Sell Off Question - Struts

[Xusia]

Do the sedan & wagon use the same struts. I know the track widths are different, but I thought that was because of the controls only. Insights?

[metalmaker12]

Heres a clip I found that explains it well:
Struts- the front strut bodies differ between sedan and wagon, but either will bolt up to the other. The difference is in the mounting flange and where the two strut holes are drilled. Running sedan struts on a wagon will cause you to give up ~ .5-.7 degrees of neg camber- this is fairly significant as the oe configuration only yeilds ~ -1.3 total- thus more than half is lost. The rear struts appear to be much closer in their design and the camber change is little to none- this isn't based on my personal observation, but by someone I trust. Interestingly I find curous that there is a great demand for wagon struts by sedan guys/gals as the opposite would be true- an additional .8 degrees on tap Strut tops are the same wagon to sedan within the same model year groupings.

[JAubin]

That's a pretty good summary. I actually ran 2004 STi struts in my '02 wagon (avatar). I ran the fronts with Camber/Caster plates in place of the strut tops so I could tweak the negative camber a bit more, as opposed to having it driven by the strut length. The rears I ran with just the correct strut tops thrown on there (strut tops varied on the spring side, mounting side was same. In short, yes they are different, but compatible as long as you change some parts around.

I think going rate on complete struts, springs and top hats is pretty cheap from what I've seen. In the area of $150 a set.

[RM1SepEx]

Xusia,

I like your line of thought, I haven't put my 05 struts up yet and I'd be happy with another 150 out of my donor...

[PhyrraM]

The longer control arms causes the bottom of the strut to be further out than on a wagon. This means the struts 'lean' a bit more in relation to the knuckles and the holes a slightly relocated to accommodate this. As mentioned above, factory adjustment can usually bring back to OEM spec, although those that use more aggressive alignment settings won't be able to reach those anymore.