2010 Subaru Forester XT Rig Walk Around

[@HudsonZRoamer]

Thanks for having me guys, humbled to be a part of the community.

[@alexstern3583]

FozRoamer _ Sickest offroad Subaru I've seen

[@dylbot2364]

one of the coolest overland rigs ive seen for sure!

[@HardEnduro8]

FozRoamer very nice rig. It gets old seeing jeeps all the time. good job on this build.

[@kennethparker7198]

great vid! this is my inspiration for my 2014 Forester XT. About to order the king springs and the spacers. Your front and rear bumpers are awesome! I might have found a local guy here in San Diego for the front and rear bumpers, if not I'll have to contact the guys that did yours. Thanks for taking the time to do this video guys! I can't stop watching it :)

[@ronaldo9dah]

Very cool everything is costume and i like the personal to it, great build!

[@singletrackftw]

By far, the coolest Forester I've ever seen

[@cheap_4runnertn790]

Haters gonna hate, but simply a bad ass build. Well done. Love it!

[@Vera-xu3xw]

I carry a $30 cooler and a 3x4 grid for cooking on ground fire, cost under $50. Knife on my side and the wood I cut for my fire is also my cutting board. 2 cast iron skillets also double as my plate. French Press for my coffee Couple cups and set of 6 forks That leaves me a lot of extra space for BEER I like to camp when I camp.

[@wsigona]

What a cool vehicle. I love the rear storage drawer systems. It's good to see more manufactures jumping into the market here in the USA.

[@edgardoamado7008]

A lifted subi with AT tires = perfect daily driver ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@subiiegaming8372]

Subies can do anything, that's why I love them

[@hickboy360]

I'm glad I found this channel. Up until 3 years ago I never called it overlanding, I apparently been doing it my entire life, but never called it overlanding. My dad always called it 4x4 camping where it would be us in a half ton ford with a slide in bed camper and driving old mine and logging trails in the Canadian Rockies. Thats a sweet subaru build.

[@derrickquintal]

ADF is the absolute boss for off road Subaru builds!!!! Patrick's design and quality is unmatched.

[@Kermannator]

Love it! A few of us Foz owners over here have been drooling over Herman for some time. I got a similar model (same colour too :-) ), lightly modded for offroading - also running Kings, AT tyres, some underbody protection and a Mishi radiator. Also have a home-made roof rack with Jerries and an extra spare tyre. She's done a few really cool trips, among others a 6,000km trip through Namibia. Such a good all-rounder!

[@TobyCostaRica]

C Ackermann kings?! What size? 2”

[@calvinhorton7805]

I'm actually in love with that FJ60 in the back.

[@hootsmagoon]

What about a walk around of that FJ60??? Wow that truck is freaking gorgeous.

[@johnathansmith3819]

Harley... You and your Subaru had me salivating all over the keyboard! Congrats, buddy! One thing you did not mention (and I believe it's extremely important) is the armouring of the body's underneath. The CV ad their boots, the engine's oil pan and transmission's are all very exposed. I would suggest a couple of re-bars from front cross member to oil pan's location, reinforced by another two or three cross re-bars, all welded, and a plastic (ABS) sheet to keep the engine's temp to be swept in winter time, dropping the engine's overall temp. Loved your Led's! Again, congrats.

[@HudsonZRoamer]

I do have the underneath covered just didn't mention it in the video.

[@wilderrick2042]

Absolutely love your build, refreshing to see something else than just a standard Jeep/Tacoma build-out.

[@thepassionofthegoose5472]

This thing transcends ridiculousness. I love it.

[@orlandomartinez4031]

one of my favorite rigs

[@danstrausbaugh6430]

That kitchen is so well thought out ...absolutely love the bumpers The 2 things to make this 99% ( in my humble opinion) would be a roof tent and solar shower both of those items would make this over the top ... What is your ground clearance? What size tires? ... This mini beast is so freakin tuff lookin and probably gets around 20 mpg !!! Too cool !!!

[@jsjrspivey]

I love Subaru they set the standard for how all cars should be built

[@SuperMafioBrother]

Thanks a lot for doing the walkaround of your rig. I have been following you on IG for a while and while your posts are great, it's awesome to finally get a bit more in-depth with such an extensive video!

