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Nice Rig, I would like to hear more about it when we both have time together.

Hi Scott, I was thinking just the opposite, but after drawing a quick sketch myself, I see you are right. I tried to delete this comment, but it looks like I can only edit it.

I'm also interested in a similar body style as Scott has mentioned, probably not for extreme wheelin, but I want a more recent Sube with an EJ, add a dual range tranny. Plan to modify the fenderwells for some 30+ tires and a minimum lift. Move the rear axle back a couple inches or maybe the front forward if I can make it fit and try to fit the bigger tires without having to lift it much. Basic coupe without a lot of electrical options or weight. Mostly it will be used for a DD and some minor wheelin. If the tires are too big, I might just run it on the street in low range and avoid any too steep hills or mud bogging offroad.

Nice yellow suspenders. (yeah I know what they are)

Here's a few I found by searching, I will keep looking.

I'm not an expert, but could those 4 long bolts be to bolt the crossmember back in after the spacer is added, because the stock long bolts would be too short to reuse? I'm also thinking you would reuse the stock strutmount bolts, 3 on each side to bolt the strut to the lift blocks. The stock bolts are pressed in and somewhat difficult to remove from the stock strut flanges, but I have seen some people do it when they wanted to go to a larger size bolt.

Hey Bruce, Great Videos! Sure appreciate you going along to take pictures. Usually everybody is too busy driving to take any good shots. I really like the fact there were a bunch of Subarus along Rollie

Hey Alex. Good to see you on here. I enjoyed your pictures, although they didn't appear for me until after I went to the Photobucket site and viewed one of them manually. Rollie

Scott, The EA82 I got from Japan had a Carb and Disty on it. They may be still lying around the shop somewhere. Rollie

Thanks for the update James. I wish you both well in your future endeavers. I have enjoyed working with Albie in the past. He's a good guy to work with. Rollie

Hey Scott, Too bad about your car. People are going to miss checking out your blue EJ with the new lift and SJR stickers all over it. Rollie

Ray, I have worked closely with Scott at SJR. One of his top concerns is that what ever you do, it be done in a safe manner which does not result in an accident or injury as a result of modifications done to your car. His goal is to provide quality parts for you the builder, but you ultimately are responsible to make sure it is installed in a professional manner. He is fully capable of modifying a steering component and including it with a lift kit, but has purposely chosen not to take upon himself the liability for such a crucial safety part of your car. The quick answer to your question is yes, most of his lifts are a simple bolt in installation, but to go along with Reveen's comments, there are an assortment of other small issues with your car that need to be understood and addressed and this is best done by someone with knowledge of the components affected. When you do the installation, you need to have someone on your team who understands the factors and has some small fabrication experience. For a modification this large, an inexperieced person can not expect to drive the car into the garage, follow a step by step instruction sheet and drive back out ready to go in a couple hours. I hope I haven't thrown cold water on your project. Good luck Rollie

Great idea Jeff, This could even bring out the inactives like me. Maybe I should pull my ride out of the weeds and get it running again.

I want one! Where do I get in line? Looks like I need to shop around for a distributor and carb.

Just a comment on spacing your wheels out further. It may give you more clearance on the inside, but will give you less clearance at the rear portion of your front wheel wells when turning the wheel sharp left or right. You may want to consider keeping your wheels tucked in as tight as you can. Rollie