SF5 Forester Lowering Issues

[hittnswitches]

Hey, new to this forum, tried doing some searches but didnt have much luck, sorry to ask probably and old question, but I have just put superlow cobra springs into our 97 SF5 Forester, and I have the issue now of the lower sway bar bush mounting hitting the inside of the rims on full lock. I realize there's millions of lowered foresters out there and i can't be the only 1 with that issue, so just looking for remedy's. I took the entire sway bar off but now have a leaking front lower outer control arm bush (the big one) is spewing out fluid everywhere. its the second one now. Will have to go to some solid mounts there i guess. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

If you lower the f**k out of forries you run into these issues. If you remove your front subframe spacers and put in some wrx bushes, that'll improve your steering geometry. Another way of getting it to handle better is upgrading to v7/8 sti struts with low springs, should sit about the same height and the ride will be a bit nicer as you will have a bit more travel in the struts. As for the sway bar, that ones new to me, is it properly centered in the mounts?

[hittnswitches]

thanks for the ideas, yeah it still has heaps of shock travel, etc i don't think its that low really, but the sway bar i thought was weird, yeah i hadnt touched it at all from the factory, just put in some new bushes which were the same, its not till tis lowered down you can see the sway bar end sort of twist down under the wheel and the mount bolt touches the wheels on full lock. i should have taken pictures before removing, maybe play round with shorter bush mountings and bolts etc.....

[reaperblitz]

your car isnt the automatic version is it? iirc they dont have much tolerances for clearance compared to manuals when lowering