I have a 1990 loyale turbo, I was wondering if any of you guys lowered them without doing the 5 lug conversion, if there is any springs that will work with them?

you can swap in physically shorter struts to lower, if you use ones from a FWD turbo xt. The xt spring may be shorter too.

 

but for factory fit ea82 fare, FWD xt is what you should be looking at

The 4wd rear struts are 2" shorter than the the 2wd rears. I have the full 2wd suspension on my 4wd xt and used 2" blocks on the front to level it.

does anyone have any pics of this working out? How much of a drop are you looking at when you go with the 2WD struts? Is there going to be issues with speed bumps?

TheSubaruJunkie had some 2wd XT struts and springs on his RX a few years ago.

 

The reason why the 2wd stuff is longer in the rear is because they mount to the trailing arm where the axle would be on the 4wd setup.

 

If you want to lower it for the sake of lowering it, just get some Impreza coilover sleeves off of ebay. Cost under $100 usually for a set of four and they are adjustable typically. I have 2 sets; one on my XT6 and the other on my RX.

do you have a link to those sleeves?

If you can find a picture of a 2wd xt, that will give you an idea.

do you have a link to those sleeves?

 

www.ebay.com then search!

TheSubaruJunkie had some 2wd XT struts and springs on his RX a few years ago.

 

The reason why the 2wd stuff is longer in the rear is because they mount to the trailing arm where the axle would be on the 4wd setup.

 

If you want to lower it for the sake of lowering it, just get some Impreza coilover sleeves off of ebay. Cost under $100 usually for a set of four and they are adjustable typically. I have 2 sets; one on my XT6 and the other on my RX.

 

Where did you find sleeve/spring kits for Subis for under $100? The only thing I've found is Skunk2 kits for WRX for about $300 shipped. Also, what year Imp kits work?

yes please, only ones under 100 is for civics, I would love to lower my wagon

I'm right there too. Problem I'm running into is that the sellers don't have any technical data on spring rates, coil length, coil ID, etc. It wouldn't be hard to find a kit that would be comparable if that data was available.

TheSubaruJunkie had some 2wd XT struts and springs on his RX a few years ago.

 

The reason why the 2wd stuff is longer in the rear is because they mount to the trailing arm where the axle would be on the 4wd setup.

 

If you want to lower it for the sake of lowering it, just get some Impreza coilover sleeves off of ebay. Cost under $100 usually for a set of four and they are adjustable typically. I have 2 sets; one on my XT6 and the other on my RX.

 

Yes where is a link to these?

I just searched up ones for an Impreza and found both sets for under $100.

 

I had to be patient when I was looking for my second set but I found them.

What year Impreza? and what are the spring rates?

Never cared about spring rates myself because I used them just for the ride height change. I found them for '93-'01 Impreza. I plan to eventually go with a full coil over setup on both cars down the road.