[@exploremaine5394]

thanks for all of the great ideas!

[@hanifaryo2303]

very aesthetically pleasing

[@dogsbyfire]

Incredibly awesome rig! Very imaginative. I love my Subaru, too.

[@bumndrass]

Love it! It's also hard to find this stuff living in Australia, so we'll done!

[@vibarra1981]

Great Rig, here in the US is hard some times to fit with something different than a Jeep, so is great seen you guys open for all kind of rigs out there....

[@halfawhiteguy3145]

like that front bumper and winch setup

[@tkalyvas]

Great Foz u 've got there!! Beautiful in all a aspects!! Well done man and thanks for sharing !!!

[@JustBeAdude]

That is an excellent little go everywhere set up.

[@BreeElfy]

Super cool rig! What an inspiration. I've got an XV which I've done a few things to. People are surprised what these Subies can do.

[@coreyhamilton6485]

Sick Rig

[@moes_film]

i don't understand 80 percent of what you guys are talking about but this rig looks badass

[@niclucca7104]

Awesome vid. I could see me in the background.

[@joeventers6292]

So rad.

[@AZTLANSOLDIER13]

Love these outside the box rings. Real cool

[@NathanNostaw]

Looks well set up and a lot of thought to get to this stage. I'd be happy to bash about in this.

[@JP_MotoEspresso]

The subaru offroad movement is definitely getting bigger because Im now getting one.

[@Soul-Mind888]

Congratulations with your ads🎉full support.. That Subaru 😮wow ready for adventure ❤ Sending my love ❤

[@briansmobile1]

Great rig- thanks for sharing this. My bugeye front bumper is shot from running in the desert and is too low for the snow I drive in too. I'm thinking to go this direction. Would love to have seen a link for ADF in the description. I did find it anyway.

[@pizeblu]

Did you find a link for the bumper?

[@PlanetX87]

Man, that is one cool ride. Diggin it!

[@psillyme1]

Nice rig. I'm looking at replacing my springs with kings. I gain 1.5" for my car (2007 OBXT). The tires added half an inch alone. It's a friggin rally vehicle! It's made to go off road! Subie FTW.

[@gasperajdnik5627]

Greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮😎

[@qwiswaz9774]

whoa buddy that is an awesome fozzy!

[@lloydsmith4291]

Very well thought out design.

[@aussiesoulsurfer553]

Old vid but still great to watch

[@bmbrabus]

Awesome setup! My brother was planning on making his Forester into an overland right, but it had some early mechanical issues and sold it.

[@rebman5150]

Bad ass rig. Love it.

[@bmbrabus]

Please add the links to the fabricators and of whom made your kitchen as well... Cheers!

[@personlikeu]

I love it! Only changes I would make would be to get weight off the rear bar. Maxtraxs on the roof and ditch the carrier, put a 12v pump water tank on the floor behind front seats and ditch the rear water jerry, and turn gas jerry sideways). That would probably get about 70 pounds off the rear bar and really improve weight distribution.

[@jamysonpaquin6858]

Where would you put the full size spare? Only asking because I have a full size spare that is currently floating in the hatch.. trying to figure out what I am going to do with it as a permanent solution. Cheers man, like you’re ideas for sure

[@jonathanconley1960]

Sweet rig and applaud the attention to detail and uniqueness of the build. How about a segment on the Woody Cruiser behind it?

[@DJChrisArgueta]

@3:24, they’ve moved since then. They’re in Upland now.

[@vonguido1]

a unicorn in the open!

[@danieljohn589]

So true about Australia having lots of manufacturers, Subie's are the best down here in Australia. Some very nicely modded Outback's and older Foresters that are truly set up for VERY rough Australian Outback tracks. Thanks for the great video, brilliant rig, attempting to do so with my Outback right now, thankfully down under its a touch easier, but still expensive and more difficult than if the same mods were done to a Landcruiser and so on. Brilliant brilliant cars, so capable. Just one question. Have 2 inch strut lift on 05 Outback with BG Goodrich KO2's. I've been warned against King Spring lift due to problems aligning wheels and angles and so on. What issues have you had and where have you changed things so issues don't come up? After all, I'm running about 70mm at the moment almost 80mm in rear, but another half inch from springs would be awesome ONLY is safely viable! Let me know, cheers! Daniel.

