Cheeky Git!!!

 

its true tho

 

lol, thought you'd like that Andy

 

Took her for a little road trip yesterday to settle the suspension down
Anyone guess where?

 

Added video to the main write-up after suspension fitting
And here: YouTube - apex/bc coilovers

 

so now there have been on a little time do you still love them , I have a bugeye wrx with almost the same set up

Whiteline front & rear uprated anti-roll bars
Whiteline front & back uprated droplinks
Whiteline anti-lift kit
but only Front engine strut braces .

 

"love them"? that'd be a bit strong a sentiment Steve I'd say they are a lot better than the stock suspension struts/springs I had on before, by far. I've not really had a chance to play properly with the various settings, and I still need to get the geometry sorted as well. At the mo', the car, although handling much better, feels dead on the road. I've had this before, and geometry is imho as important as the suspension itself. Once I get this done, I'll post up my experiences properly.

The only difference you have from me is the rear boot mounted strut brace, can't see that making much difference

 

I'v gone done it there are coming friday

 

Nice one Steve Let us know how you get on

 

Update:
Just back from NINEMEISTER - Porsche Tuning Specialist where I've had my geometry done. Booked in last friday as soon as we got back off our hols.
Quoted £120 + vat for the job, which is good.
Arrived with only a 1/4 tank of fuel, so off to find the nearest shell/tesco to fill up. Finally found tesco and got back ready to go.
Robin was the mechanic today, and very nice he was too
On the ramps, line the wheels up, fit the gubbins and away you go!


He did the back first, and after setting the camber, came across a problem with the toe. The bolt was stuck solid, so rather than the hassle of lowering the car to release the bolt on the other ramp (trying on this ramp would take too long and upset all other settings) he's left it as it is for now and we'll revisit it once I've sorted the bolt out.
The camber was practically spot on, so off to the front. Similar problem on the front offside as well Toe bolt wouldn't budge, but at least with the BC Coilovers you can adjust the top mounts, which Robin did on that side. Again, settings were as near as damn perfect.

All done, with a printout to show before and after settings, which are:
BEFORE:
camber LF: -0*55' RF -0*35' LR -1*07' RR -1*48'
toe LF -0*27' RF -0*26' LR -0*08' RR 0*01'

AFTER:
camber LF: -1*27' RF -1*25' LR -1*45' RR -1*48'
toe LF -0*01' RF -0*00' LR -0*08' RR 0*00'

As you can see, it's pretty much spot on with the Prodrive settings, apart from the rear toe on the LR at -0*08'. I'll get that sorted in the future.

Thanks to Robin for explaining everything he was doing as he went along, and to Ninemeister for sorting another scooby in their busy Porche day
Some very nice cars there:


Obviously getting your geometry sorted is a pretty basic requirement for these cars of ours, and if you've not done it yet, I'd highly recommend you do so. Apart from the obvious driving benifits, it'll preserve the life of your tyres and make you quicker on the road as well
Driving home afterwards, the results were felt straight away, turn in is so much sharper and the car tracks straight and true. Motorway is not the best place for a full evaluation, so I guess I'll have to head for the hills tonight to do that
I can say though, after negotiating a few Warrington roundabouts today, that it now corners like it's on rails!




Next stop, new tyres!

 

Thanks for the write up. It went someway to convincing me to get mine fitted..

I have done so and I had a few questions if thats ok?

What is the ground clearance on yours? Front and back?

Do you know what the gap is on your height adjusters at the front and back?

Did you find you had to adjust the rear shock quick alot so that you wheel wasnt really deep in the arch? Mine is really quite close to its highest point.

At the hight you have your set at do you get any wheel rub on full lock at the front?

Thanks and you have a stunning looking car by the way.

