As a Super VR4 owner they are great and very rare only 400 made in Red and Silver paint jobs though on ClubVR4s member section someone found a database of serial numbers apparently 283 were made with a small portion of that having the Red paint job. If you can find a photo of a moon roof vs a sun roof I'd be thoroughly impressed. Manual Legnums are rare as heck most were auto.
Dude i wanna say thank you for having us with you for the vr4 journey, im absolutely in love with these and i hope and pray i really own one idc about the gas prices or whatever ppl say about them, lifes so short to drive boring cars, id really like if you can upload more and show us through the ups and downs with this underated beast. Again thanks alot man
I hope you can own one thebattousai someday. Yes they love a drink and tiny fuel tank (55 ltrs maybe?) means you stop at every second fuel station. I think mine averaged about 13-14 per 100 ks on a trip.
PFL and FL grills will not work with eachother as they have different clearences to the bumper. Hoods fine, it's the bumper. You can jam the PFL grill on to a FL with it looking kinda wack, but FL will not go on a PFL. Another difference a lot of people don't know is with the PFL and FL rear tailgate.. More changes then just a the tailgate. So bumper is also different. But the rear sheets are slightly different right at the end. As the rear hatch area is slightly different, Different hood linings and rear tailgate trim for the inside as well. And different spot welds and construction in the sheets, PFL will tend to start rusting behind the break lights on the corners and behind the tailgate rubber seals where as the FL wont. Also the FL gets a extra sheet welded to the chassis to support the rear lower lateral control arm. Think it's that arm from memory, but yeah. extra bent bit of steel welded in as a supporting bracket. PFL imo looks more "JDM" i love the look. But FL is the better car and less prone to rust in a few different spots.
I had a 1997 Legnum VR4, fastest car I'd own with minimal modifications. And possibly driven, I did do 10 laps in a V8 SuperCar a few years ago but it had a V8 LS motor from regular production SS Commodore, didn't feel any quicker than the Legnum. I did own before the Legnum a Cordia GSR (SIVART's old blue 1988 AC Cordia GSR) had a ported head and big TD04-15G turbo with variable boost control had at the wheels about 150hp with low boost, never dyno'd with high boost. I didn't use high boost much as mid range was perfect with huge amount of torque, so maybe 175hp mid range. This Cordia was thrilling to drive with massive torque steer and low grip from rock hard Yoko tyres, wider softer tyres would've transformed it. Late 1990's owned a manual 1989 VN V6 Commodore with 2.5 inch exhaust and head worked maybe 160kw at rear wheels and weighted bugger all, was a pretty quick car with bags of torque, liked to rev a better than standard v6. Dont laugh as now I'm on a pension and drive a Holden Cruze 1.4 turbo automatic. It's slow, drinks fuel like the VN and no modifications.....I really miss a powerful car and especially the Legnum and Cordia I'd owned in the past. 😪😪
My pfl definitely had the hi viz dash, im sure I've seen others with it too. Was Definitely factory fitted no signs of any body taking the dash apart. Was a 1997 pfl, auto, ayc. Still the most enjoyable car I've ever owned, I miss it😢
You could purchase a Galant VR-4 Type S in the UK, very rare though. My Dad used to work for Mitsubishi UK & borrowed a VR-4 for the day, very quick cars but overshadowed by the Lancer Evo. The twin fog lights actually caused some problems because the outer light came on to laminate whichever way the steering wheel was turned, these weren't homologated for UK roads so had to be disconnected. A couple of minor mistakes in your video, Evo IVs didn't come with Brembo brakes, they started on the V. The non wide arch Galant you had pictured was actually a UK spec car that had either the 2.5 V6 N/A or a 2.0 4G63 N/A. They were dressed up a bit with VR-4 bumpers but not the arch extensions & they had the Momo steering wheel.
