i have an 05 blob wrx anyone have any sugestions for a good make of alround droplinks?

 

Cdf

 

Are you going for front & rear DL's?

Do you have OE or upgraded arb's?

What damper/springs/coilovers are you running?

Track or road?

I would avoid the CDF's, their design limits suspension travel

 

Please share your experiences, I am always keen to look how we can impove our parts but I must say I have never heard this in the past 4/5 years of making them ?

 

i have cdf droplinks and they are and excellent made product and your talking complete sh1te about limiting suspension travel.

 

CDF RACING gets my vote.bonesetter can you please elaborate on your findings as I would like to know exactly what you mean.SJ.

 

Apologies for the rather blunt statement.

The pu bush is not radiused (like many of the others on the market), and without this radius they will not allow for the rear arb movement (lateral), part of the natural rarb 'float' on the Impreza

 

Thank you for the replyThe reason I ask is that everyone that I ever asked who had the CDF set up only had praise for it,that's why my wife has ordered the whole CDF set up for her car.i will have to wait and see but I'm still confident that it should definitely be fit for purpose.SJ.

 

We decided not to make our bushes with a radius as there can be too much movement, our bushes are straight but because of the spec of the bush there is still enough play to have a little movement ,
SJ These are what you need, if you are not happy with the quality and how they perform money back guarantee no quibbles

 

Thanks chrisbut I'm not really concerned I know the skill and design you put into your parts.im just looking forward to receive them..SJ.

 

Bonesetter is correct. The rear droplink will move away from the 90° angle as soon as the suspension moves up or down. The nature of polyurethane is that is not really compressible like rubber. If the alloy housing of drop link bush is straight, and fitted with a straight bush, it will act as a suspension travel limiter.
For the droplink to be able to move in the correct angles, the bush housing needs to be machined with a radius and fitted with a bush that fits the radius. That way the polyurethane will be able to 'flow' and the droplink will allow full bump and/or rebound travel.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to see on the outside of the droplink if the design is correct, without taking the bushes out. But as a rule, any droplinks with a 'top-hat' bush fitted cannot move in the correct angle, purely because polyurethane won't allow the movement.
The previously mentioned 'play' should not be present in any droplink.

 

Here's a pic which I've dug out. Good quality droplinks should allow for decent movement

 

Very structual and helpfull answer , Spread the knowledge Tubby...

 

This was an interesting read. what make are the other drop links in this picture. More so the end picture, they look good.

 

The end is same as what I just bought whiteline arblink

 

What about the SuperPro droplinks?

I was thinking on them for replacing my OEMs. They look almost the same than originals to my eyes. Just a little chunkier overall and alloy made (and purple, of course ). They also look similar to the Whiteline ones in terms of construction.

Here's a couple of pictures to illustrate my post:

 

The SuperPro droplinks are probably the best ones available at the moment. Very high quality alloy, made with a correct radius for the bushes to allow movement without play outside the 90 angle and the SuperPro bush material is probably the best for high frequency damping and low frequency control. SuperPro also seems to have a lifetime warranty without limitations. So your warranty doesn't become void if you use the car on the track like other manufacturers.

 

Are they not the pro R drop links?

 

I think SuperPro make the bushings for Pro R....