This grille cost me less than $100.00. Was it worth it?

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Жыл бұрын

Took a trip down to see my friend Kyle at Fuse Fabrication so we could get our exhaust up off the ground and fitting right, came back to a surprise part that had shown up.
Spent a lot of time with the AVO Grille trying to get it to fit our bumper correctly and found out this was a common issue with how it is manufactured, so came up with a couple of solutions to get it fitting correctly for anyone interested in purchasing this.
We also finally got our block8head gauge pod and got it installed and looking good. Overall impressions, it isn't a bad piece, fitment is good, and it's probably the cleanest approach to gauges you can do in a bp legacy/outback. I did have to do some sanding and correcting for everything to fit and I wouldn't recommend it for AEM X-series gauges as the bezels are pretty thick and they are difficult to get to stay in without some type of adhesive which may make servicing, if required, a bit more difficult in the future.
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@omialmanza1900 Жыл бұрын

Its the little things that make a big appearance difference in cars! Simple finishing touches here and there brings out the "Im not stock" look. I think it looks badass Matt👍🏼. Keep em coming Matt!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more 🤙🤙 appreciate it Omi 🙏

@hatefunwrx Жыл бұрын

The grill looks good, and the gauge pod is damn nice

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Gauge pod came out pretty nice, did require a bit more tweaking than expected but I think it was worth the wait. 👌

@hatefunwrx Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI definitely worth it

@BigSlickRick75 Жыл бұрын

I agree on painting the black gloss body match color

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yaaaas! I seriously need to get into painting to cut down on costs of paint matching all these random things 🫠🤣

@cughan_9482 Жыл бұрын

The exhaust looks really good now!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Yeah I think it'll be perfect once I tweak it a little bit. 👌👌

@cughan_9482 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI I like the bigger can conning out the back. It does need to shift left. But your making all the wagons look good. 🔥

@foxunfocused Жыл бұрын

Phoenix - "The ball is life!" Mittens is turning into something even more awesome with every addition you make!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

He's onto sushi plushy now. 🍣 Makes me want to do more aesthetics so bad, but I need to get the car running right first 😫 it is starting to look mad decent, though 🫠

@Christosan88 Жыл бұрын

Ive been wanting to do this to the lower opening of the grill and the hood scoop.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Looks pretty nice when well executed 👌👌

@walterhagans1465 Жыл бұрын

Glad you got that grill to fit in and it looks really good. I did also like the intro video 😁👍🏾

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Thanks Walter 🙏 it was pretty cool making an hour long drive look like it only took a minute 😄 fun stuff to play around with 👌

@brandonlee3624 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI and I have to commend you on your driving. You actually used the left lane for passing and got over to the right! Unlike every other Washingtonian driver I've ever encountered who cruises in the left lane like they're the only ones on the road lol

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@@brandonlee3624 🤣 I like to do my part to make the roads a little less shit to be on 👌👌

@robertmilroy2493 Жыл бұрын

Car is looking good, hit a snag in mine. Put it in for valve cover job and came out with broken turbo, told them should of disconnected turbo before you jacked my car up and they said it wasn't their fault that's the name of the game I guess

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Damn what?! Thats crazy 😱 how'd they even manage that.. they crack the turbo housing?

@robertmilroy2493 Жыл бұрын

Yeah said it was defective it was only 6 months old, already got a new one but shouldn't have had too

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@Robert Milroy wow, that's nuts. I'm glad you got it handled.

