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glad to hear the rears are easier, that'll be for next monday. We were using a socket without the wrench and a clamp with the T40 going through the back but had better luck clamping the piston wrapped in a shirt. I'm going to take this to my suspension thread for the update.

Started on my suspension last night. Replacing the struts and adding Tein lowering springs as well, so nothing really crazy but as I suspected, things arent exactly going smoothly. I figured I would just assemble the struts before everything so that once the old ones came out, I would just slot the new ones in. Keep in mind, I've only ever installed coilovers before, and given the simplicity in their design and the fact that theyre all put together when they arrive, the only issue I'd have would be the removal of the old stuff. Well cut to me trying to figure out how to assemble all the pieces of the strut with the dust cover and bumpstop and then the spring itself and not even realizing theres supposed to be a piece that slots between the spring and the tophat. Couple this with the fact that my father is freshly single and is on his phone like a teenage girl, so his help is limited. Luckily, I'm dealing with a subaru so it's a pretty straightforward install. So I watch a few youtube videos and notice that piece that goes between the spring and the tophat and I'm immediately frustrated because this means compressing the springs to remove the tophat from the new piece and compressing the spring of the old piece to scavenge the missing piece. It was a ton of spring compression and my forearms are feeling it from all the wrench twisting. Finally I'm able to get the assembled strut into place and realize that I was trying to install the passenger side strut onto the drivers side. It was at that point that I decided to just go ahead and remove the strut from the passenger side, assemble the 2nd strut, and call it a night. Today after work I get to drive 3 towns over again and attack this for a 2nd night in a row. Who knows if we'll even get to the rears tonight. I have one more Monday off coming up so I need to have this all done by then (I work a regular mon-fri schedule while my father works fri-sun so Monday's are our best bet to get any of this work done). Hopefully my next post will be a victorious one.

And just like that, the springs I ordered yesterday are here.

Bravo sir.

Guess I need to find an amp dyno to strap it to, but do I wanna go through the trouble purely for curiosity?

I just asked one of the vendors what they have in stock. Just bought a set of Tein lowering springs.

I was only kidding about the air suspension. I'm not trying to drop a few grand on this upgrade.

I’m curious if using some of the stuff people spray on the underside of their cars would fix this before installing.

Goddammit what the hell is going on with springs for this car?! I went ahead with some H&Rs and I get home from work to an email saying they’re back ordered. Couple that with the spacers I ordered saying they were delivered and get home and they aren’t there, this is turning out to be a real motherfucker of a day for this car.

I had a factory air ride in my old lincoln and it was easily the most comfortable I've ever had.

Starting to tally up the cost of the oem struts and the H&R springs and I'm seeing that there are quite a few coilover kits out there for not much more money. I'm going to assume that this Tein kit would result in a garbage ride? I went the budget coilover route on my last car and while the ride wasn't terrible for long, the springs rotted/rusted pretty quickly and the shocks went to shit pretty quickly. Are there any kits out there that will net me a lower legacy that would retain at least close to the factory comfort level? I'm really just trying to avoid any harshness to the ride. This thing will never see the track. Purely for looks.

Ebay refund. Dammit, guess I'm getting H&R's. ORRRR maybe I just say fuckit, return all the struts and stuff and load my trunk with an air suspension setup.

Damn I forgot I posted this here. Picked up a set so [/thread]

I'm thinking this will be my last attempt before I go with a set of H/R's

Just bought from them. Hopefully my message regarding the updated address gets to them or this is going to turn into a whole new nightmare (if they actually have them available of course).

And that makes 5 refunds. Looks like swift no longer makes these springs for this platform. Are there other springs that have a similar height drop that have the same quality/reputation as the swift springs?

This is purely out of curiosity, but would anyone happen to know the specs of the Harmon Kardon "sound system" some of us have? Power from the amp as well as what ohm load the stock speakers present?

That’s the problem, they’re showing up on a lot of sites and usually a day or 2 after ordering them I get a cancellation and a refund.

Anyone wanna point me to a place that still sells swift springs? Both places I've tried ordering from refuned my money after cancelling my purchase. I'm assuming they've been discontinued?

also arent these the same thing?

I would love to be that fella, but the reviews have me wondering...

Just in case the "WTB" section isn't looked at very often, does anyone happen to know anyone looking to get rid of some 20mm hubcentrics?

Looking for 20MM 5X100 HUBCENTRIC WHEEL SPACERS | 56.1MM HUB | 12X1.25" STUDS

Awesome, thats exactly what I was hoping to see. What springs did you use to get that drop?

Are there any other places on/in the car these led's can be used? I figure if I'm getting a set of 12 then I may as well use them.