Oh and also: the PFL bumper is called Sport Edition and the FL is called Avance at the normal Galants. Funny tho, in those Bumpers are Letters and Numbers and they say VR-4 even if that was a normal Galant. Noticed that when i replaced the bumper on my Legnum.
Got a 99 FL type S factory manual Legnum brembo's are amazing. I new it was rare but didnt know how rare it was until a month ago, was going to sell it but not now. You pronounce Galant wrong. Say it as Gar- Lant well thats how Aussie's and New Zealanders say it.
At 2:43 saying about fender flares, the galant shown, is not a vr4. Most likely it's a v6 sport. As vr4's have 5 studs, model shown only has 4. I also owned a pfl legnum and a fl galant vr4.
As a Super VR4 owner they are great and very rare only 400 made in Red and Silver paint jobs though on ClubVR4s member section someone found a database of serial numbers apparently 283 were made with a small portion of that having the Red paint job. If you can find a photo of a moon roof vs a sun roof I'd be thoroughly impressed. Manual Legnums are rare as heck most were auto.
Yeeeah man, this is the content we need! ❤️ from NZ 👏🏽
Glad you enjoyed!
Dude i wanna say thank you for having us with you for the vr4 journey, im absolutely in love with these and i hope and pray i really own one idc about the gas prices or whatever ppl say about them, lifes so short to drive boring cars, id really like if you can upload more and show us through the ups and downs with this underated beast. Again thanks alot man
Go for it man I just got one myself and im so happy with it. You don't ever see them around here is Australia so its nice to have something different!
I hope you can own one thebattousai someday. Yes they love a drink and tiny fuel tank (55 ltrs maybe?) means you stop at every second fuel station. I think mine averaged about 13-14 per 100 ks on a trip.
Thanks for clearing that up! Got the '98 with AYC, High vis dash and momo wheel and seats so Type S it is
Thanks for watching! Jealous you've got the Momo and Recaros 😭
@@gutterrashautomotive3361 Shame the Momo wheel is super deteriorated and getting sticky! 🥲 haha
That's wrong a small amount come out factory manuals thats why they are so rare
Does it have wheels arcs?
I currently have the 97 COTY Legnum. Great info!
Awesome, thank you!
PFL and FL grills will not work with eachother as they have different clearences to the bumper.
Hoods fine, it's the bumper.
You can jam the PFL grill on to a FL with it looking kinda wack, but FL will not go on a PFL.
Another difference a lot of people don't know is with the PFL and FL rear tailgate..
More changes then just a the tailgate.
So bumper is also different.
But the rear sheets are slightly different right at the end.
As the rear hatch area is slightly different, Different hood linings and rear tailgate trim for the inside as well.
And different spot welds and construction in the sheets, PFL will tend to start rusting behind the break lights on the corners and behind the tailgate rubber seals where as the FL wont.
Also the FL gets a extra sheet welded to the chassis to support the rear lower lateral control arm.
Think it's that arm from memory, but yeah. extra bent bit of steel welded in as a supporting bracket.
PFL imo looks more "JDM" i love the look.
But FL is the better car and less prone to rust in a few different spots.
Awesome insight as always, cheers Matt!
❤
I had a 1997 Legnum VR4, fastest car I'd own with minimal modifications. And possibly driven, I did do 10 laps in a V8 SuperCar a few years ago but it had a V8 LS motor from regular production SS Commodore, didn't feel any quicker than the Legnum.
I did own before the Legnum a Cordia GSR (SIVART's old blue 1988 AC Cordia GSR) had a ported head and big TD04-15G turbo with variable boost control had at the wheels about 150hp with low boost, never dyno'd with high boost. I didn't use high boost much as mid range was perfect with huge amount of torque, so maybe 175hp mid range. This Cordia was thrilling to drive with massive torque steer and low grip from rock hard Yoko tyres, wider softer tyres would've transformed it.
