Kcwiro Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 Car: 1999 Legacy L Sedan MT hey, I have a question hoping I can get some options presented. My Legacy is just about to hit its 100k birthday and I want to spoil it by upgrading the suspension. Issue is I want the least bit of drop I can get. I have already found out that i can use KYB AGX's for my struts but spring selection has presented some problems. H&R and Whiteline control springs are out because they will drop the car too much for my liking. I say this becuase I do some offroad gravel events put on by the local clubs and I do not want my car any closer to the ground than it aready is. i was told prodrive springs would be a good choice but wanted to see if you guys could offer some addition advice. Rear sway bar and endlinks I've been told I should not really exceed 17mm by guys in my raly club but another subaru guru I talked to last night mentioned maybe doing a 19mm since the earlier legacy turbo had those. Endlinks I was looking at whitelines but wouldn't mind any other suggestions. FIRE AWAY Boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFviper Posted October 28, 2005 Share Posted October 28, 2005 If you are on a budget I suggest you get a 1996-1999 Outback rear sway bar, they are 18mm compared to the L 14mm. I don't think you would need to upgrade your springs, the struts should improve the handling. But if you do want the added stiffness of the springs look around Nasioc http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/search.php?searchid=2966190 There is a lot more info on the performance side of things there. Just remember to search over there since most questions have already been asked. Come back here for the rally & off road stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commuter Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Car: 1999 Legacy L Sedan MT Endlinks I was looking at whitelines but wouldn't mind any other suggestions. FIRE AWAY Boys I don't do any sort of offroading, but I added Hairpin Racing endlinks in the rear of my 97 OB. (I also added a Whiteline anti-sway bar.) The Hairpin endlinks are a nice beefy Aluminun and they employ a spherical ball pivot joint. No squeaks or noise from them at all, which was my main concern. Price was good too. Just my 2 cents. Commuter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Dampers/shocks will not reduce roll and pitch very much, but only slow it down. This will of course make the car easier to control. Lower, stiffer springs will give a more direct feel to the steering and maybe balance the front/rear better for less understeer. I would suggest sticking with the stock springs since you need the ride height. AGX's and an alignment with a bit more camber up front will work wonders for the handling. Stock camber is 0.0 front and -1.0 rear. If you adjust the front camber to -0.5 you should find that understeer is a thing of the past. (But be careful under braking, the tail will become a little more lively.) Works for me ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kcwiro Posted October 31, 2005 Author Share Posted October 31, 2005 Dampers/shocks will not reduce roll and pitch very much, but only slow it down. This will of course make the car easier to control. Lower, stiffer springs will give a more direct feel to the steering and maybe balance the front/rear better for less understeer. I would suggest sticking with the stock springs since you need the ride height. AGX's and an alignment with a bit more camber up front will work wonders for the handling. Stock camber is 0.0 front and -1.0 rear. If you adjust the front camber to -0.5 you should find that understeer is a thing of the past. (But be careful under braking, the tail will become a little more lively.) Works for me ;-) I should have noted that I had already adjusted ,my camber to what you suggested....in my case I did it more to offset the fact my front tire sidewalls were getting worn bair at the stock settings once I adjusted it I noticed the car sticking much better than it was at stock. Can't wait to see what better tires do for me. Using stock springs are looking better for funds as I look further down the road...but I am still unsure. I did find eibach ones for $349 US Ouch! but those are no drops but stiffer. I'm thinking myself that if i want to get the full benifit of the upgrade I am going to have to ditch the stock springs but I also would liek to do my rear sway bar and endlinks so I suppose I will have to pick what ones I want more unless I want to drop near a grand after changing all the parts and getting new tires to replace my worn ones on top of an alignment. Lucky me I can install all this myself and jsut pay a guy for the alignment ^^ Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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