Long story short: I am looking to sell the car already as it is costing me so much to run to work every day. Yes I know I should have thought of that!

 

scoobyclinic do a replacement pedders setup for £800 all in inc vat and fitting

 

Sure kyb are oem quality and are far cheaper then that

Its prob just top mounts anyway ,, get it checked by someone who knows scoobies

 

Sounds like the dreaded inverted shock knock.

KYB Ultra SR are the same shocks. Much cheaper from Camskill at around £100 each

 

Use some white grease spray on the rear shock shafts. If the noise goes away even for a month its the shocks, if not then top mounts. Suspect shocks. had both mine changed on my 06 WRX years ago under Subaru warranty when car was less than 3 years old.

KYBs way to go as said above.

 

dont forget to name and shame the dealer

 

add labour, geom etc etc and there not that much cheaper

 

You didn't buy the car from Cheshire Performance by any chance?

 

im just going through the same problem with Evan Helshaw worksop had my subaru 1 month they have had it for 2 weeks changed front shock (singular)????? now they are changing the rear subframe bushes

 

LOWERING KIT ON WITH KYB'S OR GO FOR A FULL KIT 18'S THEN A GOOD LPG KIT WITH A TUNE UP HAPPY DAYS

 

and £2k later, I think he's trying to save money not find new ways of spending it.

 

How much did you pay for it if you don't mind?

 

Wow, the trade in is a massive sting.

I feel bad for you, nothing worse than owning a car you've lost the love for.

You could remap it for more MPG, more power and fun. You could look at reducing weight to help with MPG too.

The Kyb struts are supposed to be OEM quality, and quite cheap. I highly recommend Tim Farmer the mobile Scooby mechanic for fitting or sorting the suspension. His price and experience can't be beat.

I love the hawkeyes, they are the best looking out of the lot for me.

Maybe once you've sorted the suspension with maybe a remap you'll love it again and decide it's a keeper.

 

Tim Farmer's number is 07880661866

 

Get it inspected. The best option for you if it turns out to be the rear struts is fit KYB Excel G's, they are the same damping rate as standard (Ultra SRs are supposed to be equivalent to STi struts). KYB don't currently make the inverted type struts in Excel G's but, as I have just fitted to my 05 blob (05>blob/hawk wrx share same suspension) KYB make a standard strut that fits all WRX from 2003-07, so that covers blob and hawk. I bought mine from ebay for approx £75ea.

Part numbers for your rear shocks, WRX saloon GD 2003-07 are:

Left 334359 ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/dsc/i.html?_so...dkw=kyb+SM5361

Right 3344358 ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/dsc/i.html?_so...4359&_osacat=0

rear top mounts (if needed)

SM8101 L ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/dsc/i.html?_so...dkw=kyb+334358


SM8102 R ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/dsc/i.html?_so...8101&_osacat=0

Relevant KYB catalogue page:

 

I find turning the radio volume up to 11 works best, free too.

 

My stereo only goes to 10, but it's more powerful than yours!

 

Couldnt be, mine goes up to 11.

 

 

how did you pay for the car as in cash,,cheque..bank transfer ????

 

6750 for a 2006 wrx!!!!

One born every minute!

 

Id not be paying more than 4 to 4.5k given that i paid less for my wrx 5 years ago but a similar age to yours now

 

Shocks can be stripped, cleaned and re-packed with Lithium Grease - If the knocking isn't too severe and the internal bushes aren't destroyed, it should cure the fault.

 

Yep you paid too much, but hey ho, you live and learn, I paid £4k for my 54 plate Blob PPP with AP4 pot front brakes which cost around £1200 at the time of purchase, around three and a half years ago, it's still worth similar money now with the brakes and 20k more miles, but it was a bit of a steal at the time.

I know this doesn't help your situation much, but I would do what my mum taught me to do if I were in your situation. Go to the place you bought the car, park up outside on a saturday and or a sunday when they are the busiest and tell anyone that will listen your experience, I would just stand there and shout don't buy anything from these guys because when you have a problem they don't want to know.

P.S I even did this in a gun shop in America where the guys behind the counter were all packing and guess what, after I scared of a few customers I got what I wanted.

 

I'd budget for an engine rebuild soon, as you have the 2.5 possibly the most unreliable engine produced by Subaru.

 

It's a sh1tter mate but I really don't give a **** how much time I spend when someone screws me, I will get satisfaction at all costs, I'd take a month off work and make it my job to screw the ****** back and be there everyday from 7 til 7 if needs be, any and everyone that comes there would be put off, I would be the biggest pain in the *** he has ever seen, I don't work so I'll do it for a year if I have to and then some, but I do make donkeys look reasonable when I'm p1ssed, I'd set up camp outside his gaff, and if he want's to get violent or try and intimidate me, welcome to my world.

 

Is there anything you haven't done or seen in your fantasy world??

 

No mate, I'm just the biggest **** your ever likely to meet when i'm pissed.

And nothing I write here is fantasy, I anit no hero but I am ******* tenacious.

 

Cool story bro......lol

 

Yeah yeah, we will meet one day and you'll see, and I don't mean that in a bad way, because I actually do like you.