Subby

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Hey guys,

Im just wondering how reliable the wrx sti is. Have any of u had any major problems with it?

I also read or heard somewhere that lowering a subby decreases performance. Is that correct?


Thank you for any info.

[kfoote]

I haven't had any problems with mine, but then again I've only got 250 miles on it.

If doen correctly, lowering a Subi will improve the handling, though corrections in alignment have to be made after the car is lowered.

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are you planning to do any mods on this car? And when you say lowered correctly what do you mean? Better parts or better labor?

[kfoote]

I'll probably end up putting an H&R coilover kit on it and a set of Michelin Pilot Arctic Alipns for snow tires, then potentially a chip, intake, and exhaust down the road.

Basically, when you lower the car corrections need to be made in camber and toe to account for the ride height changing. I'm not sure on the STi whether or not something will need to be done (camber plates, offset bushings, etc) to get the alignment back to where it's supposed to be. Generally, the further you lower the car, the more negative camber you get, and on a daily driver this can cause premature tire wear on the inside edge of the tire. You also have to make sure that you know exatly what the lowering kit was designed for, but the majority of the lowering kits will help as long as the camber and toe corrections are made.

There is a lot more good info that can be found at http://www.nasioc.com as well

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Thanks a lot



Any other sti owners?? How reliable is the car?