seabass07

Good to know. I don't have any experience with the LGT's but from what I can gather so far, the OBXT is the same as the LGT wagon under the hood. I doubt there will be any more room in there. I think I have all I need now. I got some smaller sockets and extensions.

Would I be able to tackle this with a shorty swiveling 1/2 ratchet and a 3" extension and some shorty wrenches? Or do I need some smaller extensions and some 3/4 drive sockets? Pretty much all of my sockets are 1/2.

I don't know of any up there, but a good tip is to search the forums for tire shops that are involved in autoX or something similar. If they know how to set up a car for any kind of race, then they should know what they are doing.

I had them do an alignment on my former mini. I went in with it veering slightly left and eating tires. I left with it veering twice as much, but to the right. When I went back to have them fix it, they ended up putting it back to it's original left veering state. I gave up and went to a tire shop.

Good to know! I will likely go with the bilstein setup. I'm moving to the Seattle area and have absolutely no snow/ice driving experience, so I want to make sure I'm not hurting handling in severe conditions by doing the swap.

 

My wheel gap is disturbing, so I would rather go with a legacy setup than search for an OB setup. I see no reason to keep the ride height for my usage. I chose the OBXT because of the deal I got on it, not the ride height. I would have gladly gotten a Legacy GT wagon.

 

Any spring recommendations with the bilsteins for keeping it comfortable on the road with lots of grip? It can't be harsh at all as it's my daily driver/children transporter.

Does anyone have any insight as to how this setup will work on snow/ice compared to the stock xt suspension?

 

I want to improve the dry handling because it is horrid, but I will soon be doing the majority of my driving in constant rain/ice/snow. I'm concerned that switching to the spec B legacy suspension or the legacy bilstein setup will make it worse in the snow or mild offroad driving.

 

Any personal experience with these scenarios here?