Bumpty's Ausubaru

[Bumpty]

This is my
Gen1 93 S2 GX Wagoon... Maroon in colour
Beginning 2007-


What its got -
Outback (Kyb) Struts,
Standard King Springs to suit.
Outback trailing arm brackets.
Offroad rims: 15" Forrester rims fitted with BFG muddies

Still to come -
2" Body lift (byb).
Nudge bar (just need a free weekend to make it),
Spotties to be fitted to nudgebar

Stereo:
Kenwood Headunit
Kenwood 350w Amp
Two 270w 6" Sony Xplodes
Two 280w 6" Clarion
Two 600w 12" Clarion subs.

When I first bought it back in late 07 ('time' line).




Present day -
15" Forrester rims fitted - With BFG muddies (215/75/r15).

[Kappage]

It seems that i have the same car XD, except mine is silvery...

[El_Freddo]

(There are still a few more shots i'd like to put up here, but it's taking for ages to upload...)

I feel you pain while I'm waiting for images to load Gotta love dial up.

So Bumpty, what are the plans/actions so far? Its a good looking lib to start with. How high will it go?

Cheers

Bennie

[Bumpty]

Plans for this Lib,

3" lift
Standard king springs
Outback struts
Nudge bar
Two rectangle 100w spotties

A pretty basic list at the moment, all I want is for my four wheel drive to be like a four wheel drive car. The shocks and sagged height at the moment hate the farm haha.

Current improvements list

Interior
Kenwood Head Unit
2x Sony Explode 6"
2x Clarion 6"

Exterior
Forrester 16" Rims

...

[Bumpty]

Forrester rims are to be now fitted after some new struts or when the lift goes in, with a full car, or with atleast 3 people (depending on weight ) in it, they have scrubbed pretty badly on the top of the guards, bending the folded in bit down, cracking paint etc I've taken off rear mudguards as they were rubbing too, no big bickie.
So back to the 15" with new wheels!
Anyone have any tips when rolling the guards up a little (not flaring), just to roll up the horrible sharp edge.

And car goes doof now, 350w Kenwood amp with (borrowed) 2 12" clarion 600w subs Love it

[Bumpty]

And an interesting comparisment between my brothers gen2 (14" rims) and my gen1 with the 16" on.

[BrennyV]

awww she looks just like my lenny

[Bumpty]

Lenny Liberty, haha?
Does he have a 'my rides' section yet. I'd be interested in to see what you do with my cars brother

[BrennyV]

nah nothing in my rides. got some things to try out on her. shes done well so far

[AlpineRaven]

Keep us updated with the lift. (specially lift installation)
Cheers
AP

[Bumpty]

Update, the plans are new struts and standard springs all round in the next week or so, thanks to 'my sti'. Keep an eye on this space, I may put up some better before shots and if there is enough demand, maybe some after shots...

[Fatz]

sorry couldnt help myself:P


And an interesting comparisment between my brothers gen2 (14" rims) and my gen1 with the 16" on.

[Bumpty]

Haha, I feel honored to be compared to your L

[AlpineRaven]

Are you sure they're 14" on 2nd Gen Liberty? Because they do come with 15" minimum (even steelies), none came in 14" only 1st Gen unless they've been downgraded to 14"?
Cheers
AP

[vincentvega]

take it easy on the assumptions AP, gen2 came with 14" wheels on some variants

[Bumpty]

Yelp, they're 14", don't know the brand of rim, just a simple 5 spoke alloy rim. They were on before he got to the car.

[Bumpty]

Well,
my shocks & springs arrived, and with a huge thanks to mattl200, we (I say we, but I really mean matt ) got them installed!
We had no real dramas, considering I had no experience and matt hadn't done the shocks on a gen1 lib before.
Though, at one stage it looked like the back shocks were going to scrub quite badly, it had us worried, but there wasn't much to do, but press on, so once secured in and the car dropped, they compressed pushing past the bit they would of scrubbed on. And I now understand why ouback trailing arms are a good idea, as the rear wheels have now moved forward a fair bit.
Below are some before n after shots.

With shagged shocks, and shocking springs


..And with the OB struts & King springs (standard height)


*first post updated*

[yarney]

Hi Bumpty i was reading your plans for the lib i have done the some thing accept i put a 2" lift in mine and love it.

I have plenty of clearance front and back i am just wondering why a 3" lift?


Because you will have issues with brake lines too short and a lot harder to make the sump guard fit properly and wheel alignment problems as well. Sorry if this sounds a bit forward but i am very happy with mine and i would not put a 3" lift in mine:D 2" is ample.

Jan

[Fatz]

looking good man, if the trailing arm bolt straight up, id suggest doing it to make to look sexier.
do you have plans for larger rubber
(prolli on previos page, haven't looked for a while)
Good job

[Bumpty]

Yarney - I didn't realise I'd have problems with brake lines on the 3", when we put the new shocks in we had a look at them and realised I probably would. Oh and my lib doesn't have the sump guard... And apparently they are factory fitted? Was going 3" over 2" as I didn't want to look back and be disappointed with the 2" and then wanting a 3". Your lib does have an extremely good lift with 2" tho, whats it got, the ob struts - std springs n 2" lift?

Fatz - I've got 16" forrie rims with the standard forrie rubber - geolanders on them, they have a little bit of life left in them, and they will be the larger rubber until they wear out. They shouldn't rub where they did with the shagged shocks, but probably will now rub on the front of the guard without the trailing arms...
Question, is it only the trailing arm I will need?

Thanks for your views too.