Lowering Springs on 05 STi
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Lowering Springs on 05 STi
I have 2005 Widetrack STi with RB320 rear struts and standard STi front struts.
If I were to buy the Tein springs (below) which claim it lowers the car 35mm front and 25mm rear, how much would this lower the STi? I think there's a 10-20mm difference between the WRX and the STi, but just wondering if anyone's put lowering springs on theirs.
http://www.scoobyparts.com/suspensio...-new-age-03-07
If I were to buy the Tein springs (below) which claim it lowers the car 35mm front and 25mm rear, how much would this lower the STi? I think there's a 10-20mm difference between the WRX and the STi, but just wondering if anyone's put lowering springs on theirs.
http://www.scoobyparts.com/suspensio...-new-age-03-07
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Hi bud do you not allready have the black prodrive (eibach) springs from a rb320 allready or are you running Oem springs the teins will drop your car on its **** to be honest I've seen one with the tein setup pretty low but then again I won't know till Saturday how high or low the prodrive rb320 setup is but it'll be comfy
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Buy the H&R's - far better spring, both height & ride for newage IMO. i had Eibach in it and took them out after 2 weeks.
I ran them with RB320 front struts & STI rears
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps39f3f869.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps786f9e48.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps9c9de5e9.jpg
I ran them with RB320 front struts & STI rears
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps39f3f869.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps786f9e48.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps9c9de5e9.jpg
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Hi bud do you not allready have the black prodrive (eibach) springs from a rb320 allready or are you running Oem springs the teins will drop your car on its **** to be honest I've seen one with the tein setup pretty low but then again I won't know till Saturday how high or low the prodrive rb320 setup is but it'll be comfy
Bistein struts + rb320 springs
355mm front 365mm rear
A, relatively, higher rear ride height, moves the roll centre rearward, increasing rear roll resistance.
That, in turn, makes the front end roll more - helping turn-in response and reducing understeer, without the use of stiffer bars.
You want the smallest bars possible, on a road car, to avoid 'roll-rock'.
Roll-rock:
If the spring rate is relatively low and the sta bar is too stiff, a suspension movement, initially, occurring on only one side of the vehicle, will be transmitted to the other side, inducing an unsettling 'roll-rock' motion.
The inverted kyb struts have 60mm, very stiff front bump stops, as a form of pitch control. But this can give a bobbing ride sensation and understeer, on anything but flat, smooth roads. Even more problematic, if you've lowered the front, and not addressed the front stops.
The handling, on kyb inverted struts, can be made more neutral, again, without increasing the rear bar diameter, with shorter, progressive front stops and stiffer rear stops.
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Buy the H&R's - far better spring, both height & ride for newage IMO. i had Eibach in it and took them out after 2 weeks.
I ran them with RB320 front struts & STI rears
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps39f3f869.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps786f9e48.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps9c9de5e9.jpg
I ran them with RB320 front struts & STI rears
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps39f3f869.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps786f9e48.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...ps9c9de5e9.jpg
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Bistein struts + rb320 springs
355mm front 365mm rear
A, relatively, higher rear ride height, moves the roll centre rearward, increasing rear roll resistance.
That, in turn, makes the front end roll more - helping turn-in response and reducing understeer, without the use of stiffer bars.
You want the smallest bars possible, on a road car, to avoid 'roll-rock'.
Roll-rock:
If the spring rate is relatively low and the sta bar is too stiff, a suspension movement, initially, occurring on only one side of the vehicle, will be transmitted to the other side, inducing an unsettling 'roll-rock' motion.
The inverted kyb struts have 60mm, very stiff front bump stops, as a form of pitch control. But this can give a bobbing ride sensation and understeer, on anything but flat, smooth roads. Even more problematic, if you've lowered the front, and not addressed the front stops.
The handling, on kyb inverted struts, can be made more neutral, again, without increasing the rear bar diameter, with shorter, progressive front stops and stiffer rear stops.
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RB320 Springs are 30mm front, 10mm rear drop
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I now run the kyb struts with tein s tech springs on my jdm wide track got roughly 20mm all round drop from the sti springs no issues at all full geo setup is a must though once fitted
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Talking blob/hawk STI, which one do you like, ride heights-wise?
Subaru STI
Prodrive STI
Prodrive RB320 - rear, base spring diameter smaller, only fits Bilstein struts.
Available, replacement STI struts:
SALOON kyb ultra sr STI rate struts - fronts, inverted or twin-tube, won't fit widetracks:
Inverted - 321002, 321003, 321004, 321005
Twin-tube - 324033, 324032, 324031, 324030
WAGON kyb ultra sr STI rate struts.
Twin-tube - 324034, 324035, 324036, 324037
Subaru STI
Prodrive STI
Prodrive RB320 - rear, base spring diameter smaller, only fits Bilstein struts.
Available, replacement STI struts:
SALOON kyb ultra sr STI rate struts - fronts, inverted or twin-tube, won't fit widetracks:
Inverted - 321002, 321003, 321004, 321005
Twin-tube - 324033, 324032, 324031, 324030
WAGON kyb ultra sr STI rate struts.
Twin-tube - 324034, 324035, 324036, 324037
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