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Rears had seen better days too

New and original tops glad I bought new ones

Currently standard steel springs and tops with normal suspension As of tomorrow, this with new oem tops front and rear http://www.pedders.co.uk/subaru-forester-sf-lowering-suspension-kit_p23267271.htm

Cheers mate, what do you think of them ?

Haha I'm just as confused as you now ! Although I was looking at the bc coilovers the part numbers appear to be the same between foz and impreza so who knows, all I know is the new tops I've bought fit the classic impreza as well as ours. I'll take pics of the new tops and the ones that come off tomorrow

Sorry if you get 2001 onwards coil overs you will need to swap the top mounts. But the ones in the eBay link are for gc8 imprezas so have the same tops as ours :-D

Yeah mate the the whole lot, no need to swap the tops over

They'll bolt straight up only difference is you don't have the extra cushioning of the normal rubber mounts. Great for handling not so good for comfort. That was one of the deciding factors in me going for normal struts and tops

I couldn't tell you as I've never seen the sls units off the car. Which tops on the coils do you think you need to change ? They look like the new mounts I have in shape just different in construtcion.

Not entirely sure, never looked into newage stuff but they changed the tops on one of the later models so you may need to swap to older top mounts with new age shocks. Those coils should work with ours it's only the fronts that have adjustable camber plates ? The ride may be a bit firmer though

You'll end up with a saggy !Removed! as the springs are softer than forester ones

Cars ready in preparation for tomorrow :-D

As for springs they are available, theres a couple of companies in the states that do them to work with standard struts, eibach and swift to name a couple. I'm sure there are places here that would do them to

Yes mate any sf strut will fit, i've bwen told struts from the sg forester also fit

Hi mate, my car was on standard struts and steel springs anway no sls. The lowering kit I've ordered will actually bring the car up higher than it is at present but lower than stock. Should still give me a decent ride height but with less of a massive gap under the front arches. Ordered the pedders sf lowering kit www.pedders.co.uk And new kyb topmounts front and rear as mine have probably seen better days due to thier age Part nos sm8101 sm8102 sm5361 a pari of these as they are fronts. Thabks to mr b for part nos :-D

Hi mr B. Right before you shoot me to bits I ended up with a mix, thepedders lowering kit, firstly because the said they also had 2 year gaurantee on the shocks and springs, & I couldn't get the kybs in time or for a decent enough price various places could sell me one and one from somewhere else with maybe a wait while they got them in stock etc etc.. . Was planning on fitting it all last weekend with my old man as help, but dpd managed to deliver my stuff 7 miles away so had to wait till monday for it to arrive, ordered all new kyb top mounts and boots, so nigh on 700. Typically these didn't turn up till tuesday by which time the folks had gone on holiday for two weeks and I'm supposed to be working the leeds festival this weekend but thats all gone down the pan. Didn't fancy getting stuck in a field with a collapsed strut at 1 in the morning. So i'm getting my local specialist to fit it all sat morning for a good price, (another reason is my spring compressors are too short to deal with the massive rear springs) ! One thing I didn't mange to get as I assumed they'd be with the tops is the plastic washer things that sit between the mounts and springs, I'll re use if needs be. All this wouldn't have happened if the previous owner hadn't been a cheap skate and only replaced one shock :'( still Ns rear ride height measures 610 os rear is about 620 both fronts are between 610-630 so it's safe to say the lot could do with changing Hopefully my mpg will increase a bit as I'm not sagging up and down I don't really carry much weight, most is pram &travel cot and some shopping so normal urban driving 21-22mpg. Most of my trips are quite short in duration normally do 75miles a week so not the best. I maybe spend around 25quid a week on petrol (v power) and still have enough for the weekned. Motorway up to 33mpg at a steady cruise so overall I'm well happy. I should really find out how much the last quarter of a tank actually holds but after driving round for nearly a year taking the needle down to the stop over and over I gave up wondering when the reserve light would come on. Weirdly it only started working about 4 months ago and comes on when it feels like it now. Must be a faulty sender. Anyway enough of my waffling on !

I reckon the newer foz looks best in black, theres one near me lowered and on 18" gold bbs wheels looks really good

Hi mate welcome, Looks good if your thinking of paying that much for one have you thought about getting a fresh import ?

I'm at martins depending what time I gt finished may swing by on way home

Hi myke, thanks for the offer. Are they the 14mm ones ? I guess they'd be the same. I went fo standard struts in the end ae I'd only be mewsing with the coils all the time. Everythings being fitted sat and a 4 wheel alignmnt is booked in for next week :-D so not sure if I'd neex the bolts from you as I'm guessing I'll just re use originals ?

Cheers I'd been wanting a rear shot form mine for a while but every time I'd taken a pic it had loads of crap background or reflections :-D thought I'd use someone else's hard work name change tomorrow hahaha

Id contact whoever you bought the car from and tell them somethings amiss, Thats not right at all for it to be loosing all otd oil means theres a big hole crack in the block. Or a major seal missing amd when it's running its just pumping it out

Personal preference mate, if you like it and want on stick it on. At the end of the day it's your car and balls to everyone else ! Maybe mount it with something temporary stand back have a look and see what you think, that way if you don't like it or want to move it at least you can easily

When you say oil from under the car you mean it's lost it all from the sump or it's loosing it all from the underside ? When you dip the stick is there any left ? Does your car have the undertray attached may be pooling on there and dripping out. If it does is it coming from the front of the tray or the rear of it ?