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got my rear struts in no more bouncing wagon! the struts were so blown when I took the springs off the strut just collapsed.

my issues with past subaru automatics made me decide to go with a MT and I could not be happier.

Sucks man too bad you are not closer

took awhile to find this thread again but I just replaced my struts so I was able to snap a picture and look up where this area is.. strut had a collision with it.

I will have to check out sears and here are the few pictures i took tonight.. those upper spring seats are looking very rusty.. I hope they make replacements..

Ah good thanks, car already feels better interesting stock struts are KYB.. having said that I took the old struts out and just as I expected the strut collapsed

Thats one thing I dont have is box wrenches.. I got by using channel locks.. What sizes shoud I pick up?

anyone think a u joint will work?

Should of been clear the cv body is in the way

Holy chit... How do you get the lower bolt out on the rear? The stupid cv boot is in the way

haha found my breaker bar

almost all my bolts under the hood near the radiator snapped.. I need something get them out.. right now my headlights are held into place by the hood.. they just all snapped because of rust. I gotta check out something first before i start again

I forgot I get off early tomorrow so I can try the rears.. still can't find my breaker bar.. I mean how hard is it to misplace a 25 inch long bar.. but somehow it got legs!

I never counted

when I put UEL headers on my car like 8 months ago I forsure had more low end but lost some in the top end. It gets annoying people think I'm trying to race them when leaving from the light so I just let the red light catch up to them lol

yeah the bolt is not a camber bolt nor is the hole in the shape for adjustment.. I was going to do it today but I feel I'm going to get caught out too late plus I gotta be to work at 12 Am I will try tomorrow after work.. I need to remind myself to get kroil.. PB blaster sucks.

some videos from yesterday So cold in that last video..

If you do anything let us know I noticed this site is a little more layed back.. vs like NASIOC here they just say leave it be and don't do anything..

the rear is not camber'ed so that's not an issue. I don't have any pipe that long enough or can fit over my 1/2" breaker bar... plus my 1/2" sockets are all deep sockets and I think it would be very tight or not fit with the breaker bar on. I do have a 3/8" socket but It's a huskey so I don't know how much force it can take For the fronts I used my impact on it. I had both bolts out in about a min which include tapping them out.

lol you can keep it for now until I get my snow tires mounted. I just rotated these tires for the last time after that good bye all seasons! haha I dunno if you saw my thread but I only got one strut on today first of all it was friken 38 and blowing wind all day.. and 2nd it was dark and I could not get the top bolt to move on the rear strut.. So Monday I will try again.. Any tips? My impact wrench is too fat to fit but it would make the job super easy..

the rears are hard because my tool will fit the bolt head but it's tight for the nut I'm not sure if my wobble socket will be any help... Fronts are a breeze I held my impact on the top bolt for 20 seconds and it did not move.. the lower bolt well the nut and the bolt started spinning but that's ok I had that happen before. I don't know if it's just me but it seems like the car sits a tad higher And for the bolt for the rear.. I can always use hand tools lol.. but after you use an impact wrench you get a little spoiled

I'm not sure where I saw it but they were referring to the strut mounts.. (don't see how it effects anything) to mount the strut that's easy the perch says OUT on it.. it took me so long today because it never got any higher then 38F and plus we had a light wind. I'm hoping Monday I can do the rest of the 3.

yeah it was the sway bar that was the hold up... funny thing was when I went to jack up the front (I wanted to do both left side) I heard the left front pop into place. After all that it only took me about 1 min to put the bolts in and set camber and done.. the rears are going to be a pain.. I hit them with the impact wrench and that top bolt is not moving.. I might have to take a little heat to it since PB blaster was not working (getting kroil next) the rears are far worse then the front.. jump on the rear and the car will bounce for a good 2 seconds So I took the front left off and pushed the strut down and heh it never came back up.. WELL It did move upwards about 2 inches in 25 min. I'm not going to go crazy on it right now since I gotta do the same stuff over again in the spring.. I'm just installing this now because the car was crap in the snow in every rut you hit... besides I will be putting lowering springs on and new strut mounts. having said that I know what that tapping sound is on every bump.. some how my lower caliper bolt fell out (don't know how I made sure it was on) I assume they offer replacement bolts for the lower?

I got the spring off the old one and have the gr2 in but my issue is the kuckle of the car will not line up with the holes on the new strut.. Im lost im on my phone right now so let me get a shot