Picked these up last night from Inferno Fab

 

 

 

Friend and USMB member had them made in trade for my Borla replicas and dual port ej22.

 

Stainless version, equal length 

Finally got some wheeling in.

 

Had some fun out in Sand Lake on Sunday

 

 

 

 

 

Didn't get a lot of pics, not a lot of trail damage just a broken tail light. That night I had to drive to Bend for business, a total of 350+ miles for the day, including the wheeling.

 

Then on Monday had some spare time and went over to Cline Buttes OHV area, its somewhat new, only been open a few years now. 4 Wheel & Offroad Magazine wheeled here during their Ultimate Adventure in 2012.

 

 

Awesome views of the Cascades, It was fairly clear that day and I could see from Mt. Adams in Washington south to Broken Top.

 

 

 

The green trails are pretty tame, mostly deep dusty stuff with some sharp rocks mixed in

 

 

 

 

I stuck with the green trails and one of the blue trails, there are a good bit of black diamond trails too,

 

 

 

 

Great views from just about anywhere in the area, Three Sisters in the background of this one.

 

 

 

 

 

Finished my roof basket over the weekend.

 

Got the last of the sides on and painted it.

 

 

 

Holding it down using some 4" square U-bolts

 

 

My light bar ended up a little crooked, but oh well

 

 

This is what I have holding my Hi-Lift for now.

 

 

With everything loaded up, I don't plan to use it for very much, mainly wanted my spare and the hi-lift out of the cabin and a more safe place to carry fuel.

 

 

Got the light bar all wired up and working used a 1/4" grommet and just went through the roof. Its rained for a couple days and haven't had any leaks

 

Some recent updates

 

Re-sealed my 2.2

Swapped over to 4.11 gears with VLSD rear

Made and installed 1/2" spacers for front subframe and control arms, to help with my axle angle

Reinforced bumper and core support to hold 2" receiver for winch cradle

 

Only got a few pictures of the receiver install

 

 

Here you can see the lower core support/skid plate mount I reused from my legacy. Its welded at either end to the tow loops with 1/4" plate caps.

 

 

 

 

What it looks like all finished

 

 

And with my cradle

 

 

I haven't got to try out the winch on the Subaru yet, but we are finally getting some good snow around here and I will be going out soon

Edited December 23, 201510 yr by mthoodsub

Nice build!

Got out and did some wheeling the past couple weeks, after last winter it feels great to get some snow.

 

Only got some pictures of our pre-Christmas run. Winch and mods held up great. Aired down to 12 psi and the snow was still just too soft/sugary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally decided to just winch myself around in the ditch and head to another trail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty happy with the way it wheels, but I think its time to move to some Grabbers or BFGs

 

Finally got around to replacing my mis-shapen 1-1/4" trailer hitch frame with a 2" receiver in the bumper. Now I can use my winch cradle front and rear

 

Started by cutting out a hole, just big enough, through all the layers and structures of the bumper to slide the receiver into.

 

 

 

Then used 3/16" plate as a spreader across the back of the bumper, was going to use 1/4" but after examining the structure I think 3/16" will be ok

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the 3/16" bar I added to the mounting arms, I had to beat on the bumper to get it to slide into place. I like that, as I think those are the weak point of this setup.

 

I also wanted something to help keep the bumper mounting bolts from tearing through the body, so I recycled my old trailer hitch frame into some shackle mounts, torched off the ends, and burned a hole for the shackles.