Offroad Forester Project Ep2. Lift Kit install 

Hey man I don't know if you're really gonna see this 3 years later but I have a 2008 forester non turbo. I saw you're video get recommended a while back and I've basically been doing most of the mods that you've been doing for these past couple months. Red rally armor flaps, hood struts (thanks for that suggestion), sway bar removal, and I'm in the middle of installing basically the same exact 2inch lift. I loved the rhino rack and awning setup you had but unfortunately I can't find them anywhere. It's kind of funny because my forester is the same color as yours so it's almost identical. Just wanted to say thank you for, not only inspiring me to become an off-road forester, but also for helping me with installing the mods.

No place like home ( Victoria ) Living in the USA now and they are mad over here with their mods so many lifted 4x4s.Great vid Mitre A

Excellent video, good job!

Thanks, good looking set up!

great one ! Looking forward for next upgrade.

Yeah! Thanks you for this video! I have the same car and i was looking for a solution to raise it! Now i know how! :-)

Looks amazing man!

FANTASTIC, I love driving Foresters (although a WRX owner), great job, love the channel, I'm subbing!

The heavy duty King Springs on the rear are great, made a huge diff to my '03 forester! Now I can load the back cargo plus have my rooftop tent on with only minimal sag, before the sag on the standard rear springs was bringing the whole body down over the top of the wheel.

Great look keep up the great content

looks great!

nice, new episode, waiting for next one :)

Awesome mate! Very helpful! Im currently waiting for my exact same lift to arrive!

Great info !

Great no bullsheet video... well done...

Nice job

nice vid. its cool for someone to finally be putting videos out of the transformation like this, especially since, as to the best of my knowledge, there aren't any others out there.

Hell yeah looks bad ass I want to do that to my Outback

I have a first-generation Forester I thought about lowering it when I first got it but I'm glad I went with lifting on some really nice tires

So badass!!! Excited to see where you go with this. Don't be so timid on the camera. You're doing great.

Glad to see im no the only one going from Coils to "Stock" plus lift on the SG

Sick!!

Waiting for ep3 Show some mudding :D

Wooow dude great job tnx for video! Subaru is awesome!

Thoroughly enjoy your Forester projects. Especially that you are "hands on", DIY and livin the dream. What do you do for a living?

Wow that looks amazing!! Love the custom wheels. Nice vid 👍👍👍

I will get those for mine Forester!

Foz is looking nuts! Looks like a completely new beast now 👍🏻

As a new Forester owner in looking to do some sort of lift kit. This is what I'm looking for in mine. Being a "Car Guy" this looks pretty straight forward project.

NIce works my friends!!!!! I like so much...

Thanks for the video! I know this was a while ago... but do you remember if you just used the factory torque specs for the spacers? some of the longer bolts should use a higher torque?

To start with... this is my Dream Car| wish someday I Tune my own at ma home. This is cool enjoyed the Video clip. Keep uploading more cool videos. Hi 5 for that 😊

Awesome video, super informative. I've been looking at lifting my 2008 forester XT with the 2" front and 3" rear ADF spacer kit and this is exactly the type of video I needed to see to motivate me to do it. I'd really like to do a setup like yours with the heavy duty king springs in the back in addition to the 3" spacers. I was going to stick with the stock struts but maybe I should look into getting some KYB's since I plan to do some off roading with it. What KYB struts did you go with? Do you think they would fit my 2008? Your Forester looks great, man. It's really cool to see it transform.

Hey awesome vid. Thanks. Why do you need the offset? Does it effect handling?

how are the cv's holding up? I wen't with 2" all around because everywhere I read it said more than 2" without lowering the rest of the drivetrain makes for unhappy cv's.

Hey mate, I love the video! You’ve really inspired me to do my own lift kit with new wheels and suspension. The suspension you’re running is exactly what I’m after and I was wondering if you’d be able to link it if you still have it? Thanks heaps in advance!

Nutts!... I couldn't believe how it went from looking so silly to bang-stoked. Great video dude. I could've done with a bit more nuts & bolts but I understand you were dying to get to the end. You guys and your vid's are bona. I'm learning so much before I go fuck my Outback H6 with a dozy lift. I reckon I'll just lift the rear because she's got the saggy-arse Subie look at the mo'. Anyway, keep up the top tips guys. Top form. Looking forward to the next one

From slammed to damn! Looks great

Cool

Good job! We also make a lift kit for Subaru Forester in Ukraine =)

sick built! love it! do i need trailing arm spacers and camber & caster offset correction kit for a 1.5" lift ?

I have those same tires in a 35/12.5/20 on my truck!

Holy shit dude that thing looks sweet as hell🤤

MARAVILLOSO DESDE , CHILE

So nice!

Thanks so much mate. This video inspired me to do this to my 08 foz. I have the exact same lift kit and suspension setup ready to go, about to instal tomorrow! Any tips or obstacles you faced while doing this? I’ve heard the trailing arms can be a pain to get off. Did you need to disconnect the brake line, or sway bars? Thanks!!

Nicely done .new follower

Hey man! Nice job! As I have done this with my Forester also, I would recommend one thing, that are stabilizer links. So I advice to replace them with longer ones, so that they work well. In fact you can remove the rear stabilized at all :-) But if you like to have it you can put these ones, OEM # 56261-EQ000 - Nissan's front stab links - these will fit your rear side, and OEM # 48830-20010 - Old Toyota Caldina's rear stab links, these are for your front. I did this to decrease the tension that occurs on the control arms' brackets.

