what does it consist of?

 

i just checked out there website
personally i wouldn't buy that

it comes with front and rear sway bars and a rear strut bar

the front sway bar isn't worth it imo, and they dont' tell you what size the sway bars are.

and for $525 that is ridiculous

my suggestion is to buy an adjustable cusco or whiteline rear swaybar and get some solid endlinks to go with it, that alone will dramatically change your handling, then you can go ahead and add the strut bars if you want

 

i would agree with wrx ish in that the rear sway bar is most important. the strut bars actually do not do that much to the car... but up to you!

 

Cobb is a very good company that makes very good products.

You will deffinetely get a quality pruduct that I think is well worth what you pay for.

 

For bang for the buck a front STB isn't that good. ALK's or endlinks all around would be a better investment.

I'd a a rear sway bar, and rear strut tower brace. Also these look like cusco parts, thus if I were you I'd just get them from a inexpensive vendor. The rear brace and bar will make a difference but you might want to get some springs/shocks or Coil overs.

 

so is buying a 5,000 $ engagement ring!!(moan)... cobb is like buying dress shoes from a bernini store versus macys. cobb has xlnt quality/reputation, , , but depends on u if u like the pricetag that pays for his bernini shoes!!(j/k i luv cobb tuning!!)imo...cusco if you want quality@lower cost.

 

my thoughts (and course of action for MY car) exactly

 

i just noticed you have a 2000 rs, so i was a little wrong in my previous statement, you were right when you said the stage 1 comes with a rear sway bar and front and rear strut bars

from the looks of the pictures on cobb's site, they are all cusco parts, you are not buying cobb specific parts.

why buy something for a lot of money when you can get the exact same stuff elsewhere for much less