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Speaking of housings. By the end of the month, AZP will be rolling out our pre-built sets of Koni inserts for the 05-09 Legacy. :)

 

-Mike Paisan

 

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Did mine yesterday, new OEM tophats all around, reused the rest of the goodies, and let me tell you 3 things:

 

1) Ride is awesome. No more squat on acceleration (I'm at stage 2) and cornering is much improved. Significantly more controlled, less body roll, etc. I'm also using stock swaybars with stock swaybar bushings, with 83K on them. The rest of my front end bushings are all WL poly. Also have the WL RCK. I have them set to 1.5 turns from full soft, but I may dial it down to 1 turn from full soft instead as larger bumps feel a tiny bit hard.

 

2) DO NOT CUT TOO MUCH FROM THE STRUT HOUSING. Cut as close to the silver cap thing as possible! Koni's instructions call for our housings to be cut 40 mm down. This is making things kind of close. I highly recommend cutting even less than that to make absolutely certain the strut cartridge bumps will be all the way in the strut housing.

 

3) At 83K, at least 45K of which were from NYC roads and weather, the front strut mount bearings were TOAST. I mean COMPLETELY toast. The driver side was crunchy and could barely turn and the passenger side was crunchy all around. I'd say that anyone who has anything more than 50-60K miles MUST replace the front strut mounts at the very least. You'd be an idiot not to when pulling all of this stuff out. The rest of the stuff I could reuse.

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Speaking of housings. By the end of the month, AZP will be rolling out our pre-built sets of Koni inserts for the 05-09 Legacy. :)

 

-Mike Paisan

 

AZP's First Private Track Event, June 19 at NJMP Thunderbolt $315 including Classroom and Mentor!

http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/91072632.jpg http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/145749898/original.jpg http://www.pbase.com/paisan/image/133406601.jpg http://www.whiteline.com.au/images/logos/perf1.jpg

11+ Years Maintaining, Modifying and Educating TriState Subaru Enthusiasts.

Call directly as We carry almost every manufacturer now, so before you buy parts call us.

Like us on Facebook! | E-mail: sales@azpinstalls.com | 725 Fairfield Ave | Kenilworth, NJ 07033 | 908.248.AZP1 (2971) | T-1 Certified Amsoil Direct Jobber |AIM: AZP Installs

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Good luck to you sir on the endeavor. I honestly hope you can find a way to make it work. I tried. Shipping costs and failed core returns (OEM bodies) killed my attempt. I still keep a set ready to install at the shop, but I dont offer to package and ship them anymore.

 

But core return issues also killed the fuel pump housing mods we used to do as well.

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It crossed my mind for a sec to make empty inserts. i could see the profits. I bought a new eBay strut that I'm cutting any how. I'll see how that goes come install time. The nice thing about this strut is that it didn't have that silver ring which makes using a brass cutter difficult. Instead the top is similar with the konis shock top. Flat. Also has a nice lip for the wheel be guided on while cutting.
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2) DO NOT CUT TOO MUCH FROM THE STRUT HOUSING. Cut as close to the silver cap thing as possible! Koni's instructions call for our housings to be cut 40 mm down. This is making things kind of close. I highly recommend cutting even less than that to make absolutely certain the strut cartridge bumps will be all the way in the strut housing.

 

I cut mine at 40mm as per instructions, as long as you measure twice and cut once you should be fine. That said, you definately won't screw up if you go as high up as you can.

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What're you cutting with? This cut doesn't need to be exact, so don't sweat 3mm. I cut half an inch or so below the cap.

 

3mm is 0.12" lol

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You won't be able to suck the shock down if the cut is too high because the screw isn't that long. Worst case cut off a little more bit by bit until they're right

 

Only did one, something in the back of my head always told me "Dude a vendor Walkthrough says to cut a certain amount, just do it and measure"

 

Gonna measure the old one. Will take a pic with tape and post to see if im cutting to much.

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Why an angle grinder? Wrong tool. Go to Home Depot. Spend $20 on a brass craft 2-1/2" or whatever size pipe cutter. Spend $5 on a caliper to measure. Measure down, screw the pipe cutter down. Spin it around until it cuts through.
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