@tommanning7337 Жыл бұрын

It does look kick ass though!!!! 😁👍🏻👍🏻

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

End result was definitely not bad. 10/10 would do again 😆

@aaroncates7924 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back to vlogmas, lol. The grill looks great, especially once you paint it white and the grill black. Love how the gauges turned out.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think that colorscheme would look really nice. Happy to be back 😁 definitely nice not having the gauges just hanging wherever 🤣🤙

@1ahozz Жыл бұрын

Good shit

@ChristopherFranz Жыл бұрын

Im super glad you added the subi badge, the front looks naked on cars I’ve seen with similar grilles and no badge. I think you could leave the grill surround black and accent a few pieces(maybe the hood scoop or the fog light bezels if they exist anymore) black and itd be pretty cool. (Maybe a bit too panda but still)

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

It looked so much better with the badge. I think I'll pick up some of the same carbon items for the car that I have for the outback and it should look good but I agree, definitely a fine line with a white car and black/ carbon parts. 👌

@DandCentertainment Жыл бұрын

You need that front plate in Washington sir 😮

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Shhhhhhhh 🤫🤫 I've only had 1 ticket in like 10 years. 😅

@ZzWeAreVenomzZ Жыл бұрын

Have been wanting to do this type grille on the 09 LGT but most I’ve found on eBay and too sketched sometimes cause I’m in no line of cutting the car 😂😂

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I wouldn't expect most people to willingly do this, I was much more inclined to after all the other cutting that's gone into it. You could get around this by trimming the receiving pieces of the grille instead in similar spots.

@kingbiggz86 Жыл бұрын

The fitment looks really good, I think I'm going to grab one for my 06 legacy wagon... just ordered some tein z coilovers, next will be sway bars. I've heard doing just the front on the wagons, is better than doing both rear and front for solving understeer. You think that makes sense?

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

I'd recommend front and rear. The wagons are honestly pretty well balanced, and the only times I had ran into understeer was either my fault (too fast at entry) or the tires themselves didn't grip enough. They do have an inherent understeer due to the front bias of the drivetrain, but it's minimal. I personally run a whiteline front and cusco rear on the outback, but I'll likely do front and rear whiteline for the legacy. With adjustable components, like the rear lateral links and upper control arm, you can make some pretty drastic changes to suspension geometry and alignment, but a lot of it like I said can have to do with what's gripping the ground in the first place. If you are currently looking at whiteline components, I'd recommend to check out emnoteks website. They have whiteline at like 2/3 the price of everywhere else currently, and I'll likely pick stuff up soon on case it doesn't stay that way.

@kingbiggz86 Жыл бұрын

@MatlasDI thanks for the advice, ill check emnoteks for sure hopefully they ship to Canada

@brandonlee3624 Жыл бұрын

Love the progress! I'm definitely considering the same gauge set up. I was thinking of the middle section between the vents, but it seems routing wires would be much easier in this location. If you paint the grill trim white, leave the mesh silver. If you leave the trim black, definitely paint the mesh black. Just IMO.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it wasn't too bad to get everything where it needed to be, just a little fun when there's enough of then over there. I like that idea for color scheme 👌

@brandonlee3624 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI do you happen to have your old grill insert? Mine recently got busted and looking for a replacement.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@Brandon Lee the chrome was peeling on the oem grille, so I had tossed it a while back.

@brandonlee3624 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI all good, I'll just roll without until I can source one! Maybe if it the no grill/open grill look grows on me, I'll just go for a similar aftermarket one

@thomasholliday1 Жыл бұрын

Can you talk about the different motors for subaru. Some advantages and disadvantages of each?

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Definitely! There are so many variations that it'd have to be split into a few subgroup videos, but I can make that happen in the future and will add that to the list👌👌

@thomasholliday1 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI awesome!! Thats fine. You could make it its own series!

@chrisnavarro7672 Жыл бұрын

Hey do you know any nice grills that would fit in a 06 OBXT, don’t know if the legacy ones are interchangeable. Thanks

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Legacy and outback have a different shape so they aren't unfortunately. Jdm fit somewhat, but leave a bit of a gap at the bottom. I had to make mine on the outback prior to getting my jdm bumper.

