Still wondering about lowering springs!!

[jseabolt]

Sorry if I sound hard headed about this or missed something in someone's post but there are tons of Legacy wagon lowering springs on Ebay but none listed for the Baja. And they always say "not compatible with your vehicle". There could a reason for this. Such as the outer diameter of the spring itself will not fit a Baja strut.

I did a search for some used Legacy struts and came up with $188 (each) used. God only knows how many miles they have on them, if they are rusty, worn out, bent which came from a northern state with crappy roads with allot of salt. Round here you can get almost 200,000 miles out of a set of struts before they wear out. A friend in Vermont says 60,000 miles is the life of a strut up there. I could buy a new set of lowering springs for that and use my known good struts.

I did find some adjustable coilovers for my Baja but at $900 they are out of my price range.

I'm thinking if I used a set of 1.5 lowering springs for a Legacy wagon not only will this lower my car 1.5" but maybe an additional 1-2" which will give me the look I am after. Just guessing. I'm not wanting to slame it or anything. Just make it sit like a Legacy GT version. About a 1" gap between the tire and wheelwell.

Someone mentioned there is a spacer that goes between the body and the strut assembly on the Baja makes it sit higher than a standard Legacy. So could the standard Legacy and Baja possibly use the same springs?

So other than cutting the springs with a cutting disc, what's the cheapest alternative to lowering a Baja?

I just want to know if the springs between a standard Legacy and a Baja are interchangable between the strutt assemblies. Has anyone ever compared the two together to see what the actual difference is?

[alpha_numeric44]

I have an 03 and I lowered it with KYB G2s, and king springs from primitive racing.

Sits about 1" above the tire.

The front wasn't low enough for me so I cut out 1 coil from the spring to dial it in for the right look.

Its ok to cut some off the bottom of the front springs because of the way they mount, but not thr back springs.


Rides nice and firm, but not rough. Big improvement!