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  1. Offroad Suspension
    Hello All, Going to lift my 05 XS soon, 2 inch front 2.5 inch rear ADF strut top spacers. I have heard of people having issues using stock sway bar links after a lift like this, so I have 2 questions. 1. Is it normally recommended to not use stock links after a 2 inch lift because of the...
  2. Steering, Suspension and Handling
    I changed sway bar end links and bushings (MOOG) a month ago. The front end clunking stopped. Now it's come back. When I drive forward and tap the brake, clunk. Noise won't happen again in forward. Once in reverse, tap the brake, clunk. This won't won't happen again until in forward and...
  3. Steering, Suspension and Handling
    I just changed out my stock struts for a set of coilovers specifically for the 2002 JDM forester. As usual I took it for a little drive after installing the coilovers to see if everything was good, and I found that the rear suspension makes a fairly loud clunking sound on both sides whenever I...
  4. Steering, Suspension and Handling
    Hi! I noticed my lovely ‘03 Forester 2.5xs had a piece hanging down the other day. After troubleshooting on here, I was able to determine that my rear sway bar snapped at the “elbow,” if you will, on the driver’s side. I couldn’t get into any shop or dealership near me for 2 weeks, so I decided...
  5. Steering, Suspension and Handling
    The ride in my 2003 2.5X Forester seems noticeably rough-riding, and it has new-ish Douglas tires and Excel-G struts that I installed about a year ago. I drive in a city, and every crack or joint in concrete or asphalt is noisy (“Bang-bang, bang-bang...”). It gets maddening. I can’t remember...
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