Just bought STi V7 suspension...will it fit on a wagon?

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Aug 20, 2004 | 03:41 PM

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Panic

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Car Info: 2004 WRB Wagon/MoneyPit

Strut length is equal but the rear springs are shorter on sedans than on wagons...

Nov 18, 2004 | 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

The springs are somewhat shorter but the struts are longer. And more importantly, camber is way out of whack. I've helped install sedan struts on a wagon before, it doesn't work out right.

Hey Ban,

What do you recommend for Wagon Struts. I've have a hard time finding them.

Nov 18, 2004 | 11:57 AM

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Okay... I have a wagon myself, and have dealt with this very issue... What I'm saying here pertains to the GC/GF bodystyles, but I think it would be the same with the newer ones.

I think the front struts are the same... because when I went to buy KYB struts for my wagon, the fronts had the same part number as the sedan-spec. struts. However, the rears are different (maybe different lengths?). This makes sense to me, because the weight bias, I believe, is further back in the wagon. I happened to find a good deal on some STi RA sedan springs... so I thought I'd try 'em. With the wagon-spec. struts, and sedan-spec. springs, my ride height seems to be quite level. Anyway, I guess everyone has their own experiences and differnet opinions.

Please try to clear this all up for us, BAN

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Nov 18, 2004 | 10:42 PM

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Kevin M

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Wagon struts are shorter than the sedan struts in the rear. Putting sedan struts in a wagon causes severe positive camber. The KYB/STi RA combo sounds like a good one actually.

Nov 19, 2004 | 12:45 PM

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So you can get the same struts for the front and different ones for the rear?

Nov 19, 2004 | 02:24 PM

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So you can get the same struts for the front and different ones for the rear?

Don't take my word for it, but I beleive so.

Nov 22, 2004 | 09:57 AM

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Arnie

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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

It's not the length of travel that's the issue. It's the distance between the ears and the spring perch. With any given spring, the ride height is greater with sedan struts than with wagon struts.

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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS

Wagon struts are shorter than the sedan struts in the rear. Putting sedan struts in a wagon causes severe positive camber. The KYB/STi RA combo sounds like a good one actually.

Sorry, totally forgot about this thread. Here is a pic of an 04 sedan rear strut and a 02/3 rear wagon strut. As you can see, the spring perch to lower bracket ears seems to be pretty much identical.

BANSUVS - I'm afraid you are just plain wrong regarding the rear strut. As I mentioned in my previous posts, the difference is in the spring (between sedan and wagon) and in the rear tophat (between 04/5 and 02/03). The front strut is, as previously posted, different in the strut ears where the sedan has longer one's than the wagon. This causes the positive (or less neg. camber issue).

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