Espelir GT springs are incredible. Take a look at them for a perfect drop and performance benefits. Install these and while you are at it max out your front camber and bye, bye understeer.

 

Oh yeah, and don't forget to cut your front bumpstops when you install the new springs.

 

that is until you get the infamous STi squeek or is it thump, on the driver's side rear strut...

and SOA wont fix it...:bananen_smilies072:

 

I have the pinks and love them. The other two choices are solid also. Throw some sways into the mix and you'll have a canyon carving demon.

 

I'm personally gonna go with swifts.

 

I had a set of swifts on my 05 STi and the rear was waaaayyy lower then the front. Dunno why that was. The website said 1.4 all the way around but the thing i noticed where that the 04 STi springs were the same model number as the 05's

I dumped them and got coilovers

 

+1 for swifts!

 

On the swift springs the website says 1.2 rear 1.2 front for the 05+ STi
Those numbers were for the 04's

http://www.swiftsprings.com/products-sport_springs.html
Not saying that they are bad, i know 2 wagon owners who are happy with swift springs.

 

you know i got my stock ones replaced at Livermore subaru. didn't give me any grief or anything. Dropped the car off and picked it up the next day.

the car had stock suspension with a tbe.

 

The wheel arches aren't cut out evenly front/rear. The rear is always going to look lower for springs that lower equally all the way around, because the rear arches aren't cut out as high.

-Mike-

 

were you still within the warranty period?

is it part of the drivetrain? lol...

 

lol i only had at the time 6k on the car so ya i was.

I've read stories about dealers trying to pull that crap though. :\

 

I vote keeping it stock, going along with your plans to track your car, and then deciding where you want to go from there.

I was planning on modding my STi with coilovers and other mods and then I ended up getting really into the track thing and ended up buying a dedicated car for the track. I'm glad I left my Subaru reasonably stock because it this way it's more civil and a better daily driver.

IMO, you can track your daily for fun, but a car can't be both a "daily driver" and track car once you start pushing it to the level where you need to actually MOD the car to change its behavior on the track...

If you want to just get springs though, I recommend the Racecomp Engieering springs as someone else has mentioned earlier in the thread... either that or Swifts/Prodrives. Remember, even for a track/mountain road setup, you want a good degree of suspension travel to soak up bumps. Stiffer and lower isn't necessarily always better- I think the stock setup is almost IDEAL for bumpier roads like Mt. Hamilton/Mines.

 

interesting. :character00279:

 

wouldnt getting a diff set of tires on light(er) rims be a better ticket?

tires that are made for track duties????