Picking up some Red STI Strings/Struts

shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:59 am

So I'll be picking these up in a few days and wanted to find out exactly what parts/top hats are needed for these to fit.

The car they are going on

And any pics of other leggys running the same suspension would be greatly appreciated.

devilzdriver · Post by **devilzdriver** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:23 am

I had the exact same set up except with tein springs, then swapped for WRX springs. If memory serves me correctly i didnt have to do anything. Except mount it.

86BRATMAN · Post by **86BRATMAN** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:05 am

Gotta swap the rear top hats for 90/91 legacy rears, then they'll bolt right in, assuming you have 04 STi struts.

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:55 am

Definitely 04 sti. The rear tops are not the right bolt pattern for the chassis. Use 90-91 mounts or you are going to have to drill/file the holes.

devilzdriver · Post by **devilzdriver** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:02 pm

86BRATMAN wrote:Gotta swap the rear top hats for 90/91 legacy rears, then they'll bolt right in, assuming you have 04 STi struts.

Your right!

shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:14 pm

These are 05 sti suspension if that changes anything! Anybody have any sedan pics so I can see how it's going to look?

86BRATMAN · Post by **86BRATMAN** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:32 pm

It changes the way the fronts mount up. You'll have to make a new lower hole in the strut, there is a write up somewhere on here.

cj91legss · Post by **cj91legss** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:53 pm

I thoight 05 sti suspension was black tho?

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86BRATMAN · Post by **86BRATMAN** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 9:45 pm

I'm going with someone painted them red, it's peeling all to hell.

cj91legss · Post by **cj91legss** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:25 pm

shoefean wrote:These are 05 sti suspension if that changes anything! Anybody have any sedan pics so I can see how it's going to look?

Check my build journal.

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cj91legss · Post by **cj91legss** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 10:26 pm

86BRATMAN wrote:I'm going with someone painted them red, it's peeling all to hell.

Just noticed that

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shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:20 pm

I ended up passing on these cause the dude was asshat. i did pick up some used Tein springs for an 02-03 WRX. Will those fit my Stock struts or will i need WRX struts for it to work? Thanks for the info

Post by **Legacy777** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:50 pm

Can you remind us what year Legacy you have?

shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:31 pm

94 legacy sedan

cj91legss · Post by **cj91legss** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:35 am

If youre still curious about ride height, you can check my build journal since I have the 04 red struts and springs on my ss.

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shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:19 pm

cj91legss wrote:If youre still curious about ride height, you can check my build journal since I have the 04 red struts and springs on my ss.

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Thanks but i passed on getting those Red's. I'm now curious what 02-03 Tein springs look like on stock legacy struts cause i have a set sitting in my garage...

cj91legss · Post by **cj91legss** » Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:28 pm

I don't know what the ride height will be on your sedan. I don't know if the ride height would be reduced evenly compared to OEM 02-03 springs. When I had 0203 stock springs on my car the rear sat lower than the front and I wasn't happy with that. So if you get the tiens, be prepared to have the back sit lower than the front. Obviously on a wrx the ride height would be the same for the most part, it was just different on my car. BUT this was on my 91 wagon.

shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:40 pm

Okay... Finally decided that i want KYB AGX's so i sold the Tein springs and picked up some H&R springs. My question now is what parts will i need. Will i be able to use my current top hats or will i need 90-91's?

robertpaige · Post by **robertpaige** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:58 pm

If the strut/spring is for a WRX you will still need to use the 90/91 top hats in the rear, fronts still bolt right up.

mike-tracy · Post by **mike-tracy** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:05 pm

What did those come off? If its a gc8 then you don't have to change anything.

As an aside, the 90-91 rear tophats only work with certain year impreza springs, the sticky has the info.

shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:08 pm

Those struts came off of a 98 outback. And after checking the kyb website, they have 90-94 legacy agx struts. Would i need new top hats or could i use my old ones?

mike-tracy · Post by **mike-tracy** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:45 pm

You can reuse your tophats.

devilzdriver · Post by **devilzdriver** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:13 am

When i built my suspension the second time, i quit using the stock crap and upgraded to group N's let me tell you noticeable difference.

mike-tracy · Post by **mike-tracy** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:36 am

Devilzdriver, do you have a source for group n rears for our cars? Fronts are the same as later cars, but the dealership told me they couldn't get rears anymore (gc8 application).

shoefean · Post by **shoefean** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:21 am

So i purchased some KYB GR-2's front & back. My question is, will i be able to use my existing top hats or will i need new ones?

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