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Off Topic: To a degree. I have adjustable front and rear Whiteline sways on my Toyota, and I've been using them to set it up for autocross so I have the right amount of oversteer. Leaving the front at full stiff makes my car tramline and wander a lot easier on the highway, so I set it back to full soft when I'm done with the event. The rear I only adjust when I am playing around with my setup. Back on topic: Do you know the rates for the adjustable Whitelines for the Legacy?

My math wasn't too far off. At least I got the ^4 part right, just divided wrong. Personally, I wouldn't go with adjustable sways for this car, but that's also for the same reason I wouldn't go with coilers - I don't need the adjustability, and I would rather set it and forget it.

It's apparently really slow getting a custom ordered car shipped to HI. And it wasn't even that custom! Just Eyesight and Lapis Blue Pearl! But yeah, I ordered it on January 7th, and it should be here late May time frame. So about 6 months.

Compared to stock, the 19mm is 50% stiffer, and the 20mm is 59% stiffer. Compared to the 19mm, the 20mm bar is 19% stiffer. And just FYI, I'm getting ready to go to bed, so my math might not be accurate.

Sorry Back on topic: I will say one thing - I love how easy it is to replace the rear sway bar! Definitely going to be one of my first projects! Has anyone directly compared and tested the difference between the 19mm bar and the 20mm bar? I can't recall the math off the top of my head, but that should be something like a 15% difference (19 vs 20)? And how conservative is Subaru with their damper tuning? I'd hate to max out the rear struts just because I put on a stiffer sway bar!

I forgot that the 2006-2007 (and later?) WRX/STI had aluminum suspension members. But I would count those as sports cars. Maybe my definition of sports car is more liberal than most people's? But, I would go as far as to say that a BMW is a sports sedan. While there isn't much special about an entry level 3 series, it is still marketed to a different crowd than your average midsize sedan buyer. Lighter suspension = less unsprung weight = lighter spring (or better body control with same spring vs steel) Infiniti and Lexus are also marketed towards a different crowd than your average Camry/Accord/Mazda6/etc buyer. Like I said before - it's gonna happen regardless. Even my 22 year old Toyota (which has only been driven in snow twice in it's life and routinely kept in a garage) has some corrosion. I'm from New England where they salt the roads and things get rusty with a quickness. For me, cars have a 10 year shelf life, partly due to rust. But, I might just have a different view of what's normal for rusty cars! Where I would draw the line is when corrosion has prematurely (less than 10 years, like in the 5-7 year range) caused significant structural degradation warranting replacement of items that wouldn't normally be replaced (i.e. control arms). Hell, if anything - I'm more worried about the electronic parking brake failing than corrosion!

The only cars that really use aluminum are sports cars. Stamped steel is so much more practical than aluminum. At least it's not cast!

Agreed. All those components look pretty corrosion-free to me! And besides, it's only a matter of time before it's gonna happen. I'm glad that my Legacy won't see New England until it's older. That will set that corrosion timeline back a few years!

Hey, I'm just trying to not feel left out. I don't have my Legacy yet And I didn't think that nice looking cars with a pretty background was that strange!

Better?

I finally get to play along since you didn't specify that it had to be a legacy! Hope you don't mind an old Toyota and an old volcano? http://i.imgur.com/Fqy5z2M.jpg http://i.imgur.com/CTSORvg.jpg Next challenge: your Legacy in front of graffiti

Worst case scenario, you can always swap interiors with a car of the same trim! That's not too difficult.

I was lucky, because my wife wanted Ice Silver Metallic and I wanted Lapis Blue Pearl, but when it came time to order, we settled on LBP. Ivory leather always classes things up.

This color is so nice! I can't wait to get mine and admire it!