Guest Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Of course. I thought the question was whether SpecB OEMs are alu and by going with the STIs you go to steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Island Legacy Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 bump for pix of this on your car. Can somone also post a picture of the spec b stock rear suspension if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rommel Posted September 26, 2007 Author Share Posted September 26, 2007 Pics on my car http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b346/rbsaeroparts/P1010003-6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportwagon Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 thread revival... Can anyone help me find the STi lateral link set here in America? I have it on my car, but it was hit while parked and I need to replace at least one of the links! Thanks, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToySubie Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 dunno, but have you tried contacting the vendors in the marketplace subforums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Just for the record the part# for the sti links is: ST2029021000 (part # for the whole set, they are not available separately) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Btw, did anyone notice that the bearings in the front links of the sti set are exactly 4mm shorter than stock? At least they are in my set.... I installed them a while back. I vaguely remember there was some more play, but I tightened things up and it was alright. Today I installed aluminum ("spec B") trailing arms and attempted to install my sti lateral links back, somehow the gap was more noticeable and... I was afraid to tighten up the bolt as I was afraid the ears on the alu arm might bend too much and crack. I checked official sti parts number and there is single part # for the lateral links for all cars, GT, non-GT, etc. Interstingly, cars with cast iron arms (in USDM all except SpecB, in JDM only 2.0 N/A) have different part numbers for the front lateral links vs. cars with alu arms. It's consitent in both JDM and USDM.... There are probably very few people in the U.S. who have these arms.... sportwagon is the only one I know. Rommel had them but his car is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Island Legacy Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Wow this thread goes back to 05. How much differernt are the sti links then stock? even the spec b has cast links only the trailing arms and upper bits are aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 SpecB has cast aluminium bits and GT has cast iron bits - trailing arm and upper lateral link. The rest (front and lower) are steel links. People confuse them all the time. The STI links replace the steel parts with exactly same steel parts just with spherical bushings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportwagon Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 OK.... We'll get to the bottom of this and compare the STi link sets at Fastrack this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 inbox cleared.... and responded to your first pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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