December 25, 20214 yr Author On 8/26/2021 at 1:49 PM, Ionstorm66 said: So I have had terrible luck with any of the 4runner rear struts, they are still bending or blowing out. ... I think the issue is im bottoming out the struts while wheeling, as the stock bump stop is too short. ... The front springs/struts are amazing still, no issues there. Well, I'm glad that the Suspension mod worked fine for your Subie on the Front, but I really cannot understand the reason why your subie Can bottom those thick Toyota shock absorbers, installed in the Rear along the Honda coil springs for more load capability, I simply Can not understand. I bet there's something Wrong with your Subie's rear suspension, maybe with the U-joint... There are Many, Many other EA82 Subies running fine with the Suspension mods I described on the Writeup and no other one but you reported such a bottoming issue with that Strut combo... I hope that you'll find the issue and fix it as soon as possible. Kind Regards.
January 7, 20224 yr On 12/24/2021 at 9:31 PM, Loyale 2.7 Turbo said: Well, I'm glad that the Suspension mod worked fine for your Subie on the Front, but I really cannot understand the reason why your subie Can bottom those thick Toyota shock absorbers, installed in the Rear along the Honda coil springs for more load capability, I simply Can not understand. I bet there's something Wrong with your Subie's rear suspension, maybe with the U-joint... There are Many, Many other EA82 Subies running fine with the Suspension mods I described on the Writeup and no other one but you reported such a bottoming issue with that Strut combo... I hope that you'll find the issue and fix it as soon as possible. Kind Regards. I definitely just need more spring. I threw some used 4runner springs on. It had almost no travel, but no bottoming out! So I need something between the 4runner and Honda springs.
April 9, 20223 yr So I ended up finding some 4cylinder, 2wd, no ac 4running springs. They are perfect. I'm almost level front and rear, and have good travel. The combo of the new struts/springs front and rear is 2.5 inch's of lift with no spacers. Only issue is the rear springs a still a little stiff. The rear hopefully will settle a bit as it's about half inch higher than the front. Also if I lift a rear up, the front will pick a tire about an inch from the bump stop, so they are still a tiny bit too stiff. I am using the 4runner springs on pro comp 4runner struts. I had to drill out the stock upper spring mount to fit the new strut, and flip it upside down for the new spring. All of the spring Mount needed was a little notch to fit the upper strut mount. This is actually a good improvement because It gives you about two extra inches of spring length.
November 6, 2025Nov 6 On 12/24/2021 at 5:31 PM, Loyale 2.7 Turbo said: Well, I'm glad that the Suspension mod worked fine for your Subie on the Front, but I really cannot understand the reason why your subie Can bottom those thick Toyota shock absorbers, installed in the Rear along the Honda coil springs for more load capability, I simply Can not understand. I bet there's something Wrong with your Subie's rear suspension, maybe with the U-joint... There are Many, Many other EA82 Subies running fine with the Suspension mods I described on the Writeup and no other one but you reported such a bottoming issue with that Strut combo... I hope that you'll find the issue and fix it as soon as possible. Kind Regards. I apologize is I missed it. What is the solution for 1/2 inch or less lift for the rear. I want better load capacity but I don't want lift. I'm doing tempo coils in front, unfortunately I can't find new front struts,
November 7, 2025Nov 7 Author 7 hours ago, Kylesluys0046 said: I apologize is I missed it. What is the solution for 1/2 inch or less lift for the rear. I want better load capacity but I don't want lift. I'm doing tempo coils in front, unfortunately I can't find new front struts, You might find front Shock Absorbers on www.Rockauto.com and also, besides the ones for the Loyale, you can use the ones for the 4 Cyl. Subaru XT as I did. Better load capabilities are gained by using stronger coil springs, and thus means lifting, even a little, due to the increased resistance of the coil springs to get compressed by the vehicle's load. Tempo coil springs in front + honda coil springs in rear is my best bet and has been working awesome on my "BumbleBeast" since decades ago. Kind Regards. Edited November 7, 2025Nov 7 by Loyale 2.7 Turbo
November 7, 2025Nov 7 16 hours ago, Loyale 2.7 Turbo said: You might find front Shock Absorbers on www.Rockauto.com and also, besides the ones for the Loyale, you can use the ones for the 4 Cyl. Subaru XT as I did. Better load capabilities are gained by using stronger coil springs, and thus means lifting, even a little, due to the increased resistance of the coil springs to get compressed by the vehicle's load. Tempo coil springs in front + honda coil springs in rear is my best bet and has been working awesome on my "BumbleBeast" since decades ago. Kind Regards. I appreciate it. the 2" lift is more than I'm willing to go. So stock rear coils I'll stay. I for fronts at all of those subaru vehicles rockauto doesn't even list the fronts anymore. I may have to fab up actually separate shock mounts, which will be interesting.
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