Hey guys,
So I have decided not to run anymore spacers for a while but decided that a lot of people have the ability to make there own either on a CNC like I did or just with some HDPE and a jigsaw and drill. I will be posting the templates for lift spacers for 95-99 Legacies/Outbacks and Foresters (98-08? IIRC). The files are on my work computer so I am going to dimension them all out and make them easily legible and then I will post them in this thread, probably tomorrow morningish.
So if you have been wanting to build your own lift spacers but don't know where to start or what the dimensions are, stay tuned cause all that will be in here!!! :29:
As for the material, this company sells HDPE by the square foot for a pretty decent piece. Your Source For Plastic Sheet, Slab, Rod and Tube. 866-832-9315. They sell a piece of 12" x 24" x 1" thick HDPE for ~55 bucks plus shipping. If you get creative and lay them out properly you can probably fit them onto a piece 12" x 12" but then your cutting it close. The bigger size will be easier in case you screw up.
This is the company I used as they are local but they do ship all over the U.S. Laird Plastics - Home. The material from them was also fairly cheap and they can get it up to 1.5" thick. Maybe thicker even but that was the thickest I ever looked into. They also can cut it to the size you need so a piece ~14" x ~16" will easily fit all 4 spacers and be cheaper.
HDPE, or high density-polyethylene, is the same material that is used for my spacers but also for the saggy butt shims sold by companies like Paranoid Fab or Subtle Solutions. It is extremely durable and chemical resitant but it cuts like butter with a jigsaw equipped with a fairly rough wood blade.
Robbie
So I have decided not to run anymore spacers for a while but decided that a lot of people have the ability to make there own either on a CNC like I did or just with some HDPE and a jigsaw and drill. I will be posting the templates for lift spacers for 95-99 Legacies/Outbacks and Foresters (98-08? IIRC). The files are on my work computer so I am going to dimension them all out and make them easily legible and then I will post them in this thread, probably tomorrow morningish.
So if you have been wanting to build your own lift spacers but don't know where to start or what the dimensions are, stay tuned cause all that will be in here!!! :29:
As for the material, this company sells HDPE by the square foot for a pretty decent piece. Your Source For Plastic Sheet, Slab, Rod and Tube. 866-832-9315. They sell a piece of 12" x 24" x 1" thick HDPE for ~55 bucks plus shipping. If you get creative and lay them out properly you can probably fit them onto a piece 12" x 12" but then your cutting it close. The bigger size will be easier in case you screw up.
This is the company I used as they are local but they do ship all over the U.S. Laird Plastics - Home. The material from them was also fairly cheap and they can get it up to 1.5" thick. Maybe thicker even but that was the thickest I ever looked into. They also can cut it to the size you need so a piece ~14" x ~16" will easily fit all 4 spacers and be cheaper.
HDPE, or high density-polyethylene, is the same material that is used for my spacers but also for the saggy butt shims sold by companies like Paranoid Fab or Subtle Solutions. It is extremely durable and chemical resitant but it cuts like butter with a jigsaw equipped with a fairly rough wood blade.
Robbie
