cause yesterday i got clowned on by how high my car is and for a while now ive been wanting to lower it. ive herd bad things about coilovers, even tho they seem to be the best rout to go. id like to get some springs that lower the car by 1.5 inches, yet that wont put unnessary wear on my shocks yet have a nice ride quality.
could anyone point me to some springs that are like that? thanks
im 21 (22 in a month or so) and i like my slant. its not terribly slanted like a 90 degree angle or something but just a slight kink to it. i love the sound compared to my old borla. that was a train wreck of an exhaust from the get go. i just have a can but with no blue super hot ring on the tip. thats just terrible.
!Laugh! Ha! I love my Borla twin tip. It looks "stock" for the most part, and sounds like a Harley. I'm 31, so the fart cannon isn't really my style. Even on my old Integra I ran a rolled tip on my exhaust.
the borla wasnt a twin tip it was a 2.5 inch cat back meant for the stock dp. i later modified it so it would fit but then it just went to hell. thats why i got the one i have on now.
Borla, Perrin, Variant, and GP Moto, each make a twin tip exhaust. And each also make a single tip version. My 05 has a GP Moto twin tip just like Nagyhead, looks stock, but dang get on that thing, its MEAN.
There is also the Maddad Whisper (twin tip or single) and Stromung makes a nice twin tip too. Personally, I have a Borla Hush and it sounds pretty mean. The only thing I don't like about it is that you get a little bit of the highway drone.
Also good choices from what I have read. The ones listed above are just ones I have heard/seen in person from other subies that I used to hang out with.
I just turned 25 and I absolutely love the look of my exhaust - I think it looks like my car is smoking a big fat cigar from the back. I like how the burnt titanium tip adds the slightest bit of color to my otherwise black car. I like how the carbon fiber-wrapped canister matches the black paint and the black carbon build-up inside the tip of the canister. I also like this style exhaust on just about any "high-end" (I'm sure you all know what I mean) import - WRX, Supra, Evo, RX-7, S-2000 (yes, I realize I included a Honda in this list), several Nissan models, etc.
However, not every type of car can get away with this style exhaust - 6 cyl Mustangs, Impalas, Maximas, to name a few. What I especially do NOT like is when people buy a cheap-o canister at their local auto parts store and clamp it on to their beat up Civic or other "low-end" (again, you all know what I mean) sport-compact and sometimes bend their pipe slightly to mimic the look. My favorite ones are the ones that are aimed slightly down because they simply don't fit under the car - NOT. ROFL
Don't get me wrong though, I definitely love a decent sounding twin tip or stealth black cat back on a WRX. I'd still like to think that if I ever get pulled over and am issued a fix-it ticket for my big-momma canister, I'll jump on the twin-tip train or go with a black stealth exhaust. Since high school, I have always noticed modded cars in parking lots and on the street and I have always wanted to have one. I just feel like now is my time to start building one - hence, I chose an in-your-face exhaust, and so far, I have no regrets.
Heh, thanks. Her shirt says "Got Cookies?" There are several more scantily clad women on my garage walls, but unfortunately, none of them made an appearance in my pics. My personal favorite is one that says "Floss Daily" and I'll let you use your imagination to figure out that picture !Thumbs Up
I'm surprised nobody noticed the different sets of tires. Stock RE-92s in the top pic and Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Pluses on the bottom. Man, they make a world of difference. I'm pretty sure I piss everybody off now - I blind people in front of me with my HIDs and I deafen people next to me and behind me with my exhaust note and blur their vision with all the mist my new tires throw up in the rain. Hahahaha... poor public
What's the topic of this forum anyway? Maybe we should return to it. Sorry for the detour.
srninjastar, you are correct. The single tip Borla sounded like a$$. I ran it for about two weeks before I contacted Borla and they exchanged it for the dual tip.
The difference is the resonator they put on the twin tip.
thing is i bought it used for $99 so it wasnt really that big of a deal...well it was when it started sounding like crap. its sitting in my garage, along with the sti axle back that came on my car when i got it.
If I had to guess, I'd say swaybars and end links are going to be my next mod... maybe spring/summer 2010. Might as well start doing some research now.
just got my springs in today. and these are some pretty balln springs to say the least. gota wait till sunday cause my friend has a spring compressor and all that plus he knows how to do all that crap (works for a race company). before the install ima take before pics, then after the install ima wash and wax and take after pics. its gona be sooooo legit.
pray to god that it lowers enough so that i dont have such a huge fender gap in the front.
yea...so i wasnt able to get them on today cause my friend just got back from mexico, then we all packed his stuff(tools and what not) and moved it to his house in d-town houston. he said that he can get them on tomorrow for sure.
b2 cool which of those springs would be the best in overall quality? Mabey you would know if spy or sti pinks won't tear up the stock struts?
Thanks,
feels
The stock struts cannot handle STI pinks. Also stock struts tend to start failing at about 80K miles, so IMHO if you are getting near that it is better to upgrade the struts as well.
As for my recommendations read this ENTIRE thread its all in here.
I'm sorry I missed the "out of all I like the swift sport the best" I did read the whole thread though. One more question since were on the subject. I'm at 44k on my 05 wrx I ordered the swift sports. After my stock struts go out what would you suggest I replace them with? Ride comfort is top priority! Real crappy
roads and snow in spoKane Wa. And any tips on cutting the bump stops on the swift sports?
im thinking about lowering my '03, one of my rear struts is just about blown and one in the front is on the way out. i figure this would be the best time to lower it if i was ever going to. this is my daily and leaning towards coilovers, im willing to spend around $1500. i dont have any experience with subaru, im mostly in volkswagens and one of the best coilovers for a vw is from H&R. H&R does make a set of coilovers for my '03 and Perrin has a very decent price on them. id like to hear your thoughts on how these perform on subaru's or what you have heard from other people about them. thanks!
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