Your best bet would be to do either a spring and strut swap for the 1k price. I just recently swapped out my GT wagon from Swift springs/KYBs (Great handling, but sucked on the wonderful bay area freeways) to Bilsteins, King springs w/Spec B top hats on the front.
Outbacks also have the lift spacers due to them being "raised" so you may also need to confirm that too. But ive done swaps on my old Outbacks and not touched any of that.
(Also have the KYBs/Swifts for sale)