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I actually made mine. My old work had a vinyl cutter, so I bought some flat black vinyl and sent it through the cutter. Any sign shop should be able to make you something similar.

Looks great! Good choice of colors. I like it. I had to do something similar - I was sick of people saying "Nice Cherokee!"

Looks like fun! Let me know next time you feel like coming up - I live about half the week at Alpental, just off exit 53. There's some great roads up there!

Looks like an awesome time, guys! I really wish I could have gone this year. Hopefully next year!

I'd go with the Pugs for now, since they're your original bolt pattern - no drilling out the hub or the wheel. I've got 14" Pugs on mine, and they're awesome. The stance they give the car just looks downright mean.

That little fella' would look mighty fine with a set of 15" Pug alloys!

It'll be fine. The pushbutton 4WD system will shift on the fly just fine. Don't drive it in 4WD on dry pavement. You'll bind up real bad - not sweet. You haven't got low range, just high. You can swap in a dual-range transmission, though.

Lame, Ed! I hope you get it back in good shape.

As Qman said, learn aggressive driving. Take some courses, practice where it's safe, and attend some rally-crosses. The more practice you have driving fast in slippery conditions, the less likely you are to have a wreck. I work on Subiegal's rally team, and it's definately not as easy as it looks. Not to mention, rally is expensive. Entrance fees, fuel, and repairing damage are not cheap. I'm not trying to discourage you, just telling you the scoop from someone who knows it first-hand. As far as modifications to the car go, it depends on what rally you're running in and what class you're running. PGT is the easiest class to get in to - you're pretty much only allowed to reflash the ECU and put on a new intake pipe. Other than that, modifications can only be safety-related (cage, seats, etc.). You'd be best to check out the rule books on Rally America's site and build the car off of that.

That's one of Qman's monsters.

I've run Yokohama Guardex K2 F720s, unstudded, and (what I currently have) Hankook Zovac WP401s, studded. Loved both. Sadly, the Yokos aren't being made anymore. Here's the Hankook tread pattern:

I've got StonGard protection on mine, but they're not in business anymore. It's a sheet of flexible clear vinyl, about 1/16" thick that sticks to the headlamps. Works really well, and it's pretty much invisible. You can get something similar at www.clearbra.com, I think. RainbowRoo's stuff is very similar as well.

'Tis the snow tires. I noticed a fairly dramatic drop when I switched from my old all-seasons to my Yokohama snows, and another drop when I went to even more aggressive Hankook snows. Sadly, my wagon is lucky to get 22 MPG these days.

Make a set! Find somebody who has a trashed TSL and cut it out, glue it to the sole of a boot, and you're set! I used to have a pair of sandals made out of an old Firestone that had a gashed sidewall. They actually worked pretty well. I found rubber cement bonded the rubber real well, but trust me, tires are on the tough side to cut through.

^ Yeah, those Jetta flares look mighty fine. Nice work. And sorry for the confusion. Suzuki Samurai = Sammy.

'93 Loyale, 178,000 mi. Gets its oil and filter changed every 3,000 miles. Bosch filter, Castrol GTX 10W30.

I'd look into flares for a Sammy. They have nice small wheel wells. Supposedly Wrangler flares fit nice on them, so that's another option. Bushwhacker just came out with a line of flares for the Sammy.

You know, I'm not 100% at the moment. Depends on what my Thanksgiving plans wind up being. However, if they wind up being what I think they're going to wind up being, I'll probably go. I've seen your car before, at rallies. I think I saw it at the Wild West service area and at maybe Dryad?

Another vote for Optima. I've had two red tops and a blue top and they're amazing batteries. They're on the expensive side, but worth every penny.

Me! I live at Alpental at Snoqualmie pass about 1/2 of the week. It's about 3200 feet and buried in 2' of snow at the moment . Fun stuff.

You've seen mine, haven't ya' Austin? Yakima towers with iron pipe running through them and across the roof. It was incredibly inexpensive, and while on the heavy side, it's ultra-stable and STRONG with plenty of mounting points. It's a bad pic, but...

I certainly love my Loyale. I've had two, a '92 and a '93 and they've been wonderful wonderful cars. The main complaints I have are that the seats SUCK and the lack of a D/R. Both should be fixed real soon here for mine .

I think my Yakima towers weren't much more than $50 or so, but I could well be mistaken. The load bars are the expensive part, which is why I went to Home Depot and got some iron pipe for mine. Works just fine.

Here's mine. Standard Yakima rack with two extra load bars (plain old iron pipe) heading from front to back to hold the tire. Wire is run through where the antenna used to be. I made a rectangle out of aluminum, drilled a hole for the wires to pass through, and riveted it in place where the antenna was. Works fantastic, and the lights are ultra-stable.

If the car is rolling, the seatbelts are on. Period.