Gen2 wagons look tough lifted!

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:02 am

im covered in grease, exhausted but otherwise a happy camper

pics tomorrow when i get home from work.

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:30 am

haha nice wrk cant wat 4 the pics how many inches lift

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:36 am

*chants* pics pics pics pics pics pics pics!!!

Looking forward to see them! they do look tough specially LegacyTT's wagon... mine one is lifted approx 2" but down the track will increase to 3" with 26" tyres.
Cheers
AP

Fatz · Post by **Fatz** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:29 am

pics pics pics pics pics pics

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:03 pm

heres some pics for you guys. Sorry i took so long, we decided we better go test the thing on the beach

A high tide run up Bribie island was a good torture test for it (and the driver!)

Before: (suspension was stuffed... rear bump stops were hammered when i pulled them out)

scorpion lift kit:

More parts:

Rear end done: (dragster style!)

front end in pieces:

lift finished:

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:03 pm

then after a wheel alignment and some new wheels & tyres we hit Bribie Island for a test run:

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:05 pm

Overall I am VERY impressed with this car. Using all Gen2 outback gear in a Gen2 shell makes life so easy. Lifting this thing was far more straight forward than my car.

The car is now on its way back to Wollongong from Brisbane, and will probably have just clicked over 300,000kms. Even with all those miles on it the engine is still fresh, and mated to the dual range manual it makes easy work of the beach. It gets WAY better economy than my auto aswell. 9L/100 compared to my 12L/100

I will start another thread with some details of parts used etc in the tech section

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:17 pm

hell yeh, that realy looks the goods hey

Wilbur · Post by **Wilbur** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:59 pm

Nice suspension choice dangerous. Hope you got a good price

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:16 pm

**** yeah. looks beasty- specially that pic from the front

subelover · Post by **subelover** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:41 pm

looks good m8 nice work there i like the pics of the wagz next to each other

cheers BEN

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:53 pm

Lightning_Silver_RX wrote:Nice suspension choice dangerous. Hope you got a good price

me love you long time wilbur

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:00 pm

When you look at it the red is definately better than a white Liberty

Post by **Alex** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:04 pm

boooo-yeah!! love it, looks siik!

alex

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:19 pm

are my eyes decieving me or have ur rims and tyres changed like 3 times in those pics
at the start u had old ones no markings on the sidewalls
then a bit down after the lift there was new ones on
then ont eh beach uve got different ones again which i reckon look the best

Willie · Post by **Willie** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:59 pm

vincentvega wrote: I will start another thread with some details of parts used etc in the tech section

Please do - I would be very interested in the process and costs of the conversion.

Cheers,

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:06 pm

car arrived at my place stock as a rock with factory 14's

during the lift i bolted on my forester steelies as a test fit

now the car has 16" GT forester alloys with 215/65 pirelli STR's. i picked the rims up cheap off the RS liberty club

you will see the forester steelies are on my car in the pics on the beach

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:03 pm

Man.. it looks awesome *drools* that will be one day list on my Gen 2!
Cheers
AP

nicklib · Post by **nicklib** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:26 am

Gday
I have a similar coloured gen 2 lib that i have just fitted outback struts and raised springs to. i noticed in one of the pics that there was what looked like an ea81 sump guard on the floor. just wondered if you bolted this on and if so was it much of a drama. my lib has no lift so may affect the position of the sump
Also wondering how much down travel you have with the larger springs and struts (did you fit raised springs?). while i love the clearance im finding that speed bumps and wash outs etc cause a fair thud when hit with any speed (but who really cares!!).
Anyway great looking car and thanks for any thoughts..

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:31 am

Nick , you have to slow down mate. Did you end up putting the bigger tyres on yet? You can get a factory sump guard for your Lib. There could be one laying around here some where. If you want to come and look for one you can.