carfreak85

I hate you guys... I will look at my plugs and O2 sensor and see what they tell me... Sorry for the hijack Peter!

Best I've ever done in my T wagon was about 23mpg, so don't feel too bad.

I really want to do this to my car now!!! You're making me VERY jealous! How did you get the XT6 bits to fit?

Did it start life out as a turbo brat or a carby? You've gotta post some more pics, I'm dyin here!!!

Thats the gross weight, the total weight the car can handle per manufactuer specs.

I believe that they are out of 80 to 81 GLs, but don't quote me on that.

WOW! That looks great! Keep up the good work!

From the 1984 FSM: 4x4 GL BRAT 2245lbs 4x4 GL Hatch 2240lbs Both are the curb weights (Not gross weight) of GLs with 4x4 4spds.

Update: This system is the S**T!!! A friend and I wired in an amp and sub and it KICKS! The dinky front speakers leave me a little cold, but this is 100x better than the original 4w factory system.

I'll second that. Kind of a waste to build such a killer offroader and just have it sit in the driveway or just drive it to work, etc.

And here they are! 1980 Brat, with stock everything. 1982 Brat with Pug 15" wheels.

Wow Ed, it looks SWEET! Whats going on with your other brat?

I used the slanted console from an early 80's car. At the angle its at, I think it is clearing the fan box just fine. It is also slanted more than the slant in the console if that matters.

Hahaha, I ran out of time to wire it since I had to head back up to school! I will let you guys know when its working.

Oh, I also forgot to mention that I tossed the dinky wagon rear door handles for a set from a sedan. I had to add a second plug in the door for the screw (The big door handles are longer), but other than that it fit in perfectly. It is MUCH more comfortable to use the armrest instead of keeping your arm in your lap.

Heres a brat from WCSS7:

I spent months petering away on this stereo. I wanted to keep the factory look while improving the placement of the speakers. For the front speakers I decided that the stock placement was adequate. I was told to just put speakers in the doors, which would require me to throw away the map pockets and have the speaker firing into the front seat. Since I wanted an original look I decided to build custom brackets to hold 3 inch pioneer speakers. That is outlined in this post: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=38378&highlight=speakers In the EA81 wagon, the rear speakers are mounted in the back door and fire directly into the seat coushin. This had to be remidied! I busted out the hole saw and built some speaker housings to hold 5 1/4 inch Sony xpold speakers. I had to source clean door panels to get rid of the original speaker grill and opening. Here are the pics of those: To power the whole system a friend of mine donated a used headunit. The faceplate is partly held on with orange goo, so there was a reason it was free. This went in a slanted console from an early 80's wagon. Underneath the stereo is a guage panel that has morphed through about four generations. I know the paint doesn't match, but honestly, that was as close as I could get. Anyway, let me know what you think!

Yup, thats me!!! Feel free to stop and honk or whatever, especially if there are other people in the car. That way I wont look like such a dork for calling out every EA series 'ru I see! I think that tan hatch is a teacher's car, but I don't know who's yet. Also, you should stop by the VRI and check out Quattro some time. Sight seeing in the 'ham, hahaha.

No kidding!!! I just picked up an 85 hatch and it is an understeering little pig! The wagon is MUCH more fun to drive. It really is a night and day difference.

Lets see some pics of the install!

Heres another vote for cyclopes lit when brights were on. 82 brat GL as the specimen.

I haven't had my wagon in snow that was too deep (Maybe 6-7" at the most), but I haven't noticed anything getting messed up by the snow. I must say though, subaru sure did build a good drift car (gravel/snow) when they made the 84 turbo wagon!

To anyone who is even remotely interested by this offer, DO IT! Not only is it for a good cause, but I really enjoy watching these, I even brought them to college with me to show all the sube haters who don't think we offroad. I have all five tapes and they are worth every penny! Best sube footage around!

Here are my fog lights. This is my street car so I have no worries about mounting the lights low on the car. Hella 500 using the EA81 foglight switch:

I would love to help you out, but I live in the dorms right now. Talk to Dustyrider, he has a house up here now I beleive.