Just had my 05 OBXT suspension totally overhauled and the difference is tremendous... but there's a problem.
I went the route of keeping all of my stock springs, and pairing them with Koni sport adjustable struts designed for the Legacy. Obviously this meant overcompressing the springs into shorter struts. This worked wonders for the front, because I used Outback donor struts for the Koni inserts... so I only lost 1/4" of ride height up front, and the handling is incredible.
The problem is with the rears. Overcompressing my stock OB springs into the Koni rears resulted in lowering by 3/4" (I expected more), and an incredibly stiff rear... so stiff that I don't think the springs are allowing enough travel in the struts to damp the oscillations of the springs. The firmness adjustment seems to have no effect. Whether on full soft setting, halfway between, or full stiffness, the ride feels like I'm just bouncing on the springs, causing me to pogo in my seat whenever there are slight variations in road smoothness. If I hit a pothole at more than 30 mph, the front takes it like a champ, but it feels extremely harsh in the rear, and the oscillating rear feels kinda dangerous when hitting any bumps while taking a curve at speed.
Are the rear OB springs just too much to squeeze into LGT Koni's? What are my options here if I don't want to lower the rear more than another 1/2" or so (I should mention that I already have 1" strut spacers installed in the rear - which is currently giving me about a 1/2" rake due to loss of 1/4" in front and net gain of 1/4" rear)?
I went the route of keeping all of my stock springs, and pairing them with Koni sport adjustable struts designed for the Legacy. Obviously this meant overcompressing the springs into shorter struts. This worked wonders for the front, because I used Outback donor struts for the Koni inserts... so I only lost 1/4" of ride height up front, and the handling is incredible.
The problem is with the rears. Overcompressing my stock OB springs into the Koni rears resulted in lowering by 3/4" (I expected more), and an incredibly stiff rear... so stiff that I don't think the springs are allowing enough travel in the struts to damp the oscillations of the springs. The firmness adjustment seems to have no effect. Whether on full soft setting, halfway between, or full stiffness, the ride feels like I'm just bouncing on the springs, causing me to pogo in my seat whenever there are slight variations in road smoothness. If I hit a pothole at more than 30 mph, the front takes it like a champ, but it feels extremely harsh in the rear, and the oscillating rear feels kinda dangerous when hitting any bumps while taking a curve at speed.
Are the rear OB springs just too much to squeeze into LGT Koni's? What are my options here if I don't want to lower the rear more than another 1/2" or so (I should mention that I already have 1" strut spacers installed in the rear - which is currently giving me about a 1/2" rake due to loss of 1/4" in front and net gain of 1/4" rear)?