Will I notice a difference with RX springs on the front of my rallyx wagon?

[thecarman]

This is a side thought from this thread about lowering/improving my rallyx car (1989 Turbo 4WD EA82 wagon):

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=90839

 

RX springs are 157 lb/in vs my wagon's 146 lb/in. How much difference will I feel?

 

For those of you who have made that change, how big of a difference was it? Like how noticeable?

 

Also, are the RX springs shorter? I'm curious what will happen to my ride height when swapping to the RX springs.

 

Thanks!

Richard

[baccaruda]

It makes the front of the car a lot more resilient to bumps and just generally stiffer. They usually cause a car to sit a little higher in the front.

I put them in my turbowagon a while ago, on stock 4WD struts. I had new RX adjustable KYB GR2s for the rear shocks, with RX springs and the adjustment at max height. I felt that they helped significantly with making a taller car able to handle aggressively if needed.

[baccaruda]

I was going to post this old pic last night but apparently I broke the forum after my post

 

 

 

[Sonicfrog]

Do It!!! I put RX front springs on Murphy, the $500 87 T-Wag, and the handling improvement is substantial. I was lucky and found some RX front springs when my air suspension went south. I used to have a normally aspired wagon, and you will definitely feel the difference between the two.

[thecarman]

Thanks all!