ferp420

i saw one of those in the junk yard about 6 months ago i realy liked the rased roof

the back windows are already painted over im trying for the pannel wagon look and its all galinized for the most part the tube is 1/8 thick tube no conduit and plenty strong i ran it on my old ranger and beat the isht out of it and it was alot heavyer than this rig i got alot of steel im adding thats why im trying to loose as much unneccicary waight my goal is to remove as much as i add to stay as close to stock waight or less if posable its mounting with 1/4" stock through the plate and will be doubled up and used as Dring shackle mounts its gona have a 2" reciver in it aswell instead of mounting the winch on the front and skidplate mounted to the crossmember im welding out side and a old timer showed me a quick way to remove the galvi coating no grinding needed just paint on the right acid and smoke one by the time you come back to it just needs a wire brush down and good to go but the rust on the stock will need alot of grinding this is mostly for looks but should be plenty strong for a little loyale

thats it for today

i have a choice of 3 subies a impreza obs and a lagecy outback and a loyale for daily drivers although the ej cars are faster handle better i choose to drive the loyale the power difference isent that much from 1to the other as set up the loyale lightened up with a few minor mods and useing low range gearing it dose ok and seems to be more reliable than both then 97 outback and the 2000 obs even though the loyale is lifted and beat on and driven harder than the other 2 but ill tell you what that impreza sure is fun on the back mountain roads

thats as far as ive gotten

youall have inspired me i started a plate style bumper its gona have a bull bar wrap around head light cage that will tie in to a set of tube fender flairs and tie in to the L angle sliders i am looking for ways to lighten up the rig to offset the extra steal i already removed the rear seats i gutted a extra set of rear doors and will be removing the back windows and skinning with sheet metel for a pannel wagon look if anyone has any ideas of where to lose waight would be a great help

looks way to big for the car but shrink it alittle maybe I feel a bummper is coming on

just finished the rear bumper http://i1309.photobucket.com/albums/s622/ferp420/20131117_154503_zpsefdc3a87.jpg ill do a bumper thread in the parts section here soon

i think that would be sick if they made thoughs for a subaru thats closer to what i wanted to build but kid wanted a tube bumper with the buggie bar kinda like the one im running

the outback bumper is about 80lb heave but thats what they wanted back bumper is still in the works my loyale bumper is about 40 lbs light weight thin wall but strong enuff for the light weight loyale although i did destroy the back bumper and had to repair it its much stronger now after pulling a stuck jeep out of the sand stupididty was documented on youtube lol before

here one i just finished for a outback here is my loyale bumper