Jay762

If you are wanting to go for that much change the dampers as well, they are designed to work with a rod length, shims, valves etc related to the spring height and compression rates. Too small and the travel is really cut down, really affects the feel etc

this is funny - I am getting to the point of checking to see what new threads @Piggysniffer has started every morning - they appear to follow a hilarious trend

Whiteline have had some great reviews with their kit - however what I don't know is if they have had the time in the market place for stuff to fail, be mistreated etc?? I used Eibach and Koni combination in the early nineties which transformed the handling of my sirocco. Litchfield, who have a reasonable reputation when it comes to tuning the scooby chassis sell both Eibach and Whiteline products (disclaimer - other product supply companies are available ) but I think they use the Whiteline ARB product then an Eibach spring Bilstein damper combination So my 2p I dont think you will be disappointed with either option. here are the spring codes for the whiteline product - limited lifetime warranty as well

shiny shiny

Buying any car there is always going to be the unknown element and things that go wrong. If you are currently happy with everything else pull the engine and make the changes, at the very least get an aftermarket map specific to your car. Although I - along with a few other members on here, have had no issues with the 2.5 lump, there are a couple of discussion threads on here related to the 2.5 / ringland failure causes etc have a read and see if any of the points relate to your car or the way you drive - that may help ease the paranoia.

Sometimes you can get an additional loom piece that will fit and give the function but not sure if they have those for Subarus

wotcha and welcome - do your other steering wheel stereo controls work (input, channel etc?)

nice - something different

now we all need to learn how to play nicely together, although @savage bulldogs your stirring has not gone unnoticed

Right gents thread unlocked, please bear in mind the forum position

That should help sourcing some cheaper winter wheel options for XV owners then - knowing it is indeed a widely used fitment across the Subaru range

These look like the rims I have on my 08 Impreza RX They are a 5 x 100 pcd 17" rim. Tyres have a smaller tyre wall than you are running on the XV, currently shod with 205 50 17's

Does sound good that is for sure

ha ha - such an inconvenience, I did like the brutal sound the straight through one made but I can see living with it could be tiring

Sounding great with that Cobra - awesome tone

wow I would be gutted - I take it Cat 'D' means 'Destroyed"

islands plus S# plus DCCD at minimum equals controlled sideways fun

Yup ill sign up for that

Shell vpower - gets extra 2 - 4 mpg and response is better

funny that .... Go for PIAA, always first thing I change on new car as the silicone means the water beads and runs off no problem - initial expense but they do last.

easily done - caught a 1/2 foot high concrete bollard years ago :(

Wotcha and welcome - We do have a specific area in the forum for project threads which you could update also

yup that'll do the job looking forward to getting a look at the new ZX10RR at the show next week

Think it was Scooby Pete that measured the boost in the different modes, i-mode gives you 0.5 bar, Sport gives you 1.0 bar S# gives you 1.5 bar - its in a post on a similar discussion somewhere on here so you will def feel a difference. Also Salsa initially found running in sport mode gave 2-4mpg difference - I found the same on mine, sport mode should really be the default mode

My later impreza auto trans has a modine cooler / heat, oil / water heat exchanger setup attached to the drivers side of the engine under the air intake pipework. But as described an additional trans oil cooler kit will be the simplest solution and you can reposition to increase airflow to the cooler