Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Friday March 29, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
Click here to visit TireRack
Brakes & Suspension Forum sponsored by The Tire Rack

Losing traction? Need new tires?
Click here to visit the NASIOC Upgrade Garage...
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC Technical > Brakes, Steering & Suspension

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-08-2005, 01:20 AM   #1
chaw704352
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 78653
Join Date: Jan 2005
Default STI Upraded strut mounts on stock STI suspension.

Does anyone with an STI have the upgraded strut mounts? I am looking for some recommendations to fix the harsh jarring thumps from the expansion gaps in the road.

I have new tires (pzero neros), which give a much nicer (yet not as inspiring) ride than the stock tires. I've heard that the upgraded strut mounts help with the jarring problem the STI has. The reasoning given was that while the rubber is harder than stock horizontally, it is slightly softer vertically, which makes the strut work like it should and not jolting back and forth.

Can anyone with tell me if this is the case? particularly if you have a stock STI set up with upgraded strut mounts. Or, if you've had the harsh jolts from driving over expansion gaps from an upgraded stiffer suspension.

Please help. I'm going crazy.
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
chaw704352 is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Old 01-08-2005, 02:41 AM   #2
Impretzle
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 74900
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Oakland, CA
Vehicle:
2008 STI
black

Default

I'm just regurgitating information, but perhaps you could try the STI Pink springs. Supposedly they improve ride quality and also improve handling.
Impretzle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-08-2005, 10:51 AM   #3
robmarch
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 18713
Join Date: May 2002
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Time is the Enemy
Vehicle:
06 CRV
04 STi

Default

the group n hats aren't going to help you with the "jolt" of expansion joints or sharp bumps, from my expereince. neither are the pink JDM springs.

what they will do (best in combination) is reduce the "bounce" on seemingly smooth roads, and reduce the "chop" of the ride. the "jarring" stuff will still be there, though the p-zero nero's are a good step at reducing it.

beyond that, if the expansion joints and sharp bumps are still driving you crazy, a non-inverted strut and/or softer springs would trade some performance for comfort.
robmarch is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-08-2005, 12:52 PM   #4
Brahmzy
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 3293
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: CO
Vehicle:
'20 Ascent
'15 XTerra P4X

Default

Actually when I got my Pinks and tops on...I'd say the jarring IS quite a bit less. No joke. I'm in love with the Pinks and N tops. Night and day difference in ride comfort and pretty big jump in performance. Subaru was dumb IMO to not have these stock. Actually considering they're selling just the Pinks for $375...they're pretty smart.
Brahmzy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-08-2005, 06:49 PM   #5
robmarch
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 18713
Join Date: May 2002
Chapter/Region: MAIC
Location: Time is the Enemy
Vehicle:
06 CRV
04 STi

Default

Interesting. maybe it is a little better. the only car I've driven that had pinks and hats also had all season tires, and I attributed most of the reduction in the jarring impacts to the all season tires.
robmarch is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Stock strut mounts on 06 STI? bWRX Brakes, Steering & Suspension 1 11-08-2006 08:54 PM
Sti hard strut mounts on XT? Havericks02 Brakes, Steering & Suspension 13 06-06-2005 02:27 PM
Eibach's mounted on stock struts $300 SSFWRX Bay Area Impreza Club Forum -- BAIC 0 09-15-2003 08:20 PM
sti upper strut mounts vs stock wrx mounts wrxracer55 Brakes, Steering & Suspension 2 09-02-2003 06:04 PM
Cusco Upper Mounts on Stock Struts.??? STi_Pete Brakes, Steering & Suspension 0 03-05-2002 11:01 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:01 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.