Thought i would make a little thread on my Forester. Bought it stock around 3 months ago and started making changes within the first week of owning it. Its a '03 2.5XT auto.
When i first got it, it had Thule roof racks and a Haymen Reece towbar which were added bonuses.
Heres how i first got:
The first thing i did was take it drags to see how it went. Resulting in a 14.9@90mph
I then took it up double island point the next weekend to try it out on the sand and were impressed:
I then bought a second hand subaxtreme bullbar, fixed it up, painted it and put it on the following week:
As i live out in central queensland the next addition was some hella FF1000 driving lights (as you can see in the next pics).
After doing some underbody damage on some 4x4 trips i then needed more underbody protection. So i made up a fairly strong and comprehensive skid plate out of 3mm alloy, which extends from the bullbar to the back of the crossmember.
Needing more offroad traction i have just recently bought a set of 5 Yoko Ats 215/65/16 for it. Now gets amazing traction and really gives more confidence offroad.
When travelling long distances and going up the beach a fair bit i quickly realised i needed a roof basket, so just bought a cheap Prorack basket from Supercheap auto.
And thats three months worths on mods up to date. I will continue to add to this thread as i make changes.
When i first got it, it had Thule roof racks and a Haymen Reece towbar which were added bonuses.
Heres how i first got:
The first thing i did was take it drags to see how it went. Resulting in a 14.9@90mph
I then took it up double island point the next weekend to try it out on the sand and were impressed:
I then bought a second hand subaxtreme bullbar, fixed it up, painted it and put it on the following week:
As i live out in central queensland the next addition was some hella FF1000 driving lights (as you can see in the next pics).
After doing some underbody damage on some 4x4 trips i then needed more underbody protection. So i made up a fairly strong and comprehensive skid plate out of 3mm alloy, which extends from the bullbar to the back of the crossmember.
Needing more offroad traction i have just recently bought a set of 5 Yoko Ats 215/65/16 for it. Now gets amazing traction and really gives more confidence offroad.
When travelling long distances and going up the beach a fair bit i quickly realised i needed a roof basket, so just bought a cheap Prorack basket from Supercheap auto.
And thats three months worths on mods up to date. I will continue to add to this thread as i make changes.
If you are going to mod a new car you might as well go all the way! 