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Legacy Bilsteins into an Outback, straight swap?


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Recently purchased the other half a 3L BP5 Outback for daily duties. More on that later..

 

Keen to upgrade the suspension, both for handling aspects and aesthetics - wondering if Bilsteins from a Spec B Legacy (either GT or 3L) would boot straight in and if so, if I’d need to change anything else over?

 

 

I’ve done a fair bit of reading up about it but keep getting conflicting answers - some say that it’ll be sweet to straight swap the shocks and springs, others say that I’ll need to also change the bump stops, upper control arm and ‘something’ to give some rest camber adjustment.

 

Any and all experience in suspension related to a BP Outback would be appreciated!

 

 

Many thanks,

 

David.

 

 

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@lions tigers and beers straight swap, will bolt up however the bump stops will need to be changed to accommodate the reduction in travel. I had Bilsteins with STi Pink springs out of a 3.0R wagon in my Outback for a period of time, riding on the bump stops permanently wasn't fun... Camber arms / upper control arms shouldn't be required if using standard GT springs (I definitely required them even with my set up as I had about 2 degrees worth of nonadjustable negitive camber).

 

@delta I can't remember whether you had swapped your bump stops or not?

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[mention=20758]lions tigers and beers[/mention] straight swap, will bolt up however the bump stops will need to be changed to accommodate the reduction in travel. I had Bilsteins with STi Pink springs out of a 3.0R wagon in my Outback for a period of time, riding on the bump stops permanently wasn't fun... Camber arms / upper control arms shouldn't be required if using standard GT springs (I definitely required them even with my set up as I had about 2 degrees worth of nonadjustable negitive camber).
 
[mention=20165]delta[/mention] I can't remember whether you had swapped your bump stops or not?


Sweet, thanks for the info!

Any pics of how yours sat, with the pink springs?


It’ll be her daily and our weekend roadie wagon, so looking for a balance between her not bottoming out everywhere and it being sporty enough for me in the weekends!


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19 hours ago, lions tigers and beers said:

Any pics of how yours sat, with the pink springs?

 

Yeah dude, I can probably dig out some more if needed...

 

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On 3/20/2018 at 3:35 PM, JGM said:

 

@delta I can't remember whether you had swapped your bump stops or not?

Yeah, I did swap them quickly after installing my shock absorbers. I was hitting the Outback bump stops when turning quickly in roundabouts, which was annoying and destabilising the car.

They were a PITA to unscrew though!

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