Seriously the best deal you will find is thru Tirerack. I got mine from Oakos.com for 1600. Tirerack kills that deal.

Edit- Nevermind, for a long time Tirerack had them on special for 1395.00 and now they are back up over 1600.

I didn't even see the V1s on Tire Rack when I looked - but found them at Circuit Motorsports for ~1400 shipped. Gonna keep looking and see what's best.

I've recently looked into and have found good things about Stance coilovers. P&L Motorsports endorses them and they have great reviews on NASIOC. They run 1300 new and have camber plates front and rear. I'm considering them as a cheap alternative to my lame clunking stock struts.

I'm about to pull the trigger on some KW V1s from Circuit, $1449 for them or $1025 for the ST version. Guess I'll have to do a little homework on Stances. Was only seeing the KWs as choice for dd use though.

If you're considering $1000 coilovers, take a look at the BC Racing offerings. They're well reviewed for entry level coil overs, totally rebuilable, and have independent ride height adjustability. Plus, Kspeed is a retailer so you can get them locally.

I'm planning on a set of them for my Outback in a few weeks.

Don't the BCs have clunking issues with long term use? And my main intention here is to soften my ride a bit, the RCEs offer a considerably smoother ride than the stock springs, but I'm still bouncing down the road.

I'd like something about 1/2" or so lower than the RCEs, but a smoother ride. Was thinking Feal revalves would do the trick. But wanting to go as big as possible.

Gonna need to talk Austin into giving me a ride in his wrx at some point, that should be a good indication on their ride.

I'd go with the revalve. It should really smooth out the ride with the RCEs. Does it address the clunking issue though? I take it Ohlins are still $2K? :(

The revalve should address the clunk. The regrease them, and I'll opt for the added zerk fittings for easy future regreasings.

I wouldn't bother with the grease fittings. One good declunk service should last years, and by then you'll have a DD and the STi will be on coilovers.

I've regreased my struts twice in the last year and each time they only stopped clunking for 6 months or so. I was using a Mobile 1 synthetic grease.

I haven't read about the BCs clunking. Then again I've only been looking at the outback/legacy offerings which use a different rear suspension design.

I believe what I read was BCs previous offerings, but never heard if issues were resolved with the Br coils. Seems just about all options have had clunk issues for some users.

Oh, now I know what you're talking about. They had a pretty big redesign quite some time back (more than a year ago) to address those issues. I hadn't even heard of the brand until after the newer versions were being sold.

I'm thinking Kevin is referring to Feal doing a decent enough job with everything apart to last a while, like factory. Based on everything I've read, they do a solid job.



I'm thinking before I do anything I need to mount two if the SSRs to see where I sits. Might be just right as is.

I was referring to the discussion I had with Noah at LIC, where I learned how to do the declunking. He said they'd done dozens over the previous 4 or 5 years and none had needed to be redone. Did you fully disassemble your struts and completely remove the factory 'grease' before adding your bearing grease in?

Yeah I cleaned out the strut really well before repacking it. And I made sure to pack lots of grease in the notch where it collects. Idk why it hasn't helped.

If you leave it clunking long enough, the bushing wears and no amount of relube will fix it and I don't know if anybody has sourced a replacement bushing.

Thought it worth updating, a set of used KW V3 coilovers are scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. Soon as I'm back, and have my car back, and after I enjoy a bit of time with it, I'll install them, the lat links, sway bars, an some bushings. :)