kalinut Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Anyone have advice for putting forester, outback, or baja struts in a 2003 OBS ? From Zapar's posts it looks like some pounding may be needed. Any other experiences/cautions with this kind of modification would be greatly welcomed. I'm not looking for hardcore offroad, just a bit more ground clearance for travelling over snow and sand. And yes ... I figure this will void the warranty so I don't plan to do it just yet. I figure I'll wait until the car need struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 WRX struts and springs lower a Forester by about 2 inches front and rear and the OBS struts are only .5"- 1" taller than the WRX package, so go with Forester springs and struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Anyone have advice for putting forester, outback, or baja struts in a 2003 OBS ? From Zapar's posts it looks like some pounding may be needed. Any other experiences/cautions with this kind of modification would be greatly welcomed. I'm not looking for hardcore offroad, just a bit more ground clearance for travelling over snow and sand. And yes ... I figure this will void the warranty so I don't plan to do it just yet. I figure I'll wait until the car need struts. So what's wrong with a little pounding? They clear fine afterwards, and you can't even tell where or what got pounded. Shoot, you may even get away with no punding on an 03. . . The extra clearance is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P K Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 If you're looking for an inch or two, John (Mudrat79) does a trick with moving the strut coil perch up. Gives ground clearence and room for larger tires. r/PK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 That was the advantage of adding the GR2s from an Outback. They're almost 2 inches longer under the spring perch. That in turn allows for bigger tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalinut Posted January 28, 2005 Author Share Posted January 28, 2005 That was the advantage of adding the GR2s from an Outback. They're almost 2 inches longer under the spring perch. That in turn allows for bigger tires. Are there any other gotcha's ? such as camber adjustment, steering linkage adjustment? Have you seen any addition or unusual wear on the tires ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 The front struts have adjustable camber bolts. The rear seems to be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superu Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Anyone have advice for putting forester, outback, or baja struts in a 2003 OBS ? From Zapar's posts it looks like some pounding may be needed. Any other experiences/cautions with this kind of modification would be greatly welcomed. I'm not looking for hardcore offroad, just a bit more ground clearance for travelling over snow and sand. And yes ... I figure this will void the warranty so I don't plan to do it just yet. I figure I'll wait until the car need struts. I swappwd my stock struts for 97-99 outback struts and got about 2 inches of lift. It was an unbolt and bol-on deal, now i'm running 205x75's on my stock 14's, which gave me another inch.. now my 95 legacy is about 9-9.5 inches to the rear diff, and with a mudrat bumper lookin' bad-o!! WELL WORTH IT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSSLGECKO Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 lookin' bad-o!! Do you have any pictures of the beast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superu Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 and here's more... Not sure of the roo lingo, i'm assuming OBS is outback sport? if so, check out this site http://home.att.net/~rsmash/ Anyone have advice for putting forester, outback, or baja struts in a 2003 OBS ? From Zapar's posts it looks like some pounding may be needed. Any other experiences/cautions with this kind of modification would be greatly welcomed. I'm not looking for hardcore offroad, just a bit more ground clearance for travelling over snow and sand. And yes ... I figure this will void the warranty so I don't plan to do it just yet. I figure I'll wait until the car need struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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