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yup, spring rate is identical to stock. Install went pretty smoothly but I did need to go get a camber bolt...$27 for two of them from O'Reilly...ridiculous, no clunking whatsoever, couldn't be happier with em
 

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Awesome! You need an alignment?
 


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now that's my kind of drop!

Brian,

how hard/easy is it to work on Subaru suspension?
 

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Yeh i'll have to get an alignment after AM, but camber is fantastic right now, and it drives straight lol

I had the help of a Subaru expert, hes the co-driver for Ziptie Rally, a local team who race Rally America so he made it look incredibly easy.

We had the first strut off/spring mounted ready to go back on in 20 minutes...then we found my camber bolt was bad so we had to d**k around for an hour locating another one.

Don't need to remove the axle bolt, just disconnect ABS and brake lines and drop the strut. Super easy didnt need a spring compressor. If we had had everything it would've taken under 2 hours
 


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awesome man,

Just make sure your tow isn't off, i ate through some tires real fast not getting it done on the highway.
 

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ah, yes the help of an expert can always be appreciated.

how easy ist to work on boxter engines? everytime i look at Subaru engine i just get confused.
 

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shane ill upload another pic tonight when i get home and lmk what u think, the drop isnt too severe so i dont think ill be abusing my tires.

Boxer engine...honestly i havent done anything to mine so I wouldn't know. I also used to think working on my D16 was tough, i think its just a matter of time.

As far as potential goes however, its very easy to make power off this engine. Its a toy car that readily accepts bolt ons...I could get a $140 downpipe and a $100 tune and free up 40hp, but that would void my warranty. Im on the fence on what to do
 

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i suppose you can start modding after the warranty end if it ever does.
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ugh, my allergies.. i just sneezed lke 7 times in arrow
 

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Brian,

Tow has nothing to do w/the degree of drop, simply unbolting/rebolting the struts can throw this off in some cars like civics.

Just a word of caution i'm not pretending to know how WRX's are =)

In my Miata I didn't need an alignment since we did it in a way as to not detach alignment setting bolts.
 

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nice drop brian
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00civic honestly i would just wait for another deal that bend looks pretty bad if you went to get it fix i bet it would cost over $100.00 so your better off paying $200.00 or so for a mint si wheels just :twocents: opinion
 

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I was seeing this girl a few weeks ago and everything seemed to be going fine, then one day out of the blue she sends me text giving me the whole "lets just be friends" line.. yeah that's right a text!.. Anyway I bumped in to her last night. I was polite said my hello, how have ya been and was one my way. Last night she sent me a text and messege on F.B... I deleted them both... should I have deleted them?
 

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I was seeing this girl a few weeks ago and everything seemed to be going fine, then one day out of the blue she sends me text giving me the whole "lets just be friends" line.. yeah that's right a text!.. Anyway I bumped in to her last night. I was polite said my hello, how have ya been and was one my way. Last night she sent me a text and messege on F.B... I deleted them both... should I have deleted them?
if those text were negative then you did the right thing my friend!
 

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Brian,

Tow has nothing to do w/the degree of drop, simply unbolting/rebolting the struts can throw this off in some cars like civics.

Just a word of caution i'm not pretending to know how WRX's are =)

In my Miata I didn't need an alignment since we did it in a way as to not detach alignment setting bolts.
ah right on, yeh my toe will probably have to be adjusted but my wheels dont look that bad. My fronts make be angled in very very slightly as a result of disassembling the suspension but overall it looks good imo
 

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i didnt even read them, they went strait the trash..
 


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