[thrlskr]

Originally Posted by nandanrp

She's fixed!!!

Strut top bolt (17mm, secures top hat to strut) still needed a few more turns... I guess the impact wrench didn't power it on enough

I'll post more later (with pictures of course!).

Car is silent now, save for the usual creaks and rumbles.

She's quiet, but you still may have a blown strut!

[nandanrp]

Yes, yes I might. I'm going to let some dirt settle on these parts before I take it in though... and knowing the stealerships, they aren't going to touch it unless it's making noise enough for them to give it the time of day

[[pK]Lightning]

Find some puddles!

[scottjua]

Just be careful when tightening that down... I had a brain fade and used the torque setting last used (to tighten wheel lugs) on the 17mm top bolt. I got lucky and the only one that the shaft didn't spin on me I did a stupid on:

ugh




this is what it SHOULD look like



Otherwise you have to use a strap wrench on the shaft to hold it still while torquing down.

[flatthump]

Man...that sucks^

[nandanrp]

Jeez, sorry to see that dude

I bought gear wrenches and used a hex key... worked like a charm.

I have pictures and stuff but I'm running out the door to make a flight! I'll update when I have a chance.

[Crewchief]

Did the same **** scottjua, and yes it does suck. Bought another strut off here.

[scottjua]

Well... thought I'd bump this thread since its relevant...

I got the replacement struts (Thanks bgod!!!) and everything is back to road worthy. I ended up not cutting my stock bumpstops and left them in there as-is. I figured that STi and Subaru knew what they were doing and based on Stretch's thread regarding bumpstops and my having the whiteline sways I don't mind some bumpstop induced understeer to counter the new tendency to rotate from the bars.

So... here are some pics of the JDM Pinks on RCE lowering plates...

sorry for the quality they were taken with my phone:














I'll try to take some better ones to show the gap a little better when I get a chance and post them again.

I also noticed some clunking after the spring install, but quickly found out that the read endlinks started to work loose. And today I noticed the fronts too, and am sure its the same thing.

Should we put loctite (blue) on the endlinks???

[05_GD7]

^^^thanks for the pics. Although the rear is too low for my liking. I think I'll be happy with RCE Blacks.

[Rootus]

Wow. I have the same setup, and the rear is not nearly that low. At least, it doesn't look that low to me. Here is mine with pinks & RCE plates

[05_GD7]

^^^now that's more like it

[scottjua]

Yeah... I think that phone cam just makes it look lower with the shadows...

hopefully these show it better:

[fullerton]

and i even offered to lend you my strut-nut-tool-thing.

[SonicBoom]

That looks great! I recently installed pro-drives and have been unhappy with the gap in the front. I was thinking of getting the RCE lowering CP's as you did to correct the issue. Do you feel that was a good choice? I wish you wouldn't have put both springs/plates on at the same time so you could do a comparo... I'm just afraid I'll put the plates on and it will still be too high...

[05_GD7]

I dunno, the white one still looks dumped in the rear, where the silver one has an even drop.

The springs on the white one, were they brand new when installed, or used (read - settled?)