Dang, I need the dimensions for the 05-09 Outback.

You don't happen to have those, do you?

 

Yeah, +10 on the '04-'09

 

So nothing from this?

Anyone have a set of stock 05-09 top hats they want to ship to me? I don't mind making manufacturing drawings of the spacers, but I don't want to invest in buying tophats just for that purpose.

 

This seems super awesome...in for more information.

 

I would love to have template for the 2000-2004. I have a milling machine it the basement, just sitting there laughing at me. I wonder if they dimension are the same, guess I could go out and measure.

 

I believe 00-09 should be the same, but 90-99 use rear struts instead of shocks so it's a different pattern.

Haven't got a chance to crawl underneath a '10 yet.

 

Someone mentioned in another thread that the 05-09 cars were different than the 00-04.

I'd be happy to post the spacer info, if someone can get me a front and rear top hat from an 05-09 Legacy or Outback. I want to make my spacers asap.

 

Are you sure on this? I thought they had swappable springs in the rear for sure, since my aftermarket ones were listed for 00-09

Maybe it's slightly different but still interchangeable, like forester/legacy struts.

 

After reading this thread I am interest in making spacers of my own. I did some poking around on the forum looking to see what the max spacer size is before running into rear alignment issues. If anybody as the answer to this I would much appreciate it. I am thinking about 1.5-2in all round.

 

I have only the spacer templates for the 95-99 legacy/outbacks. I think the fronts are the same for all years of subarus (90+ anyways) but the rears do change in 00'. As for height, I probably wouldn't go any higher then 1" to 1.25" with a spacer. If it was built like some that you see with the 1/4" steel plates with a tube in between then that style would be ok going 2-3" but if it is the HDPE material I'd stick to 1.25" max. Now let me find those template drawings. Lol...

***I posted the front template drawing in the original post.

 

The rear strut tops are probably the same while the springs are different between the legacy and the outbacks.

 

I would make mine out of aluminum, most likely 1/4", because we have tons of it at my college's machine shop, with standoffs in between. I will have to take some measurements of the strut tops on my 01.

 

Subydrift,
Can you post a drawing of the rear spacer? I have taken measurments of my 2001, and the front struts are the same. I would like to compare what I have for the rear with the dimensions you can to see if they are at all similar. I will post up what I have in the next few days(crazy busy week).

 

Rear spacer drawing would ROCK.. thank you for posting the fronts.. now just to pick up some HDPE and go play at the Mill..

sdimedan01 could you post up your measurements?

 

Spacer dimensions for my 2001. The front is the same as what subydrift had.

Front

Rear

 

Can anyone confirm if these are the same as the 2006-2009 Front and Rear tophats?

I haven't been able to get a hold of a spare front and rear 4th gen top hat to make my own spacers. I still need to make them, but I just haven't had the time.

Thanks!

 

Spacers as designed in SolidWorks

Front

Rear

 

It would be much easier to jsut stack a bunch o f.25 inch shimes instead of building that design.

What is the ratio of strut hieght increase to lift height.
OP How much lift are you getting witht eh 1 inch shim?

 

Well the spacer is 2" tall. The round spacers have tapped whole so the screws will hold them together.

 

Whatever size spacer you use at the top of the strut, that will be the effective lift height. So 1" thick spacer = 1" of lift.

 

Looks great, but I am having a hard time seeing the numbers in the first post for the size.

 

Don't these spacers need to incorporate an offset of some angle with this kind of suspension? Is it negligible - can camber be adjusted to correct with the strut to knukle cam bolts if the spacer is under a certain size (i.e. 0.5" or so)?

Thanks for posting the 1990's design. I want to put in 0.5" in the rear with my new Pedders HD springs all around. (with GR2's and stock strut tops for my 1998 legacy outback)

 

Not sure why I couldn't edit my first post but here are some better images with bigger dimensions for the front and rear templates for 95-99 legacies and the Foresters up to '08.

 

One question, what is the dimension on the center of the big hole for the strut mount in rerelation to the mount holes or the entire drawing? These are great. Thanks for posting them

 

Top had bolt removal

Does anyone know what is involved in the removal of the top hat bolts to install the strut spacers? Do they simply thread out of the top hat or do you have to grind them off and drill them out?

 

I'm assuming the large hole on the front spacer is centered, but it's obviously not on the rear spacer. Any more info on this? Thanks.

 

It's centered on both... as in, the shortest line from any of the 3 screw holes to the circle is the same distance for all 3 holes... therefore, centered.

 

Cool, thanks for confirming that. I'm still waiting for my pedders HD springs to come...