Camber and strut spacers on Outback?

Phizinza

Phizinza

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With these strut spacers I've seen they don't have any camber correction, is this because there is enough correction in the camber bolts at the bottom of the struts?
And, I was thinking something along the lines of 35 to 40mm strut lift. Would that be possible without camber correction on the spacer?

I don't want to change the springs as I have found them to be comfy on road and I am a strong believer in soft springs offroad and good down travel after my experience with the Burmby, Leone and my brothers Toyota's.
 
If I were you I would be getting 50mm Strut lift blocks with camber correction over 40mm without camber correction.

I have 25mm strut lift blocks with raised springs. I also have larger tyres but it isn't an issue with the rear tyres on my Foz :ebiggrin:

Just my 2c though.
 
Not sure about outback,

I had a slight tram lining effect, then installed whiteline camber kit.

Workshop recomended instalation due to 2 inch lift.
 
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I don't want 50mm strut lift as I've measured it and I am only happy with 40mm max when it comes to my driveshaft angle and also the look of where the wheels sit in the guards. I don't want body lift as the Outback already has about 28mm of body lift and I don't want the car very high (fuel economy). This isn't my toy, it is a tourer that needs to get me where I want to go.
I'm thinking I'll build in some camber correction with the 40mm lift.
 
Phizinza said:
I don't want 50mm strut lift as I've measured it and I am only happy with 40mm max when it comes to my driveshaft angle and also the look of where the wheels sit in the guards. I don't want body lift as the Outback already has about 28mm of body lift and I don't want the car very high (fuel economy). This isn't my toy, it is a tourer that needs to get me where I want to go.
I'm thinking I'll build in some camber correction with the 40mm lift.
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Fair enough. You could do that or get 1"(25mm) strut lift blocks from either Jackson Rally or Subtle Solutions as another alternative.
 
Thought of it, but I like making my own things. Makes the car feel like more of mine. Plus, I can make them myself as I've done it before for older Subarus.
 
I fitted the whiteline anti-lift kit to my Liberty which gives some extra camber and caster. It moves the wheel out and forward, and it centred my tyre in my wheel arch perfectly after i fitted my 2" lift kit. I found that with this kit i could just get the camber to 0 degrees with he standard camber bolts, which is as per factory spec for a Gen2 outback. Extra caster is always good too. It set me back about $250. Downside is some extra NVH because the polyeurethane is obviously a lot firmer than the factory rubber bush, but i think the payoff is worth it.

Did some googling and apparently STi have a factory rubber ALK which has less NVH than the whiteline one.
 
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