fastfu

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im looking at upgrading my wheels and suspension on my 02 wrx and was interested what people with sti suspension and 18's thought of that setup, hows the handling and what is the ride comfort like ?

cw42

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why are you looking at sti suspension? if you're upgrading, have a look at the apex/bc coilovers. I've just got rid of my tired sti suspension for a set and they are a whole lot better than the stock sti struts that were on before.
Check out other options too, double the price and you could have ast's, or add the same again and you could have ex-tc's

fastfu

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i thought sti suspension would be an upgrade from wrx suspension
im after keeping as much ride comfort as i possibly can as the is my daily drive and its used for carting my family around

Nolan_WRX

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I did this, put sti shocks and prodrive springs on my 05 wrx, it handles much better although a little bit harsher ride, i am considerng putting prodrve springs back on the original wrx shocks just for a nicer ride, (Probly cos im getting old now lol)
I would go for the kyb replacments and some eibach or even prodrive springs as with the sti shocks your guaranteed for the back ones to start knocking after a while.
WIll be cheaper in the long run, think they are about 370 ish for a set: look here: https://www.scoobynet.com/suspension...e-springs.html

cw42

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Mine is also a daily hack and family mobile The beauty of the any of the setups I've mentioned is that you can adjust the damper rate. Although you'll get a slightly stiffer ride than stock sti, the dampers can be adjusted to be a little softer.
If you're sticking with sti though, give any of the main tuners a ring, as I'm sure they'll have a whole heap of stock sti struts and springs off customer cars that have upgraded.

LWells

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i was having the same thoughts up until yesterday when i had Tein springs fitted to my WRX shocks. Really impressed with the difference, ride comfort has not changed apart from the largest of bumps (ie u can feel its stiffer when going over speed bumps) But the feel/handling.. amazed at the difference its made. Had the full setup done aswell which may be the main factor..

so thats my vote for lowered springs and wrx shocks! :-)

(Ps.. on 18" wheels 225 40 18)

fastfu

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thanks thats just what i wanted to hear