I absolutely love my Ironman suspension! 🤩 No sway bars here! Bolt-on long travel suspension for that price is an insane value! 😁 We are going down to Kentucky this weekend (Forester, Power wagon, and a GX470). Nice install video! I'm really looking forward to your suspension tests! 😉
Just got the Ironman 4x4 and Falken wildpeak a/t trail 235/65r18 installed (no rubbing, no cutting) I can say I absolutely love the way my 2020 Onyx handles and rides now. The car sits about 4" higher then stock and I'm at 11.5" of ground clearance. (w/o skid plates, always more to buy lol)
Well, howdy y'all. This is "Ol' Scooter" in down here in the Great State and Former Republic of Texsa (Eastern Approach). just want ya to know that I really like the video a lot. Y'all do indeed make it look easy. Just thought I'd throw in, that I would've loved to the vehicle (with it's "shoes" on); so all of us at this end of the world, could se the difference the Iron Man made. Like I said, "just a thought"...
"And I'm not letting it hammer... much." Thanks for the install vid and I'm looking forward to what you think after some testing. I hope it works great for you!
Man I really enjoyed this video! I love the way you demonstrate the differences between a stock vehicle and your previous Anderson lift, and what’s going in currently with the Iron Man. I think this is probably the most educational video on installing a lift kit on an outback I have seen yet.
Thanks for this. I have 99 Legacy I want to buy, and it seems like to do a subframe lift, at least in the rear, it could be done with sections of 2" square tube steel, 3/4" steel pipe and longer bolts. Do I have that right?
I'm planning to get this kit as well, but I've read somewhere that the 2" lift was measured for a 2.5L outback. Where you able to take measurements of the clearances before and after installation? I'm planning to get this for our 3.6L outback. Thanks!
Great video, thanks! I'm curious if these can be used in conjunction with the ReadyLift 2.0" SST LIFT KIT? Sorry for the nubie question, but I'm just starting to learn.
Great work i love your work you make it look like a piece of cake ... its look easy work i am thinking to do this work by myself (: thanks for the video
I swapped to Ascent Brakes front and rear. They're much larger and don't clear the dust shield. I would remove it entirely however it's pinched between the knuckle and the wheel bearing assembly. If and when the wheel bearing needs replaced I will replace it with the correct Ascent version.
@@bruceyyyyy oh cool! did not know that was an option for the ob's. I have a 2" ADF lifted 15 fxt and just swapped to slotted rotors and pads. hope to try out the torq locker this summer.
Hello Brucey, I'm a massive fan of a friend of yours (Donald from Softroadingthewest) who inspired me to go down the 3rd gen forester route and have never looked back. Questions is that what's the differences between lift spacers and the iron-man strut set up ???
It's essentially the difference between a body lift and a suspension lift. Lift spacers keep the suspensory essentially factory but move it away from the body of the car. Something like this strut set up or long travel coil overs the lift comes from the strut. So you gain the amount of life back in travel. The best example I have to this is a follow up video where I drive up a set of boards before and after I install this.
@@bruceyyyyy hello Brucey so what would you say is the better option. The reason I'm asking is that I only want to do it once with the best setup. I can only rely on you guys in Oz and the USA 🇺🇸
Bearing in STRUT MOUNT have only one anther from the side of the wheel (down). The bearing is open at the top. And only this anther can protect from dirt. Sorry for my english :)
@@bruceyyyyy Thank you for the guidance and video! Just finished installing everything. Ive never even changed my oil before, so this was a big undertaking for me. Quick question, when I drop it off to get aligned, do they need specific numbers? the installation video from ironman mentions providing the tech with the new ones. I can seem to find those numbers.
They should have factory alignment specs on their machine. Depending on the if the moon is in waning or waxing the rear is likely just in or just out of alignment but not enough to matter for tread wear or handling.
Thank you so much for u video! It helps a lot. As far as i understand this ironman lift gives u +2" of extra clearance. Can u tell me the real size of rear subframe spacers, that goes with lift complect? Unfortunately its really hard to deliver same complect here, to Russia, Siberia. So i wanna to do the same modernization with mine 2008 impreza outback sport. I will make a custom shock absorber with same size and articulation of ironman complect. Only thing i need right now is to understand the size of rear subframe spacers.
@@bruceyyyyy it only happens when the car is warmed up. Cold it operates perfectly. The CVT is kinda new. But it’s been happening since day 1. I guess transfer clutches it is
@@bruceyyyyy So i just did a weekend drive to Chaco Canyon, which is only about 90 miles away... the roads are a bit rough and i have found that my stock struts with 1" RalliTek springs bottomed out on some of the rougher patches, especially the rear with load. I see they are rated at 220#/in and the Ironman ATS are rated at 200#/in. I'm a bit concerned that they are not really rated 2" above stock with load... is that your finding as well? I have a set of the ATS on order (which are "out of stock") but considering whether to cancel and go with the Flatout GR Lite instead... thoughts?
