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Works out about £850 in total including Del, VAT, Import duty and Admin charge.
Corrected original Japanparts part# for Lower Stiffeners is 1008P-020-005 although not listed on revised site but no doubt still available if you ask them.
Works out about £850 in total including Del, VAT, Import duty and Admin charge.
Corrected original Japanparts part# for Lower Stiffeners is 1008P-020-005 although not listed on revised site but no doubt still available if you ask them.
I'm having all this stuff. I am going to treat myself for Christmas. My money is all going into my M3 track car until then!
Following a trip to North Wales in March/April, it had become apparent that after six and a half years my current suspension (the OEM Spec C struts/dampers and Pro-R springs) had become a little tired and very "crashy" over our potholed roads.
Not wishing to go to coilovers for a road car, I decided to go a different path and continue my STI Performance Package upgrades.
Bilstein/STi upgrade damper kit complete with new top mounts and other hardware required to make up complete replacement units..........
Ride height remains the same at roughly 10mm lower than standard.
Ride quality, on first impressions, much improved and more connected.
Following a trip to North Wales in March/April, it had become apparent that after six and a half years my current suspension (the OEM Spec C struts/dampers and Pro-R springs) had become a little tired and very "crashy" over our potholed roads.
Not wishing to go to coilovers for a road car, I decided to go a different path and continue my STI Performance Package upgrades.
Bilstein/STi upgrade damper kit complete with new top mounts and other hardware required to make up complete replacement units..........
Ride height remains the same at roughly 10mm lower than standard.
Ride quality, on first impressions, much improved and more connected.
Jesus. That's just too much. There's no value in a £2000 suspension set up for me. The real irritating thing is that the standard shocks are made by KYB and so there must be a way of getting them without paying Subaru prices. The fact you can't just get a B12 kit off the shelf here is pretty annoying too.
Don, how do you find the Bilsteins/STi pink combo (damping, pitch, roll) compared with the OEM setup after having lived with it for sometime now?
At what mileage did you replace the OEM shocks & springs with the latest setup?
Aren't the bumpstops internal and included with the Bilsteins since I assume they are inverted?
@ Jay, it's a lot of money yes but a worthwhile 'investment' IMHO
OEM springs were changed for Pro-R blues at 14Kmiles
Complete strut/damper/spring change at 52K miles
Currently on about 56K miles
Yes front struts are inverted with internal bump stops
Rear dampers have external bump stops
A secondhand setup without tophats or dust covers
Ride quality/feel much improved, especially with all the other upgrades/add ons previously done from the STi box of tricks .
Connects2 Ltd used to do a copy of the JDM panel with their fascia kits but no longer, now they include just the infill surround piece for the oversized opening of the UK original.
19 June 2015, 07:55 AM
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