1992 subaru loyale wagon 5 speed

 

So now that my car is officially road legal and running good, I of course want to build my trail machine. I've Googled and Google, but I can't find anything about lifting it other than the kits by sjr. I saw the 2 other guys but they don't seem to make them anymore. So my first choice is sjr. I want to go up 4 inches and throw some 27s in the car. My question is can I do any other type of lift besides just those kits. I'd like to get a 2 inch lift kit and then spring lift it 2 more inches or close to. Is there a way I could do that? If so what would I use and what do I have to do to make it work?

 

If so what would I use and what do I have to do to make it work?

 

Use the forum search. Both here and the "off road" section. There are numerous spring combinations that people have used. 

 

Dan

There are a few stock applications (for other vehicles) that can be used in place of the stock Subaru springs that are stiffer, and therefore yield a bit of a lift.

 

I'm not a fan for trail use. Unless you're really carrying a lot of gear, all they do is limit suspension travel, which is already their Achilles heel.

 

 

 

I think SJR is the way to go these days. There used to be more, but that's about it. I think there are a few other people making them now on the side, but nothing really well listed. If I were building another Ea82 car, it'd be an SJR 4" kit, 6-lug swap and some decent 29" tires.

There are a few stock applications (for other vehicles) that can be used in place of the stock Subaru springs that are stiffer, and therefore yield a bit of a lift.

 

I'm not a fan for trail use. Unless you're really carrying a lot of gear, all they do is limit suspension travel, which is already their Achilles heel.

 

 

 

I think SJR is the way to go these days. There used to be more, but that's about it. I think there are a few other people making them now on the side, but nothing really well listed. If I were building another Ea82 car, it'd be an SJR 4" kit, 6-lug swap and some decent 29" tires.

What do you think of a 2inch sjr lift and a 2 inch spring and shock lift on 27s? Final plans are a car that can adventure most trails and still drive hundreds of miles.

4" total lift without lowering the drivetrain means you probably won't make it out of the driveway without blowing several CV axles.

 

 

I'm not even a big fan of 2" just-suspension, although it seems that many people do it without trouble.

4" total lift without lowering the drivetrain means you probably won't make it out of the driveway without blowing several CV axles.

 

 

I'm not even a big fan of 2" just-suspension, although it seems that many people do it without trouble.

I was planning on the lowering.

4" total lift without lowering the drivetrain means you probably won't make it out of the driveway without blowing several CV axles.

 

 

I'm not even a big fan of 2" just-suspension, although it seems that many people do it without trouble.

If I do the 2 inch I can do 1 inch drop and then do the 2 inch springs n stuff do those affect or no? Like would I have to actually drop 2-3inches instead?

Do the 4 inch SJR lift. Any of the suspension lift stuff for these cars makes the CV axle angle way too extreme and you'll feel like your driving a brick down the road. Lots of guys daily drive 4 inch lifts with minimal problems.

So I went with the 2 inch ADF lift with 205-75-15 general grabber at2s on redrilled mazda rims from a b2600i.

 

Stock after some mudding

 

These are the Mazda wheels

 

Not lifted yet but I got the wheels done painted and the tires on and did a little bit of cutting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of today my lift should go out within a day or so, still have lot's of little things to do, wheel bearings and rotors are tomorrow, need to adjust my pods so they are aligned and then aim them, decide about bumpers, tranny mounts, motor mounts, torque mount, new rear axles, find me a d/r to swap in, decide whether to completely reseal the ea motor or just go straight into building an ej, leaning towards resealing the ea with all gaskets, bearings, and rings. Really would like to make it to socal this year with the car and don't think I trust the motor as it sits even though it hasn't given me reason to that's a pretty deep drive, and I don't think I could finish an ej swap start to finish right now in time.

Ayyy looking good

 

Got a winch and the lift on

 

In these pictures I actually had the front coil spacers on the wrong sides. Fixed that the next day.

 

After the fix 

 

 

Still haven't gotten around to fixing those damned lights, been doin everything but haha

 

 

That bumper is the stock bumper with all the plastic and styrofoam removed with the stock bolts replaced with grade 8 bolts and the winch bolted to a plate that is welded to the bottom of the bumper, couple test runs seems pretty strong, definitely beefing it up eventually and adding onto the bumper.

I know this topic isn't super popular but figured I'd update. Blew a headgasket so pulled the motor to reseal the top end, while it was out was able to get Alex (with the loyale wagon Stan) to pick me up a transmission down in LA because the place is closed during weekdays. Then went to Carson City to get the linkage for it. Got a Yakima roof rack, moved 2 pods to the rear, the other 2 are going to get moved to the back of the hood, new lightbar up front (will be protected by a bumper once it is done).

Also replaced the mech fan with an electric one 

This guy's crosstrek is awesome, he blew his front diff and an axle and randomly ended up at my dad's shop where I work most of the week. lifted 2 inches, primitive skid plates and rear diff plate. Thing is awesome and super cool guy

 

Also my front pods are getting moved to the back of the hood like his soon. And I'm currently working on installing new mechanical gauges and then cleaning up wiring with a fuse block under the hood just for accessories and switch panel under the radio. I'll get pictures when I'm done with those. 

 

Lastly, from time of pulling the motor to end was 3-12 --- 3-27