Bajanut, you must've been typing your last post while on one of those bumpy mountain roads that the sti guys dream about. I haven't seen so many unique spelling choices since I tried to write down a note while driving down the highway in heavy traffic (do NOT try this one yourself. I gave up writing after I decided my life was more important than my note).
I was always thinking it was either the body flexing and popping from a hard turn and that maybe a strut bar would help, or it was something in the struts that wasn't worn in yet. No proof tho back this up, but it was a heavy clanking sound that sounded like the strut towers or body panels around that area. and it is pretty thin sheet metal around that area...