After 2+years of testing i guess ill reveal my $30 Lift

casm said:
Lift blocks are ordered :biggrin: Went with 12 of the 1.25" ones for the struts, plus 6 of the 2" ones for the trailing arms. On top of the 35mm lift springs (which settled out at a little over 30mm), I should net somewhere in the region of about 2.25".

Should be here in a week or so, and it'll probably take me another couple of weeks to put them in. Looking forward to seeing how this works out :lildevil:
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Awesome! Cant wait to see someone else do this and love it like i did! Just get some good hardware and locking washers/locking nuts and/or both. :iconwink:

oh...and post pics!
 
Fuze911 said:
Awesome! Cant wait to see someone else do this and love it like i did! Just get some good hardware and locking washers/locking nuts and/or both. :iconwink:
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Yeah, I am really looking forward to this; it seems like the best low-buck approach to the situation on a price:reliability ratio. Wish I could do the struts at the same time, but at least they're not totally shot. I'll deal with them in a few months.

oh...and post pics!
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Definitely!
 
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Still need to get camber bolts, extended strut mount studs, and extended trailing arm mount bolts - but at least the important part is here :biggrin:
 
Awesome! Im excited to see someone else brave enough to do it. :)

BUILT, NOT BOUGHT!
 
Progress is being made :biggrin:

Found a local supplier for the bolts today. Not sure that the bolts I picked up are going to work; it looks as though there may not be enough thread length on the bolt shaft to account for the full height of the lift blocks. The amount needed isn't much, but it's enough that I wouldn't be comfortable trying to shim it out or similar. Not a huge deal if I need to go back to them, though, because I completely forgot to pull a trailing arm bolt and take it with me so that I could get those as well :rolleyes: Either way, I'm going to be going back to them later this week.

Just ordered camber bolts: went with the Eibach 5.81260K ones for both ends. At $20.70 per pair with free shipping from Amazon, I really couldn't come up with a reason to use a different set. That's not to say that Whiteline, H&R, etc. might not be better in some situations, but for what's being done here these should be fine.

Hopefully all of this will be going in next week; today's later job is to start cutting the spacers to fit. :lildevil:
 
casm said:
Progress is being made :biggrin:

Found a local supplier for the bolts today. Not sure that the bolts I picked up are going to work; it looks as though there may not be enough thread length on the bolt shaft to account for the full height of the lift blocks. The amount needed isn't much, but it's enough that I wouldn't be comfortable trying to shim it out or similar. Not a huge deal if I need to go back to them, though, because I completely forgot to pull a trailing arm bolt and take it with me so that I could get those as well :rolleyes: Either way, I'm going to be going back to them later this week.

Just ordered camber bolts: went with the Eibach 5.81260K ones for both ends. At $20.70 per pair with free shipping from Amazon, I really couldn't come up with a reason to use a different set. That's not to say that Whiteline, H&R, etc. might not be better in some situations, but for what's being done here these should be fine.

Hopefully all of this will be going in next week; today's later job is to start cutting the spacers to fit. :lildevil:
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Awesome. But....thats the set of camber bolts that went out on my forester. Once when camping, (car loaded to max) a second time after an offroad trip. Once i got the thick ones at my local auto parts store, they never budged again. Not saying they wont work, just saying, something to monitor. ;)

You will know when they bend because your tire will be hitting the spring perch.
 
Fuze911 said:
Awesome. But....thats the set of camber bolts that went out on my forester.
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Well... Crap. That's not what I wanted to hear :biggrin:

Once when camping, (car loaded to max) a second time after an offroad trip. Once i got the thick ones at my local auto parts store, they never budged again. Not saying they wont work, just saying, something to monitor. ;)
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Good to know, and thanks for the heads-up. Guess I'll see what happens with them; as much as I'm not keen on possibly having to get a second alignment if they do need to be replaced, at least they're easy to replace.

You will know when they bend because your tire will be hitting the spring perch.
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Wait... You mean that's an undesirable effect? :lol:
 
Hmm, this might be interesting on the Justy for awhile until I can fabricate a legit lift. I am subscribed :)

-Jamie
 
HAHA. Yeah, Its a cool look when your rear wheels look like this: //====\\ lol.

Also worth saying that if they do bend...which might not even happen in your case, if you mark them and compare with the new ones and mark them in the same spot and reinstall, you wont need to realign. At least thats what i did and drove like for over a year. :)
 
Fuze911 said:
Any Updates?
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Funny you should ask - I was just about to update this thread with that info :biggrin:

Everything's sitting here on the table waiting to go in. Two hold-ups: one, it's starting to sound like I'm going to need new CV axles in the front in the next few weeks, and don't want to hasten their demise in the meantime; two, work is relocating me to L.A. in a week, so I'm holding off until after that move. Once everything starts falling apart and I'm 1200 miles away from here I'll tear into it :biggrin: Figure it'll probably be somewhere in June when that happens.
 
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hey, new to the offroad Subaru forums. Been looking at this lift for awhile now. I drive a 1990 Legacy 2.2L. I am looking to do light trails up in the mountains. No abuse. Think this lift would be perfect so I ordered the body spacers, and the "3 bolts. Having trouble figuring what camber bolt I need to obtain. Is the one I need the 17mm eccentric over the 14mm? Part numbers anyone? Help would be much appreciated!
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They don't replace the existing camber bolt, they replace the standard bolts. They are weaker than the standard bolts though so if you can get by without using them do it.
 
Well as I don't plan on abusing her with the lift then it should not be a problem. Sounds like camber is barely affected and camber bolts are merely replaced if abused.
 
Seriously, I am confused about the camber bolt situation. Communication at this site seems rather poor. I am no illiterate mechanic. I have not dealt with camber bolts before so this is not a problem. I just need to know if the 2" lift is enough to throw the camber off and require this supposed "new" camber bolt to either; compensate for the lift camber or is it needed for the tighter abuse.
 
I'm not sure what you mean.

If you lift your car and it won't align within spec with the existing camber bolts, you will need to add aftermarket camber bolts.

Does that help?
 
Exojji .. i can not tell if you do or don't know what they are from the way your response is worded.

This is a camber bolt
https://www.iapdirect.com/ingalls-f...ign=googleps&gclid=CMHxqPG5zLQCFQqe4AodB2QAUw

It is a fairly common part used when a vehicle is lifted to bring it back into spec. I used them on Blu (97 OBW) when he was lifted as we were out of camber adjustment when he was lifted.

https://www.dirtyimpreza.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6365

They can be used when a car is lowered or raised.
 
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