MiddleAgeSubie
Forum Member
- Joined
- Dec 15, 2013
- Messages
- 990
- Location
- AZ
- Car Year
- 2018 / 2008
- Car Model
- 4Runner / Tribeca
- Transmission
- 5EAT
Today I finished the last 0.3-0.5 miles of a trail that had denied that segment to the Outback. The point was to see how the 4R would do. While I had very little experience then and only 1" lift back then with the OB, there is no way I could have done that even with the 2.5" total lift I had for a year.
Looking at the video, I used 85-90%% of my approach angle (33 vs about 19.5 on the OB back then and 22.5 or so on the fully lifted one), scraped the recovery insert in my hitch 4 times (three spots, gotta go both ways), considering that I have 26 to hitch here vs 20-21 to hitch on the fully lifted OB, and managed to run out of brakeover angle twice (partly because the transfer case skid plate eats 1" of clearance). But this is why I have a 3/16 steel skid there.
The three spots in question are also narrow and tippy (not that the latter was ever an issue in the Subaru).
A 2009-13 Forester with a 2" lift and oversize tires would have made it, barely (I am stock except for stock size AT tires and aftermarket skid plates).
Basically, if you stick with Subaru, do also stick with a Foz....
Looking at the video, I used 85-90%% of my approach angle (33 vs about 19.5 on the OB back then and 22.5 or so on the fully lifted one), scraped the recovery insert in my hitch 4 times (three spots, gotta go both ways), considering that I have 26 to hitch here vs 20-21 to hitch on the fully lifted OB, and managed to run out of brakeover angle twice (partly because the transfer case skid plate eats 1" of clearance). But this is why I have a 3/16 steel skid there.
The three spots in question are also narrow and tippy (not that the latter was ever an issue in the Subaru).
A 2009-13 Forester with a 2" lift and oversize tires would have made it, barely (I am stock except for stock size AT tires and aftermarket skid plates).
Basically, if you stick with Subaru, do also stick with a Foz....