
so what i want to know is how do coil overs fit into the strut assembley of a legacy and could i use say a set designed for a 02 wrx or impreza in my car ???
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Coilover sleeves are pieces of shit. Granted, I appreciate them from the aspect that it gets people into the coilover mentality - when those people finally realize that they can have better ride with higher performance, they will upgrade to a true coilover suspension setup. but otherwise, garbage.91White-T wrote:You can use any coilovers that have a sleeve big enough to fit over the strut body... I used impreza ones and it took some massaging to make them fit. Of course the ride quality is completely ruined, but if you don't care, coilover sleeves are the way to go.
Ditto.206er wrote:how are all coilover sleeves pieces of shit? that is a blanket statement If I ever heard one. care to elaborate on exactly why they are garbage?
I'm not sure about getting them on your stock struts, but you should replace the struts anyways. I'd get sleeve coilovers/struts for an RS or full coilovers for an RS. Ground Control/Koni or KW Coilovers (variant 3) are good choices street/autocross/light track.dumbskate wrote:there you have it im looking around for coil overs and there seems to be so little for the 90--93 legacy wagons![]()
so what i want to know is how do coil overs fit into the strut assembley of a legacy and could i use say a set designed for a 02 wrx or impreza in my car ???
Im not sure of the brand of springs they are. Theyre not the ones that came with the CGs, but they do say the lbs on them. Its actually a very smooth ride, so much so, that Im gonna put in some stiffer ones when I lower the car back down.206er wrote:so you run 500 and 450 #'s on WRX struts eh...
is that enough spring to where damping doesnt matter or are they pretty bouncy? I can imagine that those kind of rates kill struts pretty fast.
They aren't built to take offroad - a purpose built rally suspension requires very proper upkeep. When people are competitive and by competitive i mean REALLY competitive - not just pooping through the woods, with their cars - even with DMS - they require teardown and rebuilds quite often.the second they went on dirt, had to be rebuilt.
Well yeah, theres a little difference between 50 and 1000+$BAC5.2 wrote:Coilover sleeves work. They are NOTHING compared to a proper fixed spring, or a true coilover damper, but they do work.
True. I'd still rather spend $250 bucks for a set of H&R's or Whiteline springs.91White-T wrote:Well yeah, theres a little difference between 50 and 1000+$BAC5.2 wrote:Coilover sleeves work. They are NOTHING compared to a proper fixed spring, or a true coilover damper, but they do work.
Suspension information compendiumrallitektech wrote: Maybe we ought to sticky a spring rate, and setup thread in here of all our different setups.