Ok....things learned from my low and stiff suspension...

 

1. Better install a 5 point and better seat, otherwise you will not beable to stay in the seat...later G's will slide you out of the seat, and dips/bumps will certinly have your head contacting the roof.....more dampening force from the dampers would solve most of that...but also increase the later G's a little...better atleast get a 5 point. Its sufficient even with the stock seat.

 

2. It a little TOO low....needs to be reaised up 10-20 more MM for streetability...otehrwise its PERFECT for track...and 5 more MM up, it would have been perfect for the Dragon.

 

3. The rear axles find them selves at an angle...while the front are not. Old boots WILL tear up or slip off the DOJ on the rear axles...the inner boots that is. I have not seemed to have a problem with the outer boots.

 

4. The rear Diff is EXTREAMLY low to the ground. Just as Pleiades. "If there were an ant between the diff and the pavement, it was certinly swished" or something along those lines....he told me that at the Dragon.

 

5. The stiff springs are too strong for the stock dampers, even the RX ones. We need to find a way to make them stiff enough for a 500# spring. STi stuff would be almost there...they supposidly are good for a 400# spring.

 

6. Need polyurethane busings in places to reduce bushing deflect...that would further hook it up.

 

7. As you lower the car, the front toes out *good mostly* and the rear toes in *BAD!!!*. Need to toe the rear out. Research will commence on that sometime soon.

 

8. Better get WRX bumpstops up front if you do with stock Leone/RX struts. You will need them! Same goes for the rear...but not so much critical on the wagons, with thier own special bumpstops.

 

 

Sometime in the next 2 days, I will be swapping in a stock RX strut/spring set in lue of the low and stiff stuff. I'll be closely examining the stock parts for stress and damage from the ruff and tumble driving as of late (airborne, bouncing around everywhere, the dragon, etc....) and inspecting for any rubbage of tires onto any of the body work, as I did hear some lately....

 

Pics to come when i swap the stuff over.

Just got the front struts out...both of them in 5 mins. The right front looks BAD. The spring brok the perch, and the clamp holding it in place was the only thing letting it slip in little increments....no wonder it was sitting an additional 1 inch lower than the other side....

 

Note: Make perches stronger.

 

Rear suspension out in 15 more mins! Gotta cool off...its still about 90 deg outside and humidity is around 80%!!! *whew*

The rear....the axles was rubbing on the exhaust pipe, and the boot on the other side rubbed the coating off the gas tank.

 

I think ive figured out the ride height issue with out getting more springs for the rear.....

 

Ive, in my head, designed some re-enforcements for the front strut's spring perches....and got some bumpstops that should be 100% better than original....both front and rear.

so what bump stops are you going to use in the front?

Stock WRX....which are really the same from 93 and up for ALL Imprezas....but im not sure if the STi uses the same or not...there is no listing for the STi according to my Dealer connection...and thats just USDM specs.