yakattaker

Yeah shuttling cars in general beats em up, and I don't think this hack-job would last too long either. At least the shuttle roads it would be on I would not consider "off-road", most are forest service access roads and BLM/logging ones. Pot holes are the biggest thing I plan to drive over, I'm not too interested in doing anything gnarly. I may try to tone this idea down a bit but still stick some heavy springs on the car with tires suited to gravel roads.

Also I've done 6 people and bikes before. it's no rally car, but I didn't find it too bad getting up the hills. If I reduced the lift (maybe just a stock forester one) and just went with slightly larger tires, would it still be too much? I would definitely incorporate beefier springs and struts. Not sure if there's anything easy I could do to get more power out of the engine as well, so any ideas to make this atrocity real would be appreciated (I'm completely ignorant about cars, obv haha). Maybe an anti sway bar just because.

haha if I had one laying around I'd be trying to do something stupid with that. True, but folks with a truck are easy to come by so back up isn't really necessary. I want this thing to surprise people when it rolls up to the trail.

thanks for the reality check haha

Okay folks, I wanted to get peoples opinion on a unique project I've been planning. I have a 92 subaru legacy wagon AWD with only 100k on the engine. No issues other than a messed up body from my brother and I doing dumb stuff. We're both mountain bikers and want a shuttle vehicle that can hold as many people and bikes as possible. (A shuttle vehicle is driven up and down a beat up road, bringing riders from the bottom of the trail to the top, loaded down with expensive bikes and people). Here's what we're thinking: Lift the car 5-8 inches for increased clearance, mount a hitch rack on the rear for a heavy duty bike rack, install rear-facing seats (a bench maybe?) in the back of the car by taking off the back door and cutting out the top rear section for head-clearance, and put bigger wheels on it with off-road tires. We also want to put on new suspension, something that can handle big potholes and a ridiculous amount of weight loaded at the back of the car (6-tray bike rack with DH bikes hanging off it). We want to be able to fit 8 people with their bikes. Now if you can tell from this post, I don't know a damn thing about cars. I'm a bike mechanic but that's a far cry from autos. So my question to you smarter folks is, what would you do to make all this happen, and how feasible is it for someone like myself to pull it off? Keep in mind, I don't care if the car drives on the highway and city like garbage. It's gonna look offensive, and I'll install speakers to blast Slayer inside and out. Maybe take the muffler off just because, and add a huge "Pop country sucks" sticker on the back. That kinda car. We want it too look as punk rock as possible. Thanks for the help, and have fun helping me ruin a perfectly good vehicle.