some new pics of the sporty taken today after sti suspension

[subychris94]

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installed 04 sti struts and springs today handles awsome and it lowered the car probably an inch or so perfect and had the windows tinted [/img]

[kimokalihi]

Looks awesome! You should try to find some replacement trim. I replaced the trim on my first legacy which was a 90 L wagon and I found black trim that didn't have the paint chipped off and the chrome showing. Made my legacy look way better.

I like the tires with the yellow writing. Looks sweet.

[speedmaxx]

o sweet! that is like the perfect ride hight! tints look good to!

so wait did you do both the sti springs and struts? do you gettin any running with your tires?

[PhyrraM]

Looks good.

What rear spring perches and tophats?

[subychris94]

used complete 04 sti strut and spring assy no changes had to slot holes on rear strut towers to fit only rears no mods to front end have been driving 3 days now noticably better handling alot less front end lift under accel. no dive under hard braking you have to be willing to sacrifice a little in the soft comfortable ride when you install these auto x coming august 28 we will see how it goes should be much better than before the other option to install in the rear is to use gc8 perches and tophats if you dont want to slot the holes in the rear strut towers that is how i installed the wrx struts in my 94 alpine sport wagon

[Mattheww044]

very nice! looks alot like mine

[jamal]

protip:

put aftermarket camber bolts in the rear and max them out negative.

take off the front struts, slot the lower holes out about 2mm, max the top bolt out negative, and shove the top of the rotor in when you tighten the bolts.

that will get you about -2.5 degrees of front camber and -1.5 in the rear.

[kimokalihi]

What do you use to "slot" the holes up front bigger? Big drill bit? I have 04 or 05 STI struts and springs on my 91 SS and I already have the camber bolts in the rear so should I slot the fronts and max them out too?

[jamal]

air grinder with a porting bit.

a dremel also works, but much more slowly.

and yes, absolutely. You'll be amazed at the difference even an extra 1/2 degree of negative camber makes up front. I have a boatload (for street driving) and I love it. And the tires wear even for once- I used to wear off the outside edge.

[smh0101]

air grinder with a porting bit.

a dremel also works, but much more slowly.

and yes, absolutely. You'll be amazed at the difference even an extra 1/2 degree of negative camber makes up front. I have a boatload (for street driving) and I love it. And the tires wear even for once- I used to wear off the outside edge.

LOL I need to fix the opposit problem... I wear through the inside of the front tires about twice as fast

[kimokalihi]

Does that mean maybe your tires are too tall? Would that give you more negative camber?

[jamal]

well this is certainly going off topic...


no it doesn't really have anything to do with tire size.

if you have excessive wear the toe is not zeroed or you have worn suspension parts. I have something like -2.5 degrees (maybe a bit more) up front. Next week I'll probably be out at a suspension shop with a nice level set of scales and I'll check the alignment. All I have at my work is a floor, camber gauge, and toe plates. So I know the front wheels are parallel and about how much camber I have and that's all I can do.

[kimokalihi]

Oh I guess I had the wrong idea. I thought that if your tire was larger than stock than it would be pushed higher up into the wheel well and that would cause your camber to be off.

Now that I think about it though, the weight of the car would still be the same thus the ends of the axles will still be at the same height and the car would have the same camber, it would just sit higher off the ground.

Stupid.

[oskar_subaru]

really like the markings on the tires, what type are those?

[SILINC3R]

can anyone find the part number for those stock mudflaps. i want those so bad