Smitch

Where could I pick up a set of these strut tops?

I ended up putting back on my OBS suspension for a rallyx. Heres some worthless pictures.

I saw your pictures over on dirtyimpreza.com. I have a question for you. Are you using just the xt strut or the whole assembly (xt struts, springs and top hats)? Im assuming that you used the whole assembly because of the dremeling. Thanks for your reply.

Thats my buddy. His name is Todd and live in Indiana. We went to the snow drift rally "to spectate" in that thing.

Yeah, their like the 04 wrx struts. I think I found a set of 98 forester struts. We'll see. I found were one guy modified his rear strut mounts in his car to get the 04 tops to mount. I dont really want to do any cutting in the car. I really only want this for winter time. Theres a small chance that I'll be autox this car and need the option of switching back to a normal set up.

I went to put the XT springs on the obs struts. I got the fronts on only after compressing the hell out of them. To me the springs still dont look happy in their new stuts. The rears wont fit because I dont have the weird top hats like the forester, so it looks like Im back to the drawing board on this one.:-\ I'll probably just start over and look for complete take offs from a 98/01, unless the newer ones just bolt on too? Does anyone know???

Will do, worse case I'll have stiffer spring rates. Thats not so bad.

I blame you for this! Looks like I wasted 50.00 for some xt springs. Oh well, I'll give it a shot anyways.

thanks

I guess Im on my own with this one.

120.00 shipped http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OBX-trailing-arms-2002-2005-Subaru-WRX-STI-2-5RS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ42604QQihZ016QQitemZ260165014748QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

I planned on using crash bolts to fix any camber problems that might arise. I have the obx trailing arms on my RS. The obx trailing arms are adjustable. If you look at the first picture of the L you will see that the wheel is a bit close to the front of the wheel well. Im hoping the new trailing arms will fix this problem. Be sure to post up some pictures when you get everything together. Let me know if you come across any problems along the way. Im not use to lifting the cars, quite the opposite. Hopefully one of the usmb will chime in.

I just bought it and put on left over, take off parts from my RS. The only thing done to it right now are some H&R springs, kyb struts and a 20mm rear bar. I upgraded the front brake to WRX rotors and replaced the rear drums with wrx spindle/rotor set up. heres the rs The swap is planned for the OBS around spring time....if I get it paid off. I dont want to do coilovers on it, just something cheap and fun for the winter.

I know theres a few of you guys running lifted imprezas around here. I have a couple of questions for you. I ran into Dome24 (I know your on here to) over on RS25 asking about obx trailing arms. What Im looking to accomplish is a raised look for a very cheap price. Im not looking to go offroading and Im not looking to do anything irreversible. As a matter of fact Im only looking to have the car raised only in the winter. I plan on dropping back down in the summer by swapping back over struts and springs. Im not looking for any kind of 4x4 tires or anything along those lines. Heres what Im thinking about doing..... -forester xt springs...on the way fifty bucks shipped -reusing my obs stock struts...just sitting in my garage -buying a set of obx trailing arms to get my back wheel where its suppost to be. Heres my questions........ What kind of a lift am I going to get with just forester xt springs? I will be reusing my OBS struts....I think. Would I get more of a lift using forester struts than retaining the obs struts? Am I missing anything, or over looking anything else that needs to be done, other than an alignment. Heres current pics of my obs with its autox suspension. Thanks for your time Chris