Florin's 91ss w/ a little MAKEOVER ==> All Black Update pg.8

[LookAsubie]

Very sexy! I might get that lip one of these days. Looks great!

Get those windows tinted and she would be perfect!

[oskar_subaru]

Not hard at all. Just buy the knockoff from ebay and get a heat gun and cut a couple chunks out of the bottom side to help the ends bend in more and screw it in.

thanks, it´s on order now

[Legacy Rally Guy]

^ now if i only had the power you have...

Well, each does it's job in their own respects.. I went mechanicals and you.. Yours is quite clean on the exterior, I know you have less rust to deal with up there, but OMG, wow, the paint is in fine shape too. I'm afraid my front fenders aren't pretty, but I did plan ahead and grabbed some extras.

I really like what you've got going on and the wheels are quite sharp too. BRAVO!

Now if I could only get my car that clean visually..

[Florin1]

Its true, we don't have salted roads...YET. They're talking about it this winter though. The car only has 147K on it, not sure about the motor. It has some mechanicals. ej20g, 06 tmic k&n, 3" TB, MBC. Waiting on Rob for the ecu conversion.

[Florin1]

Very sexy! I might get that lip one of these days. Looks great!

Get those windows tinted and she would be perfect!

Yeah but with a tint i couldn't show off my seats!



Actually its on my to do list. I'm also looking for a Nardi wheel w/ red stitching. Missed a mint one for $150 that I'm kicking myself for not getting.

[Subiel94]

nice car. i love those rims they are sweet! like the black on silver it looks nice. i have one question about your front lip. i know you said you got it from a 0607 sti. but how does it line up? is it perfect or some modification? i love that lip.

[Florin1]

Yes it needs modding... See earlier posts in this thread.

[Florin1]

So I've done some custom work today. I'll post them here since i don't have a build thread for this car.
Basically i didn't like where the turn indicators were located so i moved some things around.


I went to the junk yard and picked up some pigtails from a post face lift legacy.


New pigtail on left. Notice the extra wire


Its not plug and play however. Here is a picture of the back of the housing. Its a 3 tab vs the new 4 tab.


So it was time to make a stencil.


Traced it on the back of the housing, and Dremeled out the new hole.



Did some wiring. I pulled the original turn signal harness and spliced it into the parking harness. Than spliced it into the new pigtail.



With the parking and turn signal relocated it was time to get down to the real reason for the change. Sanded and clearcoated the lenses. Here is a before/after.


After, with the diffuser still in.


Diffuser out. I would've left it like this if i was gonna keep the turn signal in the original location.


Gutted, and cutout for my projectors. (Audi TT)


Projector in, test fit.


Lens on test fit.


All there is left is to wire in the fog lights, and epoxy the projectors.

To be continued...

[Danny-G]

I like it, and I thought it couldn't get better for a daily.

[kimokalihi]

Nice Florin! I will steal that idea from you good sir. Well done.

[NICO]

two thumbs up for this 91, and i like what your doing with the old turn signals

[Florin1]

Bump. Got some more things done (1. almost finished the foglights, they are wired and working, but the 3000K hid's aren't "yellow" enough for me, so i ordered some of the "GT Yellow" film online. 2. Put on a hood scoop, turned out even better than on my 94 , and 3. I added some Rally Armour flaps) I'll add close up pictures in this post later this week, but for now I'll jump to some pictures from yesterday. SNOW.

[Florin1]

Some Poses.







Action cartoon
























And finally a little jump!

[mike-tracy]

The pink board suits you.

[Danny-G]

I see what you mean about the fogs not being "yellow enough". Looks like you had a blast and I plan on taking some snow play pictures myself this winter, I notice the "yellow" of the fogs seems to fill out the top half more than the bottom but still looks alot better than my set-up.

[kimokalihi]

When I saw the first picture it looked like you had the same wheels as me.

[originalcyn]

Hey florin, you got spotted over at NASIOC.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... st32578156

[Florin1]

haha. I finally got "spotted". Thanks for the link. That picture was from last saturday. Went on a cruise. Turns out i was the slowest in the group. lol. Mustang > Supra > S4 > GTI > RB240 > Me...

[originalcyn]

lol, i'm jealous. I've kinda had an itch to get "spotted". But nasioc usually only posts impreza/wrx/stis, which makes perfect sense in retrospect.

[soobrdad02]

Florin's car=teh sehks. Tint those windows and install some painted door-handles and I'll trade you my soul! Props for the wagon in the background!

[Subiel94]

wow i can wait till it snows here! my first winter with my legy should be great. those photos make me wanna go real fast in the snow and pitch her sideways.

[Florin1]

Ok, time for some updated pictures...

I liked MikeMeyagi's idea on painting the headlight housing black, so i STOLZ it! I took it a little further. His car is still cooler though. :p Below are some pictures of what and how i did it.

Popped my headlights off and threw them in the oven. 190* for ~ 15-20 min.


Cut out the little breather nipple and metal reflector bracket, and light bulb hole, to make room for my projector. Also scuffed the housing w/ 3m scotch brite pad.


Took projector apart, and painted the metal flat black. Stock vs finished


Painted housing, and projector.


Painted housing, and test fit of the projector.


Decided to do my turn signals as well.



Projector line before i put the headlight lens back on. Nice and sharp.


With lens on. Line is still good, just a little diffused. I don't mind.


Let there be light.


Finished product.



Side note. The headlights projectors are from an Audi, as are the fog lights.
Fog lights i finally finished too, they are wrapped in a yellow "GT" film.
Fogs and heads are both HID. NOICE!

[Florin1]

Before/after

[Subiel94]

I love your projector headlights! Those things are sick!

[beatersubi]

Are they high/low, or single beam?