Liftedlego96

Did the tie rods on my lifted 96 legacy sedan lastnight. Figured id do the sway bar links at the same time. As i started on the bolts i realized there was ALOT of pressure on the link from the lift. The bolts just didnt want to come out. Now im worried if i do get them out i wont be able to get them back in.... anyone else run in to this issue? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Im going to get it don today, one way or another.

Any experience with subframe spacers? Cant find much out there. I cant imagine its a huge job but id definitely like to correct some of the angle on the CVs. Are there any other benefits to them???

Yah that does make sence. Im assuming the bolt pattern on the hats on the lego struts are the same only because the 04 Foz struts lined rite up when i installed them. I was worried id have to steal the old hats off the OB struts i pulled out but there was no need. I got lucky. Might be a couple weeks before i get to it. Ill line it up as best i can tomorrow night when i do the tie rods and sway links and hold out on the hat swap but ill post my results.

Ok thats good to know. I think the 04 forester struts might be a touch taller then 1st gen forester struts though. I guess ill do what i can and probably pick up a camber tool. I have a set of adjustable legacy struts with the top hats that can be used to adjust camber. Couldnt i just rob the hats and put them on my forester struts and nail the camber that way? They are abit thinner then the stock forester hats but dropping an inch isnt gona hurt. I gotta put a spacer in the back to fix the sag anyway...

Oh ok. I really didnt want to buy and put in another set of struts but if im going to have a spoob ton of issues with ball joints and camber ect. then i may very well need too. Half the time im headed to work before the plow trucks can hit most roads so i dont want to drop it too much. But at the same time i dont want to need to replace parts every weekend. How about the heavy duty cv axels they sell? Will they hold up to the extra angle i have on them?

Thanks for the insight. Looks like complete success with that 95 my man. Ill have to look into that trailing arm thing. Are there benefits to using the different trailing arm to useing the trailing arm spacers that they sell? And what about setting the proper camber? I havent messed with that at all and am going to have to when i do my alignment. How do i know its right? I want to do as good of a job as possible.

Also, ive heard of people using forester sway bar brackets to drop their sway bar alittle to comp for the lift abit. Does anyone know if this is worth doing? I currently have the stock sway bar setup but feel like theres ALOT of pressure on it.

I have a 96 legacy L with an ej22e sitting on forester struts. Im new to lifting subies. Anyone else have experience lifting legacy's? Good or bad, do share. Not sure what im getting myself into but im all in!

Ok thanks for the insight. When i first put them in i started getting nervous thinking it was too much. Dont want to break the thing, just dont want to be stuck in a snow drift at 3am ha

Dont be scared! Dive rite in. Its probably not as hard as you think. Im not sure how long it takes a machanic but me myself in the garage taking my time mabey 2 hours. The trickier part is the alignment. Not hard just abit tricky if its your first go at it.

The rear was definitely outback struts. But all 4 were toasted and squatting as is. The guy i bought it from had no idea... The forester struts have it way up. The back squats abit but nothing a spacer cant fix. Its my daily so want it to ride well.

Ok will do. I usually do that kind of thing myself. Do you know if the sway bar effects tire wear? Or how? Im planning to go rite threw the front end ASAP.

I got a 96 legacy L sedan with OB struts back in april. It was on 14's and really low to the ground, so i decided to try the forester strut swap to give me a couple inches for winter. I put a set of winter tires on 205/65/16s. Now it sits WAY up. I mean 11inches at the rear dif! Now im worried ill be chewing threw ball joints and tires constantly. Any advice on how to prevent destroying my front end and tires? Im switching to heavy duty CVs this weekend.