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great story, cant wait to get out there myself and have some fun.

AndrewT wrote:Haha awesome. I've thought of making tyre-less offroad rims before. My idea was to drill heaps of holes in the rims and bolt lots of massive bolts through and use them for traction.

that'd work ok untill all the bolts bend over or break off........then you're stuck with no traction at all:D

i expected much worse from the grave title..... thats a mere flesh wound.!

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pretty cool..

D3V1L wrote:to me a gen 3 is still too good to destroy as an offroader

plus the prices are still a little rich for my limited funds


dave

ah yeah, thats fair emough:).
should look great lifted:D

90brumby wrote:looks a lot better atm with my brumby rims and big 4x4 tyres but it is a very nice lookin car

pics!

nice ride, any real reason for going the gen2 over a gen3? or just the price?

yeah sprinters are definantly at avalon. i was going to head out but have other plans. have a great night!

can you throw some pics up?..... good to see exactly where i should be looking for this kinda stuff

im sorry for bumping an old thread, but this outback is wicked.... pretty much the same height i want mine to be.

how has it gone offroad? did you change the tyres to something more suitable?

thanks

i know plenty of people who fit those towbars to their cars for the ease of changing / removing the attachment, i have one of those hitches in the shed to fit to my fairlane, and will be having one fitted to my outback when i get it. as for the oil leak, at those km's it should still be great, so it...

haha, seen that pic before. looks like its their pride and joy...aww

what a beast!, just read the thread from start to finish and its a very impressive build.

cant wait to see more vids of it in action

thanks guys, some great info, have my head around it now

thanks again

cool, thanks mate:)

ah ok, i did see that thread but didnt see where it mentioned GEN 3 outbacks, are they similar in suspension to the GEN 2's? another thing, are there any negatives / drawbacks from doing the lift?. will it flog out bushes? cause alignment issues? or is it all pretty straight forward?. from what i ca...

im in the same boat, and look forward to people's replies

Gday all, just wondering where i would buy a lift kit for a 98-03 era outback. any good 4x4 parts shop? or are there specialist subaru places to get the gear from, im in geelong vic, but traveling a little wouldn't be a concern. now, i dont have an outback yet, just doing some research before purcha...

Gday all, My name is Wayne, 27 years old, from Geelong, Vic. looking to get a gen3 outback in the next few months so decided to join up to do some research plans are to get a manual 2.5 limited, upgrade the suspension a bit (springs/struts) get a second set of wheels to put some more offroad biased ...

jollys (jolly rogers) is in dandenong

adamjgs wrote:Thanks everyone for your replies, I have the struts and the springs (raised) are on their way. I will post the result for future reference...

excelent, i will be raising my outback when i get it, look forward to hearing your results.

will you be doing much off roading in it?