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I had someone else do it, but he said he doesn't do 5 gen lights anymore. The chrome in the light does chip off very easily. On my 4gen LGT, I just baked it open but it fogged. If you wanna do this, contact Scott (IDRVSLO). Do it once, do it right, that's pretty much how I did everything on my 5gen.

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FIVE:AD's R5:F 19x8.5" +45mm The finish is black PVD (physical vapor deposition). It was a really bright day so its actually darker in person. At night, it looks like a really glossy mirror black. They only made a limited of 5 sets in this finish at 5x100 and I got the last set. It is now discontinued...

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Saw one at the dealership today, looks the same to me.

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Yeah, I was at Swift's office/shop here in socal and they showed me the spring dyno of every competitor that you can imagine. Only Swift's material+design gets you the consistent rate throughout the entire spring compression, every other brand's rates is all over the place when compressed. I currently have a bunch of other mods I'm working on, after that I got 3 more project/mods I wanna do before getting coilovers. But my schedule is to get coilovers before the end of this year so I could really start to enjoy the car. I come back from SD to LA area every weekend so when I get it I'll hit you up.

I'll probably be getting it around end of the year, if you did it by then we can meet up and compare the differences. It is nice to have more options for the 5 gens that's for sure.

You'll find a ton of reviews on the BCs both in the 4gen section and nasioc, there's a lot of people running them.

http://www.importimageracing.com/bc-racing-br-series-coilover-kit-for-10-12-subaru-legacy.html On the right you have option to add Swifts. Talk to Josh and ask him if you can get $150 off if you order the coilovers w/ swift springs .

I have swift springs, but the ones I was talking about is the upgrade springs that goes with on the BC coilovers. I already got quoted for about $1190 shipped (that's the price with the swift springs installed/they can also do custom rates). This is the BC 53mm monotube coilovers with F/R pillowball mounts, 30 way adjustable with front camber adj. I think BC is good enough, they also manufacture for HKS, greddy and other well known brands. Sure if you have another $1200 to spend KW V3 would be nice even thou it does not come with pillowball mounts and you'd have to pay more to upgrade the springs, but for $1190 I think that's quite affordable for those who want a complete upgrade.

sweeeeet...

material and design, better response, consistent rates throughout compression..etc etc

I'll be getting BC Racing's BR coilovers with Swift Springs in a few months after I finish installing a bunch of other parts. This set does comes with pillowball mounts and adjustable front cambers.

Mine got fixed 3 times by the dealership in 2 years. First time they said that there was a recall and replaced the clip. Second time they said it just came off and had to clip it back. Third time they said they just had to adjust the motor or some bs.

Thank you so much, that's the exact information I need. Looks like I'll be upgrading to BCs in the near future. I think our 5th gen Legacys started in 2009 in Taiwan/Asia. When I upgrade it, I'll be changing the springs to Swifts'. I'll update you when/if that happens.

Nice, I have some questions cuz I'm also thinking about switching to coilovers instead of Swift springs. Where did you buy it from? Was it for 08 WRX or 4th gen LGT? Were you able to keep the pillowball mount in the front? Did you use stock top hat for the rear? Thx!!

We can ask to have one of the coilover guys donate their OEM dampers and see if Koni is willing (since they've done this a lot) to make this happen. If that doesn't work, then we'll see if msprank (Mike) is up for taking the donated struts apart to do the measurements. After that, we can just look for a match from Koni or Tokico. The incentive for someone like Mike would be using the donated set as core exchange (since it wouldn't matter what miles you have on the OEM dampers) and charge people for the dampers and labor. Come to think of it, I believe Tokico should have our measurements anyway because if I remember correctly, don't they manufacture our OEM struts? What do you think?

Koni make the inserts for 2008-2011 WRX -> http://www.koni-na.com/cat_search.cfm?mt_id=1&my_year=2010&mak_id=40&mod_id=424

I remember koni inserts being an option on the 4th gen, but it was a hassle where I think most 4th gen guys didn't want to deal with since there were so many different options. Since our 5th gen has no option period, this is actually a pretty good idea. At least I can't see how konis won't be willing to make a kit for us since there's not much R&D/additional cost to it. It doesn't have to be exclusive for 2010+ Legacy since its just an insert. All it takes is for them to obtain the measurements, and find the right strut insert in their warehouse that will fit our struts.

Swift

I remember ksports were one of the earlier available coilovers for the 4th gen legacys. But then more than one member had problems with it leaking and I think people just stopped buying them soon after. Similar thing happened for megan racing and I was one of the victims. At first many people got the megan racing coilovers out of a group buy and loved it, then there were more and more reports of it being unreliable. Mine made noises after a month, and in 7 months both rear strut were problematic. There were other problems reported as well. I remember this member had his MR coilovers on his outback and he posted pictures of it leaking badly. I don't know if the quality of ksport and MR has gone up for our 2010+ Legacys, but since I've always read/heard good things about BC's coilovers, why not try those instead for a similar amount of $? If you got the extra $ to play, I would even get KWs. But if you wanna be a test mule for the rest of us, try the ksport out and do a long term review about them.

need wheels and springs asap!!!

I wish I can explain the comparisons and their past relationship regarding the 2 said companies, but since I don't represent Swift, I can only be nice and express my personal opinions. About RCE's black springs for 5th gen, they do have a nice market for those who wants an improvement while keeping more stock-like clearance. For moderate drop with 2 finger gap F&R, Swift would be a great choice. I understand it may not be the more appropriate drop for all, but it would great for most and believe me when I say that their springs are very well engineered/tested while working with data acquired from Subaru's engineers. Swift's manufacturing/quality control are also very strict. For example, if the spring-ends wind up to +/- 1mm, it is not good enough and they won't even ship it. Swift's aftermarket business is only about 10% while the rest is all focused on various racing industries throughout the world, so you'd never see them in the forums. But from what I know and in my opinion, I know they test/analysis all competitor's products and has tons of data about them. Swift uses a superior material that allows very consistent data on the dyno. It produce fast coil response, less unsprung mass, and it does not have the break-in sag. To be honest, if Swift didn't make springs for us, I would definitely have gone with KW-V3 and swap out the springs to Swift, but that'd be too much $$$ for a dd.