Hello everyone!

I finally bought my first Subaru! It's a 2006 WRX STI D-Spec and despite now needing to re-mortgage to fund my fuel costs, I am loving every minute I get with it. I am fortunate to live in the Norfolk countryside and have many empty roads to get to know it.

I have two issues though.

1. The previous owner has fitted a louder exhaust and I want to switch back to the OEM or OEM-like. Since, it seems that Subaru is not making these anymore I am faced with choosing an aftermarket replacement,
   • Can anybody suggest a backbox I should fit?
2. I am seriously considering daily driving the car, but I want a slightly softer ride. I have watched a few Tein Advanced Z reviews that seems like what I want.
   • Can anybody vouch for a Tein or Ohlins spring and damper combination that will give me OEM handling but be able to absorb the bumps, especially at low speed, better than OEM ?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

prodrive made by scorpion,milltek,genome not bad but to expensive this days
hks silent power- not sure possible to find it in 2.5" or jetex revolution
doubt low budget coilovers will retain oem feel etc
gt1's or ohlins road& track could do it better but still -gt's1 -not perfect on some poor roads.
did not try ohlins ,to expensive 4.5k for newages

 

The exhaust if you want to go quieter , just get a mid section silencer welded in , if there is one there already then get a second one welded in , a cheap option at any decent exhaust place , it would be around 30 per cent quieter , Tein basics are ok but not that adjustable but they are set up quite well , from memory there is no re bound adjustment but height adjustable , they used to be around 550£ but expect as every thing are more expensive , BC are decent too , can be run on a soft setting , the Bc will be firmer than oe , my Mrs has them on hers and is happy with the BC , coilovers are a big handing upgrade on oe , firmer yes , on a good quality road you won't notice just more obvious on poor quality roads 👍

 

Any pics of exhaust fitted as it could be really loud or not that loud depending on what's already fitted.
Is suspension standard sti stuff on these?