Decking / Improving My 05 Prodrive Wrx's Handling

[x444wrx]

Hi all,can i draw on anyones expert knowledge??? what's the best way to improve my prodrives pride and joys handling and looks? i was looking at tein coilovers for the car as loads of folk have told me you get what you pay for and any one of their kits would be the best.....any other suggestions?? how low can i go before i need camber adjustment etc etc my cars currently sitting on 18" pff's. all replies welcome...cheers John

[scooby222]

my vote goes to bc coilovers,half the price of teins and more compliant. get a whiteline antilift kit fitted at the same time then a proper setup by hypertech or progrip(both in bonny bridge) or similar and youl be amazed. after that you can do anti roll bars,drop links,strut braces etc but i think youl see the biggest improvement with the first 2,also anything after that doesnt have to have the geometry redone though it could be advisable to get it checked if you feel like it.

im about 40 mm down on standard i think and wouldnt go much lower for practcality and getting into rollcentre adjusts etc

[cusco kid]

Hi all,can i draw on anyones expert knowledge??? what's the best way to improve my prodrives pride and joys handling and looks? i was looking at tein coilovers for the car as loads of folk have told me you get what you pay for and any one of their kits would be the best.....any other suggestions?? how low can i go before i need camber adjustment etc etc my cars currently sitting on 18" pff's. all replies welcome...cheers John

hi m8 if you go for coil overs and go too low you can suffer bump steer on compression .this can be cured by fitting a roll center adjusting kit

which is 2 ball joints and 2 track rod ends that are modified to combat the problem you can always go for a good set of road springs and pillowball top mounts that give you the ability to adjust camber /caster piccs below

underster can be eliminated by ,first rear rollbar then anti lift kit ,to give 0.5 deg extra caster pics below

front bar is also a good handling mod 24mm rear 22mm front alloy drop links also to cope with the increase in roll stiffness

the key to the handling is camber/caster control

bump and rebound settings /spring rates

roll stiffness

shore hardness of bushes (poly) the ability to keep the geo settings within spec at all times

cheers geo

[spot2]

Hi all,can i draw on anyones expert knowledge??? what's the best way to improve my prodrives pride and joys handling and looks? i was looking at tein coilovers for the car as loads of folk have told me you get what you pay for and any one of their kits would be the best.....any other suggestions?? how low can i go before i need camber adjustment etc etc my cars currently sitting on 18" pff's. all replies welcome...cheers John

I am currently running Tein Superstreets on my 54plate WRX with the vast majority of what Geo has described.

Geo supplied and fitted all the ancillaries (not the coilovers themselves) and I can not begin to explain the improvement this has made. Send Geo a Pm re. what you are looking for.........................you won't regret it (but your bank balance might!!)

Cheers

Graham

[x444wrx]

Cheers guys the guidance is well appreciated iv already started with a pair of nice front and rear matching strut braces!!!! Oh dear the bank manager is going to love me again!!!!! Cheers John