And in rolls the SaaBeeru ... by Bradcr

4 minute(s) of a 145 minute read

Christmas/New Years Break update- got in a lot for the holidays and a couple gifts for the Saabaru to boot. First off were the MDU coilovers; since the BC coilovers group buy is dead I never did reach the factory on my own. However, the MDU Factory (CN Racing) was quite accomdating. I was able to confirm they don't use the same dampers as the Godspeeds they make, and they only charged $14 for an extra set of 5kg springs. I'll probably swap those in for a softer ride once we have some extra 4wd/awd delivery vehicles at the brewery. Here's crossing my fingers that they hold up...

First off I begged the wife and we made a set of coilover covers from the DirtyImpreza.com how-to: http://www.dirtyimpreza.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=17181

Halfway through the install here; I wound up securing the covers with some single-strand wire an also added a couple of holes in the wire loop for the wire to fish through so the securing wouldn't pull apart the ends of the Velcro:

I left the rear wheel gap at 1 3/4" for the sake of keg hauling. The front I dropped from a whopping 2 5/8"! to 1" and then very quickly back up to 1 1/2" after I figured out that front lip + bad driveway curb=more DIYs than I want to ever deal with. At least the lip balances out the appearance: 

Next I dug into the cargo area. I was starting to get convinced that the rear was starting to get mold because of all the white crap. Looks like some crazy white sand or powder, stupid Florida cars, I pulled apart the back cargo area and this is what I had to clean up : 

As for that lip, I took the 'droopy' back side of it and trimmed it down from this: 

To this (and updated my how-to): 

Swapped the mirrors from this: 

To this: 

Put together some nice new center caps : 

And Redline hood struts are ready to go on tomorrow: 

Updated exterior pics:*