Rally's MY04 Forrie- Poverty Pack special

Purchased second hand. Rear diff and instrument cluster replaced under warranty. First change was to fit CB UHF GME radio. Car has externally mounted windscreen aerial bracket. Just purchased set of new KYB shock absorbers- the originals have had it- will install when they arrive. Next step is to replace standard steel rims with MY99 WRX rims. Then sump guard and driving lights.
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I am hoping to get a video taken from the outside soon. However, I am off on a big trip this week, so it might be a while before I can get it posted. I am very much looking forward to seeing it. An 11kg centre diff would probably be the final thing required, but so far it has proven unnecessary. Maybe in sand or mud it might be more beneficial. I'd love to have the DCCD out of my WRX in the Forrie, but I am told it would not fit. Right now I'm as happy as a pig in mud (one with power going to all 4 legs I might add). At least changing the centre diff is pretty straight forward, but for now I just want to enjoy the car.

One interesting thing that emerged is that after I put the raised springs in, I had a wheel alignment done only days before I left. During the trip, the car developed a loud noise which gradually became worse. I thought at first maybe a dry bush. On the weekend, I decided to rid the car of the noise and do a final inspection for the upcoming trip. Turns out the mob that did the wheel alignment did not tighten the drivers side camber bolts. To make matters worse, a split rack boot on the passenger side required removing the tie rod end. It was seized, requiring heat to remove it. So they obviously never adjusted the toe on this wheel either. Once everything was tightened, the noise went away.
 
Might need to get another wheel alignment from a different place before you begin your trip.
 
That was done today
 
Geez, Rally!!

really! were they thinking of? (or not thinking of, apparently ... )

Their sloppiness amounts to criminal negligence IMNSHO. They could have bloody killed you.
 
I've got to get fair dinkum about getting some decent camber and castor gauges. They'd pay for themselves eventually.
 
Great vids showing a very tough climb. Very glad to see your diffs are working so well :lildevil:

Very disappointing bout the wheel alignment :(:shake:

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One victim of this climb was the sump guard. It now has 2 huge cracks in it. I remember the grounding that surely would have caused it, but considering how slow I was going, still most disappointing. I have now removed it and I am having a proper one made up from a mob not far from home.
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Yeah, I was pretty disappointed with mine. I got rid of it & got a Crossbred one, But I just noticed a weld on one side has cracked & it flexed up against the sump plug hard enough to bend the sump guard! I think I might need to make my own!
 
Old vs new sump guards. This happened during one of the climbs seen on the earlier video in this thread.New one picked up this afternoon

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Is that steel? who made that for you?

Man you smashed that subaru xtreme to bits looks like you did some previous repairs?
 
Sheet aluminium. Yes, the old one was previously repaired by Subaxtreme. On that occasion, I don't even remember hitting anything hard enough to crack it. I don't think that what I did is something a sump guard should not be able to withstand. Fair enough if I had been flying along and landed on at speed on a rock, but as you saw, I was hardly moving.

The new one was made by a company called Brightweld at Kings Park. Their workmanship is better than their customer service. Nothing really bad, but with time running out till my next trip, returning phone calls or calling when they say they will was not high on their list of priorities. In the end, it seems they did a good job- the proof will be seen as time goes by
 
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Possibly. I've been thinking about it for a long time. Cutting and drilling into the metal is my biggest concern. But then so is drowning the engine. As the other modifications were more pressing, the snorkel was being shuffled down the list of priorities. So I never put much thought into how I'd mount the thing without inducing the risk of rust, even though I have considered fitting a snorkel for some time.
 
A tentative yes. I did get a wooden stake through the tread and thus a puncture (which proves yet again you only get punctures on new tyres). Bad luck? Was I the only one? I have not driven very far on wet tarmac, but it seems this is not their strong point. And they have nowhere near the grip of the road tyres in the dry but you expect that. Their dry grip on tarmac is acceptable given that they are A/T's. But when I got home within hours I put the road tyres back.

Off road, well, I kept going, but as both the tyres and the diffs were new to me I cannot say precisely what each contributed. I think the diffs played a bigger part. There wa no general dirt driving so I cannot comment on that aspect of their performance.

They were quiet which is important when travelling long distances. Overall, it was my first time on A/T's and apart from road tyres, I had nothing to compare them to. I hope the puncture is not a sign of weakness but just bad luck. The upcoming trip will be interesting to see how they go on long stretches of gravel
 
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I did get a wooden stake through the tread and thus a puncture (which proves yet again you only get punctures on new tyres)
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Lol :iconwink:

Good thing the Geolander AT-s have a factory puncture warranty....let us know how you go. Pezimm has only good things to say about it!
 
I've had one puncture on our AT/s in about 40000kms it was a sharp rock right through a tread block. i had the pressure down to 26psi as well. never had another issue though.

40000kms and they still have alot of tread as well.
 
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