2006 Outback 3.0R 180kw VDC project

so new car , new project m new plans for it , and gathering new info what could be done witt it and choosing what fits me

what i bought

how it looked in my yard next day

changing inside and some outside bulbs to led's

examples for myself how lift would look with my rims and how bumper cut would look

so normal steps for me do lift at least as much as in that pic, and then maybe cut bumper

car how its sits now, how +5cm would look and then +7cm wheel is in the air
would need bigger tires for better look there.

checked front arches for rust and how it looks, and put some bitumen spray over there , and then put back that plastic cover back

front grill plasti dipped to black

how it looks in dark with some lights

 

[scalman]

on snow TC on or TC off which better ? i think all depends on situation. if you want to lauch good and go straight TC on will just make all easy,, if you want full revs but this can get messy if you cant control situation seconds later... so yh but its fun ... sometimes you know that you need all revs you can have then TC off works good

 

[scalman]

10 euros aluminum grill , rest is cutting and putting that on

 

[scalman]

we all need those modern quick chargers in car too, we but new phone even cheap one and its like on 18w quick charge or even more these days. and those integrated USB ports even on new cars just wont cut it. worse thing on cars that have those 1a usb ports... thats like stone age i mean..
so its better older car that doesnt have any usb ports that you can put them yourself as you wish...
and rear passengers never had one anyway so just put one 12v socket for rear as well. and will put one in trunk as well later. so thats the plan
those are 30w quick chargers so some future proof too. i chose to install in rear 12aocket only and not those integrated USB ports, because they will get old soon and wont fit or wont be enough for new phones soon anyway. and when you have just 12v socket you can plug there anything you want .

 

[Ratbag]

Looks good, Scalman.

Foresters come with three standard 'cigarette lighter' outlets. Dash, centre console and in rear load space.

 

[scalman]

Older 2001 obk had 12v socet in rear but this never doest have one though it has places for them to be.. but i wont make them just under covers like oem i will make that just usable in trunk any time so means it wont be down and wont be covered. And ir your truno is full of things you still can use them

 

[scalman]

and test. just new bearings didint fit so pressed back old one for now ...

 

[Kevin]

There is no doubt about your resourcefulness! Well done!

 

[scalman]

Front lowered to 5cm so its more stable and now vibrations to wheel when accelerating and on higher speeds. 7cm looks like too much at least how i had it or maybe it was because of sh front shocks who knows. They where used ones. Now its 80cm in front to fenders and 82cm in rear. Thats from ground.

All in all happy from car. Not happy about furl usage . In city only daily driving its about 17l to 100km. LPG helps. Otherwise it would be just too much. Would never chose this engine use just on petrol.

 

[scalman]

Fun times got some more snow. Lowered some psi to 2.0 bar which is about 29 psi

 

[Ben Up North]

Not happy about furl usage . In city only daily driving its about 17l to 100km. LPG helps. Otherwise it would be just too much. Would never chose this engine use just on petrol.

That is high. I'm currently getting about 12.4 in the SVX (I'm dailying it too). Not running air-con at the moment, but I imagine you aren't either!

 

[scalman]

Yh thats high. I duno what happened rly at one point it was just got higher. Even between cities where before i was getting like 12l now its like 15. Or its wrong showing on screen then. I mean if in winter you like keeping car running like for 15min or longer but not driving then computer on car will show later crazy numbers on average usage because its taking that into count too.
Now just in city driving like local it shows me like 22 or 24 . Well its winter and its city though maye smt wrong there.
Not getting any checks or errors so not sure rly.

 

[ateday]

The only, and best, way to get an accurate idea of true fuel consumption is to do a test over a few months duration and several hundreds of kms driven.
The electronic dashboard reading is indicative only and is biased by the amount of time idling the motor does.

 

[Ratbag]

Our Foresters get around 12.5-13-5 L/100 kms around town. This drops dramatically if going across the city on 80 kmh roads or freeways (100 kmh).

The auto SH gets around 8.3 l/100k on the open road, and manual SG around 7.3 L/100k.

Both are NA 2.5L, EJ253 engines.

 

[Kevin]

^ there is no comparison to be had between the H4 and a H6

 

[ateday]

Well spotted 99.........

 

[scalman]

Yes thats what i did last times i put 17l of lpg and it drove about 100km on that well using some petrol too on cold engine as lpg switches just after coolant warms up to 40 celcious. So some petrol goes into that kms too.
One of lpg injectors started working not good so maybe thats why . Will change that when weather heats up and see

 

[scalman]

12v socket in rear trunk. Not that hard to connect as cable is allready there just needed some end touches make hole and separate the oem plug
Still not most easy to use as need to remove first that cover and you cant close it if you plug something. Had thought to make it on other place more up to window maybe so it would be more easy access and use. Will see how this will work

 

[ateday]

You have done so much work and made so many improvements to that car that you could NEVER bring yourself to sell it...
Why would you want to anyway?

 

[scalman]

Bought used ac compressor and interior heater with all but i needed just core. Was said that it should fit all 2005-2009 3.0 models. ..
Ac works now thats went well.
But then heater core...well

Not ....that from another heater was for some reasom littler lower in height...
Subaru really!?? What could be the reason to just make it very little lower. Same lenght . But doesnt fit. Lol

 

[Kevin]

That's unfortunate!