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Greetings all - thought it would be best to first introduce myself here...

I'm an expat Canadian living Sapporo Japan for the past 12 years - My current car is a my'13 Legacy GT 2.0 DIT Touring Wagon in SWP...

Have had my wagon since Nov/12 after a 4 month wait for it to be factory produced... well worth the wait IMO...

So far the motor and drivetrain is untouched ( no tuning solutions available yet thru Ecutek or Cobb because of new Hitachi ECU on DIT ) but have tweaked the suspension & wheels as follows - Blitz ZZR dampers, Cusco Rear sway bar, Ray's Homura 19 x 8 / 45 wheels, Kuhmo Ecsta SPT 225/40-19... Few other bibs and bobs but nothing that significant...

Pictures as follows... Looking forward to participating here in your community...





Cheers,

Looks awesome Fred. Gen 5's are starting to grow on me.

First GenV i've seen that i like. Truth, looks fantastic.

Farking hot!

Looking at it more, that grill needs to be the next upgrade

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome... I too like the look of the latest "D" type 5th gens...

The pictures posted were taken just after the dampers were changed - so since that time the car has settled about another 1 - 1.5cms... Currently it is about 55mm lower than stock on the front and rear and this COMPLETELY changes the look of the car ( for the better )

Regarding the grill - I almost opted the optional factory mesh type grill when placing the order but to tell you the truth I am now more partial to the regular one... You can't see it in the picture but the grill on the DIT GT is not actually chrome - it is a darker bronzy chrome and looks quite nice with the Satin White Pearl...

Thanks again for the welcome... I will start exploring my way around this site...

Cheers,

Mmmm Rays Rims!

IMHO for a Gen 5 its pretty good looking!

J

Oh those wheels!!

Welcome Gen V !

First MY13 ive seen on here. Very nice wheels

seanmau5 wrote:Oh those wheels!!

Thanks - about the nicest cast wheels Ray's makes I think...

They were actually quite cheap for here in Japan - - but not as cheap as the tires...

Wheels ran 119,000円 or about 1,300 AUD - - but they threw the tires in for only another 300 AUD...

The wheels originally had center caps that looked like this....



But I ordered new gel-domed center stickers from a great source I have used before in GB who made these in the color combination I wanted - then pulled apart the Ray's center-caps, modified them to take the new center decals at the proper depth so that they sat flush with the wheel face and ended up with this... ( just a test fit before final adjustments - final product looks factory IMO )



Final Product... Only set in existence that look like this - keep getting people asking me where I got modern STI wheels in 5/100 PCD from...



Where there's a will there's a way...

Cheers,

mongmong77 wrote:Welcome Gen V !

First MY13 ive seen on here. Very nice wheels

Cheers...

The motor is the real topper though - the 2.0 DIT here in Japan runs 300ps on pump gas...

The new high-torque Lineartronic CVT is quite a trans - S# mode defaults to an 8 speed and shifts quite quickly in Auto or Manual w/ paddles...

Can't get a much flatter torque curve that this...

Welcome..!

Nicely done. Shoulda came out like this from factory. Looks great!. New design headlights freshens it up ..

Very nice!! And welcome to the forum

Not bad for a GenV and great rims.

Sapporo's a place, too?

Nice!!!