Guest uhohru Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 I noticed that when a subaru is lifted it requires blocks for the shocks and struts.... Would you be able to run a taller shock/strut combo instead of the lift block? Would the extra travel be too much for a cv? would it pop the cv out of the basket if it traveled to far down or to far up? Has anyone done ANY kind of suspension lift on a subaru? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flowmastered87GL Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 I believe (I think his name is subarubrat) did indeed put longer shocks on the rear of his brat, as for its strength off road, I am not sure if it has been tested. http://www.subarubrat.com is his website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 I see that, but did the shocks actually give him any lift? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JwX Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 yeah I would like info on this too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShawnW Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Check the archive on this. Theres a post where I asked about lift kit extensions that talks about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 found it!!! pub110.ezboard.com/fultim...D=38.topic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Sounds like a plan... More suspension travel... hmmm.. How would that affect the CV angles? :x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest McBrat Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 very badly. the stock CV joints aren't exactly the most dependable as a lot of you already know.... with more travel, you will put the joints into greater angles, and they will fail even faster... SubaruBrat has reinforced his axle bearing cups though to account for some of this.... plus rebuilt the axles with better quality parts I believe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 True.... but only by a percentage right? It would be similar to the U-joint issue bigger trucks have with suspension lifts... Period dot, if you do a suspension lift there will be un-happy angles in the end, no matter if it is built for a ford f-150 or a subaru brat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bushbasher Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 while i was working on building a front lift for my car, I played around to see how much suspension lift i could get, and in the front it seemed that after 2" of suspension, the axles rub on the suspension arm when the suspension is fully extended, so downward travel would be reduced with any more suspension lift. This is with an ea82 car, also a turbo so it had bigger? cv's, and I didn't test the car with this much suspension lift, this was just done in the garage by sticking blocks of wood in the strut tower I think it would be easier to get more suspension lift from the back though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest uhohru Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 bump, anyone try this yet? am i going to have to be the monkey? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/grin.gif ALT=" >D"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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