While I didn’t have a major problem with ride and handling on the OEM STI springs and inverted dampers (the stiffer rear ARB and subframe locking bolts really helped, see here and here) and I didn’t mind the STI ride height with the Prodrive GC-010E wheels either. But with the Rota Grid Drifts, the standard […]
Having trial fitted the Rota Grid Drift wheels I was happy I wanted to fit them properly. The first thing to do was to fit some longer studs on the front due to needing 5mm spacers for the wheels to clear the Brembo calipers. I boought a set of these Hardrace studs. Time to get […]
Having fitted better speakers in the doors, shown in a previous post here. I felt the complete lack of any sound deadening in the doors was not getting the best out of them. After a bit of research I placed an order with Sound Deadening Shop for some Silent Coat 2mm Damping Mat and 10mm […]
I’d already fitted some new, larger door speakers in the front doors as shown here. One of the rears had a bit of a rattle and they were likely to be in the same poor condition that I found the fronts in so may as well change them too. Off with a door card to […]
The wheels that were on the Forester when I bought it are proper GC-010E Prodrive/Bridgestone branded forged items made in the Rays factory in Japan. They’re quite a desirable wheel, look good and are about as light as a set of 18’s are going to get so they drive very well. Me being me though, […]
There was a bit of play in the gear change. To be honest it wasn’t too bad but I really hate feeling any slack in a cars controls so I took a look at the linkage to see if I could find anywhere with any slack and if I could do anything to tighten up […]
Whenever I get a car I tend to change all the oils early on so I know it’s all fresh and decent quality stuff. The Forester was no different so I got myself some Millers oils for the engine, gearbox and differentials and a genuine Subaru engine oil filter and sump washer. For the engine […]
I bought these drop links when I bought all the Whiteline parts for the rear anti roll bar upgrade. All info on that here. These are the same Whiteline KLC32 drop links as I used on the rear as they are also the correct part to replace the front drop links on the Forester. They […]
The forester still had the original double din radio, CD and cassette player fitted. It worked OK though the FM radio had the wrong range for the UK as it was a JDM item. It’s possible to fix the FM radio problem with a little gadget that plugs into the antenna but I really wanted […]
We thought we should do a road trip in the Forester. Wales is somehwere we hadn’t really driven round much before plus it’s where the famous ‘EVO Triangle’ is, so we figured we’d better go stay there for a week and check it out. After a good clean the day before, we packed our stuff […]