Gloyale Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 You can drop the rears by flipping over the upper mounting bracket. 3/4"- 1" I did it on accident once, just to one side. Took me a bit to figure out why the car sat crooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Hummm....that might be enough to level out me subaru. Try that, I will. Yes...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 You can drop the rears by flipping over the upper mounting bracket. 3/4"- 1" I did it on accident once, just to one side. Took me a bit to figure out why the car sat crooked. explain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 explain take it apart....it'll explain itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishada Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykingcrab Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 if i had an extra 1800.00 id buy their air system for off road.. but landing back to earth,,,,,,,,these are 2 inch drop. they make them from scratch. 4130 chromoly housing,,look close at the base. these dont bend. http://airbagit.com/popup_image.php?pID=5646 these are the stuff you keep for the next car. check the homepage webcam to each department.http://airbagit.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=&srpMakeFld=SUBARU&srpModelFld=LOYALE&srpYearFld=All+Years&srpProductFld=0&search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subyrally Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 if i had an extra 1800.00 id buy their air system for off road.. but landing back to earth,,,,,,,,these are 2 inch drop. they make them from scratch. 4130 chromoly housing,,look close at the base. these dont bend. http://airbagit.com/popup_image.php?pID=5646 these are the stuff you keep for the next car. check the homepage webcam to each department.http://airbagit.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=&srpMakeFld=SUBARU&srpModelFld=LOYALE&srpYearFld=All+Years&srpProductFld=0&search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=1 that looks like it might be worth looking into though, wqhen i start working , i might want to try em out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Ive Got It front xt 2wd front struts lower 1 to 2 inches of drop (can you retain xt spring) Rear Flip upper mounting bracket and cut one coil off of spring for 1 to 2 inches of drop xt6 20mm sway bars makeing a slightly lower and better handling suby How about that. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 The sway bars won't make it lower, but otherwise, you are correct. I still have those XT front struts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 also, never use "spring cutting" and "handling" in the same sentence....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 The sway bars won't make it lower, but otherwise, you are correct. I still have those XT front struts i know man but shipping just kills it for me. So darn expensive. does cutting one rung off a spring really disimprove the handling on one of these wagons any worse then what they already are. ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukiru Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 the cheapie ebay coil overs are nice if you want handling be advised though... the ride WILL be rougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 no i know what im going to do i just wanted to see how bad the ride was afterwards xt front shocks and struts lower my ea82 bout 2 inches flip top hat on rears and cut one coil off for about 2 inch drop there giveing me a total of 2 inches all around. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 the cheapie ebay coil overs are nice if you want handlingbe advised though... the ride WILL be rougher. depends on your definition of nice handling. yea, my car handled awesome on brand-new pavement. but it was so stiff, that the slightest irregularity in the pavement meant you'd loose traction. not to mention, it rode like an old truck. and yes, cutting coils is terrible for handling. when you heat the spring, it changes the temperament of the steel, and usually softens the spring. from my experience the last few months. as far as the alignment/handling relationship is concerned, the back seems to really like being at stock 4WD height. my car has a wicked rake right now (stock WRX springs on FWD legacy struts in the front, Monroe shocks for a subaru in the rear with 12" long 250lb/in eibach springs, riding at least as tall as stock), but handles amazingly. and I don't even have my rear sway bar in yet (waiting on poly bushings....). of course, it helps that I'm on 215/45r17 Kumho Ecstas......but even on snow tires, it was quite nice. cliff notes......lowering an EA82 = cosmetic mod only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 You need to change your thing from ej addict to suspension master:) Yea im going for more cosmetic then actual use. That is why i wanted to keep as close to stock components as possible. I might just try to swap the top hats over and see what that does. Have you played with the ford tempo, honda accord spring thing floating around here. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukiru Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 depends on your definition of nice handling. yea, my car handled awesome on brand-new pavement. but it was so stiff, that the slightest irregularity in the pavement meant you'd loose traction. not to mention, it rode like an old truck. and yes, cutting coils is terrible for handling. when you heat the spring, it changes the temperament of the steel, and usually softens the spring. from my experience the last few months. as far as the alignment/handling relationship is concerned, the back seems to really like being at stock 4WD height. my car has a wicked rake right now (stock WRX springs on FWD legacy struts in the front, Monroe shocks for a subaru in the rear with 12" long 250lb/in eibach springs, riding at least as tall as stock), but handles amazingly. and I don't even have my rear sway bar in yet (waiting on poly bushings....). of course, it helps that I'm on 215/45r17 Kumho Ecstas......but even on snow tires, it was quite nice. cliff notes......lowering an EA82 = cosmetic mod only. I keep having to rethink things because all of my experience is with other cars. when I had my Escort ZX2 the handling was better with ebay stuff. I was also thinking about the whole rear being higher on you car. which would lend to more front grip because of the wieght being over the front tires and more rear slip because of less weight over the rear tires. sounds pretty good. I could use some more hiding of the spring in the front. (looks ghastly) the back looks fine as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 an inch and a half ride height difference isn't going to shift the static weight distribution that much. and the rear doesn't need to slide any more than stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Abides Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 an inch and a half ride height difference isn't going to shift the static weight distribution that much. and the rear doesn't need to slide any more than stock new development with the use of xt rear springs but not the struts. Discuss Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zartman456 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 Is there any way you could host the pictures on the first post again so I could see the comparison. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail_pride Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 yes i would like to see the pics again as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 The pictures in the OP belong to Brad. Not sure how much time he spends here anymore. I may have copies of the pics. If I can find them, I will fix the links in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail_pride Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Or maybe someone has a current write up with pics? Start a new one if anyone is doing the swap currently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Or maybe someone has a current write up with pics? Start a new one if anyone is doing the swap currently? Which swap are you referring to? XT6 swap? Front XT swap? Aftermarket springs on stock suspension swap? This is kind of a general 'lowering' thread. Given that there are multiple ways of doing it, there would be multiple writeups. How about you pick one of the methods and write it up for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail_pride Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 haha i would write it up, but im looking in this thread for ideas. I dont have any direction right now. Other than flip the top cap for the rear ea wagons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 You could just look for the article that was posted 2 years before you joined. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=50400 Hell, I didn't even have to use the search button to find it (Assuming you were looking for 5 lug swap stuff - the precursor to the best lowering options. Kinda hard for me to know since you were pretty ambiguous in your request for a new write up of... something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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