I recently installed a 1.5" ADF lift kit and was less than happy. The primary reason was that the rear wheel now sits forward in the rear wheel well. Only after I had installed and noticed did I find out that this happens often with the ADF kit. I've only heard this from a few folks as well as from competing vendors (taking that with a grain of salt). The bigger concern is that I feel that it will cause something to break down / wear faster and I'm only interested in quality. The lesser concern is that I really disliked the install of the rear subframe (multi-link) spacers. I also agree with folks that the design makes it less "safe" because now there are more points of potential weakness with two bolts vs one. It takes it one step further away from the stock setup.
I am curious to see who all has a lift kit and what they would recommend as I am heavily contemplating removing the ADF and installing another lift kit. I am looking at 1.5" or 2" all around.
LPAventure - seems good, but haven't read much about their quality. They do seem similar to ADF, but think they didn't do the block spacer like ADF, so similar to Subtle and SLO.
Subtle Solutions - seems top 1 or 2. My local dealership installs these and they highly recommend them. What I dislike is how you have to bang out the OEM bolts on the strut top in order to install the Subtle spacers. The rest I think seems pretty good based on the latest iteration of the kit. Guy there also says that everyone copies his stuff. I trust my dealership more than what I've read on the internet, afterall, they have installed in a number of Subaru's. They seem very similar to SLO below. Install just seems a bit more complicated with banging out the OEM strut top bolts.
SubieLiftOz - seems top 1 or 2. I've been told that everyone has been copying SLO. I also hear that everyone copies everyone so not really sure who to believe. It does seem that SLO was just some random forum dude that decided to make his own lift kit. I have no idea if he is actually an engineer or if he just did trial and error to get it right. Who's to say his right is actually safe too. He's also in Australia, which makes customer service a pain. If he's just a dude, not sure there would be any sort of warranty if it fails. Plus the whole I'm in the US and he's in Australia, so not sure about cross border warranties.
Rallitek - didn't bother looking into
Primitive - didn't bother looking into. I think they were the ones that did the lift with the king springs? I don't want to deal with spring compression.
Any others I'm missing? I've heard great things about Sumo, but don't think they are in business anymore.
My local dealership says that none of their lifts have had significant centering issues with the Subtle kits they install. If anyone has personal experience with their's, could you please reply here? TIA
I am curious to see who all has a lift kit and what they would recommend as I am heavily contemplating removing the ADF and installing another lift kit. I am looking at 1.5" or 2" all around.
LPAventure - seems good, but haven't read much about their quality. They do seem similar to ADF, but think they didn't do the block spacer like ADF, so similar to Subtle and SLO.
Subtle Solutions - seems top 1 or 2. My local dealership installs these and they highly recommend them. What I dislike is how you have to bang out the OEM bolts on the strut top in order to install the Subtle spacers. The rest I think seems pretty good based on the latest iteration of the kit. Guy there also says that everyone copies his stuff. I trust my dealership more than what I've read on the internet, afterall, they have installed in a number of Subaru's. They seem very similar to SLO below. Install just seems a bit more complicated with banging out the OEM strut top bolts.
SubieLiftOz - seems top 1 or 2. I've been told that everyone has been copying SLO. I also hear that everyone copies everyone so not really sure who to believe. It does seem that SLO was just some random forum dude that decided to make his own lift kit. I have no idea if he is actually an engineer or if he just did trial and error to get it right. Who's to say his right is actually safe too. He's also in Australia, which makes customer service a pain. If he's just a dude, not sure there would be any sort of warranty if it fails. Plus the whole I'm in the US and he's in Australia, so not sure about cross border warranties.
Rallitek - didn't bother looking into
Primitive - didn't bother looking into. I think they were the ones that did the lift with the king springs? I don't want to deal with spring compression.
Any others I'm missing? I've heard great things about Sumo, but don't think they are in business anymore.
My local dealership says that none of their lifts have had significant centering issues with the Subtle kits they install. If anyone has personal experience with their's, could you please reply here? TIA