Changing Mr. Eat Snow's Stance

[Okin DaVanh]

I have recently pick up a new-to-me set of 02-03 WRX Struts W/ Tenabe GF210's, that should be arriving next week.
Soon, I'm going to need to teardown my old blown struts (Yeah... All 4) and swap this in as well as an OB Rear Sway I'd like to install at the same time. In case you don't know, I'm currently on factory 15's with 195/60-15's.


Info about the springs


The GF210 coil spring is geared towards maximum performance, without compromising daily driveability. A subtle drop provides an aggressive stance, while the higher spring rates (+20% - 30% over stock) provide excellent handling and vehicle stability characteristics. These springs provide a very noticeable gain in performance when installed.

The GF210 is well mated with a performance shock upgrade to extract the full potential of the coil spring, but will also work with factory equipment.

Each coil spring application is tested for fitment and optimal weight distribution for sportier handling.


All of our coil springs feature SUSTEC 210 Technology. Sustec 210 Technology is a series of manufacturing methods developed to create a stronger, thinner, and lighter spring using only high tensile steel, without adding additional elements that could affect quality, durability, or price. "210" stands for 2100n/m of tensile strength, which is the highest strength ever acheived in a coil spring. The Tanabe Shiga factory in Japan is home to some of the most advanced, unique coil spring machines and processes in the world!


Spring rate is up to 30% over stock


- Too low? or NOT low enough :smt025 In which case, I'd probably leave it the way it is.


-Any advice on bushings for the rear sway?
-Anything else I might of forgot, being a daily driver?

[Huffer]

getting tophats too? for swaybar bushings Energy Suspension make some that you might find stocked at an auto store. If not, then anything that has less miles than yours will be a good idea. Don't forget some grease. I'd try to get some new stainless bolts for the endlinks too.

One thing I do when I know I'm going to be dropping the car - I start to park differently, and I take different angles on driveways. First time I ever lowered my 'preza I forgot and attacked a driveway at the same angle, and banged the front tow hook. No real damage fortunately. I know it sounds dumb, but the human mind gets trained very easily...

[Okin DaVanh]

getting tophats too?

I forgot to mention that the suspension I got was to be shipped complete ready to install into an 02-03 WRX. Tophats (from the Impreza) are included, but I did some searching for new ones incase I'd have to.

[Okin DaVanh]

Today, Santa arrived.


I wish I could post a pic, but I can't. Anywho.... I'll let you guys know whether or not they're staying or going. I think I got lucky somewhat.... we'll see. They're "like new" factory WRX struts w/ new tophats


:EDIT: Rear Anti-Sag Spacers were NOT included.



Well, evrything went ok. Like everyone else (or the posts I read) I had to finagle something for the brake lines, but that was it. Everything else was a direct fit.