'99 Forester Strut Replacement

Katya4me · Post by **Katya4me** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:41 am

My mom just rolled over 100K in the Forester and needs new struts, if you know what I mean.

I've glanced around briefly, but so far all I'm seeing is KYB struts. Is that all that is available? And no, I can't talk her into full coilovers.

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:01 am

SCC did a WRX to Forrester XT suspension swap and were quite happy with it. I don't know how much the chasis has changed from her year, but I have been trying to get Jason to do a free swap into his. No luck yet.

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:05 am

I had KYB AGXs on my 2000 Civic Si and I really liked them. I wish they had a direct replacement for the '04 WRX. they're just as good as Koni for my needs and are quite a bit cheaper.

Katya4me · Post by **Katya4me** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:12 am

zaxrex wrote:SCC did a WRX to Forrester XT suspension swap and were quite happy with it. I don't know how much the chasis has changed from her year, but I have been trying to get Jason to do a free swap into his. No luck yet.

According to Will when I asked him earlier, the '99 is a different generation (obviously) and the suspension parts aren't swappable between the XT and hers. I think he said the XT is a little wider and a few other changes.

I'll look into the KYBs then. It's still a few months till the Subaru Challenge.