Apexi N1 suspension for 02-03 will it work for 07?

Discussion in 'Modifications & DIY how-to' started by AtlxPat, Dec 1, 2007.

  1. AtlxPat

    AtlxPat Active Member

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  2. WJM

    WJM Banned

    WRX 2002 to 2007 is the same. Even the 1995~1999 Legacy is the same.
     
  3. GTscoob

    GTscoob Black is Beautiful

    And if I'm not mistaken rear struts from those same year Legacy's will fit 04+ WRXs, correct?
     
  4. AtlxPat

    AtlxPat Active Member

    much appreciated guys
     
  5. WJM

    WJM Banned

    Yeah. As long as you use the appropriate top hats with appropriate springs, you can use whatever strut/spring combo you want on 95~99 legacy and 02~07 impreza. If you interchange the rear top hats again...the 89~94 Legacy and 92~01 Impreza is the same as well.

    So in conclusion...you can use any struts on 89~99 Legacy and 92~07 Impreza (non-05~07 STi). Just mind the spring/rear top hat combo and the rear top hat per chassis.
     
  6. GTscoob

    GTscoob Black is Beautiful

    Is there any truth in that pre-1999 Legacy's and 04+ WRXs have the same rear tophats and rear struts? I dont remember where I heard that, somewhere on nasioc.
     
  7. WJM

    WJM Banned

    The tophat bolt pattern on 1995~1999 Legacy and 2002~2007 Impreza is the same...you can physically take any 2002~2007 impreza strut set and bolt them up to a 1995~1999 Legacy. AND the other way around.

    Hear's a story:

    I got the Outback..it had stock worn out stock stuff on it. I acquired two sets of stock 04 STi struts. I took the stock outback springs and tophats and installed them on one set of sti struts and put then on. Total awesomeness.

    About a year later I decided i wanted stiffness and lowness. So...I took the stock springs off the 2nd set of sti struts and got a $25 ebay coilover conversion set and installed those on the 2nd set of sti struts. I reused the stock rear tophats from the sti and had a set of old MRT plates up front.

    From there I got an 05 2.5 RS. The outback's ebay suspension went on the RS, the stock RS on the outback. Then i got D2's for 02~03 WRX...those went on the RS. Outback's back on the outback. Then...the RS went back to stock. Then I got some Megan racing coilovers for 02~05 WRX and those went on the Outback. Then...Ashley decided she wanted the coilovers on her 04 WRX. So we swapped her sti struts with hotchkis springs onto the outback and the Megans on her car.

    Then I got my WRX. The stock 04 WRX suspension went on the Outback and I purchased new Megans for the WRX. Somewhere in there I sold the ebay-sti kit to JWX and he installed those on his 1997 Impreza wagon. The STi-hotchkis kit got sold to Jonathan at SOG and installed on his 2002 WRX wagon.

    Now the stock WRX suspension is back on my WRX and the Megans are going back on my Outback.

    All of that would not have taken place if I had a 2.5 RS or 1989~1994 legacy...as the 92~01 Impreza and 89~94 legacy share the same rear tophat bolt pattern.

    The 95~99 legacy and 02~07 impreza share the same rear tophat bolt pattern.
     

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