GuyTDi

Front bumper in the mean while, not finished. Final look will be prety much like the rear but much more trimmed down as there is less body there to protect.

Hi guys, here to introduce my 97 impreza wagon , EJ20 with low range 5speed. My first scooby but not my first 4x4, have a landrover here thats mutated horribly into something no longer fit for public roads. The name sauron came from my neighbours kid who misread the 'subaru' logo on the trunk. I liked it so it stuck As a standard impreza is kinda boring, front lifted with standard forester struts, rear standard shocks but 2" raised forester king springs. 14" rims from a vw polo and 26" maxxis mt tires. Steel bumpers, roofrack and spare wheel carrier are some nice little projects i have going, a paintjob is on the list when all is said and done. A skidplate was one of the first things i made, no pictures of that tough... rear bumper and trailerhitch are done, in primer for now. , also made these unequal length exhaust runners that tuck in nice in the body, also lost the catalysts. beginnings of the front bumper tucked it in as far as possible

Nobody has gone the +2" spring on impreza route here ?

Hi people, So, i recently bought a 1997 impreza wagon, 2L non turbo but low range gearbox fitted. I lifted it by fitting forester EJ20 non turbo struts front and rear. In the rear i redrilled the 3 holes instead of the 1 that was recomended to approach standard location in the strut tower as to not disturb suspension geometry too much. Problem is the rear, its very saggy and for some reason or the other, the spring compresses 5.10 inches when i lower the car off a jack from full droop down to ride height . The result is a very limited suspension travel. I dont want to use any kind of spacer for the struts as this wont solve the problem of the shock / strut botoming out. I also plan on steel bumpers and spare wheel carrier in the back so this would amplify my problem. I want to solve my problem by using the forester +2" springs from King in 'Straya but use the standard struts. Reason being the springs are stiffer and higher so this should have to translate in not compressing that much and thus raising the rear of the car and gaining suspension travel. I have been in contact with King and they asured me there springs will fit standard struts as long as they are not equiped with the SLS found on some forester struts. Has anyone here went this way or has anyone got some tips for me ? A pic of my wagon. Fitted with a bashplate and 27" BFG mud knockoffs on forester wheels ! I've got a set of 26" maxxis tires for a 14" rim, anyone knows if a 14" rim will fit in front (caliper clearance) ?

Hi people, My name is Guy, 30y/o , carmechanic at a local porsche dealership and schoolteacher in the evenings and i live in Antwerp Belgium. I have owned well over 20 cars so far but never any japanese makes, only europeans. At first, i found them to be very grey and unimaginative, especialy in the design and interior department. A year and somewhat ago my entire carpark was either broken down or in 'projectmode'.I needed a new car and so i checked the Belgian version of craigslist. The cheapest government inspected car was a 1997 subaru justy hatchback, wich is the euro variant of the 4wd Geo metro / suzuki swift / ... . In Belgium we have a mandatory technical inspection by a government controlled inspection centre, somewhat equal to UK MOT, but ran by nazi's as youre not allowed to change anything. Anyways, the justy ... Its a hatch with a not so mighty 1.3L but with only 40.000miles on the odometer, power everything and complete dealer history it was a steal at 1000$. As in the meanwhile i bought a 140 y/o schoolhouse to restore into our new home, it imediatly served as a worktruck, regularly hauling 400kg or more cement, sand, cinderblocks, etc. Being a car mechanic, it was unacceptable the car ran for 20.000 miles without even lifting the hood to check oil. I gave the car a long overdue service sith a nice new timingbelt and waterpump and gave it to my wife. As i was using my dads vw touareg to haul my trailer, i decided a new car was needed. I decided because i realy started to apreciate the japanese efficiency and no nonsense design approach i wanted a subaru. A real one this time. I came across a 1997 impreza wagon with power everything , EJ20 with low range-able 5-speed gearbox and a trailerhitch so u wouldnt need to use my fathers vw touareg to haul my trailers around. The car came with a destroyed clutch and exhaust, 150.000miles on the odometer for the monstrous amount of 650$ Now the low range gearbox was not by accident. One of the other cars i have is a 1990 landrover discovery diesel that over the years mutated in a horibly disfigured monster wich i only use for offroad competition. I figured a lifted wagon would be the solution for all my offroad traveling and greenlaning. So, only one thing to do. Give the car a new clutch (damn that gearbox was heavy ...) , new filters, lubricants, belts and waterpump and forester struts / wheels with a 27" mud tire. One cant go mudding without a decent skidplate, no pics of that as of yet ... Here it is in standard, grandpa-mode. Here it is with forester struts, wheels and tires. Also went mudding that night ... Did my best digging to china there ! Yeah .. Had to happen ... Had a great time tough ! Not too happy with the forerster mcphersons in the rear tough. I redrilled the chassis zo it would take the complete forester strut tough it looks very bottomed out in the rear ... Gonna have a look into that and ask around in the unofficial impreza lift topic as to how i'm gonna correct this ... I'm also bonna build myself a decent steel front / rear bumper and a spare wheel carrier. No reason, because it looks cool i think