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Anybody bought KW V3 recently for a Widetrack/Hawk STI?

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Old 17 April 2014, 04:11 PM
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Default Anybody bought KW V3 recently for a Widetrack/Hawk STI?

Long shot I know, I've been dealing with KW direct for a few months now - and I finally took delivery of my coilovers today but was gutted to find they're a completely wrong fitment.



From Left to right:

New Front unit = good to go
Middle two = wtf?!
An old/knackered rear V3 unit for reference

As far as I'm aware, there is not a single Impreza which would suit the fitment of the middle two. I called KW UK after receiving the package, and they were adamant that the product ID's etc all lined up - and I had to send them photographs explaining the issue. (I'm pretty sure the fella on the phone was doing google image searches while I was on the phone to verify what I was saying too).

It seems crazy that the KW catalogue could be wrong for an 8 year old car. Has anybody ordered recently and got the same set I've got?

Coincidentally, when you go on a few online shops - the pictured version matches the set I got:
http://www.scoobyparts.com/acatalog/...STI_05-07.html

http://www.amsperformance.com/cart/K...Coilovers.html
Old 17 April 2014, 04:22 PM
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The middles look to be for an 08 onwards car, I *think*.

Did you get them FOC, AFAIK KW has lifetime warranty

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Old 17 April 2014, 04:37 PM
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Good call on the 08.

I didn't get them FOC, but heavily discounted based on a set of KWs I had which need refurbing (I'm not the original owner).
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Try this link,

It's from the EU KW site. Will have the correct coilover part numbers.

http://docs.kwsuspension.de/ea-KWGFwEA-h68645014.pdf
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