greasemonkey03
Forum Member
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2016
- Messages
- 23
- Location
- New York
- Car Year
- 1997
- Car Model
- Legacy Outback
- Transmission
- Manual
Hello folks. I cant seem to find the information I'm looking for and it seems no one has done this yet. Either its too expensive or it's not possible.
I've been sitting on my old 97 legacy outback project for a little while now doing repairs here and there but she's in bad shape as far as undercarriage rust goes. Last time I had her in the air I put new struts and springs up front with fresh pads and cut the rotors. When I brought her back down to pump the brakes my right rear brake line sprung a leak. So i'm at a crossroad. I'd prefer to replace as much as I can for safety reasons. I like the car, but don't want it to kill me. So here's where it gets interesting.
the engine in my co workers 03 forester just called it quits. I have the opportunity to purchase the forester dirt cheap. I was considering swapping EVERYTHING from under the forester into the OB. Crossmembers, subframes, control arms, axles, knuckles, the whole enchilada. Anything and everything that will move over except the drivetrain.
I believe they both use stub axles, width should be the same, the struts swap so I can probably keep the new ob ones. My only concern I suppose is where components bolt to the unibody. I can't get any solid information as to why this wouldn't work. So who's the guru that knows all that can tell me some potential pitfalls? I'm not doing this for a lift but if the only differences are component heights then I'm fine with that. I'm doing this strictly because the forester parts have no rust issues.
I've been sitting on my old 97 legacy outback project for a little while now doing repairs here and there but she's in bad shape as far as undercarriage rust goes. Last time I had her in the air I put new struts and springs up front with fresh pads and cut the rotors. When I brought her back down to pump the brakes my right rear brake line sprung a leak. So i'm at a crossroad. I'd prefer to replace as much as I can for safety reasons. I like the car, but don't want it to kill me. So here's where it gets interesting.
the engine in my co workers 03 forester just called it quits. I have the opportunity to purchase the forester dirt cheap. I was considering swapping EVERYTHING from under the forester into the OB. Crossmembers, subframes, control arms, axles, knuckles, the whole enchilada. Anything and everything that will move over except the drivetrain.
I believe they both use stub axles, width should be the same, the struts swap so I can probably keep the new ob ones. My only concern I suppose is where components bolt to the unibody. I can't get any solid information as to why this wouldn't work. So who's the guru that knows all that can tell me some potential pitfalls? I'm not doing this for a lift but if the only differences are component heights then I'm fine with that. I'm doing this strictly because the forester parts have no rust issues.