Vash

 

Vash, sorry I've not replied, I didn't realise you'd posted on here, the notification must've stopped!
Anyway, to answer your questions:
Ground clearance I've no idea on, just lower although the front mudflaps scrape a bit every now and then.
I've no idea what the gap is on the height adjusters. Adam measured my old shocks before fitting these, then played around with the adjusters before settling on what it's on now.
He didn't find the wheel in the arch thing either, again, by measuring the old shock and transferring those sizes over to the BC's, he was able to set the ride height to stock at first, then lower all round.
I don't get any wheel rub at all.
Thanks for the compliment

 

Just a quick update:
Secondhand real PFF7's fitted a few weeks ago (Thanks Beefy)


Oh, and they've tarmaced over the carpark!

 

FOR SALE

Subaru : IMPREZA STI MY03 "53" PLATE FOR SALE

 

noooooo how come mate

 

as per pm mate

 

Sorry to here this is going Chris - has to be the most sympathetically driven scoob in existance probably being down to Chris being an old fart

 

SOLD

 

:-)

 

Well, the wife loves the car and spent the first 5 mins driving it whilst screaming with excitement. :-)

We would like to thank Chris for the time and effort he has put into this car! We were a little nervous about buying a car with such mods but this "Ownership" thread was really helpful in getting to know the history of the car!

I drove the car over from Cheshire to Yorkshire (sorry SMACS) with a huge smile on my face and the wife grinning in the car following me. We spent Sunday tearing around scammoden and the car is "Awesome".

We don't intend to do much to the car in terms of modifications as you all know from reading this Chris got it to a safe, maintainable level. We will be getting into the social side of things and attending all the big meets and look forward to meeting everyone.

I'm in two minds about the SMACS stickers, i do love the one on the back window but feel like a bit of a fraud!!!

I'll be starting up our own ownership experience thread and will post the link between changing nappies and getting some sleep.

Thanks again Chris, a great buying experience from a spot on guy.

 

youve bought a great car there mate, its a credit to chris..ive had the priviledge of driving and being passenger in it and its amazin..the power is awsome.

im sure you'll be happy for a long time to come

 

omg would you look at that road! i didnt know we had roads like that in the UK!

 

I had an MY03 WRX STI with PPP back in 03 till 06 but this is a different beast, :-)

 

Paul, I was really quite worried about going through the whole selling process, you hear so many horror stories these days about visits from time wasters to people after nicking your p&j. The experience with yourself and your good lady was spot on though, and couldn't have been more perfect
I'm well chuffed that its gone to such a enthusiast, and hope you enjoy the ownership as much as I've done.
All the best with it Paul, I'm sure you'll look after her and treat her well.

I'm officially making you an honourary smacs member as well, so keep the stickers on if you like

The nurburgring sticker has to come off though, as you're only allowed to wear one if you've been, not your car

 

Cheers fella, :-) I was worried when I sold mine back in 06, luckily a garage came and bought it so less hassle.

I do like the scoobysmacs one on the window. Reckon I'll keep that one now I have your "honourary smacs member" status, :-)

I'll take the nurburgring one off, maybe one day we will get over there. ;-)

 

Hi Chris, I'm an official scooby chick now, :-) I love it, Paul has had to take the keys off me or I would be sleeping in it, lol

PS I like the nurburgring sticker, :-(

Amber

 

Nice one Amber
You'll have to do a trip to the 'ring if you want to keep the sticker. That really is petrolhead nirvana

 

Well, after 2.5 years of ownership we just arn't getting the use out of this car that it deserves so it's going up for sale, :-( We have only managed 4k in the time we have had it. Couple of enjoyable events (NBO's, Blackpool run's) but this car needs to be driven not sat in my garage. :-(

 

Sorry to hear that mate, but at least you can say you've done that now, and enjoyed every minute
Good luck with the sale.
How much are they going for now? Been a while since I looked at the prices of them.

 

Yeah met some nice people along the way, I'm really not sure it's worth. Looking on ebay and autotrader they are between 6k - 7.5k so somewhere in the middle would be good. :-)