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Thought id post up my plans and progress of my L series offroader.
To start with i have a L series Sedan with some goodies on it including 5 stud conversion., ej22 and 3" lift kit.
I also have a L series wagon with a ea82T and rear disc brakes.
My plans are to swap the 5 std gear from the sedan into the wagz and 4 stud from wagz to sedan. Then sell the sedan, and put a 6" lift under the wagon, EJ20TT it and put some 31" muddiez under it.
This weekend johnny (bluesteel) came up to help me with the swaperoo.
Started off well.
I already had the wagon up on stands and some rear drive line off.
Saturday we got the rest of the gear off the wagon, and took everything out from the sedan and did the swap. (Thanx Johnny)
Anyway. here are some progress pics. (including the ultimate disaster pics:(:()



John's wrx


wagon up off all fours


under body shot of wagon when rear out


but i like my 5 sud:(

John hard at work.


working out on the road;) looks nice ay


Rear from wagz ready to go in


rear done.. haha looks good aye;)


Another shot


Front out of wagz

Front all naked


LOL thats all ill say

Then i decided to do something VERY stupid. I took the sedan for a quick spin too see how we did.. We didnt bleed the brakes, which i knew needed to be done, but i couldn't wait. So i took it out of the drive way and went around the corner, came back up the driveway, and completley forgot about the brakes.... Had a brain freeze and drone into my wagon which was still on the jack stands.... Knocked it off the stand and did some damage to the under body.. I can tell you i wasn'f happy at all. Not to mention i felt like and absolute ****wit. So here are some pics of the damage.


Standing proud of what he did. Naughty Subaru!

Car over and sitting on Stands


wagz sore


makes me cry a little on the inside


Slammed L series


mm ouch


Stuck under front


Passenger side damage


Sliced floor pan

So thats the first weeked gone. Still pissed about the accident. Ahh well.

Yea, poor wagon, just be thankful no one was under her when you hit her!!!

so why are you putting it all into the wagon instead of upgrading the sedan? do you want the wagon???

Good luck with the swap,
cheers,
ian

Im changing over the stud pattern for the bigger brakes.
I like how the sedan goes, i just dont think it is very practical for offroad.. I would like more space, and i love the wagons.

Didn't look to bad until the underbody shots OUCH.Hope all goes well from now on.

the_postie wrote:Didn't look to bad until the underbody shots OUCH.Hope all goes well from now on.

yeh ditto that. what a bugger. im sure we'll all done some stupid things every now and then.

all your subaru's look very nice.

lol that leone reminds me of one over here..rolling on 13's...

damn that leone is nice though, why are u swapping to a wagon??

alex

swapping to a wagon because ive had enough of the lack of space for luggage and spare parts when going on camping trips.
And i think wagons are sexier. I bought the sedan with the intention of using the parts for a wagon, i just never got around to it until now.

Cool, love threads which actually have plenty of pics!

How was the 5stud conversion done to the sedan?

AndrewT wrote:Cool, love threads which actually have plenty of pics!

I second this. Glad your not ashamed enough not to show your mistake... Could have been worse, the wagon could have gone through the back of the shed ripping off the open tailgate...

A hammer will sort out the floor pan

Keep up the good work (and that L wagon)

one of those lessons in life you remember coz it was self taught

pics remind me of a mate who was under a Cortina on stands removing a gearbox when the earthquake hit Newcastle....



just how long did it take you to feel a doodle after the brakes went to the floor ???

**** man, unlucky bout the brakes~! leone looks great tho not many of us out there :P

also good to see the gaffa tape still held the front indicator to the bar.

Poor Little Wagon

I really love the look of your sedan too; If I lived closer I would consider taking it off your hands...

Tigger wrote:Poor Little Wagon

I really love the look of your sedan too; If I lived closer I would consider taking it off your hands...

Come on Tigger...Rosebury is just outside West Brisbane.

Jetstar has flights for 80 bucks from qld to tassie.

Ohhhh.
Looky Looky what i just got..
can anyone guess what it is??





awww yeah.
Exciting stuff.
Lift kit should be here soonish

hehehe... Merry Christmas!

I take it the auto doesn't matter? - did you buy it purposly as an auto or are you just after the engine and loom?

Looks good either way, it'll look better in the L Have fun.

No i have no intention of using the auto box..
just after engine and loom. I have a n/a gearbox lined up, but still might be looking for something a little stronger:P
Cheers