Sivo MY03 Black STi
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Nice. How is the gearbox mount? Much difference to noise and vibration?
Nov 19, 2016 | 02:17 PM
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Nov 19, 2016 | 02:22 PM
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First impressions are very good, a little extra noise but minimal, feels solid and connected now
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Sounds good. Was it much work to fit? Can you do it with gearbox in place?
Nov 19, 2016 | 02:40 PM
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Jan 9, 2017 | 05:27 PM
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Jan 9, 2017 | 05:50 PM
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Been busy collecting a few parts over the last couple of months, car is booked in this wednesday so it will be back to pretty much standard PPP spec
The car has been so much nicer to drive with the standard suspension, things should quieten down a lot after wednesday
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I may be wrong Siv, but the ppp kit / exhaust on mine doesnt have the 2nd cat after the downpipe, unless of course you are fitting for a reason.
Cracking car by the way
Jan 9, 2017 | 05:54 PM
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I thought i maybe wrong, guess mine fell off some time ago!
Jan 9, 2017 | 06:26 PM
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Jan 9, 2017 | 06:52 PM
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Very nice car with simple and effective mods.
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Jan 9, 2017 | 08:04 PM
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It's good to have honest review of modifications by someone
Looking at the first photo of this thread and how low the car was the bumpiness that you describe was caused by the lack of suspension travel.
I wonder what difference to the handling made just the front machined alloy arms by themselves (running JDM struts with/without them).
Jan 9, 2017 | 09:19 PM
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Jan 9, 2017 | 09:22 PM
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Header tank swaps one I have been wanting to do for a bit.
Jan 9, 2017 | 09:32 PM
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Jan 10, 2017 | 07:54 AM
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In a nutshell IMHO.... coilovers for the track, shocks a springs for bumpy uk roads.
I'm starting to come round to this way of thinking. Got HSD coilovers on my widetrack, and it looks and handles amazingly.....
But when my daily commute is 99% speed bumps and abrasive roads, it's starting to really annoy me. Might consider going back to standard STI suspension, or possibly spec-c.
Jan 10, 2017 | 03:36 PM
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Jan 25, 2017 | 09:14 AM
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I'd stick with the grade 7 plugs mate. Even a standard PPP spec car will run well on those.
Jan 25, 2017 | 07:35 PM
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Jan 28, 2017 | 01:30 PM
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Bonnet looks spot on Siv, i really need to get my boot lid done at some point.
Jan 28, 2017 | 01:40 PM
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ok if your only taking it out for a blast on a sunday but as a daily its hard to live with.
I waited a long time for a good jdm set, well worth the wait though
And thats how they looked when they came off the car, i was very lucky
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Where did you source the dampers from?
Jan 29, 2017 | 09:43 AM
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Jan 29, 2017 | 09:51 AM
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Jan 29, 2017 | 11:17 AM
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I got them off a non widetrack jdm sti that matty b was breaking
There may be a few jdm breakers on eBay
I just search "Impreza jdm breaking" , your never going to get great suspension parts off a uk car, believe me, I've tried
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Cheers
Feb 18, 2017 | 12:19 PM
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