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    SJR testimonials

    in Products for your Subaru

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    I purchased the EA81 4" Lift Kit from Scott, and it's great! I liked it so much I powder coated mine RED!

     

    Scott is very quick, even on the east cost mine was here within a weeks time. It is a great product! The welds and cuts are Subaperb! Very professional.

     

    Not to mention the 8.8 Hardware Included! :brow:

     

    Thanks Scott!

    AutoCAD

    in Shop Talk

    Posted

    If you have a .edu email account, you can register on the autodesk student site, and they will let you download and use the software for free for four years or something. I recommend giving inventor a try, it's very well rounded program.

    Randomness

    in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...

    Posted

    What's that? The Pollok rim welding method? :lol:

     

    Cut out the center and weld it to a proper 15" rim if you want to do it right. Still would be a major b1tch to get the center to line up properly. You would need a serious jig to make it not pull all over the place when you welded it.

     

    It's far, far easier to just get some toyota or mazda steel rims, punch out two new holes, and fill-weld the two you don't need. No cutting, jigging, or other tom-foolery required. Grind the welds, sand blast, and have them powder coated. No one is the wiser.

     

    GD

     

    Nice, we have a racial comment GOOD ONE GD! :clap:

    Hatch ride height.

    in Subaru Retrofitting

    Posted

    Then you admit were irresponsible in not telling potential readers of your post that this will affect their camber and cause premature tire wear?

     

    Tire wear and money may not mean much to you, but what about your intended audience?

     

    You want all the glory for some pretty pictures without any of the dirty laundry associated with your "procedure".

     

    That's not a good impression to make with only 10 posts to your name. Next time tell the whole story or let someone else tell it.

     

    GD

     

    Man I've read a great deal of your post, some of them helpful some of them are just plain mean and snobby. Like I said before tire wear and camber were already mentioned. I put my pictures up here to help people interested in the procedure, after searching the forums seeing that they were not already shown. They are here to help people interested in adjusting their ride height. The number of posts I have doesn't mean anything, my other name on here MrFishums has 232, sorry but I lost my password and have had no luck at getting it back. Were the pictures not helpful? Stop making it personal Next time just say something like, "bad for camber" "bad for tires" Commenting on my money, and my tires, myself, doesn't help anyone or accomplish anything subaru other than making people angry.

     

    Peace, Fish

     

    PS: and yes ADMINS PLEASE HELP!

    EA82 out, EA81 in.....

    in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...

    Posted

    I like both engines, the only clear advantage to me of the EA-81 is it's ability to take on a few more inches of water :lol: Plus, I love push rods and the lack of technology with the EA-81. The simpler the better in my books, then again I treat my cars more like ATV's. If I was ever to be in the market for an EA-82 replacement, I would just get the adaptor plate and go EJ 2.5 DOHC instead of EA-81. Now those timing belts are worth all their trouble :cool:

    Hatch ride height.

    in Subaru Retrofitting

    Posted

    Camber isn't an issue off-road.

     

    Getting to/from the "off-road" is generally paved.

     

    Large/agressive tires are expensive.

     

    You'll not get more than about 10,000 miles out of a tire run with camber like that.

     

    If you like buying tires then go ahead - doesn't bother me any.

     

    Anyway - you do the math on what works for you. I've experienced this many times and I know what works and doesn't. I've cranked up/down more struts than I care to remember and it's not bad off-road. But you have to put them back down for pavement or you pay the piper.

     

    None of this is anything new - do some searches and you'll see. The folks such as myself that own lifted rigs have been doing this sort of thing for a while now.

     

    GD

     

    Last time I looked this thread was about adjusting you ride height, I put some, nice pictures up there to show everyone how to do it (since I "did some searches" and couldn't find them on here nice and neat with pictures for hatch) Camber, as well as tire wear was already mentioned by you earlier. Also it is even noted in Subaru manual... stop making this personal... about how you don't care about my tires or wallet... or how many cool lifted rigs you've got or had. Seriously your not helping me or anyone at all. I've owned every year of Subaru hatchback EA-81 d/r made including 1 1981 EA-71, and I've built up 3 1800 engines. So does that information help anyone adjusting their ride height? No it doesn't, I'm not hear to be in a pissing contest with you. :-\

    Hatch ride height.

    in Subaru Retrofitting

    Posted

    For those of us that actually drive our cars off cliffs, we don't really give a care. Considering the conditions, poor tire wear and camber don't really matter much whilst running over logs. I do not drive EA-81 for its amazing street performance.

    Hatch ride height.

    in Subaru Retrofitting

    Posted

    The stock height adjusters gave me about 2 1/2 inches height when combined with slightly taller tires! The adjustments allowed me to put on some bigger snow tires from another car without out suffering any rubbing! I never knew that these could be adjusted until I found this thread, and it's really easy to do.

     

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    First the front, you will need a 21mm open ended wrench as listed above. These nuts are located directly on the struts.

     

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    Next the rear, you will need a 19mm socket with extension, or you can just grab your tire iron like I did. This is located under the rear seat, just remove the rubber access cover donut.

     

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    Finally I played with rear adjuster to make the Subaru sit flat. A must for those of us that don't like the stock "butt in the air stance"! Total this takes about 30 minutes with tire swap. Also I already took on a few hill climbs that the stock ride height previously unable approach. :popcorn:

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