Teins' turned out to be a little bouncey and a Set of P1 Eibachs tried in the meantime put the ride height back up too much for me, so ordered these from The Land of The Rising Sun :



Their going to clash terribly with my Orange ARB though !!!!

 

Looking good. Just don't sell it again

 

Bored of the colour 'Green' so fitted something 'Pink'
Ride Height is now approx. 5-7mm higher on the STi Pinks compared to the Teins despite being a shorter spring.
Therefore, this proves that the Spring Rates of the STI Pink are higher then the Tein's.

Compared to the P1 Springs tried previously they sit approx. 10mm lower.

Front's




Rears :

 

Used the GoPro for a bit of a comparison.
Footage is the same stretch of road, taken at approx. the same level of attack.

Of particular interest in the Tein's reaction to the drain cover.
It has an initial compression and further bounce then hits the drain cover.

The STi hits the initial compression, doesn't give a second bounce and then takes the drain cover a lot smoother.

Tein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4DNy...ature=youtu.be

STi Pink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja9XK...ature=youtu.be

 

Took the car out for the 1st 'extended' drive on the STi Pink springs to get more of a feel then the industrial estate blast last week.
Still pleased with the results. Around town it's a bit more jiggly but on a run if feels great, with turn-in much improved and much reduced bounce from the rear.

Took a few piccies when we got back to show how it sits.

 

.... Gorgeous

I'll have to chat with you about the underside of my classic next time we meet

 

Looks real nice mate, lots of work gone on the underside of the car, like it

 

Looks lovely as ever Scott

 

Sits perfect that now imo

 

Ridiculously clean scott it showed how dirty my v3 actually is parked up next to yours the
other day!

 

Looking tidy as always mate

 

Stunning!!!

Probably in better condition then some 2-3 year old cars!!

 

LIKE!!

 

Wow!

 

Cheers for the comments guys.
Popped the bonnet vents out at the weekend to give the plastic mesh a good clean and also get all the dirt/polish residue out from the bonnet lip.
Quite liked this view, so took a quick snap.

 

What is the underside painted with, ie what type of paint? Going to do my type r at some stage.

Stunning car btw. I regret selling my 98 wrx. The type r is here to stay.

 

Refreshed the underseal.
The hammerite underseal is better then the tetrosyl version for applying by brush.
Then several coats of silver smoothrite.

It's a shame with the Jap imports to stick gloopy underseal up in the arches, but it's gotta be done to preserve them really.

 

Looks fantastic Scott... Cars getting better every time I see new pictures posted.

There's some great rust treatment products available plus stone chips and paints around these days for the arches, part of the trick is keeping them clean afterwards and that sticky muck that's sprayed on them does not help to do that at all.

I admit I may have gone a little extreme

 

Scott.T, what is the rear spoiler you have fitted and where can I get one. Looks good.

 

Prodrive WR spoiler mate.
I don't think you can get them anymore as originals or copies.
Mine is the latter from a group by on here in around 2003.

 

Looking good Si.
I hope that lifting arm is using protection

 

Cheers Scott and yes all good with the arms and the small amount of fresh paint roll back shall I call it was fixed when it went back to the paint shop, that's the last time the car will be jacked from there

 

You need to knock yourself up some hardwood (oak) jacking blocks.
I have one with a groove cut in it that hooks over the seam by the jacking point. Then whack the trolley jack into that rather then the car.

 

Oak now that's interesting material to use, I've done the exact thing your talking about with an ally block with rubber glued on the lifting face.

 

Another piece of Newage STI gets bolted to the Classic :

 

Stupid question time! It looks great but do you loose the airbag as a result?

 

Nope, just re-wire it. Just 2 wires to cut and re-join (with battery off). But you do need the harness that goes to the slip ring, or at least the small connector and 2 wires that come out of the back of the airbag module.

You might be able to use the Newage slip ring and all the wires, but I was in a rush to get it on, and will double check over Christmas, as that would be a better way to do it.

 

Thank you!

It was something I wanted to do but did hear that you loose the use of the airbag.

Another expensive call to mattybr in the new year

 

A little piccie, sporting the new splitter :

 

Very nice. I,m tempted to go back to a high power classic from my 05 JDM STI. Steve.