So, grassroots project help... '06 Outback.

Hello, I need motivation as I'm a bit frightened to do this to my car, but more excited at how damn good I think it'll look. I'm a single Dad so I'm trying to do as much on the cheap as I can, though I'll have a few larger purchases based on shipping from Australia, which is where a decent aftermarket exists.

Anyhow. I don't have pictures of my car, but it's a 2006 Outback. Unfortunately an auto with sport shift, and unfortunately not the XT. So moving on, it's fully loaded other than that and a great vehicle for my commute and my daughter and I on our outdoorsy adventures. It's a nice blue.

So, I'm a veteran and I want to paint it flat, or matte, whatthehellever green. Combine this, with this. And in the future, flat black nudge/light bar, and of course some wheels that fit the overall look, which I'm a little undecided on. That sort've theme, you know? I actually started onto this when I was passed by a desert camo Toyota. It looked awesome.

Anyway, I don't have pics of my car, but I've got a car the same color, on the lift I'm looking at, on wheels I don't like...but it gives you a pretty good idea of what I'm seeing in my head and wanting to do.

So...let me know, either way, if anyone cares to reply. Am I totally nuts? I know it's not going to be a Jeep, it'll just be unique. There's an ocean of us Outbacks out there...

So let me know what you think? Maybe a little flatter than the picture... The desert camo or tigerstriping still appeals, but mostly the green. Whatever, it'll be flat. Oh, and I've got a great cargo basket on top.

Yeah, looking at the two side by side I'm not sure I like how shiny that green is. And that blue is mighty pretty. But so scratchable when I'm about in it.

The F-bomb is a wicked car, it carries the theme right through everything with the lightning holes in the interior and roll cage gussets. That and a streetable twin turbo ls2 capable of 1000hp is not bad either.

Yea if you're looking for opinions I say keep that outback waxed up and save the flat paint for an older car that even a spray bomb job would be an improvement. The rally lights would be cool though.

A simple paint job really changes a Subaru doesn't it.....but seriously now.

If you do go this route get a Bullbar (brushbar in the US) for the car from Australia, they are very common there.

Give it a few military styles cues like flat black instructions ie: at the fuel filler "Unleaded only" in the screened style paint. Black out the rims, but keep those ones they rock. And maybe a military fuel can on the rear end.

http://www.rocky-road.com/bullbar.html

I will give my blessing to anything associated with the F-Bomb.

Haha, thanks, guys.

We're on the same page as far as the military cues, by the way...and the bullbar. I really like some of your ideas, though.

Thing about doing it on an old car...it's still an old car. And I only have one car. And plan on keeping it. I don't know, flat-type paintjobs are pretty 'typical' on old cars...a new Subaru, it might look catchy.

I like the tires on this Subaru.

http://thesuperu.com/

I think the BFG ATs are the only off-road worthy tires that come in sizes small enough for use on an Outback but I could be mistaken.

Haha, very familiar with the Superu!

Ha those are the same tires my dad keeps on his yukon. Another thing to consider with flat paint jobs is keeping it protected. If you rattle can it it will probably fade and look terrible in a year, they do make flat clear now, i remember reading about it in Hot Rod. I dunno, I can totally see this on a 1st gen legacy but the one you have just looks so good on it's own it just seems like a shame.

http://www.scorpionsubaru.com/

back when i was looking at subaru wagons, there was someone on the subaru forums that had a lift, and i think was able to find bfg mud-terrains small enough to run on their outback. they also had the bull bar with lights, etc. can't remember their s/n, but i do remember they called their outback the "lesbaru".

one advantage of having the auto is that if you plan on actually taking it offroad, there is a mod you can do where you wire up a switch to ground on something in the trans and it gives you a fully locked center diff for offroading, then flip it off and the vdc works as normal.

My thoughts and likely for your daughter's sake (being seen by her friends at school)...
I would stay with the original color and go with the appearance add-ons. I think lift, knobby tires and an aggressive light(s) kit. A spare tire mounted to a roof cage rack might be cool also.

If you wan to play on the military color theme through the accessories, you could camo-tan color the roof rack, lights and rims and it might look nice with the blue.
From there, if you like the look, you could continue on to camo the whole car. I am just cautious about taking down the overall value of the car with a repaint. If you can not strip down the car extensively, a different color repaint job can really take away from the value.

If I was going to go with the Military theme... semigloss olive green across the top.. and do the bumpers flat black in the same way the outbacks used to have the silver sides. Do the rims in black too...

brush bar, sump/trans/diff guards, auxilary lights, and maybe a CB with an antenna?

I think the rims should definitely be blackened. I figure there's some good advice here. I can do all the bodywork and the wheels and tires all flat black like I intend, and with the blue, it should look good if that's as far as I take it.

On the other hand, when I can figure out the way to get that F-Bomb color and maybe go forward with this... I really do think it'll look awesome. This place is full of Outbacks, my daughter is two... F it, have fun with the thing. Definitely a CB and antenna.

I've got a great source, perfectly in this theme, for some of the offroad kit.