Step-dad mobile gets low

[PastaBatman]

Hah! Sweet man looks kinda weird but keep going this could be really cool

[DeleriousZ]

NUE's and subaru's go together like pb and jam, and I have no idea why. Looks great man, always nice to see a dumped fozzy.

[SheaMoose]

This is pretty rad.
Keep up the good work man!

[rozayE36]

sick build! altitude sickness is pretty common, i know that feel. but im digging that subies color! reminds me of my old e36.

[vgrntbeauxner]

csb, that subi is pretty sweet!

[FancyGoLF]

So, I recently changed up all my toys.

Unfortunately, right before winter, I was extremely smart and I traded away my beater and an awd winter beast (lol) for a bike and some rwd.


I went from a 2004 VW R32...


038-001 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr

and traded it in for a e46 M3


e46 m3 2 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr

then I traded my mk3 vr6


013 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr

for my zx10


zx10 1 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


So I was in need of another awd daily so I can let the two toys relax in the garage for winter and to relieve them of too many miles in the warm months.

In comes the step dad mobile!

It is a 1999 Subaru Forester L. 2.5l SOHC 5 speed. 154k miles. Never screwed with, all original. Ugly. Dope.


stock 1 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


stock 2 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


stock 3 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr

The offroad machine was suffering from severe altitude sickness. This way taken care of almost right away. My buddy had a set of sti springs laying around. These were slapped on and it went down a tad. Not enough for any excitement, but it proved my suspension was blown beyond belief.


sti springs by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr

Not wanting to drive on blown suspension components and springs that were far too short for the struts... I ordered up some 02-7 wrx raceland ultimos. Yes, I went with raceland on a beater. Oh nooooooo


coilovers 2 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


coilovers 1 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr

About a week after I installed my suspension, I found a set of rotiform NUE for sale on good old vwvortex. 3 hour round trip later, I was slapping them on and spinning the coils down in my driveway. Here's where I am at now.

Rotiform NUE17x8 et20 205/45 kuhmo ecsta AST.

Mudflaps were removed after the first drive as the fronts cracked and were hanging by the end of the maiden voyage.



rotiform 4 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


rotiform 1 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


rotiform 5 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


rotiform 2 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


rotiform 3 by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr


rotiform gf by Tim AKA Tim, on Flickr

As of right now, the coilovers are half way down. The fenders need to be rolled, it needs a proper alignment, and then more low. I'll be adding to this whenever I get some updates.

Hope you enjoy.