William's 97 Subaru Justy

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William's 97 Subaru Justy; introduction of my car
Topic Started: Dec 23 2009, 02:07 AM (1,118 Views)
Metro Fanatic	Jan 1 2010, 01:51 AM Post #16
Posts: 380 Group: Valued Members Member #879 Joined: Jun 16, 2009 Location Bowie, MD Year/Make/Model 92 Metro Base Model............. 92 Metro LSi / 93 Metro XFi..... 94 Geo Metro LSi	Great car Willem. Always fantastic to see great pix of a well maintained machine. Welcome to the forum!



Woodie	Jan 1 2010, 06:10 AM Post #17
Posts: 1,765 Group: Tech Certified Member #471 Joined: Feb 13, 2009 Location Laurel, MD Year/Make/Model 98 Metro LSI 4/5	Alpine Jan 1 2010, 01:39 AM there is a justy by me posted for 2300 , it "says" it has 50k original miles , hard to believe cause its a 88. That's a Subaru, completely different car. Not anything inherently wrong with that, but the car William owns is an all wheel drive Suzuki Swift with Subaru badges on it. Basically a high performance Metro. They were never sold in North America, as a Swift or a Justy.



William	Jan 1 2010, 09:19 AM Post #18
New Member Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #1,589 Joined: Dec 22, 2009 Location Netherlands Year/Make/Model 1997 Subaru Justy AWD (Swift mk4)	That's correct, the "real" subaru justy's were built until 1994/5 i believe by subaru itself, most of them are front wheel drive but they were also built with a 4x4 system, that could be switched on and off if you needed it. Also an option was an ECVT gearbox ( electronic continuously variable transmission) I remember one standing on our drive-way when I was little for a few day's when my dad's car was at the dealers. Mine is indeed a re-badged swift, it even says on the VIN plate: suzuki corporation Good news about my car....it runs again after having the fuel pump re-wired, so I'm back on the road again Edited by William, Jan 1 2010, 09:21 AM.



William	Jan 14 2010, 06:29 AM Post #19
New Member Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #1,589 Joined: Dec 22, 2009 Location Netherlands Year/Make/Model 1997 Subaru Justy AWD (Swift mk4)	Lot's of snow has been falling lately, so why not take the car for a spin and take some nice pictures in the countryside As you might notice, the car sits a bit higher up front, this was to prevent the wheels from rubbing in the arches under agressive braking/turning. This was achieved by taking the stock front springs and cutting half a coil from them and remounting them, also slotted the upper bolt holes to make camber adjustments possible for when the weather gets better during spring and mounted some sport-type brake pads to stop a bit sooner



Bad Bent	Jan 14 2010, 04:05 PM Post #20
Facetious Educated Donkey Posts: 3,847 Group: Moderator Member #334 Joined: Dec 26, 2008 Location Native of SoCal, existing in McCall, Idaho Year/Make/Model 1991 and 1996 Geo Metros	I noticed that it must have been wind driven snow from the West to stick to that tree the way it did. Nice countryside. Car still looks sweet.



bogs	Jan 15 2010, 03:08 AM Post #21
Duct tape heals all wounds Posts: 2,743 Group: Valued Members Member #1,286 Joined: Oct 5, 2009	Sure does BB, that tree could have been protecting someone in a massive snowball exchange...



William	Feb 22 2010, 08:03 AM Post #22
New Member Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #1,589 Joined: Dec 22, 2009 Location Netherlands Year/Make/Model 1997 Subaru Justy AWD (Swift mk4)	Haha, well spotted that direction from which the snow came, hadn't even noticed it myself. The snow is finally gone, apart from a very white beginning of last week when we were celebrating "carnaval" here in the southern part of the Netherlands. Tiny update: car had to be inspected a couple of weeks ago and it passed without a single remark So i treated it with a little service: new spark plugs / oil and oilfilter upcoming will probably be a new cam belt and tensioner, because i have no information about the swapped engine like how long the belt has been on there



