Haha yeah it was certainly an adventure! I've had a lot of Subarus and tinkered with them enough to know how to do some basics but there's still plenty I don't know! Yes very lucky indeed to have a mate willing to help me out👍🏻

Haha yep the Paj goes pretty well! Yeah we lucked out! I definitely owe him one!

Haha thanks mate! It was good fun 😁👍🏻

Thanks mate, yeah I was very lucky to have my friend close by and available to help me out 😁👍🏻

Haha yes of course, you've got to keep that sense of adventure alive! I do think I'll have to come back to WA at some point... There's still so much that I haven't seen over there!

Thanks mate👍🏻

Haha thanks mate, yeah everything has it's limits especially something that has a design fault! However I'll be back for round 3 with new control arms... Not sure I'll be making the trolley jack a permanent fixture in the Foz though!

Thanks mate, yeah it sure wasn't the ideal location! For sure, gotta to rep the MSC sticker! Is this Evan?

@@MontyScott oh yes it’s Evan! 👋 probably should have said that 😂 Keep the good work up mate, I’m enjoying the vids I’ve watched!

Ah makes sense 😂 Thanks mate will do, glad you enjoyed them! It's been a while, I'll have to drop in and see you guys soon when I'm in Melbourne next 🤙🏻

Thanks mate, it certainly was! There wasn't a boring moment 🤣

Thanks mate 😁👍🏻

Thanks mate, yeah it's pretty decent little climb! I reckon I could do it just unfortunate about the arm giving up! Yeah I got my mate to come and pick me up... We headed to the hardware store to grab those ratchet straps and then to mine to get a spare factory control arm, the trolley jack, Jack stands and my power tools! I had tools and spares with me but just grabbed all of those things to make it a bit easier👍🏻 haha yeah I thought that was pretty funny also... jinxed myself 🤣 yeah me too, last time I had this happen they were great and helped me out with replacement bolts👍🏻 now they're only running the new design so I'm hoping they'll get me sorted with some freshies by the lifetime warranty they came with🤞🏻👌🏻

@@MontyScott they better, since a broken "better" control arm isn't great publicity 😂 Should never have happened, could have brought you into serious trouble. Not everyone is this beast you are, fixing this on the go. Deep respect man!

Yeah let's hope so, they have been good to deal with so far so I'll reach out to them next week when they're back in the shop and see what they can do for me. Yeah it shouldn't have happened and because it's now happened twice it has set me back a few dollars for various experiences and done a bit of damage to other components... But they have made a redesign to fix the problem which is great! It's always a good sign when a company wants to improve its products and look after their customers 🤞🏻 thanks mate, I really appreciate it!

Haha yeah it's never good if you have to leave the car behind! I wasn't keen on doing that so I made the trip out and back and fixed the car all in about 3 hours👌🏻 thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it! You can always reach out mate and see what's happening but the best place to contact me would be Instagram. I do get quite a few people wanting to catch up and go on some adventures which is awesome but I barely have time to go with my own mates! So I just don't have time to catch up with everyone! Thanks mate, you stay safe out on the tracks too👍🏻

Hey thanks mate! Yeah nice, they're great little rigs! It really depends on what you want out of the car? In stock form they're great! But if you want more power or better off-road ability or better road handling then there're certain things that'll help. But mostly I'd recommend just getting yourself a good car and drive it for a while first and see where you feel it's lacking for your needs and address it from there 👍🏻

Thanks mate! Yeah it's the S-edition with the 5eat that has a VTD centre diff so that front wheel drive option isn't possible with this car... I don't think it would have helped too much in this situation anyway but it's a pretty cool feature 👍🏻

Hey thanks mate, not yet but that's what I'm hoping for. I have to reach out to them and let them know what happened. No lowering of the front subframe for me... It's not really needed for a 2 inch lift only the rear needs it in the newer Subarus with multi-link suspension 👍🏻 I've had mine lifted for about 4 or 5 years and never had an issue with the front CVs👌🏻

Haha thanks mate! As long as it's a rental it'll go anywhere you point it with enough speed 🤣🚙💨

Thanks mate, they're 235/75r15. They require a fair bit of work to make them fit.

No problem with brake fade 👍🏻

Hey mate, no this is just for these particular arms with the original design that is no longer produced... Since then Rallitek has redesigned and released a new version that addresses this fault. The issue is not there for genuine arms but the overall strength of the OEM ones is far less! 👍🏻

Hey mate, I was just testing the waters to begin with and not giving it too much throttle input because I wasn't sure if I'd broken anything else... The traction control really had its work cut out for it! It's hard to show how steep the hill is on camera when you're already on the hill and it had most of its weight on the front right wheel and the rear left wheel but also the rear diff and tow hitch were stuck on some high ground a bit like an anchor! And on top of that the rear right wheel that you can't see was trying to climb a little slick rock that was almost vertical but because it was hung up in the rear on the diff it didn't have enough weight on the wheel to climb. You can see the front right left wheel (closest to the camera) was getting braked but because the traction control is a reactive system you really have to give it a good chance to work sometimes and when it starts you need to give it more throttle like I did in the end when it finally moved. It's a surprisingly good traction control system if you give it a chance but it definitely has its limits 👍🏻

@Monty Scott agreed bro 100% .... you got a few perfect angles on cam. I watched it a dozen times looks like 35,40 deg angle. You did fkn well to get as far as you did! No criticism intended.... wish I was there to see it and give it a crack !.... keep up the good work ,excellent videos, thanks for the opportunity to see your adventures..... like I said I'd be next inline to break my control arm hahaaa and crack a beer with you as we scratch our heads ...... legend 🍻

Thanks mate, no criticism taken 👍🏻 Will do, it's always fun to get out there and capture some of my adventures. I'll be back again with new control arms hopefully the redesigned newer version that fixes this known weak spot! Cheers 🍻

Thanks mate! I'll definitely be back! Yes a new locker for my car is just about to be released so with that and hopefully the new gen rear control arms this shouldn't be a problem 😁👍🏻

@@MontyScott new locker for the SH? Are you talking about a different locker different to the Torq locker?

Hey mate, yeah it's a new locker for the VA2-TYPE rear differential... This Forester is an S-edition that has a 5eat unlike the rest of the SH autos that are 4eat with a r160 rear diff. The new "VA2-TYPE" locker is just about to be released and will give a whole new range of Subarus the same option that all those r160 Subies have had... It'll be for 5eats, some CVTs and other models like the Wilderness Outback and Foresters 👍🏻

@@MontyScott Yes. The SH shares the same diff housing as the OBW, FW, and 21-23 Crosstrek manuals. Can't wait to see you install it and give it another go.

Yeah it'll be exciting to have a locker when it's available but I'm sure I could get it done without it 😁 It's unfortunate that I had faulty control arms... Once I get them replaced with the new version that fixes this issue then I'd be keen to head back 👍🏻 yes same diff housing but only in the 5eat S-edition SH the other SH Foresters have the r160.

Nice, the more off-road subie videos the better 👍🏻

Sorry if you feel this way, however this car has given me so many fantastic experiences over the years and taken me all over the country! I have modified it to enjoy it and that is exactly what I'm doing here! Although I'm considerably hard on the car I take really good mechanical care of it - I keep up maintenance on anything that needs doing more often than not upgrading anything that I'm changing and I keep the oil fresh changing it regularly with top quality oil and a genuine filter 👌🏻it's all part of the fun 😊👍🏻