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Do a google, since I can't post their site here.
You're more than welcome to join their membership
-Dave
p/s: an auxilary HID lamp can be had for ~$700, which is about half more than most conversion kit and much less than some. Look into the Hella's Xenon DE.
Great photos. It really drives home your point.
On a similar note, halogen projectors (like those on the 05 Leg/OB) perform very well even if they are not HID. It's all about controlling the light beam to where you want it.
Ken
What exactly is this doing ?
can we do it ourselves ?
Is this a good product ?
Will this reduce turbo lag ?
The product Vishnu is selling is a remap of the ECU. What they've do through your OBD-II port is put in a whole new set of air/fuel map for the engine that is more aggressive than the stock map.
To do this yourself, you not only need the proper hardware to access your OBD-II, but you also need lots of experience tuning engines. I believe Cobb sells a product that allows you to reprogram the ECU yourself.
I think the jury is still out on if it's a good product, but in general Vishnu seems to have a good rep. The one thing to keep in mind is that the modified ECU program will drive the engine slightly beyond levels that have been "blessed" by Subaru so there is always a chance of something going wrong.
I believe the remapped ECUs do allow boost to come on a little sooner and will reduce turbo lag somewhat.
Ken
I am not asking to tune it myself. If Vishnu reprograms the ECU, How do i install this ? See link below, they are saying i need to mail this & they will mail this back ?
Does it mean i will have uninstall & reinstall the ECU unit ?
http://www.vishnutuning.com/legacy_v300.htm
-Denis
1.
It would be a good idea to do this after the warranty expire, wouldn;t you think ?
2.
Worse Impact on gas mileage ?
I wouldn't recommend going with engine management unless you're familiar with it or know someone or a shop familiar with it, and don't mind spending some money if you need to have it tuned.
In an ideal world it would be plug and play and forget it. Shiv of Vishnu is from NJ and makes regular trips back here for custom tuning on a dyno. The cost for that is $375.
-Dennis
I would enjoy the stock power level of a Legacy GT and get a sportier muffler (not obnoxious) if you want a better overall experience without doing something you might regret greatly in the next 5 years or 60,000 miles.
~Colin
The problem was the Hi/Lo beam wires. The kit they sent me had reverse wiring. Once I reversed both wires. It is back to normal.
Was the install easy?
How much?
Serge
I ordered two of them for my OBW (type H1) from Autolamps (UK company) for $32 (US). They sent a free one, so I have one spare. I just crossed the one year mark two weeks ago. From the posts I have read, I don't expect to get more than a few more weeks/months from them, but I would do it again. On dark, country roads, the light output is decidely better.
It is a little tight to get your hand in there, but changing them is easy enough. Just be careful not to touch the glass (high purity quartz), otherwise, they my rupture. Sodium and skin oils locally change the coefficient of expansion of the glass.
Steve
I have to agree with Steve. The bulb does make a difference, unfortunately they lasted just about a year. If you check out their site http://www.autolamps-online.com/halogen/visionplus1.htm
you can see what they are presently going for. They might be a little pricey, but I think they are worth it.
BTW- does anyone know if the head light bulb on the 05 OB's are the same H1?
Mark
I have the front and rear take-offs off a WRX and the spec reads 30 MAX, which I'm assuming is Peak Power. However, I'm not sure is the speakers are the factory standard or the OEM upgrade.
-Dave
Sly
The stock speakers are paper cones, and rather cheap looking in the WRX. The upgrades have poly cones.
Craig
I asked caused I salvaged a set and was going to swap them to the '99 OBS, but do not know what I have.
Looks like I do not have the upgraded speakers
-Dave
-juice
For the low beams I found that the best I could do to improve them was to rip the little covers off the adjusters and raise them up a bit -- but not so much as to be annoying to other drivers, of course! I also re-aimed the fog lights, and that also helped their performance noticeably.
Still in all the headlight performance on my Legacy GT is less than wonderful. In particular the top of the high beams is cut off far too low and far too sharply.
Cheers,
-wdb
It's too bad there's no easy way to graft on a 2005 Legacy assembly. Subaru really did a great job in improving the light output with the new models.
Ken
My '02 OBW and your GT share the same headlamp assembly, but very different fog lamps. As you probably read by scrolling back a page or two, I am running the European Philips Vision Plus low beam H1's, and they offer a nice improvement over the stock bulb.
The pattern of the low beam is pretty good, but the high beam is compromised by the unusual shape - kind of a wide slit below the low beam. 100w HB3? I am surprised to hear that the wiring, switches, plastic housing can take that. But then high beam on-time is limited.
On the fogs, the OB uses nicely sized round housings. I ditched the plastic grills, raised them up a bit, and then did the 9006 to 9005 conversion that has been shown on several sites. Consumption is 65w vs stock 55w (which should be safe), but light output is up 70%. I will only use them when alone on the road, but they now offer an alternative to high beams (more light with less reflective glare in snow & rain).
Steve
The lights on our 02 Legacy L are different than the ones on the GT and Outback.
