Toallhisdoom Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 i want to put forester struts in my 98 lgt. what years will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr00b Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 X2. I was told that these will work (struts and springs) if you take the mounts (I am assuming these are the tophats) off of the legacy struts and put them on the Forester struts. I am debating on also using lift spacers on top of the bigger struts. I haven't found a ton of info on this so if anyone remembers a thread or has pics of this, that would be very helpful. Most of the advice bouncing around here is to get OB struts and use Forester springs, which would be a more bolt in option... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmattyxcore Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Sticky says Second gen froester IIRC. Tophats will be needed is what i've read, at least for the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecBamf41 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 i thought is was any first gen forestor? i think 98-03? BNR18g on 93oct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmattyxcore Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I stand corrected on tophats, my research has not found anything saying you need them for forester. I must have been thinking about the Impreza swap. So far I haven't found anything about model year specifics on the foresters aside from what our sticky says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr00b Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks Matt. Still looking for info, need to do this thing before the snow flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDXLegoWagon Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I used '03 Forester struts and retained Legacy springs and tophats. The actual lift that just the struts provided was ~1 inch. The biggest gain was the ability to put 16" wheels on and clear the lower spring perch. I am running 215-60-16's with no rubbing unless I am in some pretty gnarly terrain (it's only happened once.) To run the Forester springs, you would also need the Forester tophats because the rear spring is tapered and won't fit in the Legacy tophat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmattyxcore Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Nice, I'm glad to hear solid info from somebody with experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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