Replacing These Horrible Coilovers on my Subaru WRX... 

"Ever had suspension so stiff that it felt like your soul would leave your body after hitting a big bump?" Yes - i bought my bugeye wagon new and went with the factory struts for nine years. Ten years ago i swapped to factory housings with Koni Sport (Yellow) inserts and a Ground Control setup for height adjustment. i also had Whiteline sway bars front and rear, strut tower bars front and rear and Subaru Group N strut top hats. Was great for the track but beat me up the other 99+ % of the time. Couple of days ago i decided to replace one of the Koni inserts which had been leaking for a long time and was shot. I tried everything to get it out of the factory housing but nothing worked. Took it to a auto repair shop this morning. Their 20-ton hydraulic press could not get the damn thing to come out! I need to get it out to send back to Koni for a warranty claim or i'm stuck paying $180 for a shock insert i can't even use. Anyway, i'm tired of getting beat up every time i drive the car so i'm seriously considering going back to factory or factory-style struts. I already removed both strut tower bars and adjusted the sway bars from their hardest settings to the softest.

Whats funny is people who don't realise the Stock Suspension are Still Coil Over (just not adjustable) Coil overs were invented in the 50-60's they are called The McPhearson Strut. Adjustable coil overs like people fit today are meant for the track only really and in some countries they are illegal for road use. (no point having adjustable suspension on a road car, as every time you raise or lower car more than 10mm by adjusting coil overs you need an entire new wheel alignment.) Only real need for "coilovers" on a WRX is if you have a partner/friend who weighs like 500lbs and need to stiffen suspension on their side of the car so its not leaning. :D LMAO (personally i would just kick them out of my car till they lost 400lbs)

Doing the exact same thing with my 2005 Saab 9-2x Aero today

next time just take the plates off lol i have raised springs and i'm not sure if i should have just sold it for a cr-v

Yo! That’s chuckanut!!! I’m also in Bellingham! Blight coils but they are a little stiff and I was thinkiing of switching to these! Great vid thanks for the review!

OH MY GAWD. I've got an 03, blue, WRX, hatchback. THE EXACT SAME CAR. I _just_ got a set of coil-overs from flatout suspension, Spendy, but mine have the adjustable spring rate, and I do a lot of camping with my daily driver, so I have the option to raise the ride height. rather than lower.

... do we need to have a talk about all the tools on the floor haha

K know its a old video but the previous owner probably put a high spring rate or didn’t know what he was buying, main cause of bouncing

what is the part number of the camber bolts, good sir? are they needed for front and rear?

Pedders sportsryder suspension are the bomb

For Ride Quality and Lifespan of parts (also Safety) Even $800 Pedders Struts are far superior to even $5000 CoilOvers Installed by Racing techs.

My 2002 wrx sedan has a saggy butt too

Pedders noooooooo! Just use kyb kids. Winners don't do pedders.

Omg the coils on my gti were HORRIBLE! I could have used something like this soo bad lol.

I didn't really see much of the installation process but good video

So I'm thinking about getting this suspension for my 07 wrx sedan. Will I still need the rear spacers or is that only for the wagons?

Where can I buy the red suspension? For my 06 Subaru wagon

I just got a wagon. Where are you putting the jackstands at?

Did you have to remove both sides at same time to get the new longer struts in?

how much was the set of new coilovers?

is that chuckanut in the ned of the video?

Just hammer it everywhere and have fat tyres