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    Prodrive Springs

    in Scottish Scoobies

    Posted · Edited by Mystery Machine

    You should also consider an uprated Rear Anti Roll Bar (If you can find one to buy), that will/should help take the twitchy feeling away.

    Should make it more solid/ stable drive in the corners.

    WJ

    Cheers for the suggestion, Jock. Certainly, an uprated rear ARB should help keep things flatter.

    However, I don't really want to alter the balance of the car at this stage. I know that a lot of folks will fit an uprated rear ARB to reduce understeer, which makes sense, but the Imprezas with DCCD have an advantage here I feel. Sure - if you fling it into a corner hard enough it will understeer just like any other standard Impreza, but I find that - with the centre diff fully open and the power biased toward the rear - if you balance things just right in a bend, you can use the throttle to counter some of that understeer. Still working at perfecting it, but it's nice to have something new and worthwhile to learn ;)

    Right now I would like just a little less 'lolling about' in S-bends and the like.

    Prodrive Springs

    in Scottish Scoobies

    Posted · Edited by Mystery Machine

    Thank you very much for all your helpful replies folks ;)

    I'm going to have the Prodrive springs fitted (provided I can produce the cash - or credit ;)).

    ... and seeing as there apparently aren't any third-party replacements for the OEM shocks, I plan to have the springs supplied & fitted by a main dealer, which will keep my warranty intact. Then when the warranty runs out in a few months' time, I can extend it for the sum of £400, which will keep me in as many Subaru shocks as I need for another year after that - the added bonus being my engine/turbo/etc will continue to be covered (didn't plan on visiting Mr Forrest or any of his competitors anyway). I don't usually go for warranties, but in this instance it would seem to make sense, esp. given what I know about newage Impreza shocks!

    Main dealer has quoted £565 inc. supply, fitting, 'state of the art' geo. setup and VAT.

    :lol:

    Prodrive Springs

    in Scottish Scoobies

    Posted · Edited by Mystery Machine

    Been thinking for a while about suspension tuning options for my Hawkeye STI. I don't want to alter the car's handling/balance too drastically, but I would like sharpen things up a little and increase body control (the car's body, likes). I also don't want to part with too much cash! :D

    More or less decided that a set of Prodrive progressive-rate lowering springs are the best place to start. Considered BC coilovers, but reckon they're a little further than I want to go right now. Also a little more than I want to spend...

    Just one snag:

    I'm effectively committing to staying with the OEM shocks. This concerns me because, when the car's warranty runs out and when the shocks start to knock (as they will!), I may have limited options as the Subaru replacements are apparently very expensive :rotfl:

    So - does anyone know of any non-Subaru direct replacements for OEM Hawkeye shocks? Where can I buy them, and how much (roughly) would a good garage charge to fit them?

    Many thanks ;)

    P.S. Any comments about the Prodrive springs are very welcome :rotfl:

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    Edit - thought that this was worth adding to the start of the thread:

    KYB dont do shocks for the Hawkeye!

    WJ

    Furthermore, it doesn't look like anyone does replacement shocks for the MY05->MY07 STI.

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