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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678) 09/27/2020 at 14:52 • Filed to: None

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Actually it aint bad. I need to raise the rear a little bit to set some rake but I am pretty happy with how it came out. Unfortunately it wont be done until sometime during the week because I couldnt get a alignment late on a Saturday afternoon with no planning (unsurprising). I did drive it down the street to make sure nothing felt broken/wrong and it felt pretty damn good even at low speeds. If only the tires had any life left, then I would at least test drive it a little bit. But I shall patiently wait some more!

I did also fix my gear oil leak from the differential and for now just poured back in most of the fluid that I captured in a drain pan. I will also replace that this week but I didnt have a big enough torx bit for the diff drain plug. Excited to drive this soon.

Bonus sunset from Saturday night as I did an oil change on the Miata and swapped air filters on both cars (they were dirty as hell) :

VincentMalamute-Kim > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/27/2020 at 15:08

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That’s not bad at all. Front could even be set a tch lower after you raise the rear.

OTOH, I set my Audi low enough to cause problems on the street. Vehicle weight had depressed the asphalt under the wheels at a stop light such that I scraped the transmission strut, nearly high centered the car .

A nd I was old enough (40 at the time) that I found it hard to get out of a car so low.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > VincentMalamute-Kim 09/27/2020 at 15:27

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Yeah my Miata is already low enough that speed bumps are basically rock crawling. Ive also had to remove a brace from the bottom of the car because it was bent by a highway joint. That created quite the spark show! So I probably wont lower the Subaru any further. This seems to be a nice “just a touch” lower than stock which is exactly what I wanted.

VincentMalamute-Kim > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/27/2020 at 15:36

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yup. The things guys do for fashion. No better/worse than what women do.

I learned from that experience for my Forester. Low enough to feel much sportier but not ridiculously so. The measuring tape was before I got the rear about an inch higher so it didn’t have the saggy look out back. Just like your Scoob.

Now that I think about it, I think I was using stock Impreza (possibly WRX? ) struts with springs from Primitive Racing

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CaptDale - is secretly British > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/27/2020 at 16:38

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Looks pretty good 

PowderHound > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/27/2020 at 16:41

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Looking great! Not super low that it’s unusable and the stiffer springs are going to be real nice For pushing it through corners  once you get the alignment done 

Beefchips > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/27/2020 at 17:14

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Looks good! What wheels are those?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Beefchips 09/27/2020 at 22:41

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Those are the OEM BBS wheels from 2006