bratman18

This thing already is crazy! You should see other action pics of when he was out in Utah!! He beat the snot out of it and it took it great, and he still made the return trip back to Maine.

Yeah he is using his stock struts on that. But you are right, the Forester struts would allow for more travel and bigger tires. I can't remember what size tires he is running on it though.

That car belongs to someone I know near me in Maine. He just used 1" spacers on the strut tops from Dirty Impreza. Works great. I has put a ton of miles on it, including a TON in Utah out on the mud.

They look good. There is someone local with a set of just the projector fogs, without the surrounds, but they have the necessary mounting brackets. Nice upgrade!

Looking good!! Thats crazy they caused that damage!! Car looks great though!!

You will see if you try to bolt them onto the motor how they don't quite bolt on, and then you can tell where the need to be cut, and modified

I had to use EA82 mounts on my EA81. They aren't the same, but if you cut and re weld them the work. I can't remember the exact spot they need to be cut but I know it is possible, and it does work great

You should check on shipping to Maine. That would be sweet

Ok a few more u18x8.5 Rota Grids for summer wheels and an Importology front lip along with a few small odds and ends. The biggest new thing is an 04 STi 6 speed tranny with a Kartboy short shifter that will be going in soon!! I will be using an Impreza auto driveshaft and Legacy turbo rear diff so I can keep my hubs with the 4 pot 2 pot brakes. And I will be using a DCCDPro to control the DCCD. I can't wait to get it in!!

Looks great!! If you haven't already, I would highly suggest swapping in a dual range 5 spd tranny!!

Sweet

No adapter needed, they bolt right together

Yeah my wheel came off a Gen 1 1981 Brat, and it went right on mine. That electronic stuff looks scary!! Good luck with it!!!!

Looks good!! I have the same steering wheel in my Brat. Why was the adapter needed?

Good start!! You may want to do something about the rear wheel wells as well. Looks like in one pic they are getting rusty. But good to see you're tackling it to keep it alive longer!!!! I'm going to have to do more to my BRAT this year and I'm dreading it!! Oh yeah, and get a dual range!! Haha

Yes, that's what you should do!!

Yeah you should buy the wheels too!!! lol I am so sick of snow!!!! we have way too much of it, and it just keeps coming. I'm ready for spring/summer

Nice progress!! I can't wait to see when it's finished. Did you ever find front coil overs?

Haha, and the fact that you pulled the motor with 2 come a longs in a tiny garage!!! It would probably go quicker with some better tools. But what you did shows you don't need a fancy garage and tool chest to get the job done!!!

lol it's all good. Really. I'm just glad you got that car and now it's up and running!!! I know you're good for it, And actually it's Kati you will be giving it to. But the point is, if you do the work yourself, this swap can be done VERY cheap.

Thats without the cost of the motor figured in though. But still, very cheap. And now you have a sweet car!!!

The header on your car is equal length. To get the boxer sound, you need to have an unequal length. You can get them one from someone on RS25.com, but it would be much cheaper to make one yourself. Just make sure one side is longer than the other, and you will get the sound you are looking for

Nice cah dude!! Glad you got it, cause if you hadn't, I would have!! Hahaha. Can't wait to see it coming down the driveway!

Looks good. I fell in love with that look as well. Might as well keep it original!!

Looks solid!! Where are you located?