Bad Bent	Feb 22 2010, 05:05 PM Post #23
Facetious Educated Donkey Posts: 3,847 Group: Moderator Member #334 Joined: Dec 26, 2008 Location Native of SoCal, existing in McCall, Idaho Year/Make/Model 1991 and 1996 Geo Metros	We just had our "carnival" also, any excuse to party, eh. Actually I hibernate during ours, to many American tourists. We still have maybe 1/2 a meter of snow on the ground here, cold nights, -15C, and days around 0C. One interesting thing about the states is the variety of climates in the different latitudes at the same time. Just ask geminiheartz about snow. Wahoo on the inspection! ...and my friend Jim always does a little pat and rub on the dashboard with some kind words.



mcmancuso	Feb 25 2010, 11:31 PM Post #24
Posts: 863 Group: Tech Certified Member #1,835 Joined: Feb 14, 2010 Location Middle Tennessee Year/Make/Model '99 Sedan-4A, '91 Vert-3/5	jeez whats with all the metric speak lol... I know he's european but most of the people here aren't P.S. All my stuff at work is metric lol Oh yeah, I almost forgot.. totally jealous of that car... wish they sold those in the states. Edited by mcmancuso, Feb 25 2010, 11:31 PM.



Mr Murf 59	Feb 26 2010, 02:45 AM Post #25
Looking like a lost Irish tourist Posts: 2,408 Group: Tech Certified Member #928 Joined: Jul 2, 2009 Location Humboldt Co. CA Year/Make/Model 94 Geo Metro 1.0L, 99 Chevy Metro 1.0L both 5spds	bogs Jan 15 2010, 03:08 AM Sure does BB, that tree could have been protecting someone in a massive snowball exchange... The Great Snow Ball Engagement of 2010. Somewhere in Holland. I have always really enjoyed going to Holland. I just wish I could remember more of the trip from 1985.



Choppydrivesageo	Mar 6 2010, 01:17 PM Post #26
Posts: 279 Group: Valued Members Member #904 Joined: Jun 24, 2009 Location Denver, Colorado Year/Make/Model 1993 Metro Xfi	Woodie Dec 25 2009, 05:34 AM Recognized that turn right away, as it means Ex-Muhe, then Bergwerk, then the long romp up the hill toward Karussell. Love that uphill portion, think it's called Kessenchin or something, for some reason I was always fast through there. I've done about 1,000 laps there in computer simulations, mostly Grand Prix Legends, know it like the back of my hand, one of these days I'm going there. I play Gran Turismo myself



William	Jun 2 2010, 07:54 AM Post #27
New Member Posts: 16 Group: Members Member #1,589 Joined: Dec 22, 2009 Location Netherlands Year/Make/Model 1997 Subaru Justy AWD (Swift mk4)	Okay, let's give this topic an update - front bumper has been modified a bit because i didn't like the gaps on the lower half, so they have been filled with polyester and resin. - the spotlights have gone behind the remaining holes - fixed the rear bumper which had suffered from some people not paying attention while parking - new sun strip on the upper half of the windshield - better grounds and more grounds - new timing belt /tensioner and water pump - lower strut brace mounted Also some servicing is coming up because in the summer the car will be on a road trip to italy



metro_fiend	Jun 2 2010, 09:26 AM Post #28
Posts: 273 Group: Valued Members Member #1,349 Joined: Oct 25, 2009 Location Nova Scotia Year/Make/Model 95 Geo Metro Lsi	i cant get over how much i love this car



Bad Bent	Jun 2 2010, 12:37 PM Post #29
Facetious Educated Donkey Posts: 3,847 Group: Moderator Member #334 Joined: Dec 26, 2008 Location Native of SoCal, existing in McCall, Idaho Year/Make/Model 1991 and 1996 Geo Metros	Thank you again for more screen saver pics! Beauty! I see you already added yourself to the map on the Portal.



mcmancuso	Jun 2 2010, 01:12 PM Post #30
Posts: 863 Group: Tech Certified Member #1,835 Joined: Feb 14, 2010 Location Middle Tennessee Year/Make/Model '99 Sedan-4A, '91 Vert-3/5	I'm going to go to Europe with empty suitcases, buy an AWD system from the transmission back, pack it into my bags, pay the "overweight luggage" charge and bring it back with me! I need one! Totally sweet ride man I can see the airport security now... excuse me sir, what's in your bag? Its a transmission. Yeah right, cavity search time! lol Edited by mcmancuso, Jun 2 2010, 01:13 PM.



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