1992 Legacy L Wagon 4x4 difficulties finding springs.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 9:52 pm
I have a 1992 Subaru Legacy L Wagon, the car previously had the air suspension option, It was retro fitted before I purchased the vehicle. I noticed the front have homemade springs seat out of some plate steel.
The rear has a factory spring seat attached to the strut mount bushing. When I replaced the strut's a while back I broke the 12mm mounting studs on the strut bushing, when trying to find a new bushing they all did not have the spring seat attached, the one I is tack welded to the mounting bushing. I am about to put a hitch on the car and was thinking of replacing the springs. I opted to drill out the old studs and weld into place some hardened steel bolts to the replace the old ones but my strut now sits at a slight angle tilted toward the front of the car, I am thinking it is because of the home rigging of the mounting studs. which caused some issues reassembling and I am wondering if the tension is possibly what is causing my cv joint to go bad (again).
I have read about putting the WRX springs on and all the parts needed.
I was wondering how much height I would loose and what the difference would be between using either the tapered or the non tapered spring option.
Ideally I would like to have a stiffer suspension because I always have a fairly heavy load in the car due to travelling/living out of the car, especially now that I am adding a hitch and towing a small 5x6.5 ft trailer.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
thanks john
The rear has a factory spring seat attached to the strut mount bushing. When I replaced the strut's a while back I broke the 12mm mounting studs on the strut bushing, when trying to find a new bushing they all did not have the spring seat attached, the one I is tack welded to the mounting bushing. I am about to put a hitch on the car and was thinking of replacing the springs. I opted to drill out the old studs and weld into place some hardened steel bolts to the replace the old ones but my strut now sits at a slight angle tilted toward the front of the car, I am thinking it is because of the home rigging of the mounting studs. which caused some issues reassembling and I am wondering if the tension is possibly what is causing my cv joint to go bad (again).
I have read about putting the WRX springs on and all the parts needed.
I was wondering how much height I would loose and what the difference would be between using either the tapered or the non tapered spring option.
Ideally I would like to have a stiffer suspension because I always have a fairly heavy load in the car due to travelling/living out of the car, especially now that I am adding a hitch and towing a small 5x6.5 ft trailer.
Any guidance is greatly appreciated.
thanks john