Pittsburgh roads are going to be the death of my car

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smh0101
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Pittsburgh roads are going to be the death of my car

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Literally. With my H&R Coilovers these roads (which are terrible!) are literally going to rip the car apart.

Which means I have some work to do as I would prefer this not happen.

I'm going to try and raise the suspension and see if that alleviates some of the problem but I doubt its going to do enough (but who knows, its pretty slammed right now).

If that does not work then I'm going back to a non-coilover setup.

What do you guys think of the Tokico D-Spec struts? Make a good combination with H&R sport springs?
~Spencer
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Re: Pittsburgh roads are going to be the death of my car

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After doing some reading it would seem I can switch out the spring on my coilovers as they use a 2.5" ID spring over the bilstein strut. This may be the way to go, with just a softer spring rate.
~Spencer
94 Legacy Turbo (550 Robtune/ej20h v2 Sti RA drivetrain)
94 Legacy Ti Wagon (5mt ej22e)
91 rhd Legacy GT Wagon (factory 5mt, ej20g)
93 rhd Legacy GT type S2 Sedan (4eat, ej20g)
91 rhd Legacy Ti Type S 1.8
03 Lincoln LS V8 Sport
08 300 SRT8
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Re: Pittsburgh roads are going to be the death of my car

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If you go to a strut setup, you have a buyer for your coilovers. :)


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smh0101
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Re: Pittsburgh roads are going to be the death of my car

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Sounds good! They're for a GC so they bolt up just fine with no mods.
~Spencer
94 Legacy Turbo (550 Robtune/ej20h v2 Sti RA drivetrain)
94 Legacy Ti Wagon (5mt ej22e)
91 rhd Legacy GT Wagon (factory 5mt, ej20g)
93 rhd Legacy GT type S2 Sedan (4eat, ej20g)
91 rhd Legacy Ti Type S 1.8
03 Lincoln LS V8 Sport
08 300 SRT8
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Re: Pittsburgh roads are going to be the death of my car

Post by robertpaige »

Nice! Already cross drilled for GD struts as well.. Haha. I had STi struts and Tein springs for a bit, they rode great. Struts/springs are way easier on your car, haha.


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