Hey, i know this isnt the 'right' forum, but theres more people here anyways. Cant decide between these two springs, anyone have experiences with either one? Thanks!

Racecomp Engineering Regular Guy Lowering Springs Subaru WRX 2008-2012 at RallySportDirect.com

Tanabe GF210 Spring Kit Subaru STI 2008-2012 / WRX 2011-2012 at RallySportDirect.com

My goals are to get stiffer suspension and better handling, I dont wanna go super low because I still wanna be able to go off road and in the snow. Thanks for your help!

 

What did you decide to touch?

 

better bench elementz

 

Go RCE over Tanabe.

 

why, better quality? or just better in general?

 

no rce yellow?

 

based on reviews those are a little too tough on rougher roads, ill be driving on rougher roads for sure, and this is a DD too so gotta take that into account

 

Swifts if you're going to lower with struts.

Any lowering spring will be much better off with them if not epic engineering for less stiffness and less drop. Comparable to stock with konis on the legacies.

 

All of the above. Swifts are good too if you are going to use after market struts as heedz said. Personally i really like my drop and ride with my epics but RCE makes fantastic stuff that goes well with stock struts.

 

+1, RCE makes great products and have great customer service. Give them a call and myles can help you with a suspension setup. There are plenty of times he has steered customers to other products because it may be a better fit for them.

 

I've always been impressed with RCE

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Have you upgraded sway bars yet?

 

The RCEs are a significantly higher spring rate than the GF210s.

A lot of people have complained about the ride with these because of how high the rates are. If it's a DD I'd stick with the Blacks that he's looking at.

 

"while higher spring rates provide excellent handling and vehicle stability characteristics."


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Translation=while higher spring rates provide a ****ty ride, making cornering unstable on rough roads, also wearing out the rest of your car/struts faster.


Anyways high spring rates are only good on nice smooth circuits, rce blacks FTW

 

I have not used any of the other springs but i have used the Tanabe GF210 springs on my 2005 STI. I like them. They are not too harsh on the road (i drive some pretty bumpy roads) and there are only a couple spots i can think of where i need to slow down because i get a pretty harsh bounce. I have autocrossed on them and they are stiff enough to handle the autocross (this is also combined with F/R sway bars). My girlfriend doesnt find the ride too uncomfortable so that has to say something lol. Paul at FW Motorsports uses the Tanabe's a lot. The way i say it is they are still soft enough to be comfortable but stiff enough for those spirited runs.