TrulyLost

Thank you very much for the detailed replies! I mainly want to replace the top mounts due to piece of mind/ I want to learn / slightly terrified of trying to take them off the old springs! I do need to measure again when I get a chance. I've begun spraying WD40 on the bolts that I'll be taking off, trying to make sure nothing snaps or really resists me. I plan on jacking the car up from the rear diff so both side should be off the ground. As I understand it that should mean all I have to remove are the two strut bolts into the hub carrier and the 3 in the cabin, am I missing anything else?

Apologies if these have been answered before but I seem to be getting conflicting answers during my searches! I have a 2005 XT, I want to use it for towing a single axle trailer with a Cooper S/Punto race car, however when I hooked the trailer up to the car, it was far too low, the lowest point of the trailer was about cm off the road (the jockey wheel), when we tried to tow it began hitting the road! I looked under the car and the SLS has been replaced with Monroes suspension The rear suspension is lower than the front, from reading on here, the rear should be level if not higher than the front. However when I went to Peddlers website to look a their options, it says it will restore the factory ride height of 665mm (link: https://pedders.co.uk/pedders-subaru-forester-sg-ezifit-rear-suspension-conversion-kit-standard-height-803040), however when I measured the rear ride height of my car it was 680 mm from the ground to the top of the wheel arch, the front measured 750mm from ground to top of the wheel arch. Is peddlers correct? Is my rear ride correct? Surely it cannot be right if the jockey wheel is hitting the ground? I'd also like to go for the KYB, as it seems to be the better option from reading on here. But given I would need to order everything individually, would anyone be able to tell me what parts/part numbers I need? I want to put all new parts in so won't be reusing anything if possible. So with that I mind I think I need (for the rear at first anyway!): A. Strut B. Coil Springs C. Top Hat D. Dust cap (?) Is there anything else I might be missing? Given we're all locked down, I'd like to give this a go myself having never worked on suspension like this before!! Some pictures:

Just want to introduce myself. I have a 2005 Forester XT. My first Subaru, I had an Alfa 147 before hand, quite liking the Forester so far, love the power and love the grip, four wheel drive is great! Also, it snowed last weekend so for the first time in my driving life I got to go drifting and doing donuts! Was great fun power sliding the car, though I scared myself a few times! Car has a few issues to sort though which I need to get on top of. I've been lurking on here for the last few weeks, I believe my rear suspension has fallen/collapsed, as it is a lot lower than the front suspension and I think they should be at least 50/50 front/rear, but mine is definitely much lower on the rear! I believe these should have come with SLS, but this car has Monroe's (on the rear at least), I bought the car like this. It's not an issue ATM but I do want to use the car to tow a single axle trailer and a punto/mini race car in the future, the rear is far too low for that at the moment. Pictures!