Need suspension to fit larger tires/rally but not much lift.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:45 pm
Ok so I have a 93 Legacy SS rally car, it's my daily right now while my 98 BD GT gets fixed...
It had awesome DMS coilovers that got parted so I have no idea what shocks it has, the previous owner told me he put 98 GT shocks on it in the rear but my 98 with OEM replacement KYB GR-2's in the rear fits a 205/60R16 (vs 205/55R16 stock) under it on the stock snow flakes, these wheels and tires don't fit on the rear of the 93 they rub on the spring perch just enough that they wouldn't work SOOO.
Do KYB's fit larger tires than stock? or does my 93 NOT have BD GT shocks in the rear? or is there some weird track/offset different between a BC and BD that I should run a wider offset tire? I like sticking close to stock offset +48 to +53 depending on wheel width to save the wheel bearing, I change them enough as it is...
I have been told by a lot of people to run forester suspension but that would give me like 2" of lift unless I used different springs.
I don't have money for coils, I want to just get new OEM of whatever I'm going to run, so like new forester KYB GR-2's then run a rally spring and proper group-n top mount then put them on and go.
How would outback or SUS suspension compare to Forester stuff? People have also told me 02-05 WRX suspension would actually lift a BC? I could run a WRX KYB GR-2 with rally springs..... does anyone know where that would put me height wise?
I'd really like to stick with BC stuff because it's tuned for the chassis but I would really like to run a BFgoodrich AT T/A 215/65R16 or a 205/70R15 or 215/60R16 at smallest which happened to be the stock outback and Forester tire size....
It had awesome DMS coilovers that got parted so I have no idea what shocks it has, the previous owner told me he put 98 GT shocks on it in the rear but my 98 with OEM replacement KYB GR-2's in the rear fits a 205/60R16 (vs 205/55R16 stock) under it on the stock snow flakes, these wheels and tires don't fit on the rear of the 93 they rub on the spring perch just enough that they wouldn't work SOOO.
Do KYB's fit larger tires than stock? or does my 93 NOT have BD GT shocks in the rear? or is there some weird track/offset different between a BC and BD that I should run a wider offset tire? I like sticking close to stock offset +48 to +53 depending on wheel width to save the wheel bearing, I change them enough as it is...
I have been told by a lot of people to run forester suspension but that would give me like 2" of lift unless I used different springs.
I don't have money for coils, I want to just get new OEM of whatever I'm going to run, so like new forester KYB GR-2's then run a rally spring and proper group-n top mount then put them on and go.
How would outback or SUS suspension compare to Forester stuff? People have also told me 02-05 WRX suspension would actually lift a BC? I could run a WRX KYB GR-2 with rally springs..... does anyone know where that would put me height wise?
I'd really like to stick with BC stuff because it's tuned for the chassis but I would really like to run a BFgoodrich AT T/A 215/65R16 or a 205/70R15 or 215/60R16 at smallest which happened to be the stock outback and Forester tire size....