@elleote2 Жыл бұрын

She's coming together nicely Matt! I have a Bees wax (hex) style grill on mine which I love, do you have those in the states? Love the content, keep it up!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

They didn't make them for the usdm models unfortunately, but we get them imported here pretty often 👌 I made a honeycomb grille for the outback originally, but it was super hard to work with and make look decent 🥲 love the look of them though.

@FernandoJQuevedo Жыл бұрын

Hey May!! Great video! Where can I find that kind of Guage Pod?

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

This is from block8head on Facebook. He makes a variety of custom pods. Previous video goes through what I had to do for routing wires to it. 👌👌 since they are hand made it took around 2 months to get.

@Darkhammermedia Жыл бұрын

Do it for the Derps!

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Yessir! 🐶🐶👌

@sevenkuunia Жыл бұрын

i used hidden zip ties to hold them together and close the gap

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea. Modifying things has worked pretty well since install, but I can get it to pop out if I push on the bumper weird.

@followtheornghat Жыл бұрын

Do they make one of those pods for VA WRX 😅 I actually like that alot.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

He does, yeah. Check him out on Facebook. Block8head 👌

@followtheornghat Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI his website didn't have it listed. I'll look for him on the book

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@David Black just double-checked. Can confirm there are pics of ones he's made for VAs 👌

@joshanderson1122 Жыл бұрын

Good video I like the way things turned out. But man I feel so sorry for you still paying that much for premium

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

It's actually dropped quite a bit lately too which is sad 🤣 thanks man 🙏

@da9pauly Жыл бұрын

Shit I just checked and they don’t make the gauge pod for my 07 Fozzy!!!😢

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Did you contact him directly? I know he does custom as well. But for the forester I'd probably grab the center dash pods or the cluster pod setup. 👌

@da9pauly Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI I’ll try to contact him I would prefer the center 3pod anyways

@kataratak33 9 ай бұрын

How did you get it for so cheap

@MatlasDI 7 ай бұрын

They had them on ebay iirc for around 98.00 checking back today they appear to be in the 200 range. Looks like they had done a price increase over the last couple months.

@liketolearn141 Жыл бұрын

Might not fit but it looks awesome

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

I was surprised I got it to work lol, looks super good with the modification for fitment. I think it might have worked the same had I shaved the sides of the grille itself, which would probably be a more comfortable way for people to attempt it. 100 dollar grille is definitely less painful to cut up than a whole bumper 😅

@liketolearn141 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it ended up working in your favor. But it does look cleaner and more aggressive

@cww-tv3267 Жыл бұрын

You know you can use some jdm grilles with usdm bumper I’ve had two that fit way better then that one

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Realistically, I just wanted to test out the usdm fitment, and it was cheap. I've had a few jdm grilles at this point, and they've all left a gap at the bottom or not fit the shape quite right, so I figured I'd test it out.

@cww-tv3267 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI no I get why but if you get a certain yr of jdm grille it will fit perfectly no gaps I can show you the two I had and what they looked like I will tag you in a post on one of our legacy groups

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@CWW-tv sounds good, I'll check it out 👌 think the only ones I've seen that seemed to fit alright was a zerosports or corazon.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@@cww-tv3267 those don't look bad at all 👌

@roybrown7717 Жыл бұрын

im sorry matt but how high were you when you made this intro? its soo......captivating.

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Lol. I don't smokeee! But it came out pretty cool 😎 👌 🤣

@roybrown7717 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI it came out awesome. I like that angle for driving

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

@Roy Brown thanks bro. Was pretty cool splicing it like that lol 45 minute drive in under a minute.

@roybrown7717 Жыл бұрын

@@MatlasDI more of that please 🥺

@stringgreens6387 Жыл бұрын

Paint the mesh black

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

I think that's the plan 👌

@BarelyLegacy_Legacy Жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you just buy a jdm grille?

@MatlasDI Жыл бұрын

Different shapes. Jdm has sharper corners, and you're normally left with a pretty noticeable gap at the bottom. Car had a jdm option grille on it previously, so I wanted to test out one shaped for a usdm.