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Old 04-17-2010, 06:20 AM
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Which springs should I get?

Hey guys so the time has come to up-grade my springs. I have stock springs on my wrx right now but I REALLY wanna lower it. But.........there's soooooo many different types of springs out there. Which one do you guys think is the better brand to go with? The problem is, I wanna see before and after pictures, and unfortunately no site posts before/after pictures

I'm thinking either Cobb, H&R, Swift, Tien S-Techs.

I'm looking for a nice low drop, hopefully not too bumpy and nice handling.
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I went with swift and I'm very please. The car is not bouncy at all and it's not super duper low. It's just right!
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H&R, Swift and prodrive's are all good choices. Don't get S-Techs, trust me
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stay away from s techs. remember any drop more than 1.5 inches will take the wrx and sti out of it's sweet spot and will ware down suspension components faster than normal
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I can't say this loud enough......DO NOT USE TEIN SPRINGS.

We have sold dozens of Tanabe kits....GF210....without one complaint.
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not all tein springs are garbage just the s-techs. the tein h-techs are very nice springs compared to prodrive, swifts,tannabe, and eibach
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Originally Posted by SparkySti
I went with swift and I'm very please. The car is not bouncy at all and it's not super duper low. It's just right!
Let me see pictures of your STI lowered!!! MESSAGE ME WITH THE PICTURES!!!
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I have COBB on my 05WRX. I think they are actually a little too squishy but they deffinately give a comfortable ride. Nice lowering, I dont think they make them anymore though.
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Thanks for all the help guys, do you guys have pictures of your cars with the following springs? That's the main thing i've been looking for. It sucks that no site shows the before/after pictures after using there springs. I just want a nice low drop in the front since it's the highest part of the car. The rear i'm not too worried about.
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Okay new question guys, I've almost made up my mind. If you guys had to go with H&R, Eibach Pro Kit Springs, or Swift springs. Which one would you guys go with? And I'm going with the information based off of this site: http://www.erzperformance.com/category_s/3178.htm

Although I'm hoping I can find them cheaper then that. But so far thanks for you're guys' help! It's helped a lot.
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out of those choices i would go with swifts.
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swifts or tanabe, i have swifts on stock 07wrx struts and they work fine, but imma get struts soon enough when i get the cash haha. Try to not leave them on ur stock struts for too long.
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So i'm going with the H&R Springs. Do you guys think i'll need an alignment?
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you will deffinately need an alignment.
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