Bruce, you are a nut… don’t ever change. Enjoyed the video.

"Aventure" is french for adventure, probably because it's located in Brownsburg, Qc.. *Note: Primitive Racing offer product on all Gen Outback LP Aventure offer starting from Gen 4

This confirms a few things I suspected and now I know which way I'll go with my Outback

All my LPA stuff has held up great on the OBW. I have had to straighten one side up after a nice hit. I do use their front armor also.

Currently looking at skid plates, I like LP cover the cat as well and more trans area, but it doesn’t have the cut out up front for the jack point , and it looks like it left gap for snow to plow in (primitive have the option to add a snow guard )

I always wondered why the rally washer was expensive, that should hold well!

I am still absolutely amazed you did that to your primitive skid. I've smashed a few rocks with mine with practically no damage. I like my primitive skids though, LP doesn't make anything for the forester wilderness yet. Should have picked up the diff skid before the prices were raised though.

I have the primitive racing complete set plus light bar modification. I prefer the style.

I’ve eaten potato chips that are thicker than 2 mm. The only thing i can think that would be useful for is lessen the amount of air that get swirling around the underside of the car.

laser cut edge can be a little rough sometimes, drag a deburr tool then measure

How is the clearance loss? With their front bar you loose about 1.5” of clearance.

One caveat is that the 'Full Armor' Primitive set (Front, Mid, and Rear Diff) cost me $495 (including the $47 shipping from Washington to VA), the Front LP skid plate alone is $495 plus another $215 for the rear which would bring the total to $860 with shipping (gets down to $825 with your 5% discount code). If you have the money to spare though it certainly seems like the better option, all comes down to how much better it would really perform which is unproven 'yet' by your expert testing but I'm sure it will get some good use soon!

I had a Green Citrus Insight with that 'skid plate' and now have an Outback. lol. Had the OEM Subaru skid plate and sold it. Hmm Primitive or LPA...?? I live in the snow belt...

That's all good until your lp aventure plate destroys your sub frame but i guess if you're negligent enough you can do that with any skid plate.

Did you consider ASFIR?

Fixing rattling skidplates? Went on a trail here in California. Pretty 'smooth' trail. I'm stock. The next day after, my plate starts rattling. I loosed it from 13 torque to 8 torque and the rattling is miminal, but I want to get rid of it fully. It seems to only happen in reverse. Do I need sound dampening stuff on the top of the plate?

On my Crosstrek, some of the available skidplates mount to the radiator support. In that case, I would actually prefer a thinner metal that is more likely to bend, than one that is thick and rigid. There are many stories of radiators being damaged on impact. LP Aventure gets around this by mounting their plate to a bush bar, but you lose ground clearance and approach angle. I'm not sure if this is true for other Subaru models. Just a random thought.

How did mpg look afterwards?

Anyone have any issues with excess engine/cabin noise after instaling these?

I do not recommend the primitive racing skid plate. I ordered one and paid extra to have a hole drilled so that i could access the oil drain plug. The hole is way too small and does not allow proper access.