9lilredwagon7
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I had heard that you can swap outback struts and springs into a legacy and get a little lift is this true and if so will in negatively affect the driveline??
lifting a 97 legacy with outback suspension
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Given that Legacy & OB are the same car, yes, you could do that. As to getting lift, I'm not sure. You would need to lift a reasonable amount before considering any driveline issues. Currently I have 40mm lift blocks all round with raised springs +30mm in the rear and +10mm front.
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where can i get raised springs?? Im in the us so parts are hard to comeby
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Many folks import them from Kings Springs: https://www.kingsprings.com/
9lilredwagon7
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i looked but all i saw was std + and im not sure if my legacy is a liberty or if outback springs would fit
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outback struts will give you a lift over the stock legacy parts. the outbacks use spacers to space the subframe down to keep the driveline angles in check but you can lift without the spacers and still stay within factory alignment specs with no problems.
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Hello everyone, as this is my first post
I would like to do something similar with my car (I have a Liberty Wagon '96, so it's the previous (2nd) generation):
I wanted to give it a lift by putting raised King Springs in.
Now the problem is, that the product cataloger of King Springs doesn't list raised springs for my model, but for the Outback of the same generation. Has anyone experience with that and knows to which extend the suspension parts are interchangeable for that 2nd generation (as it is for the 3rd gen) e.g. would it be possible to fit the Outback springs to the Liberty, or would I need the Outback struts as well?
I would like to do something similar with my car (I have a Liberty Wagon '96, so it's the previous (2nd) generation):
I wanted to give it a lift by putting raised King Springs in.
Now the problem is, that the product cataloger of King Springs doesn't list raised springs for my model, but for the Outback of the same generation. Has anyone experience with that and knows to which extend the suspension parts are interchangeable for that 2nd generation (as it is for the 3rd gen) e.g. would it be possible to fit the Outback springs to the Liberty, or would I need the Outback struts as well?
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G'day ZMaster & 
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Unfortunately I can't help you on that one mate, but I'm sure someone will chime in with an answer :iconwink:
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Mr Turbo
to ORS.Unfortunately I can't help you on that one mate, but I'm sure someone will chime in with an answer :iconwink:
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Mr Turbo
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ZMaster, I was asking some similar questions a few months back. Never really found an answer and I ended up getting a different car.
I would go check at USMB (https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/). There are a lot of people over there lifting legacies, you might have more luck.
I would go check at USMB (https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/). There are a lot of people over there lifting legacies, you might have more luck.
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Primitive Rally carries the king springs. I'm not sure exactly what they keep in stock but they're one of the only places that carry them in the states.
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Alrighty, it has been done!
- Outback struts (Gabriel, to suite Outback BG9)
- raised springs (King Springs, to suite Outback BG9)
- ECB Type 8 bullbar (Also originaly made for Outback BG9)
Fitting the bullbar wasn't to easy, as the front bumper is slightly different, but with a bit of cutting it's possible.
All in all it got me a lift of 8 cm, which corresponds to a ground clearance of 26 cm (ground to lowest point of frame)!
Now I'm currious how well it will do on the beach,
thanks for the help everybody!
- Outback struts (Gabriel, to suite Outback BG9)
- raised springs (King Springs, to suite Outback BG9)
- ECB Type 8 bullbar (Also originaly made for Outback BG9)
Fitting the bullbar wasn't to easy, as the front bumper is slightly different, but with a bit of cutting it's possible.
All in all it got me a lift of 8 cm, which corresponds to a ground clearance of 26 cm (ground to lowest point of frame)!
Now I'm currious how well it will do on the beach,
thanks for the help everybody!