Not gonna lie, you should've just skipped out on the storage in the back. It is unrelated to your video. Nobody wants to hear you say to get rid of that styrofoam compartment man. It's useless to you but to the men who don't carry around a bunch of toys, those compartments make GREAT fishing storage, pistol storage, that spare tire port makes a great place for an ice box or anything but video games that don't even function with the vehicle. I just really did not get that part of the video. I must say man, that triggered the heck outta me. I don't hate you for it, I just wish I didn't see that because it made me lose respect for your opinion on anything really. You gained a little more respect back when you said you took part in a fix for the rattling on lift kits at that sweet spot. I will say though, those mods were definitely garbage. Those 111 dislikes were because you stored toys in the back dude. Nobody wants to see that junk in a Subaru. They wanna see camping, fishing and hunting gear or at the least, racing stuff or speaker mods. Stuff that relates to the car.
Check out the directors cut. (: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6-cBnIe3pd4.html&ab_channel=bruceyyyyy Also, this is my new favorite comment. I pin all my favorite comments. Congratulations!
I think you’re being too critical honestly his hobbies apparently are different than yours, expand your mind a little bit, don’t fit everything in a box !
Carabiner clips are great to clip my baseball cap to the headrest post since I can never can find my cap when I take them off. They always fall on the floor or get lost under the seat.
Good idea for a challenge Frenemy!!! Geez! Now that I think of it, I've done all sorts of free mods to the Passport. 1.) Cut the metal wheel well to fit larger tires 2.) removed the donut to use it as storage space 3.) made head boards to create a sleeping platform 4.) bolted cargo carrier directly to my cross bars 5.) special storage area behind the rear seats. Maybe Donald can do a triple threat challenge to Myself, MitreA (ignition offroad), and Alnsm overland. I have no idea who I could challenge next though, haha! If I receive the challenge, I guess I'll just have to send it to Ronny Dahl or Trail Recon!! LOL
@@JonDZ_Adventuring I thought about challenging you but I don't challenge traitors! Need to get brains in on the mix. Highjack seems to have been absent lately. That's really all I could think of besides the ones you've already named. There has to be more out there, right?
Hi Bruceyyyyy, Great video and helpful tips. Number 5 really threw me off and is hands down the most unlikely and conincidental scenario to happen while viewing youtube videos. I am also in Morgantown. LOL. Yeah I know it's not as amazing as it seems but sometimes it's the little things. Glad I went down this Subaru mod rabbit hole. You wouldn't happen to be the fella that was selling that lifted beast off of Collins Ferry? LOL>
A counterpoint to Bruce's assertion that the tray in the back is useless: When I remove mine, I hear a LOT more on-pavement road noise. The first time I did it I thought I'd accidentally left one of the rear doors cracked open. It may bother some less than others, of course.
I would imagine most people who remove the foam, replace it with other stuff, thereby deadening the sound. Unlike the video, I can see the majority of people will stuff the space with soft stuff for camping.
Possibly, yeah. I've got the former spare wheel space filled with a mix of hard and soft stuff, all wrapped in a wool blanket to minimize movement and rattle. But I think Bruce was right; It's likely a combination of all three things (foam, deck, and rubber mat) that deaden the noise. I had them all out when I experienced it, but assumed the foam was doing the bulk of the work.
@@Fingerprintguy I wanted something funny to use as a measurement instead of just saying "You get X cubic inches more space" I don't really drive around with SNES versions of Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 3 in the back. Originally I was going to have a pile of guns but then I thought that might be offensive to some to have 20-30 guns in the trunk so I went with something less controversial.
Mod 1.5- use end link of tie down directly which is designed to take load unlike cheap garbage “non-load bearing” carabiner. Mod 2.5 Put spare tire, jack and tire iron in compartment. Replace foam support so floor doesn’t cave in when you put items in cargo area.
I've tried with just connecting the ratchet strap directly but the size of the hook is too big to fit in the latch. Also the floor hasn't caved in and I use this thing as a work truck often.
1.5 - You and your logical, rational mind aren't welcome round these parts. 2.5 - Ditto - but it would only be an insanely heavy and narrow object to possibly threaten the load area floor panel. Also, what place other than the spare wheel well, is there? Throw the spare up on the roof? Nope - putting approx 30kg up high is a bad choice, for about 5 different obvious reasons. Where else - strapped to bonnet, like a Landrover on safari?
Thanks bubby! I thought you had a great idea by starting a challenge chain on the top 5 love video. Thought this was a cool concept beyond love/hate. Easy/cheap mods for people who want better for their ride.
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That's very interesting re the lumbar supports, thanks for the tip, I may have to start modifying the driver's seat on my 2004 JDM Legacy B4 50th Anniversary twin scroll for long journey comfort!
@@bruceyyyyy behind the driver seat is really going to cramp the kids legroom... It's also going to make it much harder to fold the rear seat down. The headrests barely clear as it is.
I made and sold several hundred patch leads, for only a few bucks I wasn't making a profit or anything, cut to the exact length, with the correct pin for the wiring harness and right sized 'O' type connector to neatly wire to the nearest earth point to "unlock" the head unit while driving for two or three years when the Gen V Liberty/Legacy was released. I got so tired of it I simply made a "How- To" step by step .pdf and posted it to the Subaru forum I was a member of at the time. It'll be on the web somewhere still I'd imagine if anyone is looking to do this essential life hack.
I hate it that my wife can't input address while I'm driving. How do you disconnect the vehicle speed sensor wire? On a side note. When I first got my new Samsung cellphone 10 I connected it to the USB, the stupid LINK thing came on I was able to see the window and functions in it. I had drive off and use my phone for navigation because we were in a hurry. I don't know what I did, but I could not duplicate it. Has this happened to anyone?
Tip #1 is not such a good idea. Not for station wagon in general. Because you will have your exhaust gasses inside the passengers room. Okay if you are driving outside the city it will be fine but if in dense traffic and traffic light all that stuff, you better don't do this with rear cover open. I am sorry man!
Some people have left it out. Some have extended the adjustment range by adding a ring. I put a piece of pipe insulation in it's place. Still have lumbar adjustment on the driver seat.
I have to mod my 2015 3.6r with a new alternator. It seems at 41,000 miles mine has died. Thanks to having a radar detector that displays voltage I noticed the situation before I got stranded somewhere. Kinda weird how it started off at 14.1 volts and when the rpms came up above idle it would drop to 11.8 volts. I’m guessing the voltage regulator has failed.
I think it's possible that the voltage drop is Subaru attempting to eek out some MPG by lowering alternator draw. I think there is a programming update available to remove that 'feature' as well. My alternator is factory at 60k miles now. So is everything on the car minus the front end links.
@@bruceyyyyy Anything is possible but I would have to wonder what lowering the voltage down to 11.8 is doing to the sensitive electronics like the engine managment systems and the EyeSight system.
That trans mount stiffener,looks soft/rubbery. Hows it work? I had one of the hard ones and it transferred vibration like hell into the cab,I got rid of it.
@@bruceyyyyy I know this is an older topic, but could you go now into detail how this works? I'm having a hard time to get my Android Auto to even work, much less play videos when parked it waiting to pick up someone, etc. I have a 2019 Outback Premium if that helps.
Yeah, great idea. Ditch your spare, and jack so you can haul video games under your floor... for why? This is only practical if you have your spare and jack mounted elsewhere.
