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Re: STI struts, what will work?
I was not trying to insult you at all, I myself am actually very "cheap" when it comes to a lot of things, ex. I don't go to movies in the theater and only occasionally rent, I've only purchased about 20 cds in my life and most of those came from BMG music or whatever at an avg cost of $4 per, I hardly ever eat out or eat fast food, choose not to go to the bars and if I do go with friends only limit myself to 1 or 2 beers most times, do not have any of the 3 newer video game systems and have bought only 1 new game for my older systems in the last 2 years, still live at home because I can do as I please and I help my parents out with things to keep them happy, I could keep going but I think you get the point and then some.
But there are some things that I will gladly go out and spend money on if I really want them or make myself think I "need" them. And I was simply explaining in my first post that many people on this forum are very short with other members because they get frustrated that many people, especially lately, are looking for the cheapest possible route or just trying to do quick fixes instead of taking care of the real problem at hand. |
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I have to agree with you on this one. Vehicles, for the most part, decrease in value while houses, until recently, constantly appreciate in value and even from now house prices will go back to where they were. Just might take awhile.
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Re: STI struts, what will work?
and I decided to look in this thread....The title was interesting, and the fact that there were 17 posts in it made it look promising.
But no. Just overly polite stubborn people disagreeing over and over. I like a nice low heat too, but come on, we need some FLAME here... +1 post count
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Re: STI struts, what will work?
Wooo e-yelling!
And that was me that's working on putting STi suspension into my SVX, although I've now revised it to 02-07 WRX fitment. I'm still planning on doing it, but for what I'm going to end up paying and the work involved, it will be hundreds of dollars cheaper and many days less work to get Tom to build you a set of Koni/GC coils. The reasoning is this: 1. I'm buying a set of Stance dual height adjustable coilovers, with an MSRP around $1500. $1800 if I decide to go balls deep and buy the aluminum body ones. You will need dual height adjustable coils because WRX struts are a couple inches longer in the rear. Without maximum control of the cars ride height you'll end up with the arse end sticking up like a stink bug. 2. Massive labour and customization. the knuckles all need to be thinned down, which I will do in a machining center (my school). This means removing all 4 knuckles, possibly disassembling the bearings to remove the hubs...That alone will be days of work. Then you need to drill new holes into the SVX body to accomodate the different upper strut mounts of the WRX. And when you think you're all done, bam. You also need to weld a bracket onto the front lower control arm and get a custom set of front endlinks. Reason for this is that the WRX struts do not have a bracket for the endlink. I'm still working on doing it (slowly) but it's not a quick or cheap process. There is absolutely no practical reason for me to do this, I just like trying things that haven't been done before. So Tom is right. You can't replace the suspension in an SVX for cheap and be happy with the results.
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The bottom line with my analogy is that when you pick up a ~$50k (2009 USD) car for less than $10k, you should expect it's going to need investments via time and cash if you expect it to emulate a ~$50k car. IMHO, this is a lot like picking up a home that needs updating, new major appliances and such compared to buying one that's "ready to move into". One costs less, but will cost you more if you expect it to be like the other. You guys look too deeply into stuff. Regarding my Impreza bit, if you don't fit into one of those, surely there is another common, inexpensive and much newer car that you can fit in. You simply can't ***** about the SVX having few options and scarcity for parts or their respective typically high prices. It's part of the territory. You simply have to accept it. This has been said before in this thread; I'm lucky enough to get the honor of repeating it, I guess. It's pretty damned frustrating seeing the repeated tales of woe when the realization arrives that the entry cost does not fairly reflect the maintenance cost. It's the kind of thing that makes a thread like <this one> make perfect sense.
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Checking a few Subaru parts sellers the price looks to be around $500-$600 for 4 oem struts.
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Re: STI struts, what will work?
I'll weigh in on this one.
I too have saggy struts in the back and am exploring my options for replacement. I'd love to hear more options available to us. The Koni setup is worth the money from the reviews I've read, however I can not sacrifice ride height. I already scrape bottom constantly. OEM sounds like the only way to keep my ride height, but I'd like to reduce body roll and break dive if possible. When parts break on my car, I try to improve on the faults exposed by the break. Struts are one area that I think many here believe can be improved. But so far I've only heard of two options (Koni/GC and OEM) and neither seem like the best setup. I'd gladly pay Koni/GC prices if I thought I'd be happier with them than OEM, but if I can't get into or out of my driveway without smashing my underbelly then it isn't worth a penny to me. So the post title says it all: "What will work?"
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FTR isn't the koni set around $800 at classicgarage?
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Re: STI struts, what will work?
I think you're a little mis informed as the koni strut inserts do not change your ride height. With the gc coilover set up it may but not with the stock spring.
I too was happy to go with the stock strut on my rarely used SVX (now elsewhere) and replaced with oem. Moved my koni fronts that I had to our racer. Fronts were fine, rears lasted a couple hundred miles until the failed, subaru replaced under warranty, these lasted a couple hundred miles and subaru didn't replace under warranty as it was over a year since the originals were purchased. I simply found some still working old oem shocks to put on it. At least they don't blow seals! Definately not an economical solution imo esp. considering that they're a pita to replace back there. That said a stut is a strut is a strut. You can always take the measurements and go shopping based on that or I'm sure some of the makers would be happy to make you one for a price! Just ordered myself some custom AVO coilover shocks for my TVR. You don't want to know the price. Quote:
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Seems to me as I look at a SPT/STI catalog there are 5 different sets of strut springs for the WRX that might fit our SVX struts. Did yt say "NO"?
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Re: STI struts, what will work?
Will they fit? Yes, will you need to do lots of homework to find the desired ride height? Yes, as Crazy said the SVX hub is about 5mm wider than any other Subaru save the STi and you need to do lots of work to get one on there. The rears are about 5 inches too long meaning you look quite like a grasshopper. I know simply because we did it to our racer years ago. In the end we ended up with a front wrx strut up from around 2001 in the rear and could make it work with the spring we had. Then again I wouldn't recommend the set up to anybody with a car that weighed the 1000lbs more a stock SVX weighs then our racer. Had I had the money and could buy just the rear konis I would've done that 5x before using just 1/2 of my a@@.
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