So, I had some success last night! The pair of 2.125" pipes fit with a min of .5" clearence on all sides. There will be an extra long slip joint in both of these, a 2.00" pipe will slide in each to a depth of about 12", allowing lots of clamping area. Now, if only my spare was mo...
Using the search function here, I was sort of surprised, sort of not, that I didn't see anyone trying custom exhausts. I am not surprised that people shy away from this god awful rear sub frame arrangement. The questions: -Has anyone been able to snake a bigger pipe through there? -Does the V8 oem e...
Yesterday we were at the beach, during a gale, sand dunes blowing across the lot. I drove through in 2wd and came to a stop. Popped it into 4LO, and continued to just spin one wheel. it finally dug thorugh the sand, hit pavement, and off I went. Now I'm looking ahead to winter with this pig, haunted...
I'll see what I can do about being a Guinea Pig. Skid Plate may have just become moot, though. I found that I've got enough material from my Subaru's skid plate to cover both my engine and transmission. 1/4" thick 7075 aluminum. A 24" x 12" unsupported span took the Outbacks weight wi...
Nuts! I suppose this has a negative effect on approach angles, too? That's a pretty big engineering move just to accommodate an engine option that they made so few of.
Resurrecting this thread: Has anyone seen or heard of someone replacing the rack assembly as a whole? In the old outback I just replaced, I started with a Rolla and liked it. however, the weight basket ate up almost 20% of my load carrying ability AND killed 5mpg off my highway. I sold the Rolla and...
New Guy from Cincinnati. Went on a search for an Xterra, found the R51 was similar yet better on long road trips, and here I am. I've already had it on a 2200mi jaunt to Texas, and we're heading to the U.P. in 2 weeks. I intend to increase this things capability as much as I can, I'll have plenty of...
I mis-posted this in the wrong forum, great first impression! After much reading and test driving, my next car is highly likely to be a 2012 Pathfinder LE or Silver, when I can find something with low miles. I'm coming out of an Outback that I put 200,000 rough miles on, and no one makes anything li...