Hi everyone,
New to the club, but have owned a 2006 Forester XT for just over a year.
I've just had a pretty bad failure of the lower control arm and the car is now sat in a garage waiting for parts. Only issue is, the garage says they can't source any relevant parts from their suppliers and suggested sourcing some myself.
I thought it would be super easy, but i'm having a lot of trouble finding what looks like compatible parts. I've found information suggesting that parts from the whole SG series will fit (i'm just concerned about pre-facelift), which is great, but i'm planning on keeping the car for a while so i don't want the same failure again using similar parts.
Ideally, i'd like to get a set of alloy arms from a Forester STi, but i can't seem to find any. Supposedly the alloy arms from the same Impreza era will fit, but how compatible are they? Will i need different bushes or other connecting parts? Which ones? Can i just shove them straight on and get on with driving?
If anyone has any advice, ideally with some links to buy something i'd really appreciate it!