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p.s Love my $100 LingLong tyres

Spring comp's for sure. Another easier option... take it to a suspension place with hydraulic spring compressors. I was charged $10 each... and I didn't even break a sweat.

cool, I now know were to get my Hotham report.

Good work.

Just wanted to share a great find, bought spare rims for my05 fossie which I wanted to dress with some mud tyres. Found them hard to find in 215/65/16 without paying through the nose but found a China import tyre with great meat on them. They are called Linglong Radial620 for $100ea fitted. I had to...

Thanks Bennie,

looks like the 1" strut spacers and HD springs are they way to go for me then. Thanks everyone for their input.

Regards Mat.

My car has only done 70k plus I'm not that keen in spending big bucks. Could I use a 2'' strut spacer or is that dodgy? I have only found the 1" type though.

[quote="ScubyRoo"]Hey peeps When I wrote off my lib, one of the factors in loosing the back end in the stutter bumps was the fact that I had HD springs installed without adequate preload in the rear (too little weight), which caused it to skip instead of slide. Hi Owen, After you mentioned the above...

Thanks Gents, Thanks ScubyRoo for your feedback. I couldn’t imagine loading up the Fossie too much so the springs probably wouldn’t be the ideal thing for me. I just want enough clearance to get to my fishing spots and not lose too much of the standard drive quality (don't want body roll). What woul...

Mat, You will get your +30mm extra lift with the kings!!:-D Even though they are the same size as stock, the extra stiffness makes them compress a little less (around 30mm less) when installed in the car. So overall, with Kings and 1in spacers, you should be getting +60/+65mm additional clearance!!...

I caught one of the little buggers one evening. I gave chase down the street after noticing the turds in the driveway. Got holes in my socks and sore feet but I got him. All I did was grabbed his arm and came to a halt when I realized he was pissing himself. Felt bit bad for the kid cause his mate s...

Oh right... well that's plenty. Let's hope we get some feedback from someone who has this set up. I might just put the spacers in like you have for now.

Thanks heaps Pedro

Mat.

Wow, thanks Pedro. I thought I'd have to change the struts as well. This is because the springs are the same height right? It is my understanding then that it won't give me any more than the 1in lift from the Subtle lift! I was kind of hoping for more than that.

Mat.

p.s Nice ride mate.

Hi All,

I'm a long time Subaru admirer who bought a 04 Forester as the family wagon 2yrs ago, and now the wife say's I can pimp our ride. But... there is always a BUT, not until my daily drive dies. Grrrrrr

Getting ready though.

Looking forward to the good times.
Clogs.

Installing a alarm system to your Fossie? Easy, you won't even need to fit a drivers door motor to make the central locking work. Pick up wiring point from OEM keyless entry behind glove box. Open module and probe relay points on circuit board with test light to find negative door lock and un-lock. ...

Thanks Pedro,

I asume the harder springs would be needed to compensate for body roll, wouldn't you say. Hope some one has it fitted already cause I would like to know before I go for the big dive into the wallet.

Mat.

Hi All, I'm considering a 1" Subtle Lift Kit and King spring lift on my04 Forester after reading some treads on forums however I haven't seen much info on quality of ride after such a lift. Would love some feed back on around town handeling. And if handeling is poor should struttower braces and/or s...