cschneider Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Are there improved springs that maintain the stock ride height or don't lower the car too much? I have about 50K on my '05 5EAT and the some struts are starting to leak. I have considered doing a suspension upgrade by putting on new springs, sway bars and struts. The problem is that I do some fairly spirited driving (never track though) and would like a little more positive feel but I need to be able to occasionally tow so with a hitch every inch of ride height is important. Can anyone give a noob some pointers on what I should and shouldn't do here? I know that I don't want coilovers because of the cost and maintenance but I'd like something more performance oriented than stock. For the struts I've read that the Tokico HTS are a good choice and they are adjustable so I can change settings for long trips with the wife. For springs it seems that the "pinks" are favored but they would probably be too much of a drop. For the bars, I still have to do some more searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneskiian Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 The other strut option is Koni. They were designed for the stock springs and a few folks have noticed a great performance increase by simply replacing the stock struts with the Koni's As for springs, if the Pinks are too much of a drop then you're SOL as they are the springs with the least amount of drop for the Legacy. RaceComp Engineering was working on a "regular guy" lowering spring that lowered minimally but was stiffer than stock. Unfortunately they've canned the project in favor of focusing on more profitable products. I can see them revisiting it if the economy perks back up but who knows. The new WRX has a very similar suspension so there's some hope there for us. Cheers! Edit: Forgot to include the subiwiki for spring info... http://subiwiki.com/wiki/index.php/BL_(2005-2009)#Handling_Modifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactojesse Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 You could try JDM LGT springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneskiian Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Oh yeah, forgot about JDM! Thanks Jesse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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