my liberty restoration

Post by **Alex** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:54 am

hey guys,

thought id post up afew pics of my current play-around car.

basically ive owned the car for near on 5 years now. She has been a great companion to me.

its a my02 liberty special edition with leather and nice goodies.

when i bought her she looked like this

then iwent stupid and did this to her

now ive grown up and im sick of the plastic. So on the weekend i ripped her apart abit.

im going to get a new bumper and run a smaller STi black lip on the front similar to this

what are all your thoughts? Id like to go back to a smaller front bar so i can dump her again and not be bullsh1t low (illegally low)

alex

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:10 am

i like it but the blue light was a bit over the top hahaha

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:25 am

Interesting. Having a baby AND deciding to tear your "reliable" car apart... Not to mention the $$s that could be involved with this.

Ultimately mate, it's your car and if you like something you've seen on another liberty and you want to do it to yours, why not if you can afford it. You've obviously got a plan for it with the lowering and not being illegal...

Did you have the guards rolled on that? For some reason I remember them being fatter than what they look like there...

Cheers

Bennie

Post by **Alex** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:43 am

El_Freddo wrote:Interesting. Having a baby AND deciding to tear your "reliable" car apart... Not to mention the $$s that could be involved with this.

Ultimately mate, it's your car and if you like something you've seen on another liberty and you want to do it to yours, why not if you can afford it. You've obviously got a plan for it with the lowering and not being illegal...

Did you have the guards rolled on that? For some reason I remember them being fatter than what they look like there...

Cheers

Bennie

the outback is the reliable car now. I only ever drive this car to the shops and back nowadays if shes lucky she gets driven once a fortnight.

she needs abit of loving while im at it. New CV shafts, some new interior parts, new rear discs and pads and im going to put a new optima gel cell battery in there to run the stereo abit better. Its also getting very close for timing belt and water pump replacement.

the guards have been rolled but didnt affect the fatness of the guards.

She looks very fat when lowered the guards normally cover abit of the rear tyre so maybe thats what you remember?

its going to be a slow job, we have three cars at the moment so i can afford to take the liberty off the road for a little while.

maybe, just maybe in the future i'll do an engine swap to it, but id be keeping it auto.

i love the handling of this car, i can chuck her around any corner at speed and she just takes it. Amazing what afew whiteline golden bits can do.

alex

Post by **Alex** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:28 am

so ive made choice.

im getting a japspec blitzen front bar imported.

im going for this look

and this is the actual bar i bought

love it, ive been on the hunt for a blitzen look for a very long time. (only 1000 made)

H-top · Post by **H-top** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:43 am

Porsche styling, I'm a big fan of your GenIII

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:10 pm

Looks good mate!

And I understand about the third car, I thought this was the one to leave alone as the outback would be on some beach trips etc...

Cheers

Bennie

Post by **Alex** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:46 pm

nah the outback has been stolen by my misses. She likes it even more now with the lifted springs and how easy it is to get in and out of.

would defiantely keep a wagon as the main baby car too.

im happy with that. Make the liberty my toy to modify etc.

alex

Post by **Alex** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:05 pm

small update, although not alot has been done.

over the last few weeks ive completed the drivers side of the car which is new cvs, low king springs and new rear brake pads.

the car is currently sitting on the jack stands waiting for me to do the passenger side when i get a spare half a day.

Ive also hooked her up with a new darker style woodgrain interior from a GTB legacy and new STEEL wheel nuts instead of my old red alloy ones...the new ones just happen to be gold haha.

The new front bumper is currently on a ship sumwhere in the ocean.

When i get the bumper on im going to give the car to my dads mate who is going to fix up all the little carpark dings and paint a tiny bit of fade on the rear quarters as well as fibreglass up a crack in the rear bumper.

keen to get her going again now. Sometimes i just sit in her and belt the stereo in my garage

just have to wait for the bumper to come in about 4-6weeks and i'll be pimping again...but this time with my daughter haha

alex

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:43 pm

Alex wrote:i love the handling of this car, i can chuck her around any corner at speed and she just takes it. Amazing what afew whiteline golden bits can do.

alex

What whiteline bits do you have?

I've heard the Whiteline anti lift kit is pretty good...

How much have you lowered it? Hows the camber?

Alex wrote:small update, although not alot has been done.

over the last few weeks ive completed the drivers side of the car which is new cvs, low king springs and new rear brake pads.

the car is currently sitting on the jack stands waiting for me to do the passenger side when i get a spare half a day.

Ive also hooked her up with a new darker style woodgrain interior from a GTB legacy and new STEEL wheel nuts instead of my old red alloy ones...the new ones just happen to be gold haha.

The new front bumper is currently on a ship sumwhere in the ocean.

When i get the bumper on im going to give the car to my dads mate who is going to fix up all the little carpark dings and paint a tiny bit of fade on the rear quarters as well as fibreglass up a crack in the rear bumper.

keen to get her going again now. Sometimes i just sit in her and belt the stereo in my garage just have to wait for the bumper to come in about 4-6weeks and i'll be pimping again...but this time with my daughter haha

alex

Hopefully not IN the ocean lol

Sounds like she'll be like new again...

woody.t · Post by **woody.t** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:26 am

going to have to make it as quick as it looks.. just my thoughts, 2.2L cosworth stroker into a nice sti 2L and all the fruit would fit the bill

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:50 am

first test fit of the new bar (only cable ties) i'll bolt it up and mount it properly when i get time

im pretty chuffed with it.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:40 pm

Yeah mate!! Awesome. Looks like an F14 tomcat

Cheers

Bennie

dobo · Post by **dobo** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:15 pm

that looks pretty damn good! grille suits it well

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:29 pm

removal of the blue neon was a wise choice. also is that your house in the first pic with a 1st and 4th gen liberty sedan in the drive? if thats the case your one keen liberty fan owning a 1st,2nd,4th gen libertys :P

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:33 pm

thunder039 wrote:removal of the blue neon was a wise choice. also is that your house in the first pic with a 1st and 4th gen liberty sedan in the drive? if thats the case your one keen liberty fan owning a 1st,2nd,4th gen libertys :P

Yes, it's our house, my sister owns a gen1, her boyfriend has a gen2, I have a Gen3 lib and Gen3 outback and my dad drives a gen4. Plus I had a lseries as well and most of my best mates drive subarus. It wasn't uncommon to have 7 or 8 subarus parked on the street at times.

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YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:49 pm

Alex wrote:Yes, it's our house, my sister owns a gen1, her boyfriend has a gen2, I have a Gen3 lib and Gen3 outback and my dad drives a gen4. Plus I had a lseries as well and most of my best mates drive subarus.

Why change when you're onto a good thing??

Cheers

Bennie

taza · Post by **taza** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:24 pm

Looks good mate, much better without the blue neons :P Im not so keen on the grille though but the new bumper looks great!

I thought she was turboed?

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:37 am

Alex wrote:Yes, it's our house, my sister owns a gen1, her boyfriend has a gen2, I have a Gen3 lib and Gen3 outback and my dad drives a gen4. Plus I had a lseries as well and most of my best mates drive subarus. It wasn't uncommon to have 7 or 8 subarus parked on the street at times.

sounds like a good house

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:45 pm

Ummm... What did Mum always say about keeping it to myself

Sorry Alex but I like the way you had it before but I'm not the owner.. if you're happy then that's all that matters. Number plate and seeing it first hand could be a whole different story. Why is there so much dust on it?