tonymwrx

does anyone know if the rear shocks from a 2005 wrx willbe a straight fit onto a 2001 wrx,your help would be much appreciated

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

2005 struts are inverted as per STI

RED2

was going to fit 2005 sti shocks to my 2004 blob but was told they would not fit due to the wider track irc, same goes for the 2005 wrx

The rookie

iTrader: (1)

No.....the later STi's use different mounting knuckles, that doesn't apply to WRX.

The later WRX dampers are inverted type and use the later type top mount, but I'm using the physically identical 2003 STi units on mine using original tophat and spring, you just need to be sure the tophat is centred on the strut as the mounting is different, believe it or not a short (about 15mm long) piece of 15mm diameter copper plumbing pipe works perfectly, it only has to hold it centred until the top nut is torqued when it becomes redundant.

Simon