I thought I’d make a dedicated thread to the outlander sport build. I didn’t want to fill up the welcome area with updates!
My wife and I have slowly been turning our 2012 Outlander Sport into a light over landing rig. It all happened in April on our way to Austin Texas when we hit a deer off the I-10. It destroyed the front bumper cover, radiator, condenser and bent the front frame ever so slightly, but we made it back home fine luckily... A few months prior I sold my 06 Xterra that was built up with 33’s, bumpers, lights, etc...and really missed having a trail worthy, rugged vehicle! So we said F it and skipped the insurance claim and began cutting and fabricating.
Stock back in 2013
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First was removing the messed up bumper and fixing the internals!
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Next up was to build a bumper to at least drive around and still get out on the trails.
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From there we decided to with a light bar, shovel mount and beefed up the bumper some more along with some vinyl work.
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It was then time for new tires and scored a set of 15” American racing rims and 235/75-15’s. The 28.5” tires were needing more room so we decided to cut the fenders and go with some fender flares! That black patch is to cover a big crack from hitting the deer.
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I have always had a obsession for snorkels and of course the outlander sport has NOTHING in terms of off-road parts or much for that matter. So decided to get a cheap-o Jeep snorkel and went to town [emoji1598] along with installing a roof top box for our move back to WA!
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After getting to WA the mods slowed down a bit and did a lot of catching up on being outdoors and camping!
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I’ve been after a tire carrier and wanted to hack some more $hit up so chopped the rear bumper and started a tire carrier!
