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Originally Posted by American Jarred
Subarus do well where most don't think they will. I had a 2012 WRX on summer tires and drove around in 30 inches of fresh snow and was kinda shocked I didn't get stuck. I live in long Island where they don't plow unless it's a weekday for the most part so it was chaos for everyone else!
I'll definitely look into the Michelin Defenders and I appreciate the response. Are you on stock wheels? I was thinking about painting or powder coating the stock wheels, but it's going to cost me $600 on the low end so I'd rather just put that towards new wheels.
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The TB is my wife's car. We had a B9 before it. I had an H6 Outback with a 2" lift at one point and a 95 Legacy wagon before it. My H6 OB saw more trails than most Offroad Edition 4R on this site ever will lol.
Yeah, stock wheels. All my upgrades are strictly functional. I will confess that I have looked into wheels for a second set of tires. I had two sets for the OB. But I don't want two sets again so unless I decide I really want a set of MTs, I will stick with a single set.
Stiffening the suspension and using a 1" lift with 3/16 steel armor all underneath is more than enough for all difficult trails I care to drive all the while street manners are WAY ahead of stock. I use stock size tires, too, and if I move to a full 32 it will be due to the specific choices in 255 75 17 than to the size per se. The suspension works so well, I don't feel any need to compensate for a 1" lift via wider track. Nor do I feel I am limited in any way offfroad until we start comparing vs people running 34" tires and full aftermarket bumpers. But offroading a Subaru was a great school.
With the suspension upgrade, I no longer miss the H6 Outback on dirt roads BUT there is no question about its performance on road in mountains vs the 4Runner. This is another reason I stick to stock size and relatively light weight tires. I don't want to know how a 4R with 57lb tires feels in CO nor do I care to re-gear or go the full trail rig route.
For wheels, this site ran crazy discounts last Aug-Sep:
Buy Auto Parts & Custom Car Community | Wheelwell
Lots of people bought so it seems legit. I almost pulled the trigger on a set of Methods at 50% off!