-juice
http://wbaseley.photosite.com/sti/
Let me know what you think! (Except please no wisecracks about the Christmas decorations still being up. My wife likes them. No, really, she does.)
Cheers,
-wdb
[EDIT: I guess Edmunds doesn't like links encased in pointy brackets. Next time I'll know!]
Ken
Bob
-Frank
Man, looks like an awful lot of holes left in that trunk lid.
Steve
It's a converted barn, original construction circa 1790.
And yes, what a heap of holes! I didn't count them but read somewhere else that there were 17 total. I count at least 15 in the pictures. Sheesh. I briefly thought about driving around with plugs in the trunk lid, but when I saw that I changed my mind.
Latest idea is to find a lower half somewhere and modify it, primarily cutting off the upraised ends and then sculpting in a piece to continue the contours of the center section out to the edges. A fellow in CA has made little caps for the ends of the wing, that is another possibility.
Cheers,
-wdb
Of course, a FMIC kit and new hood is pretty expensive.
~Colin
I like hood scoops :-) True, the one on the STi could be a bit less, uhmm, pronounced, but I still like it. I think it's great fun to have a hood scoop in my forward line of sight. I may look into something more innocuous, and if a pile of $ lands in my lap I might even go with moving the IC etc. But that is not first on my list.
I understand that the wing is actually a functional piece, and I appreciate that. I also appreciate the viewpoint of, "this is what an STi is, get used to it." In fact whatever I do to the car, I fully intend to retain the ability to put it back to original condition. But the wing nevertheless has several significant points against it (again, this is just my opinion).
First of all, I simply don't like the look. A spoiler, yes; a great big wing, no. Second, the top piece is quite substantial and cuts straight across the middle of the rear window, blocking a significant chunk of rearward vision. It is at least a distraction, at worst a safety concern.
Third: the wing attracts attention. Some of it is good -- admiring looks, knowing waves -- but a significant portion of it is not so good. Hot dogs trying to race you, police assuming that you're a punk up to no good, people with an apparent dislike for cars with wings and what they think they represent. I'm in my 50's; my bad-boy rebel days are well behind me. I want more stealth, less shout.
Just being me,
-wdb
I do like the look without the wing. The half-wing is horrible, but if you were trying to get the gist of what a smaller wing / spoiler would look like, I think that a more subdued one could look pretty good and take away some of the blandness of the rear end --always a Subaru fault and my only possible criticism of the current Legacy's styling on a somewhat related note.
the hoodscoop is one my personal distastes and a small reason why I chose an Evo instead of an STi. both cars come with an obnoxious wing, so that was a wash.
the rear visibility thing isn't bad at all once you get used to it. cars with a severely sloped rear window and no wing have worse visibility for sure!
~Colin
Len
Tribeca is one of few Subies to not offer that.
-juice
Jim
Alternatively I've heard it quoted as "What'sa behind me, does not amatter," or "she no' matter," not sure which but Julia did it in a heavy phony Italian accent.
Ed
the quote from gumball rally is....
[Franco rips off his rear-view mirror and throws it aside]
Franco: The first rule of Italian driving. What's-a-behind me, does not-a-matter.
Although my little tent trailer is just under 1,000 pounds, the back end sags too much for my liking once my Outback's cargo area is fully loaded up (not unsafely low, just not as level as it should be). Add two kids, a battery on the hitch framework and possible addition of some bikes this season and you get the idea . . . Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
Brasco
His weekend driver is a Group N WRX, with which he has won several SCCA national championships.
http://www.mayhemracing.com/
I'd love to see some pictures of his wingless STi. A lot of the ones I have seen are dressed up or modified in so many other ways that it is hard for me to get an idea of what an otherwise stock wingless car would look like.
Cheers,
-wdb
~Colin
It's a long shot, I know.
-juice
Sorry I didn't see this thread going on (before posting earlier): I see a lot of experts here, so if I may ask -
* Are there any STI mods for the 2005 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT Limited Sedan? (U.S. model)
I heard about some "chip" that can restore the detuned WRX STI engine in the Legacy to "full power" (+30 hp?), but a follow-up:
* Is it safe? Why wouldn't Subaru just sell their Legacy 2.5 GT w/ the full-powered STI engine instead of detuning it?
Would the transmission or other parts not be able to handle this upgrade?
Thanks for any help!
The difference is more than a chip, no doubt. But the block and internals are the same.
Playing it safe and heavy mods are mutually exclusive, IMHO. You could go to a tuner like Vishnu and get one of the milder kits, with stuff that bolts on (and unbolts if need be).
-juice
~c
_B
-juice
I'm noticing that my interior lights are dimming with each thump/boom of the bass; more noticeable on the overhead dome light.
Would a voltage stabilizer help, or a better battery?
I got my aftermarket HU installed as well as the additional OEM underseat sub/amp. So, I'm running on HU [22RMS/50max Watts x4] and OEM sub/amp [80~120 watts x2] with no other external amps.
-Dave
and 50 more HP out of a LGT, even if that is the number a stock STi makes, is definitely heavily modified.
~Colin