trying to drop my xt a little lower, but first some background.

5 lug swap done on my xt4 fwd. Has impreza everything with a reemed out EA82T control arm to fit EJ ball joint.

 

things i didnt realize but now do:

-FWD xt4 has the lowest strut subaru ever made (that I know of) so theres no replacement struts and this makes it harder to lower for various reasons.

- impreza struts make it sit wayyy up high. I knew it was gonna make it sit higher but danggggg lowering springs arent gonna make  up the difference. i need shorter struts.

-I'm not as smart as i think i am

-I absolutely do not want coilovers unless they are super awesome ones and thats not in my budget.

 

So hows about this?1018141450.jpg

 

as you can see the plan so far would be to:

 

-get strut inserts (such as koni yellows) for the original super short FWD ea82t struts

-Prep original strut for cartridge insert

-Custom fab an EJ bottom strut to steering knuckle mount for the ea82t strut housing

-weld mount onto strut house 1/2 inch up from bottom (giving me half inch drop with losing any strut travel....Maybe? might be thinking about it wrong) still plenty room for the axle

-snag some lowering springs from the local custom coil spring shop dropping it another 1 and a half inches MAXIMUM anything more would be bad for my strut inserts

-throw my new custom strut assemblies on my XT!

 

also

i was thinking of setting the custom bottom strut mount holes at an

angle, the top hole farther out than the bottom correcting for camber.

 

Things I'm worried about

- Bottom spring perch hitting top of the tire (I sorta quickly measured it today before work and i think it will be ok)

- Everything else about this theoretical project/my non theoretical life

 

I could just get a 4x4 XT or XT6 but i'd rather work with what i have

(should of bought the 4x4 version to start with) oh well thats why its a project i suppose

Let's hear your thoughts on this

thanks dudes

stay sharp!

time to BUMP this