2010 Subaru Forester XT Rig Walk Around

Checkout Overland Bound Member #0770 Harley and the incredible overland build out of his 2010 Subaru Forester XT. He's been taking his rig "Herman" off the beaten path up and down the west coast and all over, and we had the pleasure of running the Bald Mountain trail with him at the Off the Grid Rally! Enjoy!
Thank you to Harley aka @fozroamer!
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[@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!

[@edgardoamado7008]

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

[@subiiegaming8372]

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

[@singletrackftw]

By far, the coolest Forester I've ever seen

[@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.

[@cheap_4runnertn790]

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

[@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.

[@calvinhorton7805]

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

[@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”

[@hootsmagoon]

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

[@exploremaine5394]

thanks for all of the great ideas!

[@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!

[@aussiesoulsurfer553]

Old vid but still great to watch

[@wilderrick2042]

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

[@orlandomartinez4031]

one of my favorite rigs

[@tkalyvas]

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

[@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.

[@elcoyote9410]

Love these outside the box rings. Real cool

[@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....

[@bumndrass]

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

[@thepassionofthegoose5472]

This thing transcends ridiculousness. I love it.

[@dogsbyfire]

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

[@amtrobia]

What a cool build!!!

[@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 !!!

[@JustBeAdude]

That is an excellent little go everywhere set up.

[@borrisdriver]

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.

[@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

[@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.

[@NathanNostaw]

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

[@PlanetX87]

Man, that is one cool ride. Diggin it!

[@halfawhiteguy3145]

like that front bumper and winch setup

[@phattdaddy2974]

@ 7:10, Funny seeing that Audi in the shot, I live in the Colorado Hills, I drive my Audi A4 Cabriolet to all kinds of 4x4 trails and get the funniest stares of all. It's so capable, small, Quattro and the top down makes for a cool day tripper.

[@jonathanconley1960]

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

[@jsjrspivey]

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

[@lloydsmith4291]

Very well thought out design.

[@techpiton]

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

[@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!

[@Soul-Mind888]

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

[@alphamech9283]

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

[@wittyluis3145]

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

[@coreyhamilton6485]

Sick Rig

[@hanifaryo2303]

very aesthetically pleasing

[@gibbethoskins8621]

That's awesome!

[@DrDennis]

Thanks for sharing.

[@ianirizarry30]

love those bumpers.

[@glennmuir5617]

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

[@qwiswaz9774]

whoa buddy that is an awesome fozzy!

[@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.

[@rebman5150]

Bad ass rig. Love it.

[@therebootprogram7302]

that's a sick rig!

[@gasperajdnik5627]

Greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮😎

[@niclucca7104]

Awesome vid. I could see me in the background.

[@Klocaine237]

love the video super informational. awesome sauce

[@joeventers6292]

So rad.

[@vonguido1]

a unicorn in the open!

[@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".

[@jaimeerratchou919]

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

[@marleneserrano1626]

great job nice ride.

[@tsingson9618]

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

[@PatrickRich]

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

[@SUVTouring]

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

[@mannyillana8706]

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

[@moes_film]

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

[@roccosdocos]

I was waiting for a foztrek plug!!

[@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.

[@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

[@fe6646]

You should have a clip of Herman in action

[@marvalouslegend30]

Definitely definitely definitely definitely lol, that was my favorite part

[@bmbrabus]

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

[@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?

[@takemechrome2291]

That thing could hang with the land cruisers

[@JourneyBoundShorts]

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

[@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.

[@mojavedesert2610]

Clean!✌️🏜️

[@wtls000]

Awesome rig. Hoping to do something like this on a newer model in the next couple years, so this has provided me with some inspiration 👍

[@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.

[@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

[@DJChrisArgueta]

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

[@RodrinBird]

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

[@9697JAY]

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

[@MrTomato35]

Great great kitchen

[@JodyGates]

We have a 2012 Outback that I'd LOVE to turn into a Battlewagon, unfortunately my wife isn't on board with that so overlanding will be left to the Jeep JKU.

[@Dialysisforever]

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

[@shanerobinson9335]

very tidy good stuff

[@COBHC8890]

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

[@simonpetrus1981]

Way cool Forrester.

[@theheff1]

tire talk again. If I wanted the KO2 tires and I currently have 215/60R16's what do I need to do? Add lifters? I'd love to change out the tires.

[@salvadorbonilla4957]

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

[@williamtaylor4464]

Hey guys, great vid! I have an '02 Forester (all factory, base model) that has over 300k miles and, honestly, I was just thinking of junking her and buying a M35A2... but this gives me ideas, big ideas! My question is where do I go to look for modding and where do I stay away? All advice is much apperciated!! Take care!!

[@doughaman9634]

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

[@skrewylewy3259]

ive always wanted to do this to a baja lol

[@charlie2king]

Might be tough Enuff for Australia

[@frederickevans4113]

For the comments about steel wheels vs alloys - normally you would be correct in saying that steel is better for off road use. He is NOT running OEM nor discount alloys - those are rally alloys. Rally wheels are built differently, made from premium alloys with thicker lips & all sorts of wizardry to keep the tires seated & the vehicle & occupants safe even doing 70mph (120Km/h) sideways around a corner in gravel. Comparing rally alloys to regular alloys is like comparing an M113 APC to a Honda Odyssey. Or, so I've heard.

[@_louisianna2912]

It looks like it’s made for it

[@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.

[@treyg7617]

Nice wheels I'm running the same combo! Terras + KO2s

[@joshuaadams6985]

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

[@RotchildFrancoisJr]

This dude's instagram is awesome too

[@KarveOverland]

Yeah I saw him on IG also!

[@lonecrusaider]

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