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I took this shot when we were up at the The slab... Think the camo paint in this area was perfect...

I met up with Chris and saw Ken(Qman) at parc-xpose' Sat. I got to spectate with my son and was showered with gravel many times .. One spectator got hit in the balls .. Some of us were thinkin' a flak vest and a cup...would be a good idea.. It was a great weather and the views of the coast were fantastic...! The road to Tahola spectator area that was not locked in was very rough...I saw many cars and heard alot of crunching of undercarriages ...! although with my lifted outback I cruised past many cars including STi's....For once I get the advantage and can go faster than an sti.... This guy in a F350 was amazed how easy I was tailling him on the rough stuff and would've passed if there was space.... One of the cars on the Tahola stage drove right through the end of stage..into spectator area..according to Ryan Doubtit(subiesport) who filmed the whole thing..! Spectators went scattering.... from what I heard it was a brake failure and or bad co driver instructions..who knows...luckily no one was hurt it could've been really ugly!!! It was a great day for us, lots of excitement...and great weather! With a long drive home...round trip was just under 500miles... I downed my share of redbull...(Pastrana's sponser...)

here's a few pics of the door panels, sills, apillar, fuse panel cover,..etc..

I'll be there for Saturday spectating with my wife/son...so I'll be in the outback... Go Primitive #233:banana:

I'm almost done with the camo the roof is the only part left.. Abit more braces welded in the bumper... I had abit of a setback the night before when my rear u-joint was coming apart.....lucky I didn't drop the driveline....whew..! So I changed both U-joints..

Don't think for a minute that an under powered car is not capable of hitting a ditch, rolling..., trees..We joked about a guy who had a 1.8l na car and he almost totalled it...!!! I've been crewing for a few years now with Primitive racing and we've seen it all.... Good luck and have fun...It's an easy win if ya survive all the stages/races..

I welded up my fog light tabs and mounted them up.. I still have lots of bracing/welding to do before the winch goes back on..\ Too boot... I'm driving the hatch all week..Gotta get those studs removed(or what's left of them..lol)

I hate to see this stuff happen... it just takes the wind out of the wheelin sails... I've been on about every side of the issue with land use.. As A hiker, mtn. biker, equestrian, Wheeler, ..so I hug trees for many different reasons...I want to preserve as well and have access...It's a fine line..

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I've been busy upgrading much needed compenents of the hatch.. A rear mounted fire extinguisher in the hatch and power port for compessor, etc... I dreaded the black hole when I opened the hatch at night so I added a six LED light mounted on the hatch and it is so bright..the pic below is stand alone with no flash from the camera..! Next I had started onthe camo paint..abit of green/black..I need to finish..but you get the idea... I had purchased a 3,500lb winch and needed to fab a bumper so here is some progress...I used thin walled tubing .065" and some other peices..it's very light but strong...! I used the corners of the factory bumper to fill in the big gap left at the ends...Then mounted LED marker and turn signal lamps.. So much to do... so little time...

a couple of pics ..

I'm ready when you foot the bill...

Just to pivot around..otherwise it was 4 lo..especially with a welded diff. working against you in tight turns....

I picked up Superu(visiting PDX) in my outback , then swapped rigs to my hatch and headed out to TSF. I got to FIrebreak 5 and was stoked...I cleaned that difficult section of tight , rocky ,muddy using the Font wheel drive to pivot around a bolder. Jason (Team CF calls on the CB (lucky 13) I told him were on firebreak 5 and I'm cleaning it... Team CF arrives.. Then a minor setback of hanging the rear diff on a rock. I jacked up the back and stacked some rocks under the rear wheels to give me that extra clearance then pulled ahead in front wheel drive to keep the rocks form kicking out under the rear wheels . It was so slick that the car wound up sliding all over the place....so picking a line was just luck.. I only got a minor ding in the lower drivers rocker,door... Just getting through that section this time of year ups the difficulting rating..summer time it would be easy.. At the top intesection we met back up with team cf...I was snowing on and off..then I let Superu ride with team cf the rest of the day as I headed off to work...we saw a nasty rollover wreck just down from the summit a chev 4x4 totalled...on hwy 6. I was a good day I was happy to have cleaned that section of firebreak 5 ...It made my day... I'll post pics soon and superu will have some in a couple weeks when he gets back home..Good times

