# 2.5RS winter beater build **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912 "2009-12-08T14:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/21 "2009-12-12T06:26:07Z")
> [@praxair.... on fire?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/praxair-on-fire/27146/22): > > you fail > > 1700 > [http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1489798659.html](http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/1489798659.html) > > 4500 > [http://nwct.craigslist.org/cto/1502320388.html](http://nwct.craigslist.org/cto/1502320388.html) > > 10!!! what a steal!! :rofl > [http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/1475466729.html](http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/1475466729.html) Autos are dirt cheap. I guess if you have a vagina the cars are pretty affordable. LOL, and you posted another with a blown motor and another with 150k miles… and then a completely different generation 4 door. NICE ---
**Author:** ![justin2386](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin2386/32/6496_2.png) [@justin2386](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justin2386)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/22 "2009-12-13T22:28:18Z")
haha the last one was a joke…and i noticed that they were autos…i was just being a wise ass…lol ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/23 "2010-01-10T20:34:15Z")
Houston we have a problem. ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/garageandparts252.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/garageandparts252.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/24 "2010-01-11T11:08:57Z")
do I see a bent lateral link? 🤣rofl:rofl ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/25 "2010-01-11T13:17:07Z")
i dont see a thing… :banghead ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/26 "2010-01-11T15:09:21Z")
> [@:tdown: to Mike Smith GMC/Buick/Pontiac](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tdown-to-mike-smith-gmc-buick-pontiac/28128/304): > > i dont see a thing… :banghead ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/garageandparts249.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/b/db614196a3c1a8613eb725da8a4021bc38b74bd1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/27 "2010-01-11T15:20:26Z")
i see it now!!! damn no good! ---
**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/28 "2010-01-11T15:23:38Z")
What size tire are you running on the winter wheels??? car looks awesome btw! ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/29 "2010-01-11T15:26:01Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/4603): > > What size tire are you running on the winter wheels??? car looks awesome btw! Something huge like 225/60/16. I got them pretty cheap on forester wheels before last winter and despite some rubbing they’ve treated me quite well. ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/30 "2010-01-11T17:33:53Z")
> [@NEWS : New BMW CS debuts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/news-new-bmw-cs-debuts/28240/2): > > Something huge like 225/60/16. I got them pretty cheap on forester wheels before last winter and despite some rubbing they’ve treated me quite well. I have 235 winters and they suck, so sloppy :rofl I’m going with studded 205’s next year. Good times will ensue. ---
**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/31 "2010-01-11T18:20:38Z")
> [@NEWS : New BMW CS debuts](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/news-new-bmw-cs-debuts/28240/2): > > Something huge like 225/60/16. I got them pretty cheap on forester wheels before last winter and despite some rubbing they’ve treated me quite well. Haha nice, I’m hoping to pick up some 215/60/16s soon for my impreza ---
**Author:** ![crAppAchic0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crappachic0/32/6306_2.png) [@crAppAchic0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crAppAchic0)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/32 "2010-01-11T21:05:53Z")
ah, on the 15" alloys from the older Legacy L models - you can run nokian’s in a 185/65/15 studded snow! (But they don’t clear Brembo’s) ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/33 "2010-01-19T13:05:30Z")
So I spent a coupe days last week trying to pull apart the hub. For those of you who have never worked on subarus the hub is connected to the rear subframe by two lateral links. I broke the one all the way in the back. Where these links get connected to the hub its a 10" long bolt that goes through all three. The problem is, they never come out. here is a picture to better explain it: ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/GC8-and-GDB-and-GG-LRG.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Mafdark/GC8-and-GDB-and-GG-LRG.jpg) So after I tried to loosen every other bolt only to find that they were ALL stuck. I reassembled it and brought it to the shop across the street from my garage for them to pull it all apart with a torch. Since they were taking it apart I just had them put the new parts on for me which included a $21 10" bolt, and $110 lateral link. The car drives fine now, but I’m also going to have to pick up the cam bolt, washer and nut, that connects the lateral link to the subframe since I smashed it up too much with a hammer. I also intend on pulling it all back apart to put some anti-seize inside the bushings. ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/34 "2010-01-25T09:49:36Z")
> [@AKA Rally 2007 - Salt Lake City to Atlantic City](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aka-rally-2007-salt-lake-city-to-atlantic-city/28464/18): > > So I spent a coupe days last week trying to pull apart the hub. For those of you who have never worked on subarus the hub is connected to the rear subframe by two lateral links. I broke the one all the way in the back. Where these links get connected to the hub its a 10" long bolt that goes through all three. The problem is, they never come out. > > here is a picture to better explain it: > > So after I tried to loosen every other bolt only to find that they were ALL stuck. I reassembled it and brought it to the shop across the street from my garage for them to pull it all apart with a torch. Since they were taking it apart I just had them put the new parts on for me which included a $21 10" bolt, and $110 lateral link. > > The car drives fine now, but I’m also going to have to pick up the cam bolt, washer and nut, that connects the lateral link to the subframe since I smashed it up too much with a hammer. I also intend on pulling it all back apart to put some anti-seize inside the bushings. Yeah, that long bolt with any bend to it is not going to come out easily huh? Thanks for sharing the picture, I didn’t know what the suspension linkage looked like on the Subarus. Looks like the lower arm is in a higher location than other cars’ lower arms (maybe a nod to more suspension travel?) plus you have the driveshaft is right there so you kind of have to use two separate links huh? ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912/35 "2010-01-25T14:42:39Z")
> [@Just a cool pic (Lotus @ track)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-a-cool-pic-lotus-track/28717/4): > > Yeah, that long bolt with any bend to it is not going to come out easily huh? Thanks for sharing the picture, I didn’t know what the suspension linkage looked like on the Subarus. Looks like the lower arm is in a higher location than other cars’ lower arms (maybe a nod to more suspension travel?) plus you have the driveshaft is right there so you kind of have to use two separate links huh? I don’t think that bolt ever bends, but between some corrosion and whatever the black magic that makes rubber bushings grab onto bolts and never let go (same on Honda lower control arms) you pretty much have no choice but to cut it out. The suspension geometry is the subaru is a little different than I’m used to primarily because of how important the strut is. If its bent or out of order at all everything else is completely screwed up. This is in contrast to the honda setup where the shock only really effects ride height and to some extent camber. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2-5rs-winter-beater-build/248912.md?page=1)