'07 Outback lift kit options

[Pelican]

Hi all, I'm looking at lifting my '07 Outback and want to do it cheaply like most. I have experience and contacts for laser cutting, and just need templates to make my own 2" strut spacers as the 1" HDPE ones just aren't enough.. Would anyone have templates or experience with this, and also could anyone tell me how high they have gone with the Outback without issue?

Any and all help on this appreciated, so thanks in advance guys.

-Chris

 

[ALMOSTunseen]

2" strut spacers is the max you should really go before you start looking at other areas. Most people swear by billet aluminium for these larger spacers due to the fact that the plastic ones compress a bit over time, and have to be retorqued.

A little bit of info here:
https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/124327-limits-of-hdpe/

 

[taza]

Go steel 2", you won't look back. Not too hard to make a set.

 

[Pelican]

Thanks Taza, sounds like a perfect option to me. Just need some measurements or templates.. Do you have or know anyone that has the right ones? Even a paper template would be fine, the guys at the local laser cutters aren't fussed..?

 

[taza]

Not for the rear but I should for the front..
If your keen we can pull out a rear shock and make a template for the top hat..

I'm in Innaloo.

 

[Kevin]

May be of some help:

https://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f70/pattern-strut-lift-51037/

 

[tuckerbag]

I have the templates for gen 3 outback. Believe the rear is the same, just the front is different.

 

[taza]

I was aware it was the other way around. Pretty much all subies from 94-07 have the same front.
Rear is definitely different for gen 4 vs gen 3.

 

[Pelican]

Thanks for the help everyone, and that link looks the goods for templates etc. I think when all is said and done I will still have to remove the struts to be sure I have the right measurements before I go shelling out good money for laser cutting and welding!
If and when I do I'll post the templates on here for others hoping to do the same anyway.
Taza are you still keen to make some templates? I have time and would be more than happy to meet up with a fellow enthusiast and nut out mechanicals.. I'm a mechanic anyway but always good to have someone who has spent time on the cars before helping out.

 

[taza]

Yeah keen as... send me a pm and we can get in touch.
I'll bring my foresters blocks along.