Whiteline kits

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texaxile

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3,394 posts

157 months

Sunday 10th September 2017
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Hi,

Guys, I'm having a bit of trouble finding the right kit for my car. I'm after Front and Rear whiteline drop links, I've searched Ebay but the applications are sometimes saying they are right ones for the vehicle but then turn out not to be on the "vehicle applications" list, if that makes sense. Does anyone know the part numbers or Whiteline designation for the right ones?.

The Car is a 2004 WRX.

I'm also going to replace the front and rear ARB with a whiteline, but again I'm kind of in new territory I'm thinking of 22mm front and 24mm rear. Any thoughts on if I'm heading in the right direction?.

I'm having a bit of a spend on it over the winter, all of the above fitted along with a set of refurb calipers from Godspeed all round, a set of discs and flushing through the brakes with new fluid (well, not me, my independant mechanic with a decent bit of knowledge about Subarus is).

Cheers and virtual beer in advance.

Edited by texaxile on Sunday 10th September 18:44

vxr2010

2,597 posts

166 months

Sunday 10th September 2017
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from memory just to the rear arb and links , the links flex on the back the fronts don't , another option is fit an sti used arb , the whiteline ones are not cheap , too thick an arb and it goes from lots of grip to not much with not a lot of warning which can be more of a wet road issue , the biggest change is go to coilovers only

texaxile

Original Poster:

3,394 posts

157 months

Monday 11th September 2017
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Hi, thanks for the reply, so a set of rear ARB links and an STi rear ARB would be a better option?. It's purely for road use, no track days etc.

Sounds good, (much cheaper as well!). I've driven a WRX on coilovers and found it was a very hard ride, the car wasn't properly set up as it seemed to "skate" over bumps at high speed, not a great experience.


vxr2010

2,597 posts

166 months

Monday 11th September 2017
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With coilovers for road use , the best thing is a soft setting , i know people don't always like them , but a cheap option is a set of Tein basics they are about 510£ delivered they are height but not rebound adjustable but are better than any arb or drop link change , you will notice a arb plus drop link change but it's only small compared to coilovers , it depends on how much bump you want to put up with , the Tein are well set up in my opinion

arfur

3,893 posts

221 months

Monday 11th September 2017
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I used to use Balance Motorsport for my Prodrive Forester.

May sure you get the heavy duty mounts for the rear ARB. I broke 2 sets before I knew they existed !