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Subaru is one of those brands of car that is popular because of its low ride height. And one of those low riding sports cars is riding around on the Barcroft Cars YouTube channel with an extremely low body, sitting just one inch above the ground. The low-riding Subaru takes inspiration from the Japanese sports car scene, and here's what Subaru fans will want to know.
Japanese Inspiration
The purpose of this car, according to Hawaiian owner, Aquilla, is to turn heads on the freeway. At a first glance, it is clear it can certainly do just that.
Aquilla takes inspiration from the Japanese car styles, Shakotan and the Onikyan. The Shakotan style consists of low-riding bodies with stretch tires. Whereas the Onikyan style reflects the demon-camber on the tires, which clearly feature on Aquilla's Subaru seeing as it has a crazy amount of camber on show.
Aquilla's determination to get this 2.0-liter 4 cylinder manual transmission Subaru to look the part is phenomenal. It can churn out 200 horsepower, but the performance isn't what Aquilla is aiming to improve. Instead, it's all about the look, and seeing as it took Aquilla over 1,000 hours to modify this thing, the owner sure was certain and confident about his crazy decision.
It's A Really Bumpy Ride
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The owner, Aquilla, kits the Subaru out with a fixed suspension so that the car can ride just one inch off of the ground. Aquilla can only turn his steering wheel 100-degrees maximum, which offers very little control, yet he doesn't mind so long as it looks cool. Aquilla even has to avoid all U-turns, which would make roundabouts and wrong directions pretty difficult. Despite this, Aquilla's aim was to stand out and be unique, which the Subaru definitely achieves.
What's more, is that the modification works went about changing the front and rear crash beams to have a jacking point at the bottom so that Aquilla can easily jack it up off of the ground, which might be necessary if he hits a two-inch bump.
Another fun feature is the quad blast pipes for the exhaust system, which enables the Subaru to sound the part as well as look the part.
Overall, this modification process did manage to hit the nail on the head. It allows Aquilla to live his dream of driving a Subaru just one inch off the ground and turn heads down the freeway.