Pics of my Forester XTen (2005). New suspension from STi (not forester). 2004 struts and springs on the front, 2007 struts and springs on the rear. STi rear anti-roll bar with Whiteline adjustable droplinks.
Standard 16" wheels with 225/55R16 Falkens. Clearances would be the same with 17'2 or 18's (obviously).
All work (excellently) done by James and Goodwood Racing Developments.
He had an FSTi in for a suspension upgrade at the same time, so we compared the ride height. My car was sitting a fair bit lower (3/4" maybe) but no problems at all with clearances (not sure if it'd be OK with much wider tyres, but by the looks of it it would be)
Handling completely transformed - stiff, but not unbearable. i have pretty bad roads on my estate (private/unmaintained roads) and its certainly not unbearable. On the main roads though, its marvelous. Of course simply getting rid of the GeoSqueelers probably helped, but the suspension has made a HUGE difference.
So - this mod thoroughly recomended (if you dont have the money for Tein's - which would have been mine (and James') big money choice). And a huge recomendation for James at GRD. But give the guy a break - he REALLY needs some time off!
When did you have it done...? (just wondering who's Foz was there at the time)
When you upgrade the rims I now thoroughly recommend the Vredestein Ultrac Sessantas. Having driven with them for a couple of weeks they are deffo top bananas
On the first visit when we did the main part of the work, it was a blue FSTi - this was the one we compared the ride height with - it had fully stock FSTi suspension. The second time (last week) i think your car was there Black FSTi with Teins? and the dead giveaway of a huge sticker with *NorthDownsScooby* written on it? lol
@Swagon
Full cost (supply and fitting) was about £800 including the Whiteline droplink upgrade and full laser geometry setup.
The second time (last week) i think your car was there Black FSTi with Teins? and the dead giveaway of a huge sticker with *NorthDownsScooby* written on it? lol
I don't know about the Toyos, but the Sessantas are noticeably bigger than the RE030's in the same nominal size - I laid the two types on top of each other and the diameter was several mm more. The speedo is closer to being accurate than it was with the RE030's, based on GPS, but then I only had those for 600 miles...
The stiffer sidewalls give a lot more feel of the road, but also transmit more of the roughness on bad surfaces. Much better than being soggy though...
Well as @lockheed doesn't have large enough gonads or more than likely his infractions don't allow; I have the need to post this thread for all us 'one can Dans' who feel the need to let off a wee bit of steam and just take the pi$$ out of each other.
Please post what ever you need to say as we...
Ive been having some thoughts recently about "what after forester"
Sooo I have some pretty special parts on my car and knowing what I know about steel (it rusts eventually) my thoughts have turned to kit cars , the 808c is a massive rip off of a modern 911 . fully loaded its very very light 818...
Hi,
With a forthcoming additional member joining the family soon I am looking to replace the 500 with a family car.
The requirements are: 5-door with enough space for a family of 4, reliability, economy, ideally not too boring to drive, up to £7.5k, 65k miles or so and not "too old".
The...
£3000. Not a Greek drachma less. That guy who parts them out will give me almost that much. But of course that would be wrong in many ways.
https://www.subaruforester.org/threads/its-got-to-go-if-i-can-bear-it.801769/
Hi All,
It is that time again, shopping for tyres and since we haven't had a good old tyre thread in a while.........
I'm looking for summer tyres or perhaps All Seasons that still give decent performance
So far I've shortlisted:
Nokian WetGrip - New but seem to look pretty decent from this...
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