rear Impreza coil spring

  • Thread starter Philippe Javaux
  • Start date
P

Philippe Javaux

Hi,
My 99 Impreza TS rear suspension looks to be slightly lower than the
front suspension. The dealer told me that people who load this car heavy
from rear always get their rear coil lower. I dont carry heavy people or
heavy loads so can I renew these coil spring? Anyone know about this problem
and some solution? The car is still stable on road so I dont want to spend
lots of money for it.

Philippe
Québec, Canada
 
I have the same problem on my 2000 Impreza Wagon.

Most of the time, the car is not loaded but in a couple of occasions, I did
load it to the capacity (5 people with luggage)
I also noticed a few other wagon with the read end lower... In fact, I have
noticed alot of Subaru Impreza wagon that appear visually to have a lower
read end.

I my opinion, it is probably a lower quality set of coil springs that were
intstalled at the factory and Subaru is not willing to change them.

I have owned 4 subies and I never had a problem with the previous models and
I did not change the way that I am loading the cars

I will probably change all springs in a few years and in the mean time, I
can say that the car handles great and I have no complain.

Charles
2000 impreza
 
The rear of my 2002 WRX sits about 1.5-2" lower than the front, which I
think looks funny, and I'm sure it can't help any with suspension
performance. Oddly, the lights don't really seem to be aimed up, it may
have been like this all along and I'm just noticing it recently.

I've mentioned it initially to the dealer, they haven't made any noise about
fixing it so far.

Andy.
 
You will also notice that most aftermarket spring kits lower the front of
the car more than the rear.
 
Hi,
That's the way it should be. Rear should be little higher than front.
That's the way they're sprung.
Tony
 
The point is that some folks are noticing that the front seems higher than
the rear with a stock setup, the aftermarket seems to be addressing this by
offering more drop in the front springs.
I think we're on the same page here, right?
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Members online

No members online now.

Forum statistics

Threads
13,889
Messages
67,365
Members
7,364
Latest member
Cimarron49

Latest Threads

Back
Top