one eye Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 does anyone have pics of the way that they mounted a D/R in an Impreza? Ive searched but the threads just sorta Trail off with no real end of the thread....................... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Drill some holes in the forward crossmember. Gotta notch out the bottom side of it for access to the nuts below your holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 So the crossmember that is there now, you can just drill where the D/R trans mounts will go? its in the correct place? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 So the crossmember that is there now, you can just drill where the D/R trans mounts will go? its in the correct place? Jeff correct. If I remember correctly though, we added a shim under one side mount to correct the angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureSubaru Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'm planning this swap in the near future. When I do, I'll post up a write up with pics. Not enough dual range cars on the road out there. Most of the 80s subies have rusted their way into junkyards or scrap metal around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superu Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 A DR impreza would be super awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 (edited) Well not to let the cat out of the Bag on my self, but Im going up 9" on a 94 Impreza Wagon, Brain found one down in oly. and told me about it, I got it home and now the fun shall begin, there are so many things I dont know about Impreza's so I might be asking some dumb questions, Just a heads up, It will be Green I think its going to be named Turtle................ Jeff Edited April 24, 2012 by one eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 here is what it looks like right now................ Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 these are the tires for it......... I think......................... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Subi4x4 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Can wait to see this thing....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 It'll never work.your dumb you ************in hillbilly.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Ill make it work you *******R *****G*R*** GRR*****S I made those up they arnt even swear words, lol Anyways I think Im goint to try and go 3" over stock with just the axles, since that would be a little less than a forester strut, I just cant afford what junk yards want for them. Sunday the big show starts motor and trans will be coming out then the D/R will be going in then the lift shall really start coming together............................... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Anyways I think Im goint to try and go 3" over stock with just the axles, since that would be a little less than a forester strut, Jeff Forrester struts are barely 2" taller than facotry Imp ones. I think 3" over stock height is gonna put the axles at bad angles. Possibly even hit the A-arm mount at full drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylar Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 here is what it looks like right now................ Jeff NICE !! I see you've got your own project going on lol Cant wait to see the outcome of that thing ! I just threw my rig in the garage, resealed the oil pump. Gonna start tearing off the old lift stuff and throwing on the 6" kit. Ill get ahold of ya about those struts pretty soon probably .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonryan Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Forrester struts are barely 2" taller than facotry Imp ones. I think 3" over stock height is gonna put the axles at bad angles. Possibly even hit the A-arm mount at full drop. should be fine if you use the legacy outback body lift kit. it'll help correct that somewhat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 (edited) Forrester struts are barely 2" taller than facotry Imp ones. I think 3" over stock height is gonna put the axles at bad angles. Possibly even hit the A-arm mount at full drop. I think Jeff misunderstood me.4 inches ish with the strut tops I built(in conjunction with strut tops ,which are not the listed Extended lengths).then the tires which gave me about 6.5ish-7.5ish total. Edited April 26, 2012 by monstaru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 got ya, Im going to go 6" body 8" struts just sort of like butters...... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthCoast Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 8" strut spacers or are you extending the struts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthCoast Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Any progress? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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