Hilux CV Boots on SG Forester

BeeJ

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Hello,

I want to replace my forester CV boots with hilux boots.
I have heard of people doing this before as apparently hilux boots are stronger and better for lifted foresters?

My question is what part number or exact year hilux boots are used front and back on a 2004 SG forester?

thanks
 
Ok long story but I have learn some info I thought worth sharing.

You can indeed get heavy duty boots (not 100% sure if they are hilux) for the subarus where the gearbox has the stubs coming out of the box. That style is on SF gearboxes and gen 3 outback gearboxes (maybe older too). The SG gearboxes have a hole wear the CV has an axle coming out of the cup and goes inside of the gearbox. This is a completely different CV, this CV has a tripod arrangement vs the SF dual ball arrangement. This tripod arrangement has a larger overall diameter and cant fit the heavy duty boot that fits the other.

Long story short I havent found a compatible heavier duty boot for the outer axle type CV. All the post (inc the link above) with HD boots are on the stub type cup
 
I first got these boots about 3 years ago for my Outback from Alans cv. I don't think they are actually "hilux boots", what he said was they are very similar in design to the boots they would fit on hiluxes with large amounts of lift which have the same problem.

Your best bet is to go to alans and see what they can do for you. Just say you have your forester with a lot of lift and need boots to handle it, more ribs and such.
 
All of this info is from Alans CVs

Your boots are the ones I was referring to when I said the Gen 3 OB
When that box went into my XS I got Alans boots on the CVs as they were stub type

My XT has the 4eat with female connection
 
What is the point of getting boots that might be better for lifted cars if the CV joints themselves are still being stressed out?
 
I have never had issues with the CV stress nor have my friends
Only problems I have had are torn boots so thats the point

No torn boot = no dirt in joint = no earlier failure than necessary
 
Rally said:
What is the point of getting boots that might be better for lifted cars if the CV joints themselves are still being stressed out?
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Most of the problem we have found with the lift is the boots splitting due to lift, dirt getting in/ grease out instantly wrecking the cv. The boots are splitting ridiculously often. Otherwise we haven't had a problem with the cvs at that angle. even if they only lasted 50,000km or more I would consider that acceptable.
 
Look for inner boots with the middle rib smaller than the outer and inner rib so they don't rub. I'll take a photo of the ones i put on mine tomorrow, haven't had a problems since i installed them.
 


Bump photo mentioned in last post
 
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