Sundancekidd

Hello subie community! I’m new to this and need some help. I have a 09 wrx and saw a guy on nasioc post his lifted 09 wrx up for sale. In the description he said he used 2012 forester struts. I tried contacting him about the lift but no reply. So I just decided to just dive in and see if it would work. Haha not the brightest decision. I got the front passenger strut in But had to pry the control arm down a ways for it to line up. Also unbolted my sway bar to allow for more drop but my concern is the cv has a bit of an angle to it. Did the same on the driver side and with all my night I couldn’t get the bolt holes to line up. Worried that it’s not correct or I need to do something else for it to be right. Has anyone else lifted an 09+ this way? Just need a bit of input. Thank you for any help on the subject.