Hawkeye STI suspension onto bugeye WRX?

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26 May 2009, 09:51 AM

MrNoisy

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Hawkeye STI suspension onto bugeye WRX?

Anybody know if Hawkeye STI struts and springs will go onto a bugeye WRX?

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26 May 2009, 10:30 AM

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NOPE !

The Hawkeye has larger hubs, so struts are different.

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26 May 2009, 10:55 AM

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I have rear struts from a Hawkeye WRX on my bug at the moment!
How is this possible then? Are the WRX ones a different size?
GRD put them on for me when I had my springs fitted as one of the originals had seized.

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26 May 2009, 12:14 PM

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Hawk WRX is the same as an earlier WRX/STI, the later STI has a bigger hub, so the "webs" on the strut are further apart.... all to get bigger wheel bearings in.

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26 May 2009, 02:00 PM

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Aaaaah - I see - thanks for the clarification

The Hawkeye WRX has a different spring seat to the bug one unfortunately - hence my prodrive springs didn't fit so am on the hunt for a bugeye set now....
Well - either that or a front hawkeye set with whiteline springs lol

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