So for those of you who's caught my posts in the recent thread by dbarnblatt (
Here) regarding the lack of strut availability, I've contacted
Stance USA about any interest they may have in developing a system for the SVX. This is all very tentative and I can promise absolutely nothing, but here's the details so far:
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Originally Posted by Crazy_Pilot
Hey guys,
Bit of an off the wall question, but would you ever consider developping a coilover system for the Subaru SVX? I'm an active member of the main owners group, and one of the biggest problems facing us right now is a lack of suspension parts. It seems that the OEM replacements have sat in storage for 15+ years and blow out in a month or two of use. In the past many have had custom coilovers put together using Koni inserts and Ground Control springs on the stock strut bodies, but Koni has discontinued the inserts.
The reason I'm contacting you guys is that I installed a set of GR+ coilovers in my SVX 18 months ago. It took some work, but I was able to get a set meant for a 2002-07 WRX to fit, and the function has been flawless. Given that I was able to do this, would it be feasible to develop a system for the SVX based on the WRX setup you already have? The upper and lower mounts would need to be modified, but the body is perfect in it's current form. The link below shows the thread that documents my installation:
http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...t=41831&page=3
If someone could look it over and let me know what you think I'd be very grateful. There are many owners who love their cars and are faced with the shortage of replacement parts, and it will be a terrible shame to see these cars being scrapped because of this.
Thanks,
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Originally Posted by Stance Rep
Hey Chris,
I appreciate you coming to us for this project. We have been recently taking on more and more application development for cars that have very limited options when it comes to upgraded suspension. I'm going to run this past the owner here and see if we would be willing to take on the SVX. We may ask for a certain number of locked in customers for the specific product before putting forth the effort and research to complete the set up. I will be in touch.
Thanks,
Scott
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Now this does give me pause. I've been a part of this community long enough to know how tentative we are as a whole regarding initial group buys, and I can see this being an issue here. If it comes to requiring a certain number of orders up front all I ask is that we keep an eye to the future and view it as an investment in our cars that will benefit us and future owners.
I'll keep people posted as I receive updates.