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Old Mar 17, 2019 | 09:58 PM
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Could any of you fine people tell me which brand of lowering springs will give me the lowest dropOn my forester sti.
Without having to resort to coilovers, much appreciated

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Old Mar 18, 2019 | 11:15 AM
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You're best going onto subaruforester.org or subaru forester facebook group and finding a person called Sean Whiffin who sells Pedders suspension kits for the forester models. Most people tend to swap out complete strut assemblies to lower them or eventually go down the coilover route as I did on my FSTI.

You can fit 100x5 newage WRX struts and springs onto these cars but the drop will be very low and the rear might well drop further than the front. You're better off getting new struts or coilovers realistically.

Have a look at my coilover thread below:

https://www.scoobynet.com/suspension...r-zetacrd.html
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Old Mar 18, 2019 | 05:06 PM
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pretty sure you know a guy closer to home that stocks / sells Pedders..................
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Old Mar 18, 2019 | 05:12 PM
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Ah yes, good point. How can I forget my number 1 parts supplier, technical advisor, marriage guidance councillor and all round nice guy Alyn @ AS Performance. Good shout!
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Old Mar 18, 2019 | 09:19 PM
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Thanks for the advice it looks like I'll be going down the coilover route, the car came with black lowering springs and I just wanted it a bit lower without spending coilover money for a couple of inches...
Ah well its only money.
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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 04:08 PM
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100% go for coilovers, lowering springs do not give you a decent drop imo, If on a budget I would highly recommend some ebay coilovers I ran them for 2 years on my forester with zero problems and they where cheap and cheerful they where only supposed to be a temp solution for 6 months now on BC coilovers which are good always liked them coilovers
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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 10:38 PM
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Thanks for the info
I Will go down the coilover route and I think I'll buy some decent ones as opposed to cheap ebay ones, I don't want to end up paying twice and with a reputable brand you know they will be safe
I'll probably change the front and rear arb while I'm at it, I think whiteline may be making a few quid out of me ....
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