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Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:30 pm**

here are a couple of photos of my dash modifications and painted centre console also a new gear boot

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:34 pm**

Painted my roof with vinyl paint only things left for the interior its to carpet the sub box and a pair of seats (not sure to go forester seats for comfort or wrx seats for looks)

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:33 pm**

Rumbl1n wrote: Painted my roof with vinyl paint only things left for the interior its to carpet the sub box and a pair of seats (not sure to go forester seats for comfort or wrx seats for looks)

All depends, if its going to be your daily and going often off road then foz seats would be the best bet and really much more comfy. But i guess looks also counts:) thus my choice:p

Great pics:) where did you put the cd player?

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:03 pm**

I must be getting old- I don't like the monster tachometer / shift light at all.

Kudos on the interior respray, looks neat, but that tacho down in front of the gear stick is (in my humble opinion) just dangerous. Anything that takes your attention from up high to down low is a risk.

Sorry to be a downer, you've obviously done a stack of work, but for me, the interior would be much nicer if you chucked that monstrosity into the nearest bin.

Old man rant over! Oh, actually hang on, bloody kids of today! Now that's better, time for a cup of tea and a nice lay down.

Jayd

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:06 pm**

JPM wrote:I must be getting old- I don't like the monster tachometer / shift light at all.

Kudos on the interior respray, looks neat, but that tacho down in front of the gear stick is (in my humble opinion) just dangerous. Anything that takes your attention from up high to down low is a risk.

Sorry to be a downer, you've obviously done a stack of work, but for me, the interior would be much nicer if you chucked that monstrosity into the nearest bin.

Old man rant over! Oh, actually hang on, bloody kids of today! Now that's better, time for a cup of tea and a nice lay down.

Jayd

You're not alone there

But when that is the only thing you can moan about on a car then that car has got to be a good'un

red painted dash looks good

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:57 pm**

Its ok i think, Would have put a smaller one but its his car. Let hope the bass level won't crack the glass:p lol. Ohhhh and don't put 20inch chrome wheels on the car, that will get you a big hate thread. lol

Whats the plans? is it going to be an off-roader or a lowered WRX conversion?

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:36 pm**

guyph_01 wrote:
Whats the plans? is it going to be an off-roader or a lowered WRX conversion?

defiantly an off-roader lowered conversion seems like a waits to me

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:38 pm**

JPM wrote:I must be getting old- I don't like the monster tachometer / shift light at all.

Kudos on the interior respray, looks neat, but that tacho down in front of the gear stick is (in my humble opinion) just dangerous. Anything that takes your attention from up high to down low is a risk.

Sorry to be a downer, you've obviously done a stack of work, but for me, the interior would be much nicer if you chucked that monstrosity into the nearest bin.

Old man rant over! Oh, actually hang on, bloody kids of today! Now that's better, time for a cup of tea and a nice lay down.

Jayd

I am actually not happy with the look of the tacho im going to replace it with a small one on the top of the dash that tacho was just something i had laying around

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:41 pm**

guyph_01 wrote: Great pics:) where did you put the cd player?

It doesnt have one i have my Ipod running straight to two amps

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:45 pm**

Rumbl1n wrote:It doesnt have one i have my Ipod running straight to two amps

Yeah i suspected you had something like that. My mate has the same thing in a VW beach buggy back in Mauritius.

Ive a rev and volt one here if you want:) You can make an offer. They are pretty nice and gd.

Posted: **Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:49 pm**

I'll be interested in 10 weeks no spending money on the brumby till I get back from Bali

Posted: **Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:15 pm**

Hey boys thought I would check in no photos but things have changed a little I removed a front cv took the shaft out and put just the inners an outers back in (now its rear wheel drive going to keep a spare cv for off roading as it doesn't take long to change).

Single slip wasn't that great so now I have welded the spline gears which is great fun in the dry but this first rain is making me question wether to leave it in I can't gear down it just compression locks and taking any acceleration around a corner it's opposite lock which can be fun but not worth the risk in safety and the law as fun as it is.

Future plan is to put the front cv in and remove a rear an just put the rear in for 4wd trips I think this is the best idea without removing the locker

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:16 pm**

Rumbl1n wrote:Future plan is to put the front cv in and remove a rear an just put the rear in for 4wd trips I think this is the best idea without removing the locker

This is definitely the go!

Just watch out for the trap that the welded rear can get you into - it'll get you to places you couldn't go before AND it will also get you stuck in places that are much much worse than you could find before!

Enjoy!

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:15 am**

How much of the Dangerous wet weather handling is the welded diff v rwd do you think?

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:33 pm**

stenno wrote:How much of the Dangerous wet weather handling is the welded diff v rwd do you think?

I think if it wasnt welded it would be fine but there isnt much point in making it rwd unless you lock it or get an lsd in my mind

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:48 pm**

my mate has a welded diff in his rwd drive car and its fine in the wet, although the car is set up for drifting....
can you weld the rear diff in the AWD subaru's or does this stuff up the center diff?

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:31 am**

Hey guys I've started building my lift kit I will be uploading a lot of photos as I go because I am building it quiet different to any one I have seen so I'll be glad to get some feed back (hopefully the first of the photos tonight if I can remember how to do it lol

Posted: **Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:26 pm**

thoughts welcome

Oh and i decided to run Mitsubishi triton rear shocks ill keep you posted on what the ride is like

Posted: **Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:04 pm**

Gone the same style as the SJR lift from the US?

My personal concern with that setup is that it's just a piece of C section, but I guess if the steel is thick enough and of good quality it shouldn't be an issue.

Looking forward to what you do with the front end

Cheers

Bennie

Posted: **Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:10 pm**

El_Freddo wrote:Gone the same style as the SJR lift from the US?

My personal concern with that setup is that it's just a piece of C section, but I guess if the steel is thick enough and of good quality it shouldn't be an issue.

Looking forward to what you do with the front end

Cheers

Bennie

yes same concerns would be able to flex to much and possible weaken or bend the c channel

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