exterior conversion? is it possible?
26 March 2016, 11:24 AM
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exterior conversion? is it possible?
Hi all i have been doing allot of research into engine swaps from a newage 2.5 wrx to an impreza classic. it seems that the prices here and there go on forever. althought it may seem crazy i find the subaru impreza classic to be the nicest shape. is it possible to covert the exterior of a hawkeye to an impreza classic? has it been done before? i am very serious and i am highly considering attempting it as a project
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27 March 2016, 10:22 AM
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I've seen bug to blob exterior conversion before. I think that was possible due to both models being very similar in dimensions. From memory, a classic and a hawk eye are very different in dimensions. If you really are going to make a go of it, then I'd gladly follow any thread you were looking to post.
Best of luck bud
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no the other way around - classic exterior but its basically a nice new age hawk eye underneath
22 April 2016, 07:26 PM
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Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once.....
The Classic Impreza, made from 1991 to 1999 is a DIFFERENT CAR to the New AGE Impreza made from 1999 to 2007.
The only things in common are a few engine bits and other sundry mechanical components, such as any manufacturer would share. Probably as much in common as to a Legacy...
So. basically NO. Different width, length, floorpan, everything. NOTHING is interchangeable in panels or cosmetic parts.
Got it?
If you want a classic, but a classic. The only swaps that work are facelifted classic and early classic and any New Age car to any other New Age car is more or less doable.
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That's the line that should be drawn under this idea....
The Classic Impreza, made from 1991 to 1999 is a DIFFERENT CAR to the New AGE Impreza made from 1999 to 2007.
The only things in common are a few engine bits and other sundry mechanical components, such as any manufacturer would share. Probably as much in common as to a Legacy...
So. basically NO. Different width, length, floorpan, everything. NOTHING is interchangeable in panels or cosmetic parts.
Got it?
If you want a classic, but a classic. The only swaps that work are facelifted classic and early classic and any New Age car to any other New Age car is more or less doable.
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That's the line that should be drawn under this idea....
23 April 2016, 03:03 PM
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Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once.....
The Classic Impreza, made from 1991 to 1999 is a DIFFERENT CAR to the New AGE Impreza made from 1999 to 2007.
The only things in common are a few engine bits and other sundry mechanical components, such as any manufacturer would share. Probably as much in common as to a Legacy...
So. basically NO. Different width, length, floorpan, everything. NOTHING is interchangeable in panels or cosmetic parts.
Got it?
If you want a classic, but a classic. The only swaps that work are facelifted classic and early classic and any New Age car to any other New Age car is more or less doable.
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That's the line that should be drawn under this idea....
The Classic Impreza, made from 1991 to 1999 is a DIFFERENT CAR to the New AGE Impreza made from 1999 to 2007.
The only things in common are a few engine bits and other sundry mechanical components, such as any manufacturer would share. Probably as much in common as to a Legacy...
So. basically NO. Different width, length, floorpan, everything. NOTHING is interchangeable in panels or cosmetic parts.
Got it?
If you want a classic, but a classic. The only swaps that work are facelifted classic and early classic and any New Age car to any other New Age car is more or less doable.
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That's the line that should be drawn under this idea....
The classic floor pan is not far removed from the Newage hence why classic cages will fit in a Newage. Subframes are interchangeable, lateral arms are interchangeable, engines gearbox etc etc in fact pretty much everything can be changed.
My 92 RA has Newage front and rear subframes, Newage rear diff, Spec D gearbox prop etc, Newage rear hubs and shafts, Hatch front hubs, Newage WRX front drive shafts, Newage spec D steering rack and column should I go on LOL
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I think the point is that anything can be made to fit, exterior wise. However, the fact that he has to ask would suggest that the op has neither the skills nor the tools to do so. Most of the replies have been amiable, however, I would suggest against trying this.
26 April 2016, 10:01 AM
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Arch, RTFQ. As I said, many manufacturers reuse MECHANICAL parts and so the floorpan probably will accept lots of part interchangabilities. do you have New Age front seats? There is an improvement!
The basic idea of making the New Age look like a Classic is proof of one fact...there's always one!
Seriously, and a LOT of the Bell end comments are a bit weak, is that the structure of the shell is substantially different. There's a lot of meat in the New Age to accommodate crash protection legislation. The Classic is externally smaller so you couldn't put a classic outer panels onto a New Age.
No doubt you could take a classic shell and fit more or less all the contents of a New Age into it if you try hard enough..... You could even cut the floor off and weld a New Age shell floor in as well...if you try hard enough.
But why?
The basic idea of making the New Age look like a Classic is proof of one fact...there's always one!
Seriously, and a LOT of the Bell end comments are a bit weak, is that the structure of the shell is substantially different. There's a lot of meat in the New Age to accommodate crash protection legislation. The Classic is externally smaller so you couldn't put a classic outer panels onto a New Age.
No doubt you could take a classic shell and fit more or less all the contents of a New Age into it if you try hard enough..... You could even cut the floor off and weld a New Age shell floor in as well...if you try hard enough.
But why?
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