What did you do to your subie today?

We had an inch of snow yesterday. Thank God it melted quickly and it's back to about 50 degrees today. So anyway, I shaved the symmetrical AWD and the XT. I was debating on whether or not to shave the SUBARU and the FORESTER off too. If anyone has an opinion either way, let me know.


After looking at these pics I decided I have to get a new black license plate frame. The fake chrome is not looking good. I also added a sticker or two just for fun.

I installed the Subaru splash guards.

I took a pic, down by the river.

I put my new JDM trim piece in the dash. I was coming home for lunch and the mailman just happened to be at my door with a box! Perfect timing since you have to sign for international stuff. I love it. It looks so much better. The last car meet I went to people were saying that it looked fine how it was. It was worth the money if you ask me.

Something I've wanted to do for a long time... black headlights!

Geoffoz said:

Looks great, got any details on how you went about this? Im looking into doing it myself.

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Teamwork! My friend and I took about 4 hours to do it. We didn't use the oven method, just a heat gun. It helps if you have a gun that's got a high and low setting and use the low. My friend also says he's done it with a hair dryer before too, just takes longer. Anyway, he held the light with some mechanics gloves as I heated the outer edges and he used a plastic pry tool to get into the grove where the clear goes into the back black plastic. Make sure you heat on the black backside of the light too so that you don't damage the clear. There's a few little clips on the black part around the light and they actually help you know if you heated the part up to much or not. Once you get a corner started just slowly work your way around the light and you got it. Take a couple of screws out and the part you need to paint comes right out. Tape off the amber reflector, or break it out if you don't want to have any amber up front, put a couple of coats on, let dry. We used Krylon fusion for plastic (satin) and it works perfectly. No cleaning, sanding, or priming necessary, just paint. After they dried we heated up the back piece and stuck them back together. Then just for added insurance used a clear silicone all around the light to ensure no problems down the road.

Made a plexi cover for my Cobb air box so I can see the pretty filter!