1/2" at the strut tops

Will this actually be beneficial at all? I would think you'll need more suspension travel (especially up front!) more than just wheel gap.

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This is far better than any stance/car show built frs/brz out there.

I could do this, last week when we got good snow I couldn't go over 40 without instant whiteout from snow going over the hood lol


Do the rally armour flaps stop all the winter crap from accumulating on the back of the car?

All of it? No. A considerable amount? Yes. Enough to be worth it? Definitely.

The car has only been lifted for a couple days but my initial impressions are all positive. In my area in the winter the roads develope very nasty and often damaging ice ruts, so I was curious to see if just a very slight lift would put the underbelly of the frs just higher than the ruts, and success, no more dragging on the residential roads. And unfortunately being a student driver car, it sees a lot of this type of rutted road. Then there's the rallyx side of things where some courses are very rough and often involve crashing large snowdrifts. Plus I live in the country down an awesome gravel rally type road that also drifts in badly.

This was just a freeish experiment that I couldn't be happier with the results of.

Oh, the mudflaps(large RA universals)greatly increase the time in between car washes and for a student driver car that can mean decent $avings.

i wish i couldve taken my driver's ed in an fr-s.

I just hope you are in Saskatchewan. Mad respect on this!

Thanks.
I'm your neighbour to the west in Red Deer, AB

Going with taller springs would be a much better option IMO. They would give you more bump travel and ground clearance. I wonder if there are any Impreza springs that would do the job?

If the goal was simply ground clearance, then I'd agree this is a very easy (and effective) way to do it. I assumed it was for a rally car that would need more suspension travel.

I thought about that but losing droop travel is a serious problem as well and I really like the stock suspension for winter. Somewhere in the distant future I probably will get a set of super-soft gravel rally coilovers just for the winter. The sheet of 1/4" aluminum I cut the spacers out of cost me $10 and there's 3/4 of it left. Decent rally coilovers will be 5g's plus.......

This is cool. I love when folks go against the grain and find solutions to their problems.

It is also nice to see that someone else here doesn't want to lower their car. I hope to fin a nice set of coil overs that don't lower the car at all. I won't hold my breath.

Hahaha. I'm always building unique and useful parts for all my vehicles.

If you like the car at stock height there's really nothing wrong with the stock springs and struts except corner balancing is a little tough but my spacers could take care of that little problem as well. Lol running stock suspension(with poly bushings) allowed me to run 275 Hoosiers and be one of the very fastest autoxers in my region along with being the biggest money winner in Scion Canada's contingency program. I really do like the stock suspension but probably will go with some good coilovers for next summer. :-/