rizzy

can you put a rear strut brace on the new age impreza?

from looking at the boot and where the mounts are you would have to cut into the car!!

chris's scooby

Yes you can but i'm not sure how much cutting has to be done or if you can just get away with taking out the carpet in the boot.

rizzy

does eny one have eny pics?

austen_wrx

does it take up any boot space?

rizzy

nope because the mounts are way up

Midlife......

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Austin WRX

Rusty here on Cumbrian Scoobs has a rear strut brace on his bugeye AFAIK..

Midlife.....

ukdave

i take it then on later cars its way different to the classics-werent a prob on mine unbolt ends of strut brace,bolt on to strut tops after pokin through holes(that are already there) put middle bar in finished!.

ukdave

maybe this may help,god im good http://www.oakos.com/wrx/installs/RSTB/index.htm

rizzy

yeh that sorta helps but that is differnt to mine.


i have a flat sti style one.

corradoboy

There's an upper and lower rear strut braces available for new-age STi/WRX's. Biatch to fit though, requiring the removal of the rear seats.

duSTI

Have one sitting in my hallway ready to go on my 03 so I'll let you know.

rizzy

so there si upper and rear.thsi gets better and better,lol

corradoboy

It gets pricier and pricier, for little gain. The chassis on new-age Scoobies is so rigid, you have to have stiffened all other suspension components before you start to see any gain from bracing. If your considering it for your WR1 then you already have the Prodrive springs, but I wouldn't consider the expense and hassle of fitting strut braces, particularly at the rear, until I'd also fitted solid drop-links, uprated ARB's and an anti-lift kit. If it still isn't stiff enough by then, blow the cash on some blinging braces, if you must. It'll end up riding like a go-kart though !

rizzy

go kart suits me fine just as long as i can out perform them evo's i aint to botherd.

we have the new jdm sti my05 and for handling the car is spot on.

STEVECHAPS

Rizzy, like folk said, a pig to fit. I've got a flat STi one on my 53STi. ?No cutting required but it's a hellish fiddly job. Would be telling porkies if I said I can tell the difference once fitted (although a proper driver might ) although a couple of peeps have commented about my rear end stability under cornering load (ooer).........but mine was effectively free (the joys of eBay ) so, hey, why not!!!

rizzy

well i think i'll just leave it then the wr1 is up for sale eny way.

mite just apply the strut brace to the sti instead.

ebay,free? fill me in please get me onto recieving free goodies from ebay plz

STEVECHAPS

I paid as much as you could reasonably expact to get a front one for but got both!

rizzy

lolz aye i get ya