Recent content by Slippery Chuck

Glad to help! The side covers turned out better than I thought they would. Just a little extra protection from rouge sticks and rocks.

Ahhh right sorry about that. I forgot I did two different bumpers over the years. So the first one was with the complete cut all the way across. I did that thinking I needed to in order to not scrape. I think it looked pretty silly with the lower radiator and framing exposed but it worked. I...

Long time no talk! To trim the bumper I used a Dremel with an 1-1/2" cutting wheel. It makes a mess and burrs up the cut edge pretty good but I didn't experiment with other methods. It cleaned up pretty good with a knife and sandpaper. After I got the cut edge cleaned up I capped it with this...

Not exactly. That was 6 years ago and I haven't had the Forester for 2 years now. Roughly though, the unistrut was around 24" long (I think it was 1-5/8" strut). And the arms that supported the lights were probably 8"-10" long.

The unistrut sat on top of the metal crash bar and was secured with bolts vertically through the crash bar. I believe there were already holes in the crash bar that I used. I don't have pictures of that setup unfortunately.

For sale is my 2018 Forester 2.5i Premium with a 6-speed manual transmission. I purchased it brand new in November of 2017 and have put 54,600 miles on it. This has been my offroad and camping vehicle for the past 5 years so it has its fair share of trail scars. Aside from the pinstripes, armor...

Gray, I apologize for the very late response! The sky box is pretty much on top fill time these days unless I need to transport 2 kayaks. It's more practical for storing dirty items like traction boards, used clothes/towels, etc. I don't even have the DIY cage anymore. I appreciate the interest...

Thanks Graybaker! It's 70" long , 54" wide at rear doors / 42" wide at rear wheels, and between 29" and 31" of vertical space.

I work for a company that laser scans buildings so I borrowed the scanned for the weekend. Then I modeled everything in Revit with the architecture tools.

Overall dimensions are 4'-4" x 5'-10". My Forester is a 2018

For a while I had the rear seats removed to gain more storage space but this took away a flat surface if I wanted to sleep in my car. First I 3D scanned the Forester then modeled a platform with hatches to access my gear underneath. The frame is made out of 2x2's and the top is 1/2" plywood...

Will do!

Hard to say if it's the same trail or not. I took that photo last fall. I might take a trip down there one weekday this week.

Glad to see you're putting time in to explore the area. I made it thru one of those old roads that couldn't have been used for at least 40 years. Just wide enough for my Forester to fit. Probably the roughest section I've found around there although it's a short trail. I attached a photo of the...