firstwagon Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 When I bought my 91 Legacy wagon LS AWD last year, it had a leaky front air strut. I went with the cheapest (and quickest) route and replaced it with a used one from the junkyard. Now I have a slow leak in one of the rears and figure it's a good time to swap out the whole air suspension. I've been looking at KYB G2's at the Tire Rack site and notice the 91 fronts are $69 each and the rears are $128 each. If I check the 92's the fronts are $74 and the rears are $69. :confused: Doing some searching on the site showed the 90-91 have tapered rear springs and thus use different struts and strut mounts. My question is.... Since I am replacing the strut, the spring and the mount anyway, can I just order 1992-94 parts? It should be fine for the front but I can't find anything about potentional problems for the rear. Also, any suggestion on springs? I don't mind lowering it an inch but no lower. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney7286 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 when i converted my 92 legacy from air to standard struts i ordered the struts complete...they came assembled with springs on them, mounts and bushings....of course for all 4 it was pricey i think around $750. when i bought my car two of my struts had been replace with new(one front one rear) mine held air but i had a control problem, i still have them if you want to stay with air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstwagon Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 when i converted my 92 legacy from air to standard struts i ordered the struts complete...they came assembled with springs on them, mounts and bushings....of course for all 4 it was pricey i think around $750.when i bought my car two of my struts had been replace with new(one front one rear) mine held air but i had a control problem, i still have them if you want to stay with air Thanks for the offer but I'm looking forward to the feel of all new parts and not having to worry about other parts of the air system going. Where did you get you complete assemblies from? By the time I add up springs, struts and mounts x 4, it will be close to that price anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Hey there, I believe you were the one to first coach me on swapping out the air suspension a 1 and a half ago. Now it's my turn. I swapped mine out with parts from a 1990, springs, strut mounts, perches. I had the two used rear struts replaced with new ones for the 1992. The front struts were from a late 90s impreza. Basically, while the top mounts are different from 90-91 to 92-94, the only difference with the struts were the position of the lower spring perches - in other words, you most certainly can use the 92 struts with pre-92 pieces. It may adjust the ride height slightly, but that's it. But, I had ongoing problem with my suspension thereafter, but suspect the inner tie-rods/rack were going. I think though using the 1990 springs/mounts MAY have altered the overall suspension geometry though, and made for less than ideal handling. Long story short - you should have no problem using 92 parts, provided you use 92 top mounts in addition to springs and struts. Good luck! Chef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney7286 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 http://www.americanairsuspension.com/SUBARU%20CONV.htm this is where i got my conversion parts, and yes...it sure drove nice with all new parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstwagon Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 http://www.americanairsuspension.com/SUBARU%20CONV.htm this is where i got my conversion parts, and yes...it sure drove nice with all new parts I wonder what parts they use in their conversion. I couldn't find much detail on the web site. Right now I'm leaning towards some KYB G2 struts from here... http://www.tirerack.com/ and some WhiteLine springs from here..... http://www.pdm-racing.com/products/subaru_corner.html Tire Rack also has strut mounts listed for the front (I don't see the rears on their site, might have to go OEM). If I have any money left over, I'll pick up an 18mm rear sway bar from PDM as well. All together it should raise my handling from perfectly pleasant:) to seriously fun :D . The final step will be taking the air suspension parts over to the local Subaru wrecking yard and seeing how much credit they will give me for them towards a set of Legacy GT or WRX 16 inch rims. I've been thinking about doing this for a year but my budget is too tight these days to replace anything that is working fine. I guess that annoying little air leak is a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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