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Hey there, also sorry for the delayed response. I would recommend the excel Gs. KYB makes great upgraded shocks for Subarus. Along with the excel Gs I also put in slightly stiffer RalliTEK springs. Depending on what you want to do, they have a lot of options for outbacks. Best of luck.

Thanks Cyrull! Sorry it has taken so long to respond here. As you can see in post #16, in the photo labeled Sub 7, there are tapered skirts that start small in the front and taper wide towards the ends of the bumper. The widest section of the skirt comes down enough to tuck under the windshield...

Thanks for your comments! I couldn't agree more about the skid plates. They were next on the list but we unfortunately lacked the time to fit them in. The cardboard worked surprisingly well! Our angles were accurate down to a few minutes on the first try. So it definitely saved some time and...

Being a smaller car, the curb weight is roughly 3600 lbs. so we are able to get away with a smaller UTV winch rated for 4500 lbs. In addition to the winch, using a pulley system actually doubles the power to 9000 lbs. So that is more than enough to bring the vehicle up some technical terrain...

Photos continued:

To finish up this thread, here are some photos of the squad doing some trail running just outside of Prescott AZ and other segments of my trip back to Pittsburgh. The night before I left, David made some really great screen covers for the back windows so I can have some air flow when I camp...

Here are some before and after photos to compare.

Day 9-12: Continued

Day 9-12: Front bumper sanded and painted ditch lights installed aluminum grill installed Rear bumper sanded and painted tire carrier installed license plate/plate light installed diamond plated aluminum cut and riveted on Sleeping platform reinforced and carpeted with rubber trim After I...

Day 4-8: Front and rear bumpers finished up fab work Suspension rebuild finished At this point in the build, the days started to blur together. We finished up the main structural components of the front bumper and attached an angled skirt to hide/protect the air intake on the passenger side...

Along with the KYB's I also got a set of RalliTEK stock length springs with a higher spring rate. So that paired with the new strut assembly made a very noticeable improvement.

That is a good trick to know! It may be hard to see but I was able to get black electrical tape to seal up pretty nicely. The plunger was a rock climbing joke from my brother about it being a trad climbing piece of gear for slab routes.

Day 3: (Continued)

Day 3: Wheels sanded, cleaned, taped and painted Begin the front bumper fab Rear plastic cut & rear bumper planned To prep the wheels I just sanded them down with a scuff pad and taped around the rim. Because of our crunched time schedule I decided to get the wheels painted on the old tires...

Day 2: Front plastic cut Sleeping platform designed As you saw from Day 1, I drew a level line across the bumper by clamping a marker to a cart with wheels and following the contour of the bumper. I then taped along the line to keep the plastic from chipping on the top side and made the cut...