[@d.w.j.1114]

Daniel V - wish someone would have left a reply for you as I'm planning to lift my Forester and was planning on going with King Springs.

[@Klocaine237]

love the video super informational. awesome sauce

[@simonbroddle754]

Got a turbo diesel Forester in the UK and love this one. Really like the LED's in the tailgate, that looks very neat. The boxer engine and drive train is amazing. I'd love a low range but that looked like Australia only option. Problem with the UK is the National Forests all charge for overnight and camping anywhere. It's not easy to camp as we have no BLM land. Everywhere is manicured camping with fees to match. Even standard Foresters have a "presence".

[@Anthonysan86]

I seen this video once years ago, was hoping to get into a Subaru for off-roading, and haven’t, I have a 99 2wd frontier who’s gotten me in some cool spots, now I’m getting out of the import scene and probably gunna go Subaru for sure this time. Lots of love

[@tsingson9618]

This is Awesome. He reminds me of Big Chief from Street Outlaws also. In a completely opposite way.

[@journey_boundYT]

Forester are the best soccer mum car for offroad and no others compare . They have the best AWD system there is . Ill stick with my 80 series tho hehe . Great Subaru mate

[@jaimeerratchou919]

Hello, congratulations, very creative, and also lover of the subaru. Greetings from conception Chile

[@mannyillana8706]

am inspired to do the same on my Foz same as this

[@johnsauceda6783]

I live in San Antonio, Texas I have a 2015 Subaru Forester I've done the exhaust system all ready sounds great, Looking to lift it and get large rims and tires. I do go muddling in it also drive it down the beach. I have gone hill climbing in it before surprised some Jeep owners when I reach the top. Also looking the put a 4 inch on mine as well please let me know how your went and what I'm going to have to look forward to.. John from Texas

[@pterafirma]

Hola John, also in SA here. I put Method 502's w/ Yokohama Geolanders on my Outback. Great combo, looks cool w/out the cheezy aftermarket ricer effect, and perfect tire for part-time off-road, but still a clean quiet ride on the highway.

[@adamn7516]

Car is awesome. Only thing I don't like is the CB antenna location. I would have figured out a way to mount the antenna to the swing out rear carrier.

[@fe6646]

You should have a clip of Herman in action

[@ianirizarry30]

love those bumpers.

[@DrDennis]

Thanks for sharing.

[@amtrobia]

What a cool build!!!

[@johnking9754]

What a great rig! I get a lot of inspiration from it, thanks so much! Super unique. I am building an overlanding Honda Element at the moment, so I definitely relate to the unusual but very capable choice in your platform. I just became an OB member- I’d love to ask you a few questions about gearing and the like. Thanks again!

[@walperstyle]

Rare 'overland' for sure. Dude should figure out how to do lift kits for these, and pioneer the Subaru Overland scene.

[@LokiMelb]

Another option for shipping from Australia facebook.com/subieliftoz/

[@StickMechanic]

He mentioned that his lift was made by Anderson Design & Fabrication. Patrick, the guy who made it, is a pretty cool guy.

[@walperstyle]

Patrick, if you are out there, 'help make this 'a thing'"

[@liamlagow6053]

this is a very real thing guys , I'm in 4 groups dedicated to overland subarus , there is almost a group for every state and international .

[@cellardoor7500]

Liam Lagow how do I find a group in Ontario Canada?

[@techpiton]

I was like that is it now of the drawers until he pulled the cutlery drawer.. woop woop... I want an XT now...

[@marleneserrano1626]

great job nice ride.

[@troyd-motorsport9933]

haha welcome to our world (Aust) mate, you guys (USA) have everything and we get shafted hard when it comes to postage for stuff as well!

[@therebootprogram7302]

that's a sick rig!

[@MrTomato35]

Great great kitchen

[@userer4579]

Harley definitely looks like he is "big into" backpacking and hiking.

[@TunerGuy_90]

I'm wanting a new Subaru Crosstrek soooooo bad!!!

