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Matte black and put a bunch of Zombie outbreak crap on it. Raise price $20,000 ;)

Not mine, just happened across it on Ebay. 4WD, diesel and duallies... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ford-E-Series-Van-1-OWNER-QUIGLEY-4x4-7-3-DIESEL-ADVENTURE-LOW-MILES-/291888998231?forcerrptr=true&hash=item43f5f0a757:g:5rYAAOSwgY9XdcFK&item=291888998231

Nope, they're not mine, they're sitting at my work. Old parts delivery vans. IIRC they all have transmission issues. Currently being used to store old tires.

I have three sitting in the back lot at work. Two of them are cargo vans.

As of last weekend, this vehicle is retired. A good many adventures were had, but we outgrew it. Picked up a Chrysler Town & Country with many, many buttons and a TV for the little one. Going to outfit it with a folding / removable sleeping platform. The Forester will be getting an engine swap...

Sounds like a way to weed out places you don't want to go anyway :)

Before you lift, I would recommend some armor first. It's amazing how far a stock Subaru can go with just skidplates and decent tires.

Your Forester already has a swaybar. IIRC it is 17mm on the rear. You can upgrade it to the 20mm rear bar off a 02-04 (IIRC, might include 05) WRX sedan. Very easy, just need the bar and bushings.

The fork is not common, but I have seen them fail on occasion. As cheap as they are, we used to replace them as part of a clutch job on higher mileage cars.

Outback is longer so you get a bit more interior space. Similar ground clearance. 96-99 will have the DOHC EJ25 which is prone to headgaskets blowing. Forester is shorter. 98 has the DOHC EJ25, basically same as the Outback. 99-02 get the SOHC EJ25 which is prone to headgasket seepage. Not a...

:lol: I know that feeling. Wife has a picture of me passed out around month 7 after spending the day wrapping baby shower gifts, assembling furniture etc... Just wait until you step on a Lego at 2am...

Skip LATCH and go with a ClickTight seat. LATCH is limited to something like 65lbs including the seat itself which can easily weigh 25 or more pounds. ClickTight? Limited to the seatbelt strength. Side bonus, you literally cannot screw up the installation and it works with any seatbelt from...

My how the times have changed. Back in the day we looked to the boys down under for the nice Forester and Outback builds. Now, they're in North America :)

Built in shower / toilet technically makes the van an RV... Might make a difference on your insurance rates. Something to consider.

So you are saying that your coilovers do adversely affect suspension geometry.

Oooohhkay. And just what do you think that "subframe drop" is. Oh, right. Body spacers.

Considering that a suspension lift affects axle angles and a body lift leaves the axle angles (mostly) stock.... Yeah, there's a lot more to it than people being cheap.

That LP Aventure makes me miss my old OBS. This was back in 04 IIRC.

Both of those, plus being new it should settle a bit over the next few days.

Forest service roads, easy on the highway - Subaru 2 people sleeping inside? Yeah, gonna be tight. Outback, maybe.