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STR posted:So uh... what's the smallest wheels you can fit on an 03 Outback then? For scientific research, of course. Also it'd look loving hilarious with 14s or 15s on it, between the ride height and the beefy stock tire size. From what I was able to Google, yeah DT *should* work with you if one tire gets hosed, and the difference between a new one and the other three is outside of Subaru's allowable amount. I had that concern as well when I got the new tires for ours ($700 for Kumhos...) xzzy posted:You can put 15" wheels on a crosstrek with no issue (and this is what pretty much everyone trying to improve offroad capabilities does), they have 17" wheels stock. Pretty sure 15" Cragar Soft-8s will fit an Outback as well. The brakes aren't huge. I think the Crosstrek is the sole remaining Subaru with 5 x 100mm bolt circle like the previous generation Outbacks and Foresters as well. I saw a set of K02s on Method Wheels from a Crosstrek on FB Marketplace that I *really* wanted to buy for the Outback (guy went from a Crosstrek to a new Forester, so couldn't use them,) but $1200 and I'd have to lift the Outback. I'm still feeling out how my wife feels about a (more) lifted wagon... STR, you might look at what a 17" tire in equivalent overall height costs - there are a bunch of OEM 17x7 Subaru wheels that will fit our Outbacks. CUSTOM Ford Focus headlights? And, everything else aside (and there's a lot,) what the hell is that going on with the cab b-pillars?
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Are those loving Mountaineer headlights? This thing sucks. Ah, yeah. I knew they said "Ford" to me, but couldn't quite place them. Powershift posted:They're not that rare but it still sucks Well, that's disappointing.
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An 03 outback has 294mm front rotors and you basically need to stick with 16s. I think some people have fit 15" rally wheels over those brakes after doing some grinding to the caliper. You can downsize with just brackets and 276mm rotors from, say, a standard impreza or legacy and then any 15" wheel will work. Sti became 5x114 in 05, Legacy, outback, wrx in 2015. Forester, impreza, crosstrek are still 5x100 as far as I know. jamal fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Oct 23, 2019 |
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Darchangel posted:Ah, yeah. I knew they said "Ford" to me, but couldn't quite place them. I'm trying to place the tail lights, but I can't. I'm almost certain they're from something else and just flipped upside down though. And then they just left the 454 completely stock with a loving mournful 230hp. This truck is actively pissing me off. Oh, and I can only assume it still has the factory 3 speed TH-400 trans. FFS. Boaz MacPhereson fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Oct 23, 2019 |
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I'm trying to place the tail lights, but I can't. I'm almost certain they're from something else and just flipped upside down though. And then they just left the 454 completely stock with a loving mournful 230hp. This truck is actively pissing me off. Oh, and I can only assume it still has the factory 3 speed TH-400 trans. FFS. The corners of the tail lights look too sharp to me to be from something specific. They might be upside down, but they look like they come out of some 1980s superfutureconceptmobile.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Are those loving Mountaineer headlights? This thing sucks. Huh, I don't think I've actually seen a mercury mountaineer in person. I was thinking 1st gen Ford Fusion, which look similar enough to the mountaineer, I wonder if they're the same part.
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joat mon posted:Sounds like an interesting guy. I know I’m a bit late to this, but this is actually really fascinating. it’s still terrible car stuff but with the heart in the right place at least
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STR posted:So uh... what's the smallest wheels you can fit on an 03 Outback then? For scientific research, of course. Also it'd look loving hilarious with 14s or 15s on it, between the ride height and the beefy stock tire size. Use a tyre size comparator to work out the full list of tyres you can run across a range of wheel diameters while maintaining the same overall diameter, then work out the cheapest one. Buy used wheels to suit. Don't forget aftermarket wheels usually use a replaceable (generally plastic) spigot ring to match the hub centre, so as long as the PCD and offset is correct, the fact they're "for" a different car isn't that relevant.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Forgive me for posting something about cars that I personally find interesting. Oh hell I find it interesting as hell. Urus ain't my thing (and well above my paygrade, but holy hell it hauls the mail beyond anything in its class.) I liked the goofy reverse. After that then what to get to drive or park? Guess I'm old and shouting at the cloud age.
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I'm not sure, but if I understood that right, drive is tap the paddle shifter, park is the button down below.
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jamal posted:An 03 outback has 294mm front rotors and you basically need to stick with 16s. I think some people have fit 15" rally wheels over those brakes after doing some grinding to the caliper. You can downsize with just brackets and 276mm rotors from, say, a standard impreza or legacy and then any 15" wheel will work. Bigger rotors than I thought. Actually good to know, I guess. Didn't realize that the Forester was still 5 x 100, knew the Crosstrek was, and therefore the Impreza makes sense as well. Looks like the Forester changed to 5 x 114.5 in 2019, though. Boaz MacPhereson posted:I'm trying to place the tail lights, but I can't. I'm almost certain they're from something else and just flipped upside down though. And then they just left the 454 completely stock with a loving mournful 230hp. This truck is actively pissing me off. Oh, and I can only assume it still has the factory 3 speed TH-400 trans. FFS. Bone stock '88-92(?) interior, too. Yuck.
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Darchangel posted:Bone stock '88-92(?) interior, too. Yuck.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Oh hell I find it interesting as hell. Urus ain't my thing (and well above my paygrade, but holy hell it hauls the mail beyond anything in its class.) Krakkles posted:I'm not sure, but if I understood that right, drive is tap the paddle shifter, park is the button down below. Shifting gears is all paddle apart from reverse which is the only gear selected by the big stupid middle control lever pictured despite it being marked with all gear selections. Park is the button UNDER the reverse lever just to the left of the start button. Manual mode to the right. It's pointlessly obtuse a setup. Parking brake is yet another little flicky lever not shown in that image. Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Oct 24, 2019 |
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Krakkles posted:It's worse than that. At least the first year, it was ONLY available with that awful red that GM liked in the 80s. (I'm 100% on board with red interiors, just for the record, just not THAT red, or THAT interior.) Oh god, I just pictured it in my head, like, instantly. That is the color of my childhood. That and beige cars. Not boring cars, literally beige.
