Prwa101

Yeah I know when I get a little more money I'm going to order them, and do a combo lift on my forester. I'm going to shoot for 4" of lift. It mite help to call them and see if there really in stock.

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f70/ironman-4x4-35mm-lift-springs-first-impressions-97275/ It's for a pair. Not dissing kings, I've heard they're good. But to much $$ for me, for possibly the same thing.

http://www.ironman4x4.com/html/coil_springs.html This is one of the places that sells them. I'm working on getting them at GD's (rick) SSI new shop. http://www.camel4x4.com/category/SPRINGS.html

Personally, if you way lift... Go with iron man springs or kind spring. They'll both give you about 1.5" of lift AND are stiffer and won't sag like stock. Kings are about 460$ a set and iron man are a little over 200$. From what I've read there both the same, and the only diffrence is the cost. And availability. Possibly what drives the cost down for iron man. -Prwa

Anything can be done, depends how modivated you are on this project. Wireng wont be fun... If you good with cars and habe merged harness before you could do it, but will still take lots of time. And jdm to us standard will be much harder. Suggestion though, don't waste your time with the EJ25d. You'll end up blowing head gaskets one after another.

Best bet would be replace the hole hub with a j yard special. We had one on the shop that did the same thing, tried pressing it out and nothing. Had to replace the whole thing. Good luck

Lift it up, put blocks under the tires till you think you can get it out. Or use a lift and tranny jack haha

When was the timing belt done? Possible timing slip issue.

Nice! That's what I thought, Crazy small world! I live off colmen which is pretty close to cherry ville. Small world man!

I thought kind springs have 2" of lift? Man I gotta get mine lifted up so we can hit trails on Mt. Hood. I'm just a skip away in Sandy. Awesome ride though! How much diff clearance do you have? Prwa

The 99 had the 253 which did have hg leaking problems but easy fix with oem WRX?(can't remember) Head gaskets. Also it came with a factory oil cooler along with the better 4eat that came in the foresters. If it leaks run Subaru's coolant stop leak.

If your talking about the same thing I'm thinking about no. Detroit locker, powertrax, spartan and so on all come with new parts to replace your exsisting gears in your diff, all new parts.

Well, i was sitting in work a week ago thinking about the locker agin... and i came up with a new design utilizing the existing outer gear in the r160 diff (so i don't have to cut splines nor pay out the Yingyang to have them cut.) just cut it down to size and spec. Still in prelim design stage, but its looking like this will be more possible than the other one, due to the spline cutting and cost issue.. Just thought id give you guys some hope! happy wheeling PRWA

There's a PDF write says almost everything. Pm me with your email and I can send it to you.

Auto or manual? I'd go with bearings, possible the Center diff. Had one in the hope about a month ago that wined my a baby. When we got it out we could have used it for a rattle. I Hiley suggest going to a Subaru specific mechanic.

Been busy working, going to school, moving, and getting married... Haven't done much... Not enough funds and equipment.... Other than finding out that cutting the splines are going to cost to much time and money. So I'm trying to find out a way to use the outer section and make the inter around the exhausting outer. -Prwa

Nice man! Happy wife = happy life!

What kind of sub? I'm running 235/75/15 with a 4" lift on mine. Rubed a little till I cut the corners a little. I'd say with a 4" on the old gl,loyales no rub would be about 27" tires. Your going to need to figure out your rim issue though. They don't make those sizes in 13s. As far as mpg goes with those old EA's it'll be going down after that large of tire is put on. Unless you EJ it.

WEBER!! Just thought I'd add my 2¢.

What kind of thrumastat? A Subaru one? Or cheap knock off from parts store? Oem stant #48457 Subaru's are very specific when it comes to thrumastats.

+1 replace the head gasket, the 253 is a great engine and will last a long time. Use sti head gaskets an you'll never have the problem agin. -Prwa

What do you mean the transmission is going out? Slipping? Could be just the clutch pack and duty c needs replaced/serviced -Prwa

What gear is it stuck in? If you can get a hammer in there beat on it and see if it'll change gears. My shifter fork on my 00 foredter was eaten up from the main shaft but backing out caused me to get stuck in reverse. Ended up rebuilding it and works great now. -Prwa

Just curious, how's the timing marks look? -Prwa