[@gibbethoskins8621]

i think it would be really cool if Subaru actually made a solid rear axle 4x4 similar to say the Toyota 4Runner

[@HudsonZRoamer]

Agreed. There is a guy on Instagram (ryanreid13) who has actually done a solid axle conversion on his Outback and its a freaking monster. Its cool what he is doing but makes me wonder if its still really a Subaru at that point, its still cool though. I don't see Subaru going this route unfortunately. Their roots are in rally and they seem to be finding a certain formula that their cars appeal to the mass market. I just hope Subaru doesn't mess with their AWD system (make it worse or dumb it down) in future cars because if they did it would lose a lot of die hard fans.

[@gibbethoskins8621]

FozRoamer _ makes sense about the rally heritage, anyway, awesome rig man!

[@94Greenbean]

Wouldn't be to hard. Isn't about 40% of Subaru owned by Toyota now anyways?

[@Y10Q]

they did. It was called Isuzu Trooper.

[@gibbethoskins8621]

Y10Q It's funny that you say that as I actually own an Turbo Diesel Isuzu Trooper. But I mean a modern version of a subaru with a diesel and petrol boxer with Subaru's signature styling and subtle utility, that would be cool.

[@SulCoCrazy]

Hey all - I have a '15 2.5i 6m. Nice car.....any advice about issues? BTW, nice rig.....

[@billybbad1592]

Super nice XT man! You should black out all chrome, those door handles are terrible looking. I had a black 09 I was gonna do that to before I totalled it in a snow mishap. Doing a 95 legacy off road build now.

[@BJPr12]

Awesome car, getting one soon I hope. If only Subaru would have kept the hood scoop on the current models..

[@lonecrusaider]

I'm doing a full Sumo lift kit on my 2000 outback.

[@9697JAY]

wish i had a dollar every time this guy said "System"

[@alphamech9283]

i love this kind of cross built/mod. great car and vid.

[@takemechrome2291]

That thing could hang with the land cruisers

[@simonpetrus1981]

Way cool Forrester.

[@raxbenetto]

I was waiting for a foztrek plug!!

[@salvadorbonilla4957]

I want the bumpers, I have a 2010. where can I find those? any websites?

[@Dialysisforever]

Very nice. Is there video somewhere of the Forester in action?

[@PatrickRich]

oh hey, looks like Dan parked next to Herman in that pic. Looks like a good group. Killer subaru, looks amazing.

[@louisianna01]

It looks like it’s made for it

[@dct124]

I'd still go steel wheels if I'm gonna be any kind of off-roading several times a year but as a daily I can see why he'd go alloy. Once those break, you're getting towed. My poor little Z3. But made way for my Xterra

[@charlie2king]

Might be tough Enuff for Australia

[@srrtbb]

Cool rig and video. I'm new to overlanding and want to build an daily driver that's capable for lighter off road camping and outdoor vehicle. After watching this I wish you'd cover the cost of the build to give someone new like myself an idea the rig to choose for my build. Other then that great coverage. And also I don't know what's box in the back that you guys didn't talked about.

[@justinhilse2956]

Have they found an aftermarket part for the cv joint yet? Because from my understanding the c.f. joint can only take 2.5" and 3" is pushing it... the only reason I would keep my future forester stock height. Something doesn't seem right lifting the rig if there isn't an after market part for the cv joint to take the lift. Where's the real lift kits and not the wannabe shot spacer lifts?

[@SUVTouring]

An inspiration !....awesome ! ....(SUV Touring)

[@paupmaster2k]

you can pay at a truck stop fuel station use the CAT scale

[@lordtrini]

i overland in a 2014 honda accord sport

[@gibbethoskins8621]

That's awesome!

[@Z1E1K1E]

maybe some zeus fasteners for the grill so you wont lose those plastic body fasteners and take it down to a recycling center they have a scale you can weigh it on.

[@doughaman9634]

Great rig! Thinking about a forrester myself. My only wonder is how it handles beach sand?

[@shanerobinson9335]

very tidy good stuff

[@arecill]

I have a subie and all I’m interested is in that Toyota van

[@joshuaadams6985]

What is the material the rear galley is made of? You said it was marine grade.

[@drrocky01]

Is that High Pitch Erik in the beginning?