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I have a post in the parts shed but no luck so far...

I have a 90 Legacy L AWD I've been fixing up. It runs awesome but the rear suspension is toast. Blown struts and a broken spring. I've blown my budget fixing the engine and I can't afford going new on the rear suspension just yet.

If anyone knows of good decent set of complete rear struts I'd appreciate any leads...

I'd prefer to upgrade to the 92+ style - but if any of you have good tapered struts left - I may be interested in those as well.

I've PM'd Ciper but no response on the ones he had listed - not sure if they're still available.

Shipping would be to SK Canada - BTW.

I'm not totally broke and more than willing to pay a fair price plus shipping - unfortunately I haven't even got any good hits from Canadian wreckers...

Thanks much for any leads...

Rabin
Regina, SK
S4N 2J9

just fyi the struts themselves aren't tapered so any bc/bf strut will fit and work the same. It's the springs that are tapered.

Sorry - I should have been clearer - I meant the spring - I was just refering to the whole strut as tapered to differentiate it from the newer style.

Price on a 90 strut VS the 92+ strut was over $100 difference EACH. ($225 for 1990 vs $123 for a 1992) so I assumed the perch was different as well.

If it isn't - then I'd even be happy to get a used taperd spring and I could just buy new struts for it.

I'd still prefer to get the entire 92+ unit, but I'm desperate to make this my daily driver - so any help is most appreciated.

TIA

Rabin

another thing you can consider since that's a considerably amount of money per strut is going to gr-2's or agx's. The only diferernce is the gr2's are stiffer than oem and the agx's are adjustable. One of the settings is the same as the gr2's. The agx's can also be had for about 400-450 though if you shop around you can find them for less than 400, ther was a post about it in the parts shed not too long ago. GR-2s are cheaper than agx's aswell, like 200-300 (cant remember exactly). Also gc8(93-01) impreza struts are the same as bc/bf

Found a set from a 94 Legacy in Ontario. $210 cdn shipped.

agx shocks $389 shipped.

$389 US... and thats just the strut I take it...

$509.90 CDN + springs + strut tops = more than the car is worth!

I'd love to do the full works - but this car isn't worth the effort. Nice car but not my ideal Legacy.

I used to crew chief on an ex-Subaru Canada factory Rally car - 92 Legacy Sport Sedan. (Canadian Championship car in 94'). The team had close ties to Subaru and when it was retired the driver picked it up. We came in second in the Western Canadian National Championship in 2001 - and that was with missing one race in the series. The car never DNF'd and I had it running faster than the Subaru Canada team did - we actually gave their new WRX a run - beating it on several stages in the production 4 group. (Driver was awesome too though...)

The BEST suspension I've ever experienced would have to be the STi road racing suspension that was on this car. INCREDIBLE!! Even better when they got tired and leaked all the oil out - better cause I redid the seals and used AMSOIL racing shock fluid instead. WOW. Now that car could handle!

My ideal car is a low mile Legacy Turbo 5-sp - or at least a rust free one! I have a line on one if it ever comes up for sale - but it's 4sp auto...

Rabin