Overspray....really the only overspray was on the bumpers .. If you read the earlier post about a custom bumper for the winch those bumpers won't be there..(besides both bumpers are banged up . So abit of overspary ain't gonna hurt em..there are so many dings on this car if anything the camo blends it in bettter.. It's not a show car and if it is it'll have a large spattering of mud... I plan on doing more green/khaki in the paint scheme.. This summer I might do the body work and paint..we'll see..

I was growing tired of black so...I found some cheap camo paint rustoleum earth for $3.89 a can....three and half cans later my I had a new hatch paint scheme...for now.. I also removed the rear flares..

kewl, I'll probably caravan with Team CF... Sounds great!

I found a nice sealed Gorilla winch 3500lb for $137 off ebay....so now I have to fab an offroad bumper to make room for the bumper monkey...

Not true...I ordered a set of kingsprings and got them in 4 days.! ..I can't get shipping that quick in the states...!!! I about shat myself when they showed up....

I had just swapped the wiring, relays,switches from my outback to my hatch when this thread came out.. PIAA 520 fogs-bumper Lightforce RMDL 170's(100w) -overhead Hella FF75 drivng lights-backup(toggled)

Team Cf and I headed up hwy 6..to Sand lake...we took the less travelled route ..a snow excursion..at TSF.. a few inches of fresh snow..I had just put on new larger snow tires(upgraded from 185/70R14 to 205/75R14). We just couldn't resist the temptation. We managed to make it up to Hogsback and I promptly stuck myself in some deep chewd' up soft stuff.. I had packed some plywood boards for sand...it worked great for getting out of the rut...+ a quick pull...from Team CF.. We saw a huge (15+)group of Range rovers up there.. Once we headed down hwy 6 again and followed this minivan doin 40mph in a 55 zone..doh...we decided to pass the guy and he got on it when we were tryin to pass...I had plenty of time..to get by doin 70...Team Cf was abit behind and just made it by at 73.. a couple miles down the road a sherrif comes up behind us both.. I thought we'd never get pulled over in our underpowerd subes... We got off with a warning...whew:banana: We arrived for a perfect day at sand lake.. we did some fun exporlation on the North end...and some fun in this huge bowl..wahoo! I did get stuck in some soft stuff..so we broke out my plywood and Team cf gave me a nudge with a strap... I didn't break a rear cv... We had a blast! Ya really missed out on a full day of fun

Hey Scott, I got a set of new snows and upgraded a couple tire sizes from 185/70R14 to 205/75R14...now the tires fill the wheel wells ...Removed the front and rear mudflaps.. Installed a new park brake cable(driver side), prepped another rear CV.. The same day Team CF and I played in the snow at TSF..then hit sand lake:banana: a sea n' ski day...lol

I needed abit more juice to run lights & accessories.. We had one in the shop "freebe":banana: So I modified the bracketry to fit the monster gm alternator. Abit of cutting /welding or the stock bracket and adjustment arm spacing(welding in shims of about 3/4"). as stock bracket are easy to find in upullit. I used a napa belt Pn# 25-1365 The car idles and runs better overall and lights are brighter..single best upgrade yet ...

Do the ea81 hatches have rear bump stops to limit suspension travel? I see the wagons do.. anyone have pics with them.. I'm having issues with too much travel and breaking rear cv's on easy hill climbs in soft stuff like snow/sand. (note: it's got an SJR 4" lift installed and rancho rs5241 in the rear so I get more travel than stock upward..) Perhaps I need to fabricate some up?

I'm in ... maybe I'll fab up an offroad bumper for the occassion... Perhaps some biker goggles and skull face bandana.... Everyone needs a pirate x-bones flag on their soob... We need Cmiller to video the Xing of the dunes...en mass...with some mad max music..edited in...lol