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So I'll be picking these up in a few days and wanted to find out exactly what parts/top hats are needed for these to fit.


The car they are going on


And any pics of other leggys running the same suspension would be greatly appreciated.

I had the exact same set up except with tein springs, then swapped for WRX springs. If memory serves me correctly i didnt have to do anything. Except mount it.

Gotta swap the rear top hats for 90/91 legacy rears, then they'll bolt right in, assuming you have 04 STi struts.

Definitely 04 sti. The rear tops are not the right bolt pattern for the chassis. Use 90-91 mounts or you are going to have to drill/file the holes.

86BRATMAN wrote:Gotta swap the rear top hats for 90/91 legacy rears, then they'll bolt right in, assuming you have 04 STi struts.

Your right!

These are 05 sti suspension if that changes anything! Anybody have any sedan pics so I can see how it's going to look?

It changes the way the fronts mount up. You'll have to make a new lower hole in the strut, there is a write up somewhere on here.

I thoight 05 sti suspension was black tho?

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I'm going with someone painted them red, it's peeling all to hell.

shoefean wrote:These are 05 sti suspension if that changes anything! Anybody have any sedan pics so I can see how it's going to look?

Check my build journal.

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86BRATMAN wrote:I'm going with someone painted them red, it's peeling all to hell.

Just noticed that

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I ended up passing on these cause the dude was asshat. i did pick up some used Tein springs for an 02-03 WRX. Will those fit my Stock struts or will i need WRX struts for it to work? Thanks for the info

Can you remind us what year Legacy you have?

94 legacy sedan

If youre still curious about ride height, you can check my build journal since I have the 04 red struts and springs on my ss.

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cj91legss wrote:If youre still curious about ride height, you can check my build journal since I have the 04 red struts and springs on my ss.

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Thanks but i passed on getting those Red's. I'm now curious what 02-03 Tein springs look like on stock legacy struts cause i have a set sitting in my garage...

I don't know what the ride height will be on your sedan. I don't know if the ride height would be reduced evenly compared to OEM 02-03 springs. When I had 0203 stock springs on my car the rear sat lower than the front and I wasn't happy with that. So if you get the tiens, be prepared to have the back sit lower than the front. Obviously on a wrx the ride height would be the same for the most part, it was just different on my car. BUT this was on my 91 wagon.

Okay... Finally decided that i want KYB AGX's so i sold the Tein springs and picked up some H&R springs. My question now is what parts will i need. Will i be able to use my current top hats or will i need 90-91's?

If the strut/spring is for a WRX you will still need to use the 90/91 top hats in the rear, fronts still bolt right up.

What did those come off? If its a gc8 then you don't have to change anything.

As an aside, the 90-91 rear tophats only work with certain year impreza springs, the sticky has the info.

Those struts came off of a 98 outback. And after checking the kyb website, they have 90-94 legacy agx struts. Would i need new top hats or could i use my old ones?

You can reuse your tophats.

When i built my suspension the second time, i quit using the stock crap and upgraded to group N's let me tell you noticeable difference.

Devilzdriver, do you have a source for group n rears for our cars? Fronts are the same as later cars, but the dealership told me they couldn't get rears anymore (gc8 application).

So i purchased some KYB GR-2's front & back. My question is, will i be able to use my existing top hats or will i need new ones?