Hello again 'OB bloke',
I am a bit confused by your most recent post, and I think it might be because I am unclear about your use of terminology.
I am also hoping that, because you have the Ausubaru kit fitted to your car, you might be able to answer a few things about which I am unclear:
Outback bloke wrote:Barry, I just read your post on the other forum and I think you are a little off on what can be done with a Gen 4. Due to the lower control arm set up on them you can not go any more than 1" higher on the struts than your lift kit size.
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Do you mean that the strut lift cannot be more than 1" greater than the BODY lift? (i.e. is BODY lift what you mean by "
lift kit", where I have added bold in the above quote?)
Does this mean that a 1" strut lift doesn't need any body lift? (Which seems to be the subtle-solutions approach.)
From what I can make out on this blog,
http://thesuperu.blogspot.com/,which shows the complete Ausubaru kit, it obviously includes body spacers. Are these spacers, as fitted to your car, 1" or 2"?
Outback bloke wrote: That is if you go a 2" lift you can squeeze in a 3" strut top. This is not a total of 5" of lift. It is a 3" lift. Even a set up like that creates issues with wheel alignments.
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By
2" lift do you mean a 2" BODY lift and by
3" strut top do you mean a 3" STRUT lift?
How is this any different to a 1" strut lift and no body lift?
If what you describe "
creates issues with wheel alignments" do these same "issues" exist with the "1" strut lift?
If what you meant is not as I have interpreted it, can you please clarify.
Outback bloke wrote: Some people fit a 2" strut lift only and all this will do is wear out your tyres and bushes faster than any other way I can think of.
I agree, no way I would do this!
Outback bloke wrote:... The Gen 1 and 2 were a much better design for lifting and offroad use. The current Outback is worse again than the Gen 4.
Which is why I'll be sticking with my 05 model year Outback (actually an 04 build). Subaru seem determined to eliminate off-road moding of the Outback.
In short, in your experience, would I adversely affect the life of cv joints, tyres and bushes if I fitted a 1" STRUT lift?
Would it be OK to also fit 1" longer springs, and/or shockers, in addition to the strut lift?
Short of fitting the 2" Ausubaru kit as you have (or similar) could you suggest an alternative approach?
Thanks for helping out with this. Because ours look like being the last 'modable' OBs, I think there will be a lot more interest in 'lifting' this model in future, so I'm sure that many will find your comments of interest.