Body Lift for Suby Outback

Major Awesome~

Major Awesome~

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G'day guys,
I've just recently bought my first Subaru, a MY01 Outback H6, and I'm loving the car. Thought I'd sign up to a couple of Subaru forums as there seems to be a wealth of information and you guys always seem happy to help out :). Just a few quick questions that I hope somebody can help me out with.

I'd like to get maybe a 2" body lift done on the car and was just wondering if anybody knows where I could get some lift blocks from in Aus?
Also, I've read up on possible issues with body lifts wearing out CV joints etc prematurely. Is there any truth to this? If so, how long do they usually last with a lift kit?
The other question is regarding the self levelling rear suspension on the H6. Will a body lift have any effect on this? Or will the rear suspension cause any problems for installation of a lift kit?

Thanks for any info you guys can give me, I just want to make the most out of my new car and you guys seem to know your stuff!

Cheers,
Dave.
 
G'day & welcome Dave!

I think you're mixing 2 different types of lifts. There are "suspension" and "body" lifts. Body lifts are kits that put spacers etc in between the body and all the running gear; this type of lift will not change CV angles as it is effectively lifting the body up.

A suspension lift, i.e. blocks on top of the struts and/or raised springs is essentially pushing just that part of the suspension down which in turn lifts the car; this WILL change the CV angles.

Now, with that said, some are lucky enough to combine both but the most common is the suspension lift (because the body lift is limited to just a few models). I'm not sure if a body lift is available for your particular vehicle.

My suspension lift is reasonably high but I don't think that additional CV wear is yet proven as the only problem I've had is the normal RHS CV boot fail becuase it's too close to the cat.
 
Thanks for the Kevin! :)

I know that there are the two ways to raise a vehicle and thanks for the info, since I only just got the car I'd be looking at doing a body lift first to get the ball rolling (much cheaper then a full suspension job from what I've read :P). I'd be looking into getting the struts, springs, shocks and all that done further down that track (wallets a little empty at the moment).

I'm having trouble tracking down the parts though, I'm pretty certain that they exist for my car because there are a couple running around with body lifts that I've seen on the net. I guess if its not available then I'd have to go the suspension lift route but that would have to wait a while.

Any recommendations for the best suspension kits? I've read up on a couple, and have read some bad things about King Springs saying that they eventually start to sag quite a bit.

Thanks again,
Dave.
 
Major Awesome~ said:
G'day guys,
I've just recently bought my first Subaru, a MY01 Outback H6, and I'm loving the car. Thought I'd sign up to a couple of Subaru forums as there seems to be a wealth of information and you guys always seem happy to help out :). Just a few quick questions that I hope somebody can help me out with.

I'd like to get maybe a 2" body lift done on the car and was just wondering if anybody knows where I could get some lift blocks from in Aus?
Also, I've read up on possible issues with body lifts wearing out CV joints etc prematurely. Is there any truth to this? If so, how long do they usually last with a lift kit?
The other question is regarding the self levelling rear suspension on the H6. Will a body lift have any effect on this? Or will the rear suspension cause any problems for installation of a lift kit?

Thanks for any info you guys can give me, I just want to make the most out of my new car and you guys seem to know your stuff!

Cheers,
Dave.
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I have a body lift on a 1997, and the only annoying thing is the exhaust system is not quite aligned, but its not worth getting a new pipe to solve it (the old one is fine). Body lift does nothing to stress the driveline, and is what i recomend.

Is your rear suspension multilink or sort of trailing arm ish. the multilink is hard to do a body lift kit with, for that you need a suspension lift. I havent seen any failures on suspension lifts yet, but if the axle life is reduced from 180,000 miles to 140,000 miles i think it is still worth doing.


nipper
 
Cheers for all that info guys!!
I'll look into the scorpion kits, they look pretty good. I'll be looking into the springs a little later on when my bank balance starts to look healthy again ;).
Eden, I take it that you have King Springs on your car? How much of a lift did they give and is there any sagging yet?

Thanks for the warm welcomes also :D

Cheers,
Dave.
 
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