Mibars

Regarding Forester rear struts: If shocks in those struts are still good, I mean the dampening is OK, and the only issue is that self leveling part is bad and it sags butt the cheapest solution is to change to longer and stiffer springs keeping old shocks in the rear. That's the common fix in Poland instead of replacing self-leveling shocks that cost fortune. Expect 5cm lift with Forester shocks struts which may stress your CV joints and you may get zero or even slightly negative camber. The simplest, cost effective solution is to put a spacer between your current struts and body. You can even find ones that offset your suspension so that you keep the camber correct.

Hi! New to this forum although I was looking at this forum and this topic in particular multiple times So I have a '04 WRX wagon. I want to go higher and I'm bit confused: Is getting Forester XT struts all I need or I need to also get lower sway bar rear mounts, longer front sway bar links and do something to trailing arm brackets, or are those optional? I expect to go up just those 2 inches up. Also: How about CV joints? Shall I expect them to go bad soon after that? At the moment all I have is taller winter tires (205/55 R17) and it went about 2cm (3/4 in) over my stock 215/45 R17 worn-out summer tires. IU'll definitely go with taller tires for summer too (215 or 225 /50 R17) What I want to achieve is all-around performer, a fast and nicely handling street car that can go on a gravel/rutted/muddy country road without having to slow down.... much Current situation on winter tires, no rubbing (car is not level here, right front wheel is on a raised surface of my driveway)