Rally xB, not so Rally anymore
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Originally Posted by rallying_the_scion
DANG, youve done your research ,lol. . . .
My skid plate is made of 1/16 stainless steel, VERY HARD to work with. I attached mine to the 2 bolts holding the platic straps to the ground effects. . . . Where did you get the other pic of the roll cage, i would like to get more if i could. . .
My skid plate is made of 1/16 stainless steel, VERY HARD to work with. I attached mine to the 2 bolts holding the platic straps to the ground effects. . . . Where did you get the other pic of the roll cage, i would like to get more if i could. . .
Thanks. I have been modifying vehicles ever since my first car. The metal, purchased from a local industrial metal supply distributor, is hardened diamond tread aluminum and is easy to work with. It can be cut with a saws-all, but is strong enough to support a lot of weight. The hardened aluminum doesn’t bend, it flexes to the point of breaking, then shears off in chunks. It's very solid and does not have a tinny sound.
My real world tests have proven it to support the front weight of my old Subaru (about 1000 lbs) and to survive an impact with small log in the road at 45 Mph.
To date I have made "Rally" version of my cars as:
SubaDoo : My rally-ready 92 Subaru Loyale
Complete with- 2 tone paint job, push bar, fog lights, rock slider bars, and skid plates...
All-Road Quest : My 96 off-road Nissan minivan
Complete with- bug shield, painted bumpers, push bar, fog lights, sub frame connectors, uniframe braces, a-arm rock deflectors, and skid plates...
Now it's time for the xB!
As for the roll-cage, it is from Glen Maurer's xB.
His web-site is here...
http://www.highonscion.com
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nice Loyale , i like it, looks rally ready for sure.
Ive impacted into a ditch at about 25-30 MPH, still holding on the car somehow, lol.
I took the pics and about to eamil them, if you want a certain angle just ask, and ill try my best to that angle.
Ive impacted into a ditch at about 25-30 MPH, still holding on the car somehow, lol.
I took the pics and about to eamil them, if you want a certain angle just ask, and ill try my best to that angle.
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Originally Posted by rallying_the_scion
nice Loyale , i like it, looks rally ready for sure. . .
Ive impacted into a ditch at about 25-30 MPH, still holding on the car somehow, lol. . ..
Ive impacted into a ditch at about 25-30 MPH, still holding on the car somehow, lol. . ..
*grin*
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Originally Posted by rallying_the_scion
Id like to see that entire front kit, id buy.
Rallyxb, NICE, never thought of a rally minivan, truly creative, i like!!
Rallyxb, NICE, never thought of a rally minivan, truly creative, i like!!
It was really funny to see how easily it kept up with the bulky, cumbersome 4WD vehicles on all the back roads. It's amazing what kind of traction (and awesome drifting) you can get from a minivan with good set of snow tires on dirt and gravel roads.
It was a lot of fun.
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YES!
THAT IS SWEET! 
First post, only had my xb about a month, and when I talk about lifting and the like I get the weirdest stares from the dealer. This is SO what I want to go towards - just tonight on the way home I was stuck in traffic in the medical center when an ambulance comes up behind - crawling through idiots who just sit there - I pulled up on the median, duh, someone might be dieing... rallydude, I'd really like to see this in person, I'm real interested in no skirts and the like, my last car (saturn station wagon) got great mileage (29+ till the day it was totalled, forcing this purchase) but was so low to the ground it scraped some speedbumps. Super work, bBs can be tough too!
First post, only had my xb about a month, and when I talk about lifting and the like I get the weirdest stares from the dealer. This is SO what I want to go towards - just tonight on the way home I was stuck in traffic in the medical center when an ambulance comes up behind - crawling through idiots who just sit there - I pulled up on the median, duh, someone might be dieing... rallydude, I'd really like to see this in person, I'm real interested in no skirts and the like, my last car (saturn station wagon) got great mileage (29+ till the day it was totalled, forcing this purchase) but was so low to the ground it scraped some speedbumps. Super work, bBs can be tough too!
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Re: rally the xB
Originally Posted by rallying_the_scion
thought Id share a few pics of my xB going rally. A few extrior mods, looks pretty good after lots of metal working.
Not feeling the brush bar or seeing the point of it and all the lights, but I'll give you an A+ for creativity. Go you!
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Do you have something against vehicles that are already built for this purpose and have AWD and will do a much better job of off-roading and rough roading than a street car with some silly mods?
Just curious because you know you are destroying the resale value of your cars. It takes more than a skidplate and a brushbar to make something off-road/rough road ready. The rest of the car, suspension etc are not built to withstand the abuse and without AWD it's kind of useless.
You strike me as a guy in desperate need of a Subaru.
Drop all those silly projects and just get yourself a nice Forester. It will do 10x better as a "rally car" than anything you can cobble together out of a Japanese city car because Subaru knows rally racing and they engineer their cars for that from the ground up. You'll get a full warranty and the piece of mind of knowing you can take rough roads at 45 mph bouncing over mudholes and your car will not get stuck and it won't fall apart after 2 years. Any xB subjected to the kind of use a Forester is DESIGNED for will be ready for the scraphead in a couple of years. No amount of tacked on skidplates and foglight laden brushbars will change that.
Originally Posted by rallying_the_scion
Thanks. I have been modifying vehicles ever since my first car. The metal, purchased from a local industrial metal supply distributor, is hardened diamond tread aluminum and is easy to work with. It can be cut with a saws-all, but is strong enough to support a lot of weight. The hardened aluminum doesn’t bend, it flexes to the point of breaking, then shears off in chunks. It's very solid and does not have a tinny sound.
My real world tests have proven it to support the front weight of my old Subaru (about 1000 lbs) and to survive an impact with small log in the road at 45 Mph.
My real world tests have proven it to support the front weight of my old Subaru (about 1000 lbs) and to survive an impact with small log in the road at 45 Mph.
Just curious because you know you are destroying the resale value of your cars. It takes more than a skidplate and a brushbar to make something off-road/rough road ready. The rest of the car, suspension etc are not built to withstand the abuse and without AWD it's kind of useless.
You strike me as a guy in desperate need of a Subaru.
Drop all those silly projects and just get yourself a nice Forester. It will do 10x better as a "rally car" than anything you can cobble together out of a Japanese city car because Subaru knows rally racing and they engineer their cars for that from the ground up. You'll get a full warranty and the piece of mind of knowing you can take rough roads at 45 mph bouncing over mudholes and your car will not get stuck and it won't fall apart after 2 years. Any xB subjected to the kind of use a Forester is DESIGNED for will be ready for the scraphead in a couple of years. No amount of tacked on skidplates and foglight laden brushbars will change that.
