Just had the rear struts replaced on MY05 sti (warranty), thank god the clicking is sorted. Just a question from a nub like me I had the geometry done when the car went TSL a few months back, will the fact the dealer has whacked on replacement struts in anyway affect this? After my this evening concluded, the car is awesome once more, so I presume as they have fitted the 'same' type struts the geo should still be ok?

oh and may I say top service by Days of Chelmsford, car has come back in tip top shape, got collared by the chief mechanic who praised tsl's work bless, after a rascally 'test' drive apparently to check the new struts hmmmm.

 

Changing the rear struts shouldn't alter rear toe settings/thrust angle as these are set on the inner bolts on the horizontal links. The rear camber is normally not adjustable so you get whatever the the strut geometry gives. Having said this I believe TSL lean on the strut lower attachment bolts and get pretty well equal camber, you will lose this.

 

Is this the case for the fronts too? As i had a 4WG done at powerstation in august, but the front struts replaced last week...

 

No if you change the front struts then you remove and replace the adjusting bolts in the struts and full realignment is required which should have been by whoever replaced the struts, not as good as PS I suspect. Sorry.

 

im going days of chelmsford tommz where i bought my sti ppp, what are they like with mods and warrenty? as i got a d/v i wanna fit today

 

I suspect that the new strut may still be slighty out even if you reapply the PS settings. Have another trip to PS for the new struts

 

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Crap!

thanks for letting us know.