dustyrider

ill give ya a ring this weekend when the cell phone is free to call. sound good?

good point i hadnt looked closely at the picture!

i dig cuz:cool:. heres my thoughts on that though dont you loose some of your ground clearance this way?

ok so i bought zaps 86 hatch 3" lift. i just put cooper discoverer radials 205/75r14's on steel pugs. now the front end has a terrible \ /. the tires dont have fifty miles on them and they have already worn off the wear hairs on the outside. expensive tires i dont want to burn off in 6months. i replaced the drivers side lower control arm cause it was bent. the car pulled to the left so.... i went and got the front end alignment today thinking they would take care of the \ / as well as the pull. but they couldn't take the \ / out of the front end. they adjusted it most of the way on the passenger side but not the drivers side. i think this has to do with the difference in the rims one is a 504 and one is a 505. once i get lugs i can run the same four all around but until then i can move these to the back and see what happens. they said they adjusted the tie rods to zero (i guess no more movement). the shop said subaru's dont have the ability to adjust this issue any further. according to them i have to change the strut length or mess around with the lift on one side which sounds silly to me. now for the questions??????????? :-\ what size struts do i have? i dont know? i asked zap but he hasnt got back to me. once i have the strut out can i measure it some how or while its on the car? what size do i need for these tires? how do you know what size you should have? shop says they order struts based on factory spec'd cars orignal 13's on the car. what does this mean. according to people smarter than me nothing changes in the length of your strut when you lift the body. is that right? if so how do you account for the \ / just buy cheaper tires and burn em off? so what can i do?:-\ thanks alot for any help you can give me.

so are you going to use the trailer hitch where it is just divide it into two sleeves? and slide the new bumper in? if so doesnt the hitch take away some ground clearance(approach angles)? or are you talking about taking off the bumper and putting the hitch up in that area? sounds like your going to make a bumper and then customize a rear tire rack mount to fit on it? a picture of plans would help me. im a visual learner? i like the idea of using a existing tire rack mount and converting it! i really like the idea in the picture seems straight forward enough no custom bumper. oh and lets see some picture i know you guys out there have these! and what about the roof racks too. just want to explore all the options. peace

still looking for photos.

hey whats up 91 loyale!!! i used to live in greenville new hampshire. where you at in mason. if your age is right then i dont think we know one another. whats up fellow subaru owner. if you check this out drop me a line. oh and the tan hatch looks so nice doesnt it:lol: peace new hampshire "live free or die":-p

sounds good gravelrx pictures would help alot. the one you found is basicaly what im looking for. i am wondering about the hook up underneath. i would be very interested in how you work yours out. i noticed clearwaters site and the rear tire rack. i sent him an email so hopefully he will get back to me. i like the way he mounted his tire but perhaps right in the center like the picture gravelrx has would enable me to use the tire for a bike rack! also it appears that he made a new rear bumper for his this may be more fabricating than i want to get into. but i could account for a high lift with a new bumber. about the TWE roof rack? where do you find such a thing? pictures are needed. and cost too. and thanks Jibs i will try to get ahold of those guys and see about some pictures. i know some folks out there have seen what im looking to do. there is even one that has a gas tank mount. this one has a custom bumper too. pwoens keep me up to date with your work i might not have anything worked out by then! really want to see some pictures!! thanks again

my full size spare is a 205/75r14:grin: i would have to do alot of stuff under the hood i think to fit that baby!

i am thinking about what to do with the full size spare on my 86 hatch. right now its kicking it in the back but i would like its new home to be on the back. anybody got a rear tire mount rack on their subaru? i'm looking for pictures, and ideas on how i can make this happen! thank you.

i just got a rem. rear for $70. there was a deposit until i bring back the old one which was $50. i bought it at checker auto. im not sure what kind it is though.but they said "its the right one"...... peace

ok sounds good now to the welder i go. thanks all for the info :cool:

im using the stock hanger bar. im just going to weld a bent piece of metal from one bushing to the other. make a kinda T beam.

I'm not really sure i want to burn them out some people are saying that they won't melt. But if they do melt once they get welded i need to know how to replace them. if they dont come out how do you put new ones in once they are burnt out ?????

I have a question about removing the bushings/bumpers from my rear diff. hanger. I want to get it welded so it wont bend but the rubber bushings/ bumpers have to come out first. i have beat on it with a pipe on the metal ring hoping that it would drop out but it doesnt seem to move at all. does anybody know how to take them out. thanks

You should have lifted the subaru just to prove a point!!!!

so anyone got one of these? :-\

not sure these links are done right. does anybody have these? anybody used these before? if so which one is the best? i like the sounds of the cheaper one better. click here click here too thanks

got ya. if i can get this car for parts i will have everything. i need expect drive train stuff. it has cool 13 alloys too. i am wondering how easy it is to take off that lower knuckle under the hub. will hub just stay put while i remove the control arm or do i need to do something with the suspension...... :cool:

ahhh i figured it out the 85 gl wagon in the back is a ea82 so no swapping there. there is a 82 wagon with a parts car in the paper im going to call and see if its a ea 81.

this is what im told. but the measurement is too long i better check to see if it is in fact an ea81 perhaps there is something i dont know about this subaru. thanks

it got bent and i want to replace it before anything happens. mainly cause i thought i had one sitting in the yard. so i guess it has to come from another hatch than?????

Question is as follows i have a 86 hatch and i want to take the control arm off a 85 gl wagon. are they the same??? i only ask cause they appear to be a differnt size. small differences in how it hooks to the body too? let me know soon so i can work on it today i got some help if i can get a reply!!! any hints on how to make this and easier job than it appears would be helpful:brow: thanks :cool:

that would be me. i dont know if i can make the sept. meet. i want to do some work. aka driver side control arm. i also need rubber. refer to future post. and the new hatch is stellar wait till it makes its debut. :banana:dancing in the streets!! There is a nice wagon thats coming around too alot of work to get that one going svengouli7! by the way eric i drove off with your socket wrench. I need to know your address so i can send it back to you. I will overnight it so you dont have to buy a new one. just email me the address. relized in idaho that that wasnt my socket wrench in the back. peace david

oh i thought you said you had it worked out with the differnt towers on ebay. but that wasnt even you! dont want to cut you out