Late 1990's owned a manual 1989 VN V6 Commodore with 2.5 inch exhaust and head worked maybe 160kw at rear wheels and weighted bugger all, was a pretty quick car with bags of torque, liked to rev a better than standard v6.
Dont laugh as now I'm on a pension and drive a Holden Cruze 1.4 turbo automatic. It's slow, drinks fuel like the VN and no modifications.....I really miss a powerful car and especially the Legnum and Cordia I'd owned in the past. 😪😪
just learned about these cars and there's like no info on youtube or online for that matter. thanks!
Thanks for the feedback! Encourages me to keep making this content ☺
My pfl definitely had the hi viz dash, im sure I've seen others with it too. Was Definitely factory fitted no signs of any body taking the dash apart.
Was a 1997 pfl, auto, ayc. Still the most enjoyable car I've ever owned, I miss it😢
Mann, I miss your uploads… 😢 I hope your doing good! ❤
Ah man too kind ❤
Doing good thanks! Just a little more into my 2 wheelers atm 😆
Hope you're doing well too!
FL grill fits fine on my PFL
The grilles are swappable BUT you can only put the Viento grille on the new bumper where the old grille fits both.
Great to see more content
Good video bro
Thanks man!
You could purchase a Galant VR-4 Type S in the UK, very rare though.
My Dad used to work for Mitsubishi UK & borrowed a VR-4 for the day, very quick cars but overshadowed by the Lancer Evo.
The twin fog lights actually caused some problems because the outer light came on to laminate whichever way the steering wheel was turned, these weren't homologated for UK roads so had to be disconnected.
A couple of minor mistakes in your video, Evo IVs didn't come with Brembo brakes, they started on the V.
The non wide arch Galant you had pictured was actually a UK spec car that had either the 2.5 V6 N/A or a 2.0 4G63 N/A.
They were dressed up a bit with VR-4 bumpers but not the arch extensions & they had the Momo steering wheel.
Oh and also: the PFL bumper is called Sport Edition and the FL is called Avance at the normal Galants. Funny tho, in those Bumpers are Letters and Numbers and they say VR-4 even if that was a normal Galant. Noticed that when i replaced the bumper on my Legnum.
My PFL 96 Galant and PFL 98 Legnum both have the hi vis, so I'm pretty sure the PFL's did get hi vis dash clusters, but a great vid!
Thanks for the heads up!
My 1999 Galant PFL does have the HC Dash but it was swapped. Many of the old ones are swapped to HC (High Contrast)
Great video 👍 I still have a big love for these cars after owning 5 of them.
5?! That's impressive
@@gutterrashautomotive3361 Does Galant vr4 which has AYC also have LSD in the rear axle?
@@gutterrashautomotive3361 Different versions? Auto or manuals, etc? Do you still own one? They are addictive.
Stock transmission for the 8th Generation Galant and Legnum VR-4:
PFL: Manual
PFL type-S & Super VR-4: Automatic
FL Galant VR-4 type-V & Legnum VR-4 type-S: Manual & automatic
FL Galant VR-4 type-S & Legnum VR-4 type-V: Automatic
Great
Whens the next galant video collect my 1996 on Sunday
Got a 99 FL type S factory manual Legnum brembo's are amazing. I new it was rare but didnt know how rare it was until a month ago, was going to sell it but not now.
You pronounce Galant wrong. Say it as Gar- Lant well thats how Aussie's and New Zealanders say it.
You can fit a PFL Grill to an FL Grill but not vise versa
I wish I could find one
At 2:43 saying about fender flares, the galant shown, is not a vr4. Most likely it's a v6 sport. As vr4's have 5 studs, model shown only has 4. I also owned a pfl legnum and a fl galant vr4.
Great pickup - I had no idea
Just saw your car on Facebook marketplace didn’t guess I know why you haven’t uploaded 😭
I didn't want to 😭
@@gutterrashautomotive3361 sorry to hear brother my legnum hasn’t been running since before you started the channel 😪