[07' subbi STI]

Originally Posted by Seventy STi

Yeah, they look very 1 piece actually. I think it fill out the empty spot on the Voltex. What do you guys think?

Thats a nice car bro! Im new to this website but i saw that you bought your STI at chino valley, thats funny so did i recently.

[alphaSTI]

Did you put in the KW v3's yet? Whats your take?

[Seventy STi]

Originally Posted by alphaSTI

Did you put in the KW v3's yet? Whats your take?

Yeah I actually did. I did the street setting which is 3/.75 setting. I dont know much but I can tell you the ride quality are super comfortable. I didnt expect that. You will love them if you daily drive your car for sure. I dont know about performance cause after sitting on Ryan's ride everything else seem stupid haaha. I can only say for the ride quality and performance ratio the KW will score really HIGH points. I still need to play around with the setting. I will get Ryan in here to do a comparison on the KW and his.


He is a shot with Ryan (r12rex).



Updated some pictures





New ride height. Gona lower the rear maybe little more. Just very little.

[KiR DieseL]

Good idea.... I bet it was expensive with the combination of the two but it looks good!.. Awesome

[Seventy STi]

Originally Posted by KiR DieseL

Good idea.... I bet it was expensive with the combination of the two but it looks good!.. Awesome

Yeah it is expensive about the same as a Zerosport painted. I got the APR way back when I first got my car plus I got a great deal on them about 480 new. So not too bad addin them together. People kept telling me that APR is not worth it and plus I damaged the JDM rear skirt pretty bad so I always wanted to get something else. I got the Voltex instock from John @ garagespec great people. If I had to wait for 3-4 months, I wront do it also. Took the risk and hope you guys like it.

cool. looks good, reminds me of the jdm evo ix bumper and voltex rear diffuser.

Yes, thats where the idea came from. Sean (13onesti) is behind all this. He is the one kept telling me to go for the Voltex and keep the APR in there. He show me a few Evo with the JDM + Voltex and I'm like WTF!! We still got one more idea for the rear that can be done. Big risk as well. We will see how it will turn out.

Hmm I wonder what one would work with the Ings+1 Rear Bumper.....

Can I see a picture of the Ings+1 bumper? The Voltex are soooooo big and chance are you can put anything in there haha.

[r12rex]

Roy,

I know you wanted a comparison to my RCE T2s and my opinion about the coilovers...so here it is.

First and foremost, I do want to mention for those reading this, that my suspension is far more set-up than Roy's. He has just the Coilovers...check my journal out for the list of goods done to my car...

I thought my RCE T2s road very well from the get go. I really appreciated the added comfort day to day. I have ridden in sti's equipped with the RB320 kit, RCE Yellows, koni/Prodrive, and Cusco's. I felt my set-up was a great balance between overall aggressive street driving/comfort and performance on track. As of now, I wouldn't change one thing about my suspension. I love it! Turn-in is crisp, car is VERY neutral and rotates nicely and progressively and handles like it's on rails.

Post-install of Roy's KWs, I went ahead and told him to drive around and tell me how things felt, if there were any excess noises, etc. etc. He came back with a big smile on his face and somewhat disbelief about the ride quality in his car now. I took him for a drive in my car and he told me it was a bit firmer than his. So, I hopped in his car and drove around...

The KWs have awesome comfort. I was surprised by the "Euro-like" feeling the car had. It was VERY comfortable. I know that KW's Rear Progressive VS my RCE Linear set-up along with Roy's Group-N rear strut tops VS my RCE Rear Pillow-balls contribute A LOT to the comfort level of the ride. I had Group-N's in the rear before RCE Came out with the current rear pillowballs, and just swapping out to those made a noticable ride difference...to me at least and it definitely tightened up the rear and added some nice direct feeling from the back of the vehicle.

I didn't really go to crazy with his car when I drove it for the obvious reasons, but also because of the lack of alignment. Overall, the handling was improved nicely compared to stock and I could only assume it getting MUCH better with more mods done and a corner bal./align done.

I think the KWs are awesome for the level of comfort they offer, BUT I do not like the rear progressive spring in the rear. Remember this is only MY opinion, but you just don't get that same level of "directness" feeling from the rear that you would from a linear set-up. This would very noticable on track. That's not to bash on the KWs because they are an AWESOME coilver and to remedy this "progressive" problem perse. RCE has a kit to convert to a linear rear , but as I said earlier, they are VERY VERY comfortable.

I would recommend this set-up to anyone who seeks comfort, but I would also recommend RCEs lowest rate T2s because I'm sure they offer the same level of comfort, or at least VERY close to, whilst still offering a very track worthy set-up. Also, with the different valving RCE has done to the T2s, it offers a wide range of room for different spring rates...so if comfort is your thing now, but down the road you decided to get competative, well the RCE T2s would just need a spring swap and bingo! There you have it.

All in all, I was very pleased with the KWs and I know Roy is very happy with them as well. RCE T2s or KW V3s, you can't really go wrong...especially being that they are within the same vicinity as far price goes...ultimately it comes down to what you want to spend and what your goals are for your car...my goals were to have a very streetable, track-worthy vehicle...and I think with my current set-up I've reached nirvana.

Happy Motoring!

Kind Regards,
Ryan

[Seventy STi]

Originally Posted by r12rex

Happy Motoring!

Kind Regards,
Ryan

Thanks!! I agree with everything you said. It do feel softer and kind of like a club kit on the rear. I do think this is the reason why the car feel so much more comfortable going via bump, railroad track and stuff like that. My last car was a Miata. Before I got the coilover I feel really uncomfortable on making big turns and I will have to keep adjusting while im turning, also the turn out is just bad & slow and dont even talk about the bodyroll. With the coilover now my car feel on rail on big turns, come out way smooth just like my Miata and still have little bodyroll but I will put on some sway bars later . I dont know if that got to do anything with the softer spring on the back or not. Also on crazy shape turn the rear need to be stiffer for sure. Anyway I will set to track/autox setting later to play around with it.

I bought this cause what I want is able to adjust ride height, adjust camber and still have good ride quality. It is a setup for my wheels. Also Im able to get them at my warehouse so it is cheap!


Ryan I will get the hardware on Monday night. I will call you up.

[Seventy STi]

Changed some light bulbs for my new tails. Orange to PIAA mirror orange. Is kind of yellowish when is on. Brighter than ebay bulbs.

Left piaa / right stock

[Seventy STi]

Did my fuel pump today. Is the stock fuel pump worth any money? I didnt use the new fuel filter so I guess I will sell them together.. any idea how much I should sell it for?

This is what I still have.

[Chris05STi]

Yup, I think I sold my stock fuel pump with the Walbro kit for $70 or so shipped. Nasioc will jump on too .