I have a bare bone shell of a 98 hatchback and a da with rotted body. will the suspension front and rear bolt up to my ek? (struts, control arms, sway bar etc.) its just so I can have it rolling and move it around temporarily in my shop when needed. And if I should be asking somewhere else, please let me know!

 

It'll work but not ideal in suspension travel. You'll need later front forks and a some washers to fit the rear lower control arm bushing as that's different width.

I would not bother.

 

Only the front and rear coilovers/ strut-spring will work
the camber kits and the sway bar will not work

front u must use complete shock spring / coilovers setup aka
front fork shock over to your 96-00
Ef da front shocks are smaller in diameter than the newer gen
rear will plug and play. Just go buy random medium size washers to fill the gap
your rear Ef da eg dc db shock diameter where the lca foes between is about 2”
while 96-00 chassis is 1.75”. When u put rear shocks onto your ek lca. You have a gap of .25” ao washers to fill the gap