Seeing all these lifted Subaru's, I am beginning to gather info for a lift. I have heard adf lifts are great and sjr lifts are great so I'm only after info on what shocks and springs to use as I don't want any negative going to either company. I will be lowering the cross member. I want enough clearance for a 27" tire. This is an 87 gl ea82 wagon. I want decent suspension travel, ride quality is not a big deal as I'm building it for off roading. Thanks on advance.

the stock struts and shocks are used with my lift

 

http://www.sjrlift.com/index.php/catalog/lift-kits/0-4-lift-kit-ea82-detail

Thanks Scott. May I ask why we don't have extended control arms and axles yet? I'd be lab rat for you.

There are a few reasons. The main one being price. Most people don't want to pay big money for custom axles and control arms on a car that's only worth a couple hundred dollars. Plus to really use the longer axles you need custom struts. Fox makes some nice shocks but they are around $500 a piece, and those are the cheap ones. Next is size. Subarus are small enough to go down small Atv trails, but make them much wider and they loose that advantage

I get that most of us are in the same boat with pricing and having a car not worth much. Id just rather put the $2500 into a car with custom suspension parts than buy a side by side at 10k when my subaru is just as capable and it is not much wider. (plus a wagon I have a covered sleeping area)

Not even close to matching a side by side the aproch angle sucks as dose th3 departure angle the break over is ok with a 4" lift but its not great with a side by side your aftermarked options are endless with th3 roo you have to make almost everything your self the side by side is about half the waight of the roo and were designed to be used off road the roo is heavy comparitivly and was a through away econo box designed for back roads on the up side you cant make ice runs in the side by side or sleep in the back of the side by side ive been working on the longer controle arms and longer traval struts but the issue im running in to is the exhaust is in the way theres no room left to mount the controle arms anywere else and if the stock location is used it would make the car very wide any kind of long traval is gona require complete custom struts these arent the standerd type struts so theres nothing off the self that bolts on as far as springs go the ford tempo springs work and give a extra lift around 2" but they seem to be saging very bad after some abuse basicly if you have the fab skills skys the limit but if not your kinda stuck however the kyb struts made for this car are very good compromize and have always had a good rep in the off road world think baja bug and ive found nissan 300zx front struts work on the back and have a 5/8" vs 1/2" stock shaft and 6" of traval with honda springs your looking at around 3-4" of lift there are options but nothing to make it capable as a side.by side still alot of fun

What there worth means nothing if your building some thing you want

Edited April 27, 20178 yr by ferp420

Hey ferp420 you seem to be dedicated to this chassis, have you received quotes yet for custom shocks and struts for the long travel you have been working on? I'm picking up some spare control arms to bring to my fabricator, just to see what we can come up with. I got a quote for custom axles, about $750 but that is prototype cost

If i cant build it my self i cant aford it that being sead im looking at cheap used rebuildable shocks and using the basic idea behind what another member on here has done (pontoontod dude)  and adapt his idea to work on the ea82 platform my goal is to build my entire suspention for less than $200 front and rear

<p>Lol double.post</p>

Edited May 1, 20178 yr by ferp420