St.Jude's Road To Perdition - A 2003 Subaru Legacy // Half tonne hero

[St.Jude]

Slowly getting things together to start the garden. Work often have pallets and I’ve nabbed a few.

Dont know what it is, but the pallets here fit in the car better than they did in the Land Cruiser. If it weren’t for the tool case they’d be flat. Rear seats seem to fold down near flat which is great too.

Setting up the 3D printer later and will attempt printing a double DIN thing so I can have a better radio. Then hopefully at the weekend I can fashion some feet for roof bars. Not with the 3D printer of course but I’ll be using it for part of it.

The car is going well though. The sun makes a difference as I caught myself smiling thinking “fuck yeah this is great” this evening as I put the foot down to join the traffic.

Wife doesn’t like it as to her the passenger seat is uncomfortable. Feels like the base has a bar across it and she’s apparently got a precious arse that can feel it. I told her to get a cushion or sit in the back. She didn’t appreciate it.

[camryv6]

Do you want visiting in hospital ?

[St.Jude]

26 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Do you want visiting in hospital ?

Yeah but bring whisky, not that Lucozade bollocks

[St.Jude]

I'm looking at getting roof bars for the Legacy, as well I need them to be honest. I have the bars from the Land Cruiser still, but the feet they have are for cars with raised bars. Mine isn't that at all. Some rails there but they're, I would imagine, raised fixpoints?

I was going to make them, I may still do that hands permitting. But I'm also looking to see if I can get some foot packs that will fit the rails I have. I've seen these:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124847118481?_skw=subaru+legacy+estate+roof+bars+foot+pack+fixpoints&itmmeta=01JR8MMG79J4YH5M36MS5W2SRQ&hash=item1d1177d891:g:5usAAOSwOL5nq1j1&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAABEFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1esjo5%2Fso0nfVAygTyaFq3daPTSzvqdhEueYGIQ0807KJrRWnLV1cTE%2FRw3%2FlxPa983ChIKM7UjL62B1COJaIkijRFhbTf4UfzqbVqeeBlCks9Jfh0nAyWqLsVlWy6dyKSd67BHiB0bC5wyxDbD7rNRGNpfXc5ltPqr0skVbV6ycNd0D51beNRQ%2FVaJml1yKbWC8XloXvoQD3yuBO2ETxgZxTAJpteDXgwEwVhT37cOiuI3s%2F0njC%2F1fQ5%2F8fQmY%2By18J7PNPKd59YZQy6DNBxy9FL95Ve2cVvP--9qbJEwkNxLTzRAJuMJ9ENvk2SnzGkbf4dHbra61WFpnvT1k7lV|tkp%3ABk9SR-SD0pTCZQ

I find this all confusing. I know that on the rails there are 4 caps which when I remove them show 2x M6 (I think M6) bolt holes. Hence why I was going to weld up 4 brackets. But if a foot pack is only £40 and I can make it fit the bars I have then it feels like £40 well spent. 

But if anyone could help point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

[warninglight]

Not sure what bars you already have and whether they'd be compatible with these feet,  but this is what the kit for your car from Thule consists of.

I've had good luck in the past buying used Thule parts by part numbers from sellers who don't know what they fit 

[Metal Guru]

On 08/04/2025 at 15:48, warninglight said:

Not sure what bars you already have and whether they'd be compatible with these feet,  but this is what the kit for your car from Thule consists of.

I've had good luck in the past buying used Thule parts by part numbers from sellers who don't know what they fit 

There’s a lot of used roof bars on eBay etc just because of the variety of fittings for different cars. Change your car, and your roof bars ( or most of the fittings ) are redundant.

[Westbay]

On 31/03/2025 at 18:19, St.Jude said:

Slowly getting things together to start the garden. Work often have pallets and I’ve nabbed a few.

Dont know what it is, but the pallets here fit in the car better than they did in the Land Cruiser. If it weren’t for the tool case they’d be flat. Rear seats seem to fold down near flat which is great too.

Setting up the 3D printer later and will attempt printing a double DIN thing so I can have a better radio. Then hopefully at the weekend I can fashion some feet for roof bars. Not with the 3D printer of course but I’ll be using it for part of it.

The car is going well though. The sun makes a difference as I caught myself smiling thinking “fuck yeah this is great” this evening as I put the foot down to join the traffic.

Wife doesn’t like it as to her the passenger seat is uncomfortable. Feels like the base has a bar across it and she’s apparently got a precious arse that can feel it. I told her to get a cushion or sit in the back. She didn’t appreciate it.

Possible ?

[St.Jude]

9 hours ago, Westbay said:

Possible ?

I don’t think so, I think they were all UK ones.

Also I have gone out and bought bits that are required, not just for this car but for all cars. A dog guard, a tyre pump, and a badge.

You know, just in case someone wonders what it is. 

[warninglight]

I have the Swedish equivalent on the Amazon. Has to be done!

[St.Jude]

Everyone is building. I wanted two bags of ballast for the weekend but can’t get it anywhere. The place I usually use have no bags of any size, so had to go to B&Q.

Theyre only 10kg bags apparently, and I got 21 of them.

 

Low, ri, der.

Low and also upside down.

[St.Jude]

Erm, just googled. They're 25kg. Not 10kg. So that's half a ton of weight in the back of it. Yep, makes sense why it both looked like that and drove like it did!

Also in terms of roof bars, ended up getting one from Poland for £75. Couldn't be arsed fucking around making one, and the closest one to me was in Portsmouth for £75 but he wouldn't deliver.

[andy18s]

32 minutes ago, St.Jude said:

Everyone is building. I wanted two bags of ballast for the weekend but can’t get it anywhere. The place I usually use have no bags of any size, so had to go to B&Q.

Theyre only 10kg bags apparently, and I got 21 of them.

 

Low, ri, der.

Low and also upside down.

The Mrs did something similar with 25 bags of compressed Sunflower logs.

She thought they were 10kg each but were 25..

Tbf the Bulgarian helpers that loaded up the Scoob didn't bat an eye she claims,and I'm sure they've done worse.

[grogee]

On 15/03/2025 at 08:21, Dobloseven said:

There was a Subaru dealer in Leicester until a couple of years ago.Unity, formerly Heritage.They went on to Fiat and Jeep, though I think they've got other branches that still do them.Subaru and Ssangyong seem to go together because I believe both were imported by the same company at one time, International Motors,IIRC.

Yes, IM did Subaru and Suzuki as well. Not sure about Ssangyong but it sounds likely. 

I don't know what the arrangements are these days, but Subaru as a UK presence are TINY now. Haven't seen an advert or a dealer for years. 

[grogee]

On 01/04/2025 at 18:36, camryv6 said:

Do you want visiting in hospital ?

I'll do it

[St.Jude]

So ended up buying a brand new set from eBay for £75. There was one selling an aftermarket set of bars for a Legacy in Southampton for £70. It made sense to me to do it this way. Came too late for me this weekend but oh well.

Then I bought a roof box for ~£35. 

Had a weird pang of feeling all grown up buying it and placing it on the car.