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Old 2011-06-04, 08:55 PM   #26
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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.

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Old 2011-06-07, 06:16 AM   #27
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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.
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Old 2011-06-07, 09:11 AM   #28
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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The revalve should address the clunk. The regrease them, and I'll opt for the added zerk fittings for easy future regreasings.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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