So damn nice. Although some kinks to iron out, I am completely sold on this car. Huge thanks to everyone for the advice. The forums and the 'search' tool have been my friend as well.
When the car was bought, it was a very standard L Series. 1 owner, regularly serviced. I'm lucky enough to have a father that owns a tyre/mechanical service store. Usually a shame he's 800kms away, but in this case, with him snapping up the car of a regular customer, it's worked out great. Dads place has done regular services for the car for 6 years. New CV joints, alternator and radiator are in the last few months as the car was maintained, rather than fixed when it broke.
Here it is, as purchased.
Roof racks (Rola with Subaru stickers)
Towball and Bullbar
I haven't modded a Subi before, but after a lot of reading through the forums I made a few requests straight off.
14" Sunnies, painted matt black. (2 coats of black and 1 clear, baked 2 pack were done)
Mild All Terrains in 70 profile.
Cut the 1 small piece of rust out and spray.
Suitable exhaust to have a quiet idle and cruise, but subi note under heavy right foot.
Darkest legal tint.
Lifted as possible. (Ended up with custom King Springs. They were going to have to make some anyway as they didn't have any in that size).
Fix as many of the 'not urgent' issues as possible.
What I arrived to find was this.
I was expecting Nangkang tyres as we'd spoken about it but ended up with Maxxis. The price was good
They were relatively quiet through the trip back to Brisbane today, and when we stopped in at Gloucester I had a little muddy incline opportunity at a mates farm and was bloody impressed. Sure it wasn't anything like the videos I've seen you guys doing on here 
but I'm not expecting to need to do much more than what it handled with ease today.
The exhaust ended up being a 2" through, with a light sports muffler at the end and a 2" tip in a matt black. Leaving the canons to the naval vessels.
That's the one. I didn't expect to be this taken so quickly, but there you are. Absolutely love it.
Still to come:
Get heater working.
CD Player (AWA Tape Deck isn't doing it for me).
Suction noise to investigate from somewhere (looks like it could be some sort of pollution control at the intake).
The dreaded ticking tappets.
Tachometer (small aftermarket unit. Possibly some other gauges as appropriate. Can we ever have too many things to watch?)
Fix padding on drivers seat. (or new seats?)
Check timing, as it seems a bit advanced.
I know it's not a small list and there will be more to come, but it doesn't take away from what's there right now. A fantastic 4x4 wagon for camping/shooting/fishing trips and more!
Time for bed. Will post about the trip from Newcastle to Brisbane tomorrow, with some questions and observations.
A big thanks to the Subaru 4wd Club of Queensland guys, and people helping out on these forums. It's so much less daunting, knowing questions, tips, drive days and general Subi fun are always around.
Comments, questions and suggestions are always welcome.
