Subaru forrester

[lozz]

do it up
keep it or store it,

one day it might be worth something, what year is it?

[FarmerPug]

Its a 1997.

[lozz]

There is a site somewhere,

er whats it called, How many left dot com or something,
what ido is see how many is on the road and it will give you a rough idea or not if its worth hanging onto or keeping in one peice,

if you get what im saying,

ive binned loads of cars and wished ihadnt, id be a millionair now if i kept some of the ones ive binned /sold

[FarmerPug]

I went on it, my car is a subaru forester GLS SF, the site doesnt work well with specific model years though so im not sure if the 2400 on there is all the foresters ever made or just the mark one SF ones

[lozz]

it shouid give you a graph,

eg showing the sorned ones too,

when iput my 306 in and spec for eg : it came up 53 and 14 sorned

[FarmerPug]

2265 Licenced and 177 Sorned

I never can remember seeing one on the road mind, the only subaru you see is imprezzas.

[lozz]

it seems to be Fu**ed up that site

it was ok abit back

[FarmerPug]

I removed the vandalised lock barrel, the metal around it was rusty so i cut it out:


I bought some isopon, but just need to weld a plate in to fill the gap, should i weld it in flush, or weld a plate from behind onto the door then fill the outside with isopon, and will ispon stick ok to bare metal, is there any need to treat it?

[steve_earwig]

You're not going to replace the lock?

I guess it depends how good your welding is, if I was doing it in my usual poor pigeon sh*t welding I'd probably go for the plate behind and fill it, remember if you put too much heat into it the panel will warp. Lob will bond to bare metal fine, providing it's not mirror smooth, you'll have to clean off all the crap from the welding though.

[lozz]

Cut apiece of tin,
and JB weld it on from the other side, Mot fella wont be looking at it so no need for welding,

itd be a pain welding on the inside of a door ,

[FarmerPug]

My cousin welds cars for a living so a tiny plate shouldnt be too much trouble for him, then ill use filler to cover up the hole.

There is a few wee rusty spots here and there, some door edges where people have rubbed against the door getting in and out, the roof just above the windscreen is the worst. No isopon will go to waste

I removed the front strut as i plan to buy a set of standard springs, the thing how do you measure the height of a spring, are there any particular refrence points where the distance is quoted?

I just put the strut against the wall and measured the distance from the top to the bottom bolt hole i think it was about 23 inches.

[FarmerPug]

Got a plate welded in, tidy enough job:



Im not too great with isopon though:

[FarmerPug]

Got them 2 areas sanded down and resprayed, the quality of the paint finish wont win a concourse but it looks better than rust:








I got fed up with isopon and painting, so i sorted out the rust above the windscreen with a quicker method :


I also replaced the front shocks and springs, and the rear springs, going back to standard added 3 inches of ground clearance: