place and read the testimonials on the site about how well it matches.

Very happy, I may order another can so i can redo the bumper, but since i am selling it, probably just let it be.

Looks good! I've always wanted one of those cars.... I keep telling myself, someday ....

Always loved the first gen Legacy SS's. I have actually only saw one of these running in person around here. Make sure and keep us updated.

I want it!!! I wish I had a bit more money and you were closer!

got the WRX's on. Will be sold this way minus my xhaust swap tomorrow.

brent

WRX wheels do so much for the first gen Legacies exterior wise than a lot of other things. I had a set on my 91 and I could not believe how much it improved the handling and the look.

lots of updates to tell.

fixed the headlights/grill/bumper/hood alignment now is this

 

seats are redone

 

 

free flow exhaust installed now too

 

waiting for warm temps to hit this weekend to wash and get these all nice. asking 3000.

Edited February 10, 201115 yr by bheinen74

just passed thru salvage inspection.

Now have regular title, with note for prior salvage.

sale pending too.

yes my paint booth is the bathroom.

 

-when its 5 degrees outside and windchill of -20, projects have to be brought into the house.

 

-preparing the bumper with some primer/sealer at this point.

 

Nice work...........you gotta be single, my wife would kill me, if I ever tried to use a bathroom as a paint booth!

a better look at the color

 

Lookin' good! As does pup-dog too.

 

What size are the wheels & tires?

they are the 16" WRX wheels with 205/55R16 Hankook Ventus Sport K104 tires