Rooinater

yes, you are... all those pics are 4/3" or 3" lifts. and only 27" tires.

you approach angle will always suck! unless you incorporate moving the suspension forward a few inches. which means a lift and second tcase!

you think he could plumb the tube through the back of the cab, so i can have an internal cage and the back caged, and possibly the front doved??

no tires were listed over 28", the tsl's are 28" and the ssr's are 27"...

stumbled across junkie's old gallery. i got a warm and fuzzy inside. the pics of my rig stock, that i thought were gone for good! i couldn't stop at a couple! i miss those days... civilian and hanging out with you guys! can't wait 77 more days! then gig harbor and washington wheeling! rain!

the evolution of a subaru...

Hatch Patrol Members, active or inactive, feel free to add old photos of lifted HP action, before 2005... i'll keep digging around and add some more randoms! but i guess these are some of the reasons why people miss active HP meets...

and some more...

next step, the hp meet and greet at evan's creek and pics from evan's creek welcoming me back, as i pass through to go to az... wow! ken when he had the red hatch! who remembers that?

so, all this time surfing the internet. it's awesome when you stumble across pics that you thought were lost! so here's a lil' memory lane of lil' roo and also memory lane of the hp............ Well this thread started out as the start of lil' roo... and wound up a scrapbook from the Hatch Patrol... i'll add as i find more. Legit members, former members active or in active are encouraged to post up more if they find any! PLEASE DO NOT POST PICTURES IF YOU WERE NEVER HATCH PATROL!! where it all began for me and Lil' Roo... first lift bumpers up! first trail ride... reiter, tagging along with tex!

can't forget ken's either, when his brat was small...

i ran the 27" ssr's all over in washington with a 1600. the tiny clutch on a 1600 suffered. but it went all over. with an ej22, no problem! awesome tires! like i said just don't air them down to far, interco radials are not known for being the strongest radial sidewalls. a 4/3" lift kit and some trimming and hammering, fit perfect. tex then lil roo way back in the day go ssr and don't turn back

so, you taking the OBS out on my yota's maiden voyage?

lift it and get the ssr's. they have awesome traction in the mud and snow. after i had those. i'll only run swampers in washington. there's no real draw backs, more lift, more clearance, swampers will keep digging till your out and they have a better payload. just don't air them down too far. 15 psi should be good. i know tex punctured a sidewall 5 years back. i think we were aired down to around 10 to 12 psi and he ran over a sharp rock with the sidewall.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee/cle-elum-orv/index.html here's some info on the cle elum area and some printable maps.

the liberty area just west of you is good wheeling. get ahold of the manashtash ranger district for maps of several hundred miles of 4x4 trails