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front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:36 am
by bcmaxx
Trying to find out fitment for my legacy with a tdo4 and erx intercooler.. what will fit?

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:46 am
by dscoobydoo
What year intercooler? The 06-07 fit with the GC8 OEM STB, but the 02-05 hit the firewall so pretty much nothing fits.

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:44 am
by bcmaxx
dscoobydoo wrote:What year intercooler? The 06-07 fit with the GC8 OEM STB, but the 02-05 hit the firewall so pretty much nothing fits.
2003 . Hmm...

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:45 am
by dscoobydoo
Do a search on inter cooler fitment/recommendations

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:17 am
by bcmaxx
dscoobydoo wrote:Do a search on inter cooler fitment/recommendations
I guess i should have done that before. I was looking at swapping out for a foredter xt intercooler. The wrx intercooler is a shoehorn fit!

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:29 am
by jamal
I'd take the bigger/better intercooler over having a strut tower brace.

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:13 am
by killajamal
Agreed. The tower braces do essentially NOTHING besides make working on your car absurdly annoying:/ they look cool though.

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:07 pm
by bcmaxx
killajamal wrote:Agreed. The tower braces do essentially NOTHING besides make working on your car absurdly annoying:/ they look cool though.
ok, i'm just trying to stiffen the front end up, lot of body creaks and pops in the front end/cowl area

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:11 pm
by killajamal
Fender braces maybe?:)

Re: front strut brace with wrx intercooler

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:18 pm
by mike-tracy
I have ran with and without a strut brace and the front end feels much more solid with one. My 00 impreza didnt feel any different.