just got off the phone with Prodrive.. looks like you will be able to buy the RB320 suspension (dampers, springs etc) seperately in about a months time!.. he said it will probably be about £1,100...

 

Nice to hear, but for that kind of money the AST setup would get my vote.

 

Tell us about the AST set up please mate.

I enquired at my local Garage about an up grade to the RB320 set up and they said no chance.

Give us the low-down on the AST if you`d be so kind.

 

Can't give a personal lowdown as I don't run it. I have a Spec C Type-RA which comes with adjustable STI shocks that are more than adequate for my usage. There are many people on here who are running the AST setup and have nothing but praise for it.

Take a look here also.

PowerStation

 

typical of prodrive to issue limited edition model with exclusive suspension mods then release it soon after

martin

 

Hmmmm..... Rubs chin.

Wonder how much fitting would be at
a) the dealer.
b) eg Mocom.

 

I have the tein flex really good. comfortable on softest setting and even better I have the edfc see here TEIN EDFC which allows me to adjust the suspension from soft to race in under 3 seconds from inside the car or any variation in between.

 

what about

when the sti shocks fail again,will they replace the sti kyb jobbies with the rb320 bilstein setup ?????

marcus

 

Great if you don`t own a RB320, not so great if you do own one as your Special Edition is getting easier to replicate!

 

What exactly is the RB320 suspension set-up compared to WRX and STi models ? Prodrive/Eibach springs and shocks ??

 

Bilstein dampers, Eibach springs and Eibach rear ARB.

 

I can`t see the problem fella????

 

I had AST's on my WRX and they were nothing short of awesome. Used to adjust them almost daily to suit my needs. Soft for 'round town (1-2), low-mid for wet road runs (4), mid for dry road (6) and 8-12 for track (anything above 9 is for smooth flowing tracks otherwise they were twitchy). Stunning composure and supreme control meaning with just 265PS I used to see off cars with 350+ At that price I'd certainly have them again, but the Teins do look tempting too

 

Shock us with the price then Pal??????????????

 

What I paid would more than shock



100 quid off a mate who was trading in He didn't even want that but I forced it into his hand

 

Nice

 

I was famous for it As well as the suspension (cheers Si ) I got a genuine STi spoiler from a mate who wanter a carbon wing (cheers Al ) and so needed a WRX bootlid, just had mine blown over for 100 to make sure it was perfect on his new car. I had STi wheels with RE070 tyres which cost me 400, but I bought 3 sets and sold 2 on on here for 550 apiece, making mine 100. Secondhand ARB, free Prodrive mudflaps (cheers Hawk ), 2nd hand lower mesh grille (cheers Steve )

Did it all on the cheap Now I'm even cheaper driving a 63mpg diesel, but I still frightened the Scoobs at my last trackday

 

Exe-tc coilovers is the way to go

 

Cheers, that's interesting.

Do Subaru manufacture their own dampers for the std WRX and STi models ?

Anybody ?

 

Exactly what i was thinking - AST's are

 

Any more news & views on this....?

I guess with the RB320 set up if offered, you'd keep the warranty suspension-wise, whereas with the AST's you wouldn't...

 

And what fine taste you have.

 

What about the springs on their own ??

I've got my STi booked in to have the Prodrive springs fitted but after seeing the RB320 in the flesh,i like the front being lowered more than the back.

 

Renny

The springs and dampers are designed to be fitted together and the springs on their own won't fit with the OE dampers.

Our STi spring kit is as low as you can go without it sitting permanently on the bumpstops anyway.

Mike

 

For £1200 I wouldn't look at anything other than ASTs. I had all singing, all dancing CUSCO coilovers on my old RA, but had I kept the car, they would've been replaced with ASTs. Absolutely no question.

Speak to 911 - he's virtually moved into Powerstation.

https://www.scoobynet.com/projects-4...t-chassis.html

James

 

Thanks Mike.

It's not so much that i want it to sit lower,it's more i like the look of the RB320 with it sitting 10mm lower at the rear and 30mm lower at the front IIRC.It gives it a more purposeful stance.

Do the Prodrive STi springs (MY07) come with bump stops ?

Cheers

 

Renny

Our STi spring kit does come with new front bumpstops.

Changing the dampers has allowed us to get a small amount more bump travel but you can't get this low, even with our bumpstops on a std damper without it having too little travel. If you get that low the handling of the car gets quite scary. The front of the car sits on the front bumpstop as you turn in giving understeer as the outside front tyre gets overloaded. As you open the throttle the front of the car comes up and the grip returns so it changes to oversteer very quickly if you're not careful.

Mike

 

So Mike, will the RB320 suspension be released as a package in due course to be available from dealers..? Are you able to confirm or deny..?

Nige.

 

Nige

The suspension kit that we have developed for 05/06 & 07MY STi and was first used on RB320, will be available soon.

Mike

 

Mike,

Thank you for your reply. Top man.

Nige.