Yo'J

Funny thing happened to me just last weekend. I had just one stud come loose and only prepared for a retap on one. Funny, as I put it back together, I found two more had stripped just under gentle wrenching. Back to the store. It was gonna take a hour but it turned into a few more after having to go back and get more studs and start the process all over again. Glad to have had a second car. If ones going ..........

That is just like a benz! What a ride! I think I'm feeling a little GREEN! JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!! JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!!JEALOUS!!! But not maliciously.....JEALOUS!!!

After having that little plastic thing go bad, I would just pull the piece you want to bend out and do it off the car. Had it popping out of the socket when driving and not being so easy to get back in, and only during shifting of course. I used a table mounted vice and it bent fine. I had two bolts underneath to pull and the interior bolt (and interior) to not have to try to reapply the little rubber boot and wire. On a ea81 with the 5pd d/r, then unlifted, I had to drop the driveshaft, but your lifted. I bent mine after my lift install to not always hit the 'next track' button on the cd player.

Tires rubbing on the strut or a wheel bearing?

Amen! Thats what you tell your SO!

Well, after the Mad Max armor is done!

I put on a freeflow muffler, you can see right through it, Magnaflow, I think. Its really not that loud either. At least 2 more seat of your pants HP! What is the acid that is formed from exhaust gasses, like when it mixes with water or something? Doesn't that eat paint and start rust?

I thought slight positive camber is better for off road applications.

When I was last looking into widebands, I found a couple of tuner shops that would rent them for a day or two, installing them as well.

There was only one persons advise I listened to in my life. That advice is to ignore anyone who starts off by saying, "You know what you should do...." If I listened to others peoples B.S. I'd prolly be dead. "Here you should try this", "No, I'm driving." I want a coupe so bad! You all are lucky. I think they look like the older Mercedes and should be chromed up so. Pimp that ride! When I'm done with my $400 wagon, I'll have bout 12x that into it b'for paint. Plus the can of "new" car smell.

Hmmm, might be true. I guess I'll measure, I got my lift from sjr and didn't measure. Its should be the same between ea81s, brat or wagon. It could be different than an ea82. Well, I eyeballed it with a little angle gauge off the shock. Looks to me to be closer to 15 than 22 but I'm on a gravel hill so not so accurate. Maybe someone will pipe up.

ea81 wagon, So I plywooded my rear deck for hauling, its gotta hinged section that folds down to give me a full 6' of space for camping when you don't wanna set up the tent or hammock or get her butt muddy. Storage box and speakers in the rear seat location. I gotta 120v inverter for the java, I want enought power for a hot plate but thats gonna wait ($) Wood roof rack. I installed fuel/air mixture meter for tuning my weber. I now want to lynchpin the doors but it depends on what I do for speakers on my next interior fab (stain grade wainscotted rear deck and rear doors with plywood slide rails for a coverslip/hauler! ) Something to think of though is finding a set of front seats that fold dead flat, situate them so the backs go into the rear seat location or atleast level out with the hight of the rear deck after its been upholstered and cushioned, deck out all the voids so when you want to "sleep " you can just lay the seats down pull the curtains and (go) you have a full bed ready car! Snow bunnies dream! I don't think the seat hight will work though

Don't forget to keep your 15 degree angle on your tophats. I posted a reply to you in kellyrays thread on tires and things I would do different next time. P.S. Nice work!

Performance radiator supplies Napa here, I think IIRC. solid copper 1yr warranty save the receipt $120 ish??? A bung on mine leaked and 9mo later I'm installing the warranteed one.

I have a 2inch lift with 235/70 r14s toyo a/ts on an 82 wagon and I had to cut into the fenders a bit. The rears fit fine, no cutting but its close. On the front I had to pound the firewall a lot and the cut on the firewall side doesn't seem so grace full. It had to go all the way back to the firewall and I had to pound the pinchweld flat. I wouldn't go 14s again. There is no selection. The tires are 26.5". If I were to do it again, I would go 3" in the front, 2" in the rear.

I think they made it to japan, the UK and Australia only. I wish we had them here in the US. Its a foolish thing not to have them here. Maybe they don't wear out fast enough for importation.

You got me thinking, the best way to wire up the lights, mostly for human error, would be to wire up a "Off Road" light harness with one main switched power for all the extra lights and functions (like compressor for air or 120v converter or whatever), but, use the stock wiring harness to relay the on/off functions. That way you (I)wouldn't blind the person behind you when your at the mall or play with your clutch at a light and get pulled over for forgetting you left something on. Yet, with the flick of one switch you have all your extra offroad stuff functioning or at least ready to turn on. Then you could isolate your extra consumption and fuse it seperately as well as being able to track problems that occur over time.

There's a lot of weight in them doors!. Wear goggles for the mud!

Rain is "supposed" to come tonight. We will be lucky if it does.

I heard, the carpet is flat then streched barely under the rear seats on the tunnel, more from passengers and wear. Someday I hope to know for sure. I have to get my interior finished after my ej swap. I'll be watching if your posting.

It would be for an 99 impreza, I called him, left a message.

Prices, lift highths, web site? My buddy wants one.

Opel, I like that! With a little fiberglass you could give it wings! Or make it vanish.

YES! The car has been kept in the dark. The last one I tried to get imploded and I'm sure started a black hole. (In my current dash)

And here I am still waiting on my harness that I sent out as you started.:-\ But for you..... Nice to hear your almost there!