Silver Mojo

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Ok i've done a search and couldn't find anything that compared these two.

The Cusco cost a little more than twice as much than the STI's, so i am just trying to find out if its worth it to get CUSCO for a daily driver.

I know that the Cusco's are adjustable and the STI's are not.

Since the STI's are FIXED length. When you lower the car, will the rear wheels get pushed back towards the rear of the car (like stock)?

Thanks.

dropkick_muppet

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the Cusco rear lateral links are adjustable, so depending on how they're set up they're going to push the wheel, or the bottom of the wheel out from the center of the car. i don't believe that the Cusco trailing arms are adjustable. however, if they're a differant lengh than stock, which is quite possible, they would move the wheel forward or backward along the car's axis of movement.

unless the STi rear trailing arms are a differant length than stock, i would imagine that they would change the rear geometry of the car just the way stock arms would when the car is lowered.

Silver Mojo

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Ok i just checked, The Cusco trailing arms are adjustable. This is pretty cool.


Does anyone know if the STI trailing arms are a different length than Stock?

All i can find out is that the STi's include a pillwbal mount as opposed to the standard rubber mount.

dropkick_muppet

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i replied to your other thread in the suspension forum, so check that one.

Silver Mojo

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Well i just found out that the STI Lateral link endlinks tend to brake if you use a sway bar larger than 20mm.

I Think it would just be better just to replace the stock bushings.
( anything comments would be helpful ).

How would the Cusco setup feel under normal driving? On the track this would be great, but this car is my daily driving car so i don't want to have a setup that is just too stiff or hard to drive with.

dropkick_muppet

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i'm suprised to hear that the STi lateral links would be that fragile, i would think that they'd stand up to abuse better than the stock WRX links.

i'm not sure how the Cusco links would be under normal driving, but my Hotchkis links feel fine. they use harder urethane bushings, and i don't notice any adverse affects from them. given the size of the rear sway bars that Hotchkis sells, i'd think that they'd be fine with bars over 20mm. ditto the whiteline lateral links, which use basically the same design.