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Does a first gen Forester steering u-joint fit without being lengthened?

If you're planning on using a full-pressure fuel pump to deliver to the engine bay, the ABS wiring definitely won't be adequate. Plenty of people say the stock fuel pump wiring isn't adequate lol. But if you're just using a transfer pump to move from aux to main tank, maybe the current draw will be low enough.

You think those ABS signal wires are heavy enough to run a fuel pump, or are you just using them to trigger a relay? Good thing you have a cabin air filter.

I guess it's a good thing you got that spare 4EAT after all. UP weekend sounds like a blast, I'll have to join y'all again one of these times.

Oh wow, didn't foresee that issue with brake-to-strut clearance! Would be interested to see another angle of that.

You'll have to bleed the system after plumbing in the aux cooler, that's as good of a time as ever

Won't adding that additional cooler in line with the heater core cause cooler water to flow to the thermostat, therefore keeping the thermostat closed and keeping your engine warmer? Speaking of which, it might be worth seeing how it does with no thermostat at all (with or without the aux cooler), just to remove that variable from the equation.

I agree, water temp sensors will tell you if it's an airflow problem. You could try removing the hood scoop and vent inserts in the hood, give all that air from the fans somewhere to go

What's the reason for a reversible flow fuel pump?

Yeah the light wiring harness/plug seems 100% worth it, better to do that all in your own garage rather than having to wing it on the road. Plus, magnetic trailer lights would be one less thing to carry. Turns out taking a stock-height Subaru off road can be pretty hard on the skid plate. Glad I wasn't trying to keep up with the long travel cars all weekend haha. Looking forward to getting mine put together soon-ish.

Rear bumper looks sturdy, is that the same color as the front bumper? Would be really nice to have a way to use the towed vehicle's brakes when flat towing, but any solution I can come up with gets too complicated too quickly. Skid plate on my stock-height car definitely took a beating, will have to post pics later.

Weekend was a blast, glad we could make it happen! My daily definitely has a few more dents and scratches than it used to, but well worth it! It's been too long since I've taken a Subaru off road.

True on plating; might be able to save some weight by doing a flanged bolted connection rather than the tube connectors

Luckily the tin foil spare tire wells are pretty malleable. I believe stock fuel pumps have a check valve. 56 lb empty sure gives me pause about using that donut tank but I am interested to see how it works out for you. We'll have to keep looking for something lighter weight that fits there. Forester bracing looks functional; look forward to seeing how much of a difference that makes both with strut tower longevity and chassis twist. Might be worth putting the removable cross-brace lower; directly between the strut towers rather than above the tophats, so that the seat backs can go in the original positions. Love how you fit the front diagonals around the seats.

Save those ABS sensors for me lol