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cody · 2005-11-09, 12:10 AM

Sick Dude. I don't know if you have a 17 or 20mm rear sway bar, but I run a 20mm OEM sway from an 02 WRX sedan coupled with solid (RE: metal with stiff bushings) endlinks to replace the stock rubber pair. I find that that alone makes the car much more neutral. You'll find, stock, your car understeers by design as this is safer than oversteer. But if you hate how bad the car plows corners, as I did, a 20mm rear sway and solid endlinks made the car handle much more neutral at the limit. Many companies make an adjustable sway, but you'll want to upgrade the stock mounts that the endlinks attach to since MY 02-03 have weaker mounts than the rest. Oakos.com sells the Progress rear anti-sway bar which comes with the upgraded mounts and lithium grease which are a nice touch.

For brakes, Kevin (AKA BANSUVS) just helped me install stainless steel braided brake lines. Porterfield R4-S brake pads and Blue ATE Brake fluid. The pads are great for the street and some autoX/aggressive use. They also are low dust and work great in the cold (unlike more aggressive pads). If they don't eat my rotors, they are the only pads I'll ever use (on the street). SS lines seemed to help pedal feel and the end result is much easier to control braking.

I got the pads, lines, fluid and a Whiteline quickrelease wagon specific rear strut tower bar from subaruwrxparts.com.

2005-11-09, 12:10 AM	#21
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Sick Dude. I don't know if you have a 17 or 20mm rear sway bar, but I run a 20mm OEM sway from an 02 WRX sedan coupled with solid (RE: metal with stiff bushings) endlinks to replace the stock rubber pair. I find that that alone makes the car much more neutral. You'll find, stock, your car understeers by design as this is safer than oversteer. But if you hate how bad the car plows corners, as I did, a 20mm rear sway and solid endlinks made the car handle much more neutral at the limit. Many companies make an adjustable sway, but you'll want to upgrade the stock mounts that the endlinks attach to since MY 02-03 have weaker mounts than the rest. Oakos.com sells the Progress rear anti-sway bar which comes with the upgraded mounts and lithium grease which are a nice touch. For brakes, Kevin (AKA BANSUVS) just helped me install stainless steel braided brake lines. Porterfield R4-S brake pads and Blue ATE Brake fluid. The pads are great for the street and some autoX/aggressive use. They also are low dust and work great in the cold (unlike more aggressive pads). If they don't eat my rotors, they are the only pads I'll ever use (on the street). SS lines seemed to help pedal feel and the end result is much easier to control braking. I got the pads, lines, fluid and a Whiteline quickrelease wagon specific rear strut tower bar from subaruwrxparts.com. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo. Last edited by cody; 2005-11-09 at 08:15 AM.