SG Forester from PA

[Johnny_Coleslaw]

I've wanted a Forester for quite a while now. Been on the lookout for one, and one day someone offered to trade me theirs for my Jetta I had.

This was my static jetta



and this was the Forester the first day I got it



It had a light bar instead of a grill, and hazed up headlights. So I got an OEM grill and new headlights




Then I did the timing belt, tensioners, water pump, and a lightweight main pulley





The coils were frozen and leaking oil so I got new ones


and new wheels with much smaller tires. 245/35 vs the 255/55 that were on it when I bought the car. The new wheels are 18x9.5


extended studs with a 12x1.5 thread pitch so I could run my motorsport hardware lugs


I re-badged it


I wasn't able to drive it after I put the wheels and coils on. The wheels sat flat on the wheel wells. So I decided to tub it and shave a few things.



Some clearance now




Figuring out how I wanted the tubs


Thankfully the STI has a nice sized hatch for the sheetmetal I got


Had to remove this stuff to get to my brake lines for my ABS delete. While in here figured I should do the cabin filter, to my surprise someone went to change it and never put one back in.






My helper



In progress pics



Replaced my window motor


Had a knob and shift boot made for it from a pin I chose.








a before picture


and the completed tubs

[Fruttolo]

The way you explain about tubbing a forester like it's the easiest 2-hours job ever is awesome LOL
I like where this is going, the forester is a cool weird thing and it looks awesome with a proper stance

[Steven_318ti]

This is excellent, love what your doing, the blue sub is awesome by the way

[hinrichs]

Tubs look great, where in PA are you at?

[ivo335]

Looks much better on this new set of wheels, IMHO Good luck!

[Johnny_Coleslaw]

The way you explain about tubbing a forester like it's the easiest 2-hours job ever is awesome LOL
I like where this is going, the forester is a cool weird thing and it looks awesome with a proper stance

I tried to keep some of the clutter down Lol

This is excellent, love what your doing, the blue sub is awesome by the way

Thank you! Actually looking to get rid of the blue one sometime soon here.

Tubs look great, where in PA are you at?

I'm in Chambersburg, Thanks!

Looks much better on this new set of wheels, IMHO Good luck!

Thanks!

[BelfastBuilt]

Looks awesome ! Glad to see someone else from PA.

Wanna tub my wagons?! lol

Great work.

[Johnny_Coleslaw]

got some shorter springs for the Forester


left the factory paint sticker


Loving the new air freshner




where i hid my fuse box


more of the helper


bottoms of the tubs


the troegs IPA, I am from PA after all


where I am putting my battery


Took a few pics of the STI too

[Johnny_Coleslaw]

Wasn't able to drive due to horrible axle bind. So I went RWD





Still have to press in my extended studs

[Fruttolo]

So to switch to rwd only you just have to remove front axles and diff and machine front stubs? Stupid question probably but I've never seen inside a subaru

[Johnny_Coleslaw]

So to switch to rwd only you just have to remove front axles and diff and machine front stubs? Stupid question probably but I've never seen inside a subaru

Not a stupid question!

I didn't just leave the diff out, I gutted and welded my center diff. So that it is always going to the rear wheels. They sell spools to do the same thing but they're expensive!

[Miroteknik]

not a subie fan but your work is clean and thats a nice red chicken

[Johnny_Coleslaw]

not a subie fan but your work is clean and thats a nice red chicken

Why thank you, I love my jungle chicken.

[Lukey]

looks awesome! keen for future updates

[Johnny_Coleslaw]

Finally have gotten to drive it. I also got my intake done. It was hard to find something that would work with the tubs. I found this ebay kit for a subaru baja. I had to mount it differently than intended and modify it a bit, but it works.