огонь! =)

ЧЕДКО! WERY GOOD!!!

really want that engine bay mod, what type of gas struts are you using for it? on a different note, love this car so much

Nice job mate - I've got an old 2003 Forester currently sitting out of Rego that I am sorely tempted to do this to - I used have a Land Rover 110, sold long ago now but would love something in between and know how capable my Subie was for many years. Any Aussie forums you can point me to or recommend to get me going? Cheers!

hey bro! been loving your channel lately, i got an 05 xs recently. i want to lift it. it has bc reds coilovers in it right now & i am wondering why people don’t install the lift kit on coilovers? i want to get stuck right into it but i will wait & save some more cash if it is that critical not to do this with coilovers. any advice will be greatly appreciated!

What kind and size of screws goes for swingarm spacer?

Hey man I’ve watched your videos and they are pretty badass. I got a lift kit for my 05 forester xs but I’m not sure if I messed up or not. I have 2inch lift spacers with trailing arms and I got the 1” raised king springs. Do you know if that will work out alright? Should i have just got the oem Kings? I also have the KYB struts too.

Do you have the bottom spring seats on the rear struts?

cant wait to lift my forester

hey man how did you get the front control arms low enough while keeping the cv axle boot in place to align the two bottom strut bolts? Thanks.

Mad bro! Loving your build

Nice job Mitre, I have some questions, I hope you can help me, I planing to do the same on my forester, why do you recommend this lift kit? Besides the kit, it's required others modifications? Thanks

Absolute madlad.

No front end link relocation or lateral link braces? Just got them with my trail arm spacer cuz my kit didn't have one installed with it

How does the big tire effect gearing?

O meu Subaru ficou com as rodas aberto depois que eu elevei a suspensão, acho que faltou a outra peça

What size tires? 215 75 r15? (27.7 8.5 r15) but you also said 29inch. loved this vid and the one with you smashing other 4bys the mud

Was It purposely done to not Install The King Springs for The front struts for better articulation?

What springs should I use for the front lift i'm completing a similar build for my Subaru forester my06? Thanks great videos

3" in the rear... that's nuts.. those CV's are gonna hurt

Hey mate. I know it's been a while since you posted this but I hope you still read the comments and can help me. I'm doing this lift and strut replacement at the moment. With the KYB struts with the flats on the end of the piston rod, how did you stop the piston rid from spinning while torquing up the strut mount nut? Thanks for the great videos!

Does anyone know how much ground clearance there is with this lift to the diff?

you have a kit for an outback 2017? can you ship to Hawaii? mahalo

Very good job, can you guide me where to buy these parts for the lift kit?

Nice video!!

Made it look easy! Dude wanted $99/hr x 3 hrs to do the job.

No mention of brake lines or potential tyre clearance issues?? Love the end result, looks great.

Hey, did your rear king/Kyb struts have the lower spring insulation rubber piece?

Will this fit my 2003 Subaru Forester? Also is there any links to were u bought this ? Thanks again the video was great!

Where did you get that grill, it's nice?

Looks absolutely hardcore dude !!! Great idea to change your Forester from low to high ;-) Those tires look killer!!!

I tried to install a 2 inch lift by myself. I put the back spacers and trailing arms spacers no problem. But when I tried doing the same on the front I simply couldn't fit the strut back in. So I pushed the axle down to get the strut to fit inside and accidentally my CV joint fell apart. It just came apart with the boot. I pushed it back in and put the stock clamp back. It lost some grease but the car drives nornaly... Am I going to need new CV axle after that or am I going to be fine ?

did you just get the spacers or did you get the full kit?

Brasil 👍

I’m ordering the 2.5/3” combo too from subiliftoz. What are the parts for the shockers?

Where in Aus can i get those gas struts for the bonnet for an 07 foz?

can you pls link down the website where you get your wheels and spacers

hermosa y hermoso sonido

i know this is an old video, but i am genuinely curious as to why you didn't do it with the Bc coilovers??? can't you raise them to factory height and then put the spacer on them? then you would have good spring rates/capacity.

Hey man, I got a 2005 I wanna get it lifted but only 2” in the rear. Would I still need rear trailing arm spacers as well? What’s the highest can you go without using the arm spacers? And have you had any problems caused by the lift kit at all since you’ve done it? Thanks

How long did it take to get your order and where are they coming from?

Where are you in Vic dude? I just bought an XT and currently getting the Subie lift kit made.

Nice. What is the name of the tires and rim?And size/offset of tires and rim?I couldn't hear you in the video.

Need to find a leveling kit for a Chevy 2020 traverse can you help

I have a 2004 Toyota Highlander, pretty sure they are basically the same car, you think the lift would work on the Highlander platform?

What about rear wheels angle? Did you brought special screw ?

💪 SUBARU

Did you need to replace the struts and springs with this build? I'm doing a 2" front, 2.5" rear on a 2004 Forester. I'm not sure if I should stick with stock struts and springs for now or if I need to also get the struts and springs.

I just bought an SG forester ! Can you still use the factory struts or do you need to get the new ones? Thanks.

Is it necessary to replace the shocks? Can the lift kit be installed with the stock ones?

I was just wondering for your front strut top mounts do they wobble a bit on the mount? Because mine wobble a bit and I wasnt sure if its because the top center bolt is not tight enough on the strut?

Where you in Rubicon yesterday?