outback vs lib strut tops = 1-2" height difference.

woody.t · Post by **woody.t** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:13 pm

so i picked up some outback strut tops today and put one side in the rear which now seems to sit lower then i would have thought which made me think about the top spring mount set-up of liberty in the front and outback in the rear.... basically in the front the liberty has the top spring mount and then a strut top connected on top of that where as the outback tops in the rear are one complete unit which is "counter-sunk" into the centre of the spring... so i'm thinking that the differences may account for a height difference of 1-2" in the end.. anyone who has played with both 2nd gen outback and 1st gen libertys could you confirm this or anyone who has some thoughts on it please feel free to speak up as i dont want to put the other rear in if it's worth trying to get hold of some 1st gen lib ones cheers.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:45 pm

the rear wheel arches are lower than the front.

measure your sill clearance in front of the rear wheel and behind the front wheel and then see if you think it is still out of whack

woody.t · Post by **woody.t** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:39 pm

there is about an inch difference between the bottom of the car in front of the rear and the bottom of the car behind the front.. not alot but noticable to the eye.. enough to annoy me anyway
this is the different set-ups,

one on the right being the outback tops left the old set-up that came off the car.. which by my estimate give about n inch of difference which means a waste of $80 and 90minutes of driving to pick them up today.. and still need the old set-up for a liberty to go in

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:21 am

I used to have those strut tops. that is an airbag top with a spring hat added to convert to coil springs. your car was obviously converted form airbags to coils at some stage.

Post by **Alex** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:29 am

was gonna say they are 100% different to my gen3 outback strut tops...

ive never personally seen any tops like that.

alex

Davidov · Post by **Davidov** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:54 pm

Yeah im pretty sure those strut tops are different to mine also.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:04 pm

vincentvega wrote:I used to have those strut tops. that is an airbag top with a spring hat added to convert to coil springs. your car was obviously converted form airbags to coils at some stage.

+1.. these are Air Suspension strut tops and aftermarket spring tops

ScubyRoo · Post by **ScubyRoo** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:03 am

+1 as being not standard gen 1 or gen 2 tops, look nothing like what i've played with.