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Darchangel posted:Bigger rotors than I thought. Actually good to know, I guess. Look here Bucko, that's a high-dollar Silverado package interior. No work truck bench for this Sport Truck, no sir. GM was so close to a sweet Porno Red, but they missed it. A pale imitation of 70s Cadillac.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Look here Bucko, that's a high-dollar Silverado package interior. No work truck bench for this Sport Truck, no sir. It’s one of the times that the base Cheyenne interior was much superior to the Silverado. My dad still has a 1988 Cheyenne 4x4 with A/C, tow hooks, cassette, and LSD the only options. Gutless 305 means you can pull without breaking traction.
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GD_American posted:In case it had to be said, use the right tools especially on something with such massive potential energy. Compressing springs with the right tool done right is safe, despite the scaremongering that I grew up with too. I know I'm late to this conversation but have any of you tried the method where you put the strut between two of the wheels you took off and then zap the nut off with an impact gun. When the nut comes off it slides the two wheel apart instead firing it at your face. I admit I've done it. The springs I was putting on were lower so it wasn't a big deal putting the new springs back on the strut. Also it's better and easier to use the spring compressor. Darchangel posted:From what I was able to Google, yeah DT *should* work with you if one tire gets hosed, and the difference between a new one and the other three is outside of Subaru's allowable amount. I had that concern as well when I got the new tires for ours ($700 for Kumhos...) For anyone reading this TireRack has a service where they shave tires down. This allows you to just buy one tire instead of replacing all 4 for AWD cars. mustard_tiger fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Those look like '02-'10 Opel/Vauxhall Vectra headlights on the pickup thing.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Look here Bucko, that's a high-dollar Silverado package interior. No work truck bench for this Sport Truck, no sir. The interior on my '90 RX-7 was maroon/dark red, and that was the only interior color available for the exterior color it had (Winning Silver Metallic, which actually looked more like a light gold/champagne color.)  (One of very few pictures showing the interior I have handy. My old online gallery is poop at the moment. Also dig that not-very-flexible paint on the urethane spoiler there.)
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Are those loving Mountaineer headlights? This thing sucks. Ah, I knew they were Mercury of some kind, thought it was the Milan at first but the headlights on those aren't as wide/tall
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Oh yeah, that's why I remembered beige: My 1985 Honda Civic's official color was "Champagne Beige," which should be registered as an oxymoron and/or a dad joke.
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Darchangel posted:The interior on my '90 RX-7 was maroon/dark red, and that was the only interior color available for the exterior color it had (Winning Silver Metallic, which actually looked more like a light gold/champagne color.) that looks like some loving alien writing on the spoiler.
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Just saw the Ford Mustang Company is set to reveal their new Battery-EV crossover dubbed the "Mach-E", teasing us now with a silhouette featuring body lines off the Mustang.  Guaranteed it's just another chunky boy tall wagon with a belt line up at your nipples, 5" of ground clearance, 19" wheels, and door handles for the rear doors hidden up in the window frame to give it that "4-door coupe" look.
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NoWake posted:Just saw the Ford Mustang Company is set to reveal their new Battery-EV crossover dubbed the "Mach-E", teasing us now with a silhouette featuring body lines off the Mustang. The ungodly love child of a crossover SUV & a Mustang fastback... 
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Powershift posted:I did some shops in the car news thread from them lines This just popped up in my FB feed: https://jalopnik.com/heres-most-of-the-ford-mustang-inspired-electric-suv-be-1839352201 Your shops are scarily accurate...
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Powershift posted:I did some shops in the car news thread from them lines Thanks, I hate it
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The all new Mustang Impreza.
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Powershift posted:I did some shops in the car news thread from them lines I kind of like the blue one Am I a bad person
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Blue On Blue posted:I kind of like the blue one Yes, but it's unrelated.
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The blue one follows the hatch formula and isn't really a CUV to me. Short wheels base, low ground clearance, low rear overhang, relatively short boot all contribute to better handling performance.
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Blue needs to be slightly longer and have the weird suicide door setup from the RX-8. E: you know, the other two aren't so bad either. At least they're not C-Maxs with the mustang fascia glued in place. Hopefully... redgubbinz fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Oct 26, 2019 |
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It really does look like an Impreza, which in a vacuum isn't the worst thing... But it's a really ugly Mustang.
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Darchangel posted:From what I was able to Google, yeah DT *should* work with you if one tire gets hosed, and the difference between a new one and the other three is outside of Subaru's allowable amount. I had that concern as well when I got the new tires for ours ($700 for Kumhos...) Pro tip: Road Hugger GTP (which is specific to Discount) is made by Kumho for discount. They're an older Kumho touring tire that Kumho rebranded for Discount, and they're made at the same factory in Georgia that makes a lot of other Kumho tires. They're not CHEAP, but they're affordable, and they're good tires for the money. I had the same ones on the Saturn, and they were pretty decent.
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STR posted:Pro tip: Road Hugger GTP (which is specific to Discount) is made by Kumho for discount. They're an older Kumho touring tire that Kumho rebranded for Discount, and they're made at the same factory in Georgia that makes a lot of other Kumho tires. Also Ohtsu are just rebranded Falkens. The 0612 is just the zx912 with a different name on it. Same factory and everything, and they're CHEAP. Got a set of 4 for my e30 for under $150.
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Powershift posted:I did some shops in the car news thread from them lines LMAO it's an Outback.
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