I understand the coilovers have more stroke/compression than factory style struts and springs, but do you not need different/longer lower control arms for it to actually be a long travel suspension setup?
Nope, the control arm does have enough movement to get a few more inches of travel than factory. There is a very large increase in droop and compression range than factor struts. I do have aluminum STI control arms which are slightly longer than the factory arms which does help with this
The coilovers are fixed height, so I needed a top hat spacer to achieve the height I want. I used trailing arm spacers with the adjustable arms because I wanted a less severe angle on the arm when at max droop, the adjustable arms are much stronger than the factory arms and they allow me to fine tune my wheel alignment
Nice inverted coilovers ! I have a few questions...whats the spring rates and lengths front and rear ? Why are the lower spring seats not adjustable ? Could you measure the shaft travel/length ? Sorry for all these questions !
Looks great! I was hoping you were going to post the alignment process too after seeing your IG story of the plates. Not sure if you shot that part but I bet a lot of people would like that see it.
Im new to this mechanics stuff, but if I understand right you need that adjustable trailing arm to re center the rear tires after the huge lift....so does that mean a adjustable trailing arm can re center correctly after a subframe lift as well? Though how did you fit the long travel coilover, without any more mods?
Yes, adjustable trailing arms will work with a subframe drop. A subframe lift is only meant to help flatten the CV axle angle when you lift over about 3 inches, the long travel can be installed on any Forester with or without a lift, these coil overs provide about 2 1/2 inches of lift then I added a 1 inch spacer to give a total of 3 1/2 inches of lift, from there you can fine turn your lift with spring preload
@@BrianLipkeMedia Damn so I bought the wrong car!! I looking into that for the outback, Ive found power your brains who did long travel but had to mod alot of the suspension parts
@@BrianLipkeMedia Okay cool. I have some 16x7 Sparcos that I'm putting on my 05 Forester but I can only run 215/70/16 and I still have no lift. Are those truck tires on it?
Forester goals, hopefully I can do something similar with my forester! I'm excited to see what's possible with this setup!
I’ll definitely be posting a bunch of pictures and videos showing the capabilities of this new setup, so keep an eye on my Instagram!
I like the wheels
Been following you in Instagram. Didn’t realize you had a UA-cam channel. Awesome stuff here man. Keep up the excellent work.
Thank you!
Thinking about getting these for my Sambar, how are they holding up?
Really well!
You make it look easy! Great video. Looking forward to doing a lift install of my own soon.
Soooo about that review video
There’s better out there. Go with Raceworks coilovers
I understand the coilovers have more stroke/compression than factory style struts and springs, but do you not need different/longer lower control arms for it to actually be a long travel suspension setup?
Nope, the control arm does have enough movement to get a few more inches of travel than factory. There is a very large increase in droop and compression range than factor struts. I do have aluminum STI control arms which are slightly longer than the factory arms which does help with this
@@BrianLipkeMedia how much lift did the coilovers and top hat spacers give you? Are your tires P235 or LT235?
So the coilovers gave about 2” front and 2.5” rear, the top hat spacer are 1” so a total of 3” front and 3.5” rear. My tires are LT235/75r15
Hi mate could you share your thoughts on the coilovers please, ride comfort, wheel travel etc?
Thanks
Hi , greetings from Baja , what is the rims or wheels you are using?
Looking forward to some review/thoughts on this suspension set up! There isn't a lot of info out there.
Hello! Yup I agree, I’m working on a review/thoughts video soon. I want to get as much information out there as possible about these amazing coilovers
Holy fuck man love the end look of the Subaru!
Any thoughts on getting drop brackets to lift it more?
Why a trailing arm mount spacer if you have adjustable length arms? Why use a tophat spacer if you have adjustable coilovers?
The coilovers are fixed height, so I needed a top hat spacer to achieve the height I want. I used trailing arm spacers with the adjustable arms because I wanted a less severe angle on the arm when at max droop, the adjustable arms are much stronger than the factory arms and they allow me to fine tune my wheel alignment
Really Nice video! Greetings from Peru! Any reason why use spacers on the back??
Hello! I simply needed an extra inch of height to make my car sit level. These coilovers are non height adjustable
Nice inverted coilovers ! I have a few questions...whats the spring rates and lengths front and rear ? Why are the lower spring seats not adjustable ? Could you measure the shaft travel/length ? Sorry for all these questions !
He should be sorry for not answering!
Sexy man, sexy car.
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Looks great! I was hoping you were going to post the alignment process too after seeing your IG story of the plates. Not sure if you shot that part but I bet a lot of people would like that see it.
Sadly I didn’t think of it at the time, but I will definitely make an alignment video soon cause I had a few people interested in seeing that!
Im new to this mechanics stuff, but if I understand right you need that adjustable trailing arm to re center the rear tires after the huge lift....so does that mean a adjustable trailing arm can re center correctly after a subframe lift as well? Though how did you fit the long travel coilover, without any more mods?
Yes, adjustable trailing arms will work with a subframe drop. A subframe lift is only meant to help flatten the CV axle angle when you lift over about 3 inches, the long travel can be installed on any Forester with or without a lift, these coil overs provide about 2 1/2 inches of lift then I added a 1 inch spacer to give a total of 3 1/2 inches of lift, from there you can fine turn your lift with spring preload
@@BrianLipkeMedia Damn so I bought the wrong car!! I looking into that for the outback, Ive found power your brains who did long travel but had to mod alot of the suspension parts
Nice rig! What size and type of All Terrain Tire are you using?
They are 235/75r15 Falken Wildpeak AT3w
@@BrianLipkeMedia Okay cool. I have some 16x7 Sparcos that I'm putting on my 05 Forester but I can only run 215/70/16 and I still have no lift. Are those truck tires on it?
Would really like to see how these perform. How far do they actually